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David Letterman

Acting

David Letterman

EN, DE cinema · 110 credits

Born

12 April 1947 (age 79)

Birthplace

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Also known as Letterman · デヴィッド・レターマン · Earl Hofert

David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television talk show host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show.

Known for

Filmography

Biography: David Letterman poster

Biography: David Letterman

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as Self

Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer

Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer

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as Self, Executive Producer

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been poster

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

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Bobby Rahal: True American Racer poster

Bobby Rahal: True American Racer

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9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later poster

9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later

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as Self (archive footage)

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald poster

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald

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as Self (archive footage)

In Memoriam poster

In Memoriam

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as Himself

This Is the Tom Green Documentary poster

This Is the Tom Green Documentary

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as Self (archive footage)

Andy Kaufman Is Me poster

Andy Kaufman Is Me

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as Self, Executive Producer

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy poster

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

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as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)

In Whose Name? poster

In Whose Name?

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Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) poster

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

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Actor

Mutineer poster

Mutineer

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Actor

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony poster

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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as Self

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler poster

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler

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as Self - Host

Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion poster

Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion

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as Self

John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

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as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)

Untold: The Fall of Favre poster

Untold: The Fall of Favre

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as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)

IndyCar: Anything to Win poster

IndyCar: Anything to Win

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as Self

My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney poster

My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney

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as Self - Host

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes poster

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

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as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

The Easy Kind poster

The Easy Kind

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as David Letterman

Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer poster

Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

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as Self (archive footage)

DEVO poster

DEVO

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as Self (archive footage)

Group Therapy poster

Group Therapy

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as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)

Late Night Nightmare poster

Late Night Nightmare

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as Self

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

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as Self

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman poster

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

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as Self

The Many Faces of Jim Carrey poster

The Many Faces of Jim Carrey

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as Self (Archive Footage)

The Great Heisman Race of 1997 poster

The Great Heisman Race of 1997

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as Self (archive footage)

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special poster

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

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We Feed People poster

We Feed People

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as Self (archive footage)

Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) poster

Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)

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as Self

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy poster

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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as Self - Host

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony poster

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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as Self

Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A poster

Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A

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as Self

The Super Bob Einstein Movie poster

The Super Bob Einstein Movie

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as Self

Controlling Britney Spears poster

Controlling Britney Spears

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as Self (archive Audio)

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie poster

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

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as Narrator (voice)

Sisters with Transistors poster

Sisters with Transistors

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as Self (archive footage)

Zappa poster

Zappa

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as Self (archive footage)

My Darling Vivian poster

My Darling Vivian

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as Self (archive footage)

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man poster

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

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Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season poster

Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season

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as Self

This Is Farrah Fawcett poster

This Is Farrah Fawcett

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as Self (archive footage)

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan poster

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan

EN · 20196.0

as Self - Host

Between Two Ferns: The Movie poster

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

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as David Letterman

APEX: The Secret Race Across America poster

APEX: The Secret Race Across America

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as Self

Mike Wallace Is Here poster

Mike Wallace Is Here

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as Self (archive footage)

Cola Wars poster

Cola Wars

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as Self (archive footage)

Won't You Be My Neighbor? poster

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Bathtubs Over Broadway poster

Bathtubs Over Broadway

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as Self, Executive Producer

Whitney poster

Whitney

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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind poster

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

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as Self

Andre the Giant poster

Andre the Giant

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as Self (archive footage)

Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony poster

Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

EN · 2017Not rated

Actor

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton poster

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

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as Self

Mike and the Mad Dog poster

Mike and the Mad Dog

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as Self

Get Me Roger Stone poster

Get Me Roger Stone

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as Self (archive footage)

David Letterman: A Life on Television

2015

David Letterman: A Life on Television

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The Making of Trump poster

The Making of Trump

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as Self (archive footage)

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

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as Self / Audition Tape (archive footage)

Mad As Hell poster

Mad As Hell

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as Self (archive footage)

Led Zeppelin Played Here poster

Led Zeppelin Played Here

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as Self (archive footage)

Don Rickles: One Night Only

2014

Don Rickles: One Night Only

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as Self

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles poster

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

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An Open Secret poster

An Open Secret

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as Self (archive footage)

Life Itself poster

Life Itself

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as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night poster

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

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Me @ the Zoo poster

Me @ the Zoo

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as Self (archive footage)

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television poster

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television

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The Undefeated poster

The Undefeated

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as Self (archive footage)

Corman's World poster

Corman's World

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as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

I'm Still Here poster

I'm Still Here

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as David Letterman

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

2007

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

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as Self (archive footage)

Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy

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Executive Producer

Earth to America poster

Earth to America

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as Self (archived footage)

Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection poster

Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection

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Actor

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

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as Self

American Splendor poster

American Splendor

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as Self (archive footage)

NBC 75th Anniversary Special poster

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

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as Self (archive footage)

The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s poster

The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s

EN · 2002Not rated

Actor

VH1 News Special: Grunge poster

VH1 News Special: Grunge

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

50 Years of NBC Late Night poster

50 Years of NBC Late Night

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as Self (archive footage)

Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999 poster

Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999

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as self

Man on the Moon poster

Man on the Moon

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as Self (uncredited)

Totally Bill Hicks poster

Totally Bill Hicks

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as Self

Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers

1998

Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers

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as Self (archive footage)

Jackie Chan: My Story poster

Jackie Chan: My Story

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Thanks

Private Parts poster

Private Parts

EN · 19976.5

as David Letterman

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America poster

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

EN · 19966.7

as Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice)

Eddie poster

Eddie

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as David Letterman (uncredited)

A Night to Die For poster

A Night to Die For

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as Self

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins poster

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

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as Self (uncredited)

Rush Limbaugh's America

1995

Rush Limbaugh's America

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as Self (archival footage)

Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride poster

Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride

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as Self

Cabin Boy poster

Cabin Boy

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as Old Salt In Fishing Village

I'm from Hollywood poster

I'm from Hollywood

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as Self (archive footage)

Action Family poster

Action Family

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as Self

The Jay Leno Special poster

The Jay Leno Special

EN · 19868.0

as self

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There poster

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

EN · 1985Not rated

Actor

Steve Martin Live! poster

Steve Martin Live!

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as Self

Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

EN · 19825.8

as Self

David Letterman: Looking For Fun poster

David Letterman: Looking For Fun

EN · 1981Not rated

as Self

Fast Friends poster

Fast Friends

EN · 19799.0

as Matt Morgan

Peeping Times poster

Peeping Times

EN · 19783.0

as Dan Cochran

Mary poster

Mary

EN · 1977Not rated

as Self (Various Characters)

Superstunt

1977

Superstunt

EN · 1977Not rated

Writer