Lorne Michaels
Production Born Nov 17, 1944 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 179 credits
Biography
Lorne Michaels is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live and produced the Late Night series, The Kids in the Hall, and The Tonight Show. Michaels has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history. He was born Lorne David Lipowitz on November 17, 1944. Michaels has worked on various notable productions throughout his career, earning numerous award nominations and wins.
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Career timeline
LorneSaturday Night Live UK · Executive ProducerSaturday Night Live UK · CreatorMarcello Hernández: American Boy · Thanks
SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh · Executive ProducerI'm Chevy Chase and You're NotLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Executive Producer
Mean Girls · ProducerWill & HarperDefying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked · ThanksIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonNate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas · Executive Producer
Bupkis · Executive Producer
The KardashiansBust Down · Executive ProducerThe Kids in the Hall · Executive ProducerThe Kids in the Hall: Comedy PunksMichael Bublé's Christmas in the City · Executive Producer
Schmigadoon! · Executive ProducerMacGruber · Executive ProducerKenan · Executive ProducerSaturday Morning All Star Hits! · Executive ProducerThe Story of Late Night
Mapleworth Murders · Executive ProducerVampires vs. the Bronx · ProducerBelushi30 Rock: A One-Time Special · Executive Producer
Miracle Workers · Executive ProducerThe Other Two · Executive ProducerShrill · Executive ProducerLos Espookys · Executive ProducerAlien News Desk · Executive Producer
A.P. Bio · Executive ProducerNorm Macdonald Has a ShowLove, GildaSteve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life · Executive Producer
Detroiters · Executive ProducerSandy WexlerThe David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special · Executive Producer
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot · ProducerMasterminds · ProducerThe Last LaughBrother Nature · ProducerMichael Che Matters · Executive Producer
Inside Out · ThanksDocumentary Now! · Executive ProducerStaten Island Summer · ProducerAdele: Live in New York City 2015 · Executive ProducerI Am Chris Farley
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Executive ProducerLate Night with Seth Meyers · Executive ProducerThe Maya Rudolph Show · Executive ProducerThe Last Impresario
Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeThe Guilt Trip · ProducerPaul Simon: Under African Skies
Portlandia · Executive ProducerUp All Night · Executive ProducerInside PortlandiaInside Portlandia · Executive ProducerSaturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 · Producer
MacGruber · ProducerSaturday NightSaturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · CreatorSaturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · Producer
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday · Executive ProducerSaturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday · CreatorBaby Mama · ProducerTo Love and Die · ProducerTo Love and Die · Executive Producer
Hot Rod · ProducerSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
30 Rock · Executive ProducerLaser Cats!Sons & Daughters · Executive Producer
IconoclastsSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundLive from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · Executive Producer
Mean Girls · ProducerMiley's New Year's Eve Party · Producer
Lost in Translation · ThanksThe Tracy Morgan Show · ProducerCan't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles · Executive Producer
NBC 75th Anniversary Special · WriterNBC 75th Anniversary Special · Executive ProducerSaturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell · Executive ProducerThe Colin Quinn Show · Creator
Enigma · Producer50 Years of NBC Late Night · Executive Producer
The Ladies Man · ProducerChuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Mark Twain PrizeMan on the MoonSuperstar · ProducerSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · Executive ProducerSNL: The Best of Adam Sandler · Executive Producer
A Night at the Roxbury · ProducerSaturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman · Executive ProducerBad Boys of Saturday Night Live · Executive Producer
Black Sheep · ProducerKids in the Hall: Brain Candy · ProducerThe Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
Tommy Boy · ProducerStuart Saves His Family · Producer
Full Filmography
179 titles- Lorne (2026) as Self
- Saturday Night Live UK (2026) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live UK (2026) Creator
- Marcello Hernández: American Boy (2026) Thanks
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh (2025) Executive Producer
- I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) as Self - Executive Producer
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) Executive Producer
- Downey Wrote That (2025) as Self
- Downey Wrote That (2025) Executive Producer
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) as Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) Executive Producer
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) Writer
- Mean Girls (2024) Producer
- Will & Harper (2024) as Self
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (2024) Thanks
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024) as Self
- Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas (2024) Executive Producer
- Bupkis (2023) Executive Producer
- The Kardashians (2022) as Self
- Bust Down (2022) Executive Producer
- The Kids in the Hall (2022) Executive Producer
- The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022) as Self
- Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City (2022) Executive Producer
- Miley's New Year's Eve Party (2022) Executive Producer
- Schmigadoon! (2021) Executive Producer
- MacGruber (2021) Executive Producer
- Kenan (2021) Executive Producer
- Saturday Morning All Star Hits! (2021) Executive Producer
- The Story of Late Night (2021) as Self
- That Damn Michael Che (2021) Executive Producer
- Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson (2021) Executive Producer
- Mapleworth Murders (2020) Executive Producer
- Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) Producer
- Belushi (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- 30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020) Executive Producer
- Miracle Workers (2019) Executive Producer
- The Other Two (2019) Executive Producer
- Shrill (2019) Executive Producer
- Los Espookys (2019) Executive Producer
- Alien News Desk (2019) Executive Producer
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (2019) Executive Producer
- Cracked Up (2019) as Self
- A.P. Bio (2018) Executive Producer
- Norm Macdonald Has a Show (2018) as Self - Guest
- Love, Gilda (2018) as Self
- Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018) Executive Producer
- Detroiters (2017) Executive Producer
- Sandy Wexler (2017) as Testimonial
- The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017) Executive Producer
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) Producer
- Masterminds (2016) Producer
- The Last Laugh (2016) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Brother Nature (2016) Producer
- Michael Che Matters (2016) Executive Producer
- Inside Out (2015) Thanks
- Documentary Now! (2015) Executive Producer
- Staten Island Summer (2015) Producer
- Adele: Live in New York City 2015 (2015) Executive Producer
- I Am Chris Farley (2015) as Self
- Live from New York! (2015) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) Executive Producer
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) Executive Producer
- The Maya Rudolph Show (2014) Executive Producer
- The Last Impresario (2014) as Self
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012) as Self
- The Guilt Trip (2012) Producer
- Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012) as Self
- Portlandia (2011) Executive Producer
- Up All Night (2011) Executive Producer
- Inside Portlandia (2011) as Self
- Inside Portlandia (2011) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 (2011) Producer
- MacGruber (2010) Producer
- Saturday Night (2010) as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010) as Self
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) Creator
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009) Producer
- Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (2008) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (2008) Creator
- Baby Mama (2008) Producer
- To Love and Die (2008) Producer
- To Love and Die (2008) Executive Producer
- Hot Rod (2007) Producer
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007) as Self
- 30 Rock (2006) Executive Producer
- Laser Cats! (2006) as Self
- Sons & Daughters (2006) Executive Producer
- Iconoclasts (2005) as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found (2005) as Self
- Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) as Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005) Executive Producer
- Mean Girls (2004) Producer
- Miley's New Year's Eve Party (2004) Producer
- Lost in Translation (2003) Thanks
- The Tracy Morgan Show (2003) Producer
- Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles (2003) Executive Producer
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) Writer
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002) Executive Producer
- The Colin Quinn Show (2002) Creator
- Enigma (2001) Producer
- 50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001) Executive Producer
- The Ladies Man (2000) Producer
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) as Self
- Mark Twain Prize (1999) as Self
- Man on the Moon (1999) as Self (uncredited)
- Superstar (1999) Producer
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999) Executive Producer
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999) Executive Producer
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998) Producer
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998) Executive Producer
- Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998) Executive Producer
- Black Sheep (1996) Producer
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) Producer
- The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick (1996)
- Tommy Boy (1995) Producer
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995) Producer
- Lassie (1994) Producer
- The Story of Lassie (1994) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) Executive Producer
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) Creator
- Coneheads (1993) Producer
- Wayne's World 2 (1993) Producer
- Wayne's World (1992) Producer
- Frosty Returns (1992) Executive Producer
- Lookwell (1991) Producer
- Lookwell (1991) Producer
- Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special (1991) Executive Producer
- The Earth Day Special (1990) Executive Producer
- The Kids in the Hall (1989) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989) as Self
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989) Executive Producer
- Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988) Executive Producer
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986) Screenplay
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986) Producer
- The Canadian Conspiracy (1986) as Self
- The Discreet Charm of the Diplomacy (1984) Producer
- The Day Before (1984) Producer
- Nothing Lasts Forever (1984) Producer
- The Coneheads (1983) Executive Producer
- Neil Young in Berlin (1983) Producer
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) Creator
- Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982) Executive Music Producer
- Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982) Executive Producer
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) Producer
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) Writer
- Gilda Live (1980) Writer
- Gilda Live (1980) Producer
- Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) Executive Producer
- Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (1979) Executive Producer
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) as Sleazy Merchandiser
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) Executive Producer
- The Things We Did Last Summer (1978) Producer
- The Paul Simon Special (1977) Producer
- The Paul Simon Special (1977) Writer
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) Writer
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) Producer
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) Writer
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) Producer
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Producer (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Peter Aaron (voice) (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) Producer
- Saturday Night Live (1975) Writer
- Saturday Night Live (1975) Executive Producer
- Saturday Night Live (1975) Creator
- Lily (1973) Writer
- Lily (1973) Producer
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) Writer
- A Chris Farley Story Producer
- Bag Man Producer
- Jonty Producer
- The Big Goodbye Producer
- Worst Man Producer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Lorne Michaels best known for?
Lorne Michaels is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Lorne (2026), SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025), SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025), SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025).
When and where was Lorne Michaels born?
Lorne Michaels was born on November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
How many credits does Lorne Michaels have?
Lorne Michaels has accumulated over 179 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1968 to 2026.
What is Lorne Michaels's background in cinema and television?
Lorne Michaels is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live and produced the Late Night series, The Kids in the Hall, and The Tonight Show. Michaels has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record...
Lorne Michaels by the numbers
179credits
124films
55TV series
1968–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Kardashians (2022) as Self — aged about 77
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self — aged about 80
- Man on the Moon (1999) as Self (uncredited) — aged about 54
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012) as Self — aged about 67
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited) — aged about 30
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited) — aged about 30
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