Lorne Michaels

Biography

Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014). He has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Michaels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(2014) Executive Producer

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Late Night with David Letterman

(1982) Creator

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Saturday Night Live

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

(2009) Creator

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Portlandia

(2011) Producer

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Inside Out

(2015) Thanks

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Schmigadoon!

(2021) Executive Producer

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30 Rock

(2006) Executive Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2025	Self	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025-02-14 Movie
	Self	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 2025-01-27 Movie
	Self	SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 2025-01-16 TV Show
2024	Self	Will & Harper 2024-09-12 Movie
	Self	In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon 2024-08-02 Movie
2022	Self	The Kardashians 2022-04-14 TV Show
	Self	The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks 2022-03-15 Movie
2021	Self	The Story of Late Night 2021-05-02 TV Show
2020	Self (archive footage)	Belushi 2020-10-14 Movie
	Self	Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize 2020-01-07 Movie
2019	Self	Cracked Up 2019-09-13 Movie
2018	Self - Guest	Norm Macdonald Has a Show 2018-09-14 TV Show
	Self	Love, Gilda 2018-04-18 Movie
2017	Testimonial	Sandy Wexler 2017-04-14 Movie
2016	Self	The Last Laugh 2016-04-18 Movie
2015	Self	I Am Chris Farley 2015-07-27 Movie
	Self	Live from New York! 2015-04-15 Movie
2012	Self	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee 2012-07-19 TV Show
	Self	Paul Simon: Under African Skies 2012-05-11 Movie
2011	Himself	Inside Portlandia 2011-12-01 Movie
2010	Self	Saturday Night 2010-05-02 Movie
2005	Himself	SNL Digital Shorts 2005-12-03 TV Show
	N/A	SNL Digital Shorts 2005-12-03 TV Show
	Self	Iconoclasts 2005-11-17 TV Show
	Self	Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live 2005-02-20 Movie
2000	Self	Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation 2000-11-08 Movie
1999	Self (uncredited)	Man on the Moon 1999-12-22 Movie
1996	N/A	The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick 1996-03-29 Movie
1994	Self	The Story of Lassie 1994-08-14 Movie
1993	Barbra Streisand	The Nanny 1993-11-03 TV Show
1986	N/A	The Canadian Conspiracy 1986-06-08 Movie
1978	Sleazy Merchandiser	The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978-03-22 Movie
1975	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	N/A	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	Self	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Executive Producer	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025-02-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 2025-01-27 Movie
2024	Executive Producer	Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas 2024-12-19 Movie
	Producer	Mean Girls 2024-01-10 Movie
2023	Executive Producer	Bupkis 2023-05-04 TV Show
2022	Executive Producer	The Kids in the Hall 2022-05-12 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Bust Down 2022-03-10 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City 2022-01-05 Movie
2021	Executive Producer	MacGruber 2021-12-16 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Saturday Morning All Star Hits! 2021-12-10 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Schmigadoon! 2021-07-16 TV Show
	Executive Producer	That Damn Michael Che 2021-05-06 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Kenan 2021-02-16 TV Show
2020	Producer	Vampires vs. the Bronx 2020-10-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	Mapleworth Murders 2020-08-10 TV Show
	Executive Producer	30 Rock: A One-Time Special 2020-07-16 Movie
2019	Executive Producer	My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres 2019-08-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Los Espookys 2019-06-14 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Shrill 2019-03-15 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Alien News Desk 2019-02-27 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Miracle Workers 2019-02-12 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Other Two 2019-01-24 TV Show
2018	Executive Producer	Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life 2018-05-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	A.P. Bio 2018-02-01 TV Show
2017	Executive Producer	The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special 2017-10-28 Movie
2016	Executive Producer	Michael Che Matters 2016-11-25 Movie
	Producer	Masterminds 2016-09-29 Movie
	Producer	Brother Nature 2016-09-09 Movie
	Producer	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2016-03-04 Movie
2015	Executive Producer	Adele: Live in New York City 2015-12-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Documentary Now! 2015-08-20 TV Show
	Producer	Staten Island Summer 2015-06-30 Movie
2014	Executive Producer	The Maya Rudolph Show 2014-05-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-02-17 TV Show
2012	Producer	The Guilt Trip 2012-12-19 Movie
2011	Executive Producer	Inside Portlandia 2011-12-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Up All Night 2011-09-14 TV Show
	Producer	Portlandia 2011-01-21 TV Show
2010	Producer	MacGruber 2010-05-21 Movie
2009	Producer	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler 2009-04-18 Movie
2008	Producer	To Love and Die 2008-12-30 TV Show
	Executive Producer	To Love and Die 2008-12-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday 2008-10-09 TV Show
	Producer	Baby Mama 2008-04-25 Movie
2007	Producer	Hot Rod 2007-08-03 Movie
2006	Executive Producer	30 Rock 2006-10-11 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Sons & Daughters 2006-03-07 TV Show
2005	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd 2005-09-06 Movie
2004	Producer	Miley's New Year's Eve Party 2004-12-31 TV Show
	Producer	Mean Girls 2004-04-30 Movie
2003	Producer	The Tracy Morgan Show 2003-12-02 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch 2003-08-16 Movie
2002	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell 2002-09-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002-05-05 Movie
2001	Producer	Enigma 2001-01-22 Movie
2000	Producer	The Ladies Man 2000-10-13 Movie
1999	Producer	Superstar 1999-10-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999-09-25 Movie
1998	Producer	A Night at the Roxbury 1998-10-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live 1998-09-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman 1998-01-01 Movie
1996	Producer	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy 1996-04-02 Movie
	Producer	Black Sheep 1996-02-01 Movie
1995	Producer	Stuart Saves His Family 1995-04-12 Movie
	Producer	Tommy Boy 1995-03-31 Movie
1994	Producer	Lassie 1994-07-22 Movie
1993	Producer	Wayne's World 2 1993-12-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993-09-13 TV Show
	Producer	Coneheads 1993-07-23 Movie
1992	Executive Producer	Frosty Returns 1992-12-01 Movie
	Producer	Wayne's World 1992-02-14 Movie
1991	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special 1991-10-28 Movie
	Producer	Lookwell 1991-07-01 TV Show
	Producer	Lookwell 1991-05-10 Movie
1990	Executive Producer	The Earth Day Special 1990-04-22 Movie
1989	Producer	The Kids in the Hall 1989-10-24 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Kids in the Hall 1989-10-24 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 1989-09-24 Movie
1988	Executive Producer	Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel 1988-02-29 Movie
1986	Producer	¡Three Amigos! 1986-12-12 Movie
1984	Producer	Nothing Lasts Forever 1984-09-06 Movie
	Producer	The Discreet Charm of the Diplomacy 1984-04-28 Movie
	Producer	The Day Before 1984-04-28 Movie
1983	Producer	Neil Young in Berlin 1983-09-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Coneheads 1983-06-28 Movie
1982	Executive Producer	Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park 1982-02-21 Movie
1981	Producer	Steve Martin's Best Show Ever 1981-11-25 Movie
1980	Producer	Gilda Live 1980-03-28 Movie
1979	Executive Producer	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video 1979-09-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda 1979-03-31 Movie
1978	Producer	The Things We Did Last Summer 1978-10-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978-03-22 Movie
1977	Producer	The Paul Simon Special 1977-12-08 Movie
1976	Producer	The Beach Boys: It's OK 1976-08-05 Movie
1975	Executive Producer	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	Producer	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
1973	Producer	Lily 1973-11-02 Movie
	Producer	The Big Goodbye Movie
	Producer	Worst Man Movie
	Producer	Untitled Chris Farley Biopic Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Thanks	Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked 2024-11-16 Movie
2015	Thanks	Inside Out 2015-06-17 Movie
2003	Thanks	Lost in Translation 2003-09-18 Movie
1982	Executive Music Producer	Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park 1982-02-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2009	Creator	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009-03-02 TV Show
2008	Creator	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday 2008-10-09 TV Show
2005	Creator	SNL Digital Shorts 2005-12-03 TV Show
2002	Creator	The Colin Quinn Show 2002-03-11 TV Show
1993	Creator	Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993-09-13 TV Show
1982	Creator	Late Night with David Letterman 1982-02-01 TV Show
1975	Creator	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2002	Writer	NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002-05-05 Movie
1986	Screenplay	¡Three Amigos! 1986-12-12 Movie
1981	Writer	Steve Martin's Best Show Ever 1981-11-25 Movie
1980	Writer	Gilda Live 1980-03-28 Movie
1977	Writer	The Paul Simon Special 1977-12-08 Movie
1976	Writer	The Beach Boys: It's OK 1976-11-22 Movie
	Writer	The Beach Boys: It's OK 1976-08-05 Movie
1975	Writer	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
1973	Writer	Lily 1973-11-02 Movie
1967	Writer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1967-09-09 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv