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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 6, 1970
Place of Birth
Mahé, India
Also Known As
- 奈特·沙马兰
- เอ็ม. ไนท์ ชยามาลาน
- മനോജ് നെല്ലിയാട്ട് ശ്യാമളന്
- Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
- 奈·沙馬蘭
- ام. نایت شیامالان
- مانوج نلیاتو شیامالان
- M. 나이트 샤말란
M. Night Shyamalan
2.3 Popularity
Biography
Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan, is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie Praying with Anger. His second movie was the comedy-drama film Wide Awake (1998). His most well-received films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the superhero thriller Unbreakable (2000), and the science fiction thriller Signs (2002). Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the period-piece thriller The Village (2004), the dark fantasy Lady in the Water (2006), the eco-thriller The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), and the science fiction film After Earth (2013). Following the financial failure of After Earth, Shyamalan's career was revived with the release of the found-footage horror film The Visit (2015), the psychological thriller Split (2016), and the superhero thriller Glass (2019). Glass is the third and final chapter of his Unbreakable film series, which commenced in 2000. In addition to his directorial work, Shyamalan was a story creator and a producer for the horror film Devil (2010). Shyamalan was also called in for an uncredited rewrite for the teen film She's All That (1999) and also served as a writer for the film Stuart Little (1999). Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures and Universal imprints. In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.
Known For
6.3
Spotter
Trap
2024
6.3
Infomercial Host
Knock at the Cabin
2023
6.3
Hotel Van Driver
Old
2021
7.5
Delivery Man
Servant
2019
3.6
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
6.7
Jai, Security Guard
Glass
2019
8.1
Self - Guest
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
2018
6.4
Self
The Making of 'Split'
2017
7.3
Jai, Hooters Lover
Split
2017
8.2
M. Night Shyamalan
This Is Us
2016
Credits
Trap
as Spotter
2024
6.3
Knock at the Cabin
as Infomercial Host
2023
6.3
Old
as Hotel Van Driver
2021
6.3
Servant
as Delivery Man
2019
7.5
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
Glass
as Jai, Security Guard
2019
6.7
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
as Self - Guest
2018
8.1
The Making of 'Split'
as Self
2017
6.4
Split
as Jai, Hooters Lover
2017
7.3
This Is Us
as M. Night Shyamalan
2016
8.2
The Making of 'The Visit'
as Himself
2016
6.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
After Earth: A Father's Legacy
as Self
2013
6.5
After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds
as Self
2013
5.5
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
as Self
2013
5.9
The Last Airbender
as Firebender at Earth Prison Camp (uncredited)
2010
4.6
The Shark Is Still Working
as Self
2009
7.2
Visions of 'The Happening'
as Himself
2008
0.0
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
as Self
2008
0.0
The Happening: A Day for Night
as Self
2008
0.0
The Happening
as Joey (voice)
2008
5.4
In the Mood for Doyle
as Self
2007
4.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Reflections of Lady in the Water
2006
3.5
Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story
as Himself
2006
2.0
Lady in the Water
as Vick Ran
2006
5.6
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
10.0
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2005
4.7
Hitchcock and Dial M
as Self
2004
6.3
The Village
as Jay
2004
6.5
Entourage
as M. Night Shyamalan
2004
7.4
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
as Self
2004
6.5
🎬
Making 'Signs'
as Self
2003
5.8
Signs
as Ray Reddy
2002
6.7
Unbreakable
as Stadium Drug Dealer
2000
7.1
🎬
The Sixth Sense: The Actors
as Self
2000
6.5
The Sixth Sense: A Conversation with M. Night Shyamalan
as Self
2000
4.5
Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense'
as Self
2000
5.0
The Sixth Sense: Rules and Clues
as Self
2000
4.3
The Sixth Sense
as Dr. Hill
1999
7.9
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Praying with Anger
as Dev Raman
1993
4.8
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0