David Letterman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
The Simpsons
Seinfeld
Man on the Moon
The Nanny
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Everybody Loves Raymond
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
American Splendor
Beavis and Butt-Head
I'm Still Here
Photos
Filmography
Biography: David Letterman
Movie · as Self
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Movie · as Self
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Movie · as Self
Bobby Rahal: True American Racer
Movie · as Self
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
In Memoriam
Movie · as David Letterman
Soccer's American Dream
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Andy Kaufman Is Me
Movie · as Self
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Movie · as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
In Whose Name?
Movie · as Self
Downey Wrote That
Movie · as Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie
Mutineer
Movie
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler
Movie · as Self - Host
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Movie · as Self
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie · as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
Untold: The Fall of Favre
Movie · as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
IndyCar: Anything to Win
Movie · as Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV · as Self - Former TV Celebrity, 6'2" · 1 ep
Cam Gaze - À la recherche des premières "camgirls"
TV · as Self (archive) - late show host · 1 ep
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
TV · as Self - Host, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (archive footage) · 1 ep
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney
Movie · as Self - Host
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
The Easy Kind
Movie · as David Letterman
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
DEVO
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Group Therapy
Movie · as Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
Stupid Pet Tricks
TV · as Self · 2 eps
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mr. McMahon
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Late Night Nightmare
Movie · as Self
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Movie · as Self
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Movie · as Self
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
SmartLess: On the Road
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
Movie · as Self
We Feed People
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
Movie · as Self
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Movie · as Self - Host
That’s My Time with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
The Last Movie Stars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
TV · as Self - Host, 'Late Show with David Letterman' (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Gilded Age
TV · as High Society Gentleman (uncredited) · 1 ep
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie · as Self
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
Movie · as Self
Controlling Britney Spears
Movie · as Self (archive Audio)
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sisters with Transistors
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Zappa
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie · as Self
The Comedy Store
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Movie · as Self
This Is Farrah Fawcett
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan
Movie · as Self - Host
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie · as David Letterman
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
Movie · as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 ep
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Movie · as Self
Whitney
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie · as Self
Andre the Giant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Host · 29 eps
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Movie · as Self
Mike and the Mad Dog
Movie · as Self
Get Me Roger Stone
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
David Letterman: A Life on Television
Movie · as Self
The Making of Trump
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie · as Self / Audition Tape (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
MLB Network Presents
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mad As Hell
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Don Rickles: One Night Only
Movie · as Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie · as Self
An Open Secret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Life Itself
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Norm Macdonald Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Movie · as Self
Me @ the Zoo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self
The Undefeated
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
I'm Still Here
Movie · as David Letterman
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV · 1 ep
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Web Junk 20
TV · 1 ep
Earth to America
Movie · as Self (archived footage)
Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection
Movie
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
American Splendor
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
Movie
VH1 News Special: Grunge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999
Movie · as self
Man on the Moon
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Totally Bill Hicks
Movie · as Self
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Private Parts
Movie · as David Letterman
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Movie · as Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice)
Eddie
Movie · as David Letterman (uncredited)
Cosby
TV · 1 ep
Spin City
TV · as Rags (uncredited) (voice), David Letterman · 1 ep
A Night to Die For
Movie · as Self
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Rush Limbaugh's America
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride
Movie · as Self
Cabin Boy
Movie · as Old Salt In Fishing Village
The Nanny
TV · as David Letterman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Beavis and Butt-Head
TV · as David Letterman (voice) · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Host · 4252 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as David Letterman · 2 eps
I'm from Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Seinfeld
TV · as David Letterman · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as David Letterman (voice) · 1 ep
Action Family
Movie · as Self
The Jay Leno Special
Movie · as self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
Steve Martin Live!
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Host · 1377 eps
David Letterman: Looking For Fun
Movie · as Self
Open All Night
TV · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The David Letterman Show
TV · as Host · 90 eps
Fast Friends
Movie · as Matt Morgan
Peeping Times
Movie · as Dan Cochran
Mork & Mindy
TV · as Ellsworth · 1 ep
Mary
Movie · as Self (Various Characters)
The Starland Vocal Band Show
TV · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 11 eps
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps