Ellen DeGeneres
Acting • Born 1958-01-26
Biography
Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award. She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process. She has won twelve Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.
Filmography
118 credits
Finding Nemo
Movie • 2003
Dory (voice)
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Movie • 2006
Self
EDtv
Movie • 1999
Cynthia Topping
Justin Bieber's Believe
Movie • 2013
Self
The Love Letter
Movie • 1999
Janet
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Movie • 2000
Self
Coneheads
Movie • 1993
Coach
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie • 2000
Kal
Adele One Night Only
Movie • 2021
Self
Mr. Wrong
Movie • 1996
Martha Alston
Exploring the Reef
Movie • 2003
Dory (voice)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
Goodbye Lover
Movie • 1999
Stg. Rita Pompano
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Movie • 2003
Self
Finding Dory
Movie • 2016
Dory (voice)
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Movie • 2012
Self
On the Edge
Movie • 2001
Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Movie • 2004
Self
The Out List
Movie • 2013
Herself
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Movie • 2023
Self
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Dory (voice) (archive footage)
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
Movie • 2008
Herself
Ellen's Really Big Show
Movie • 2007
Herself - Host
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
Movie • 2009
Herself
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Endangered
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
On Location: Women of the Night
Movie • 1987
Self
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
Movie • 2006
Unity
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Hits
Movie • 2014
Self (voice; uncredited)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie • 2015
Self - Special Guest
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comic Relief Zero
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
Movie • 2024
Self
Marine Life Interviews
Movie • 2016
Dory (voice)
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Movie • 1986
Self
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Prologue Dog (voice)
The Undefeated
Movie • 2011
Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
Wisecracks
Movie • 1992
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Movie • 2018
Herself
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Movie • 2018
Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Movie • 2003
Ellen DeGeneres
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Movie • 2020
Self
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
Movie • 1992
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
Movie • 1990
Herself
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Movie • 2022
Self
No Accident
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
After Stonewall
Movie • 1999
Self
Hype: The Obama Effect
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Movie • 1996
Herself
Step Up Revolution
Movie • 2012
Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Movie • 2026
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Nancy Bloom
Larry King Live
TV • 1985
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
Ellen
TV • 1994
Ellen Morgan
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self - Host
Joey
TV • 2004
Ellen DeGeneres
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Bernie Mac Show
TV • 2001
Ellen DeGeneres
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Dr. Whitman
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Ellen Show
TV • 2001
Ellen Richmond
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
The New York Times Presents
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
So You Think You Can Dance
TV • 2005
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Sister Louise
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Wahl Street
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Open House
TV • 1989
Margo Van Meter
One Night Stand
TV • 1989
Ellen's Next Great Designer
TV • 2021
Ellen DeGeneres
Laurie Hill
TV • 1992
Nancy MacIntyre
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Ellen DeGeneres
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Host
Bethenny
TV • 2012
Self - Guest
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
The Big Bang Theory
TV • 2007
Ellen DeGeneres
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Ellen DeGeneres
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV • 2020
Self
Ellen's Game of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Host
The Kardashians
TV • 2022
Self
Makers: Women Who Make America
TV • 2013
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Judge
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
Wahl Street
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
TV • 2018
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
Self
Primetime Glick
TV • 2001
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
TV • 2019
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Pixar Popcorn
TV • 2021
Dory (voice)
Best of Ellen
TV • 2022
Herself
The Bachelorette
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest