David Letterman
Acting • Born 1947-04-12
Biography
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.
Filmography
149 credits
I'm Still Here
Movie • 2010
David Letterman
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Movie • 2019
Self
Earth to America
Movie • 2005
Self (archived footage)
Action Family
Movie • 1987
Self
Mad As Hell
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie • 2021
Self
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
Movie • 2021
Self
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Late Night Nightmare
Movie • 2023
Self
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Controlling Britney Spears
Movie • 2021
Self (archive Audio)
Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2017
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
Movie • 2022
Self
The Jay Leno Special
Movie • 1986
self
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie • 2018
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Movie • 2023
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
We Feed People
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
A Night to Die For
Movie • 1995
Self
This Is Farrah Fawcett
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
Movie • 2022
Self
Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999
Movie • 1999
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Don Rickles: One Night Only
Movie • 2014
Self
I'm from Hollywood
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Steve Martin Live!
Movie • 1984
Self
David Letterman: A Life on Television
Movie • 2015
Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
Self
Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride
Movie • 1994
Self
Cabin Boy
Movie • 1994
Old Salt In Fishing Village
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Movie • 2012
Self
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
Movie • 2002
Man on the Moon
Movie • 1999
Self (uncredited)
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Movie • 2022
Self - Host
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan
Movie • 2019
Self - Host
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney
Movie • 2024
Self - Host
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Movie • 2023
Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie • 2011
Self
Biography: David Letterman
Movie
Self
The Making of Trump
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Movie • 2024
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie • 2015
Self / Audition Tape (archive footage)
Private Parts
Movie • 1997
David Letterman
The Easy Kind
Movie • 2024
David Letterman
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Movie • 1996
Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Movie • 2017
Self
The Undefeated
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Peeping Times
Movie • 1978
Dan Cochran
Me @ the Zoo
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Movie • 2018
Self
Whitney
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie • 2018
Self
Andre the Giant
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
An Open Secret
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie • 2019
David Letterman
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
Movie • 2019
Self
Eddie
Movie • 1996
David Letterman (uncredited)
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Mike and the Mad Dog
Movie • 2017
Self
Uncle Tom
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Totally Bill Hicks
Movie • 1998
Self
Fast Friends
Movie • 1979
Matt Morgan
Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection
Movie • 2005
Get Me Roger Stone
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie • 2020
Self
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Life Itself
Movie • 2014
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2003
Self
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Movie • 2023
Self (Archive Footage)
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Movie • 1995
Self (uncredited)
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Andy Kaufman Is Me
Movie • 2025
Self
David Letterman: Looking For Fun
Movie • 1981
Self
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Movie • 2025
Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Movie
Self
In Whose Name?
Movie • 2025
Self
DEVO
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Downey Wrote That
Movie • 2025
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie • 2025
Mutineer
Movie • 2025
VH1 News Special: Grunge
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2025
Self
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler
Movie • 2025
Self - Host
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Movie • 2025
Self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie • 1985
American Splendor
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie • 2025
Self - Host, Late Night with David Letterman (archive footage)
Untold: The Fall of Favre
Movie • 2025
Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
David Letterman
The Nanny
TV • 1993
David Letterman (uncredited)
Mork & Mindy
TV • 1978
Ellsworth
Web Junk 20
TV • 2006
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self - Host
The David Letterman Show
TV • 1980
Host
Cosby
TV • 1996
The Comedy Store
TV • 2020
Self
Beavis and Butt-Head
TV • 1993
David Letterman (voice)
Open All Night
TV • 1981
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Starland Vocal Band Show
TV • 1977
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV • 2009
Mark Twain Prize
TV • 1999
Self
This Is Pop
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Norm Macdonald Live
TV • 2013
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
SmartLess: On the Road
TV • 2023
Self
Spin City
TV • 1996
Rags (uncredited) (voice)
Spin City
TV • 1996
David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
TV • 2018
Self - Host
The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
That’s My Time with David Letterman
TV • 2022
Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
Stupid Pet Tricks
TV • 2024
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV • 2024
Self
Desus & Mero
TV • 2019
Self - Illustrious Guest
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
David Letterman (voice)
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
Mr. McMahon
TV • 2024
Self (archive footage)
MLB Network Presents
TV • 2015
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV • 2025
Self - Former TV Celebrity, 6'2"
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Cam Gaze - À la recherche des premières "camgirls"
TV • 2025
Self (archive) - late show host
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
TV • 2022
Self - Host of 'Late Night with David Letterman' (archive footage)
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
TV • 2025
Self - Host, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (archive footage)