Lorne Michaels - Actor Profile

Lorne Michaels

27Movies
8.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

★8.0
Saturday Night (2010) movie poster
★8.0

Saturday Night — With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew doc

Saturday Night

2010•Comedy
★7.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) movie poster
★7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025•Music
★7.6
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) movie poster
★7.6

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live — A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

2005•Documentary
★7.3
Will & Harper (2024) movie poster
★7.3

Will & Harper — When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper

Will & Harper

2024•Documentary
★7.2
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022) movie poster
★7.2

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks — Through never before-seen archive material, interviews with celebrities, industry insiders, rabid fans and the Kids In T

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

2022•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2025 Downey Wrote That Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Self ★ 6.8 HIT
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self - Executive Producer ★ 7.7 HIT
2024 Will & Harper Self ★ 7.3 HIT
2024 In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon Self ★ 6.6 HIT
2022 The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2020 Belushi Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
2019 Cracked Up Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2018 Love, Gilda Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2017 Sandy Wexler Testimonial ★ 5.5 FLOP
2016 The Last Laugh Self ★ 6.9 HIT
2015 I Am Chris Farley Self ★ 7.1 HIT
2015 Live from New York! Self ★ 5.9 FLOP
2012 Paul Simon: Under African Skies Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2011 Inside Portlandia Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2010 Saturday Night Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2010 Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2007 Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Self ★ 7.6 HIT
2000 Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation Self ★ 6.8 HIT
1999 Man on the Moon Self (uncredited) ★ 7.2 HIT
1996 The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1994 The Story of Lassie Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1986 The Canadian Conspiracy Self ★ 5.0 FLOP
1978 The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash Sleazy Merchandiser ★ 6.8 HIT