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Personal Info
Known For
Production
Birthday
November 17, 1944
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Lorne David Lipowitz
Lorne Michaels
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
2026
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Self
Downey Wrote That
2025
6.7
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
7.7
Self - Executive Producer
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
7.8
Self
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
7.3
Self
Will & Harper
2024
6.6
Self
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024
8.5
Self
The Kardashians
2022
7.2
Self
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
6.6
Self
The Story of Late Night
2021
Credits
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
as Self
2026
0.0
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
0.0
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
6.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Executive Producer
2025
7.7
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
7.8
Will & Harper
as Self
2024
7.3
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
as Self
2024
6.6
The Kardashians
as Self
2022
8.5
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
as Self
2022
7.2
The Story of Late Night
as Self
2021
6.6
🎬
The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
as Self - Winner
2020
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Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.9
Cracked Up
as Self
2019
7.2
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
as Self - Guest
2018
8.1
Love, Gilda
as Self
2018
7.2
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017
5.5
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
6.9
I Am Chris Farley
as Self
2015
7.1
Live from New York!
as Self
2015
5.9
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
7.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012
7.2
🎬
Inside Portlandia
as Self
2011
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Saturday Night
as Self
2010
8.0
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2010
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
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Iconoclasts
as Self
2005
6.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
2005
7.6
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
2000
6.8
Man on the Moon
as Self (uncredited)
1999
7.2
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
1999
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The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996
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The Story of Lassie
as Self
1994
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The Nanny
as Barbra Streisand
1993
8.1
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1986
5.0
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Sleazy Merchandiser
1978
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Producer (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Peter Aaron (voice) (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1975
7.0