Lorne Michaels: movies and TV shows
Lorne Michaels has 179 credits in the archive: 124 films and 55 TV series, from 1968 to 2026. Highest rated: The Kardashians (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1968 – 2026 · busiest year: 1975 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lorne | Self | Film | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2026 | Saturday Night Live UK | TV | 4.2 | 81 | |
| 2026 | Saturday Night Live UK | TV | 4.2 | 81 | |
| 2026 | Marcello Hernández: American Boy | Film | 7.1 | 81 | |
| 2025 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Self | TV | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2025 | Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh | Film | 5.1 | 80 | |
| 2025 | I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | Self | Film | 6.9 | 80 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self - Executive Producer | Film | 7.8 | 80 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Film | 7.8 | 80 | |
| 2025 | Downey Wrote That | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2025 | Downey Wrote That | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Film | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Film | 6.8 | 80 | |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Film | 6.8 | 80 | |
| 2024 | Mean Girls | Film | 5.9 | 79 | |
| 2024 | Will & Harper | Self | Film | 7.4 | 79 |
| 2024 | Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked | Film | 7.5 | 79 | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Self | Film | 6.6 | 79 |
| 2024 | Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas | Film | 5.5 | 79 | |
| 2023 | Bupkis | TV | 6.3 | 78 | |
| 2022 | The Kardashians | Self | TV | 8.5 | 77 |
| 2022 | Bust Down | TV | 6.0 | 77 | |
| 2022 | The Kids in the Hall | TV | 6.6 | 77 | |
| 2022 | The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks | Self | Film | 8.0 | 77 |
| 2022 | Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City | Film | 9.0 | 77 | |
| 2022 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2021 | Schmigadoon! | TV | 6.9 | 76 | |
| 2021 | MacGruber | TV | 6.0 | 76 | |
| 2021 | Kenan | TV | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2021 | Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | TV | 5.8 | 76 | |
| 2021 | The Story of Late Night | Self | TV | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2021 | That Damn Michael Che | TV | 6.2 | 76 | |
| 2021 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson | Film | 2.0 | 76 | |
| 2020 | Mapleworth Murders | TV | 5.7 | 75 | |
| 2020 | Vampires vs. the Bronx | Film | 5.7 | 75 | |
| 2020 | Belushi | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2020 | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Film | 6.3 | 75 | |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | TV | 6.8 | 74 | |
| 2019 | The Other Two | TV | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Shrill | TV | 6.3 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Los Espookys | TV | 6.2 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Alien News Desk | TV | 3.8 | 74 | |
| 2019 | My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres | Film | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Cracked Up | Self | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2018 | A.P. Bio | TV | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 2018 | Norm Macdonald Has a Show | Self - Guest | TV | 8.1 | 73 |
| 2018 | Love, Gilda | Self | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2018 | Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2017 | Detroiters | TV | 7.3 | 72 | |
| 2017 | Sandy Wexler | Testimonial | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special | Film | 5.0 | 72 | |
| 2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Film | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 2016 | Masterminds | Film | 5.8 | 71 | |
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2016 | Brother Nature | Film | 5.1 | 71 | |
| 2016 | Michael Che Matters | Film | 6.9 | 71 | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Film | 7.9 | 70 | |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! | TV | 7.1 | 70 | |
| 2015 | Staten Island Summer | Film | 5.6 | 70 | |
| 2015 | Adele: Live in New York City 2015 | Film | 8.4 | 70 | |
| 2015 | I Am Chris Farley | Self | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2015 | Live from New York! | Self | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | TV | 5.8 | 69 | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | TV | 5.1 | 69 | |
| 2014 | The Maya Rudolph Show | Film | 5.0 | 69 | |
| 2014 | The Last Impresario | Self | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Self | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Guilt Trip | Film | 5.6 | 67 | |
| 2012 | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | TV | 6.9 | 66 | |
| 2011 | Up All Night | TV | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2011 | Inside Portlandia | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2011 | Inside Portlandia | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2010 | MacGruber | Film | 5.4 | 65 | |
| 2010 | Saturday Night | Self | Film | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2010 | Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | TV | 6.0 | 64 | |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Film | 7.7 | 64 | |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | TV | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | TV | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 2008 | Baby Mama | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | TV | — | 63 | |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | Film | 5.7 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Hot Rod | Film | 6.4 | 62 | |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | TV | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 2006 | Laser Cats! | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2006 | Sons & Daughters | TV | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts | Self | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found | Self | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | Self | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Film | 8.1 | 60 | |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Film | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 2004 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party | TV | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation | Film | 7.4 | 58 | |
| 2003 | The Tracy Morgan Show | TV | 10.0 | 58 | |
| 2003 | Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2002 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Film | 7.8 | 57 | |
| 2002 | The Colin Quinn Show | TV | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Enigma | Film | 6.3 | 56 | |
| 2001 | 50 Years of NBC Late Night | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2000 | The Ladies Man | Film | 5.4 | 55 | |
| 2000 | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Mark Twain Prize | Self | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1999 | Superstar | Film | 5.3 | 54 | |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 1999 | SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Film | 7.7 | 53 | |
| 1998 | Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live | Film | 8.3 | 53 | |
| 1996 | Black Sheep | Film | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 1996 | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1996 | The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1995 | Tommy Boy | Film | 6.8 | 50 | |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | Film | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1994 | Lassie | Film | 6.1 | 49 | |
| 1994 | The Story of Lassie | Self | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Film | 5.5 | 48 | |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1992 | Frosty Returns | Film | 5.7 | 47 | |
| 1991 | Lookwell | TV | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1991 | Lookwell | Film | 8.0 | 46 | |
| 1991 | Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Film | 6.1 | 45 | |
| 1989 | The Kids in the Hall | TV | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | Film | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 1988 | Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1986 | ¡Three Amigos! | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1986 | ¡Three Amigos! | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1986 | The Canadian Conspiracy | Self | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1984 | The Discreet Charm of the Diplomacy | Film | 6.8 | 39 | |
| 1984 | The Day Before | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1983 | The Coneheads | Film | 5.1 | 38 | |
| 1983 | Neil Young in Berlin | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | TV | 6.1 | 37 | |
| 1982 | Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1982 | Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | Film | 7.6 | 36 | |
| 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | Film | 7.6 | 36 | |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | Film | 6.1 | 35 | |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | Film | 6.1 | 35 | |
| 1979 | Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | Film | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1979 | Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1978 | The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Sleazy Merchandiser | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1978 | The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1978 | The Things We Did Last Summer | Film | 4.8 | 33 | |
| 1977 | The Paul Simon Special | Film | 8.3 | 32 | |
| 1977 | The Paul Simon Special | Film | 8.3 | 32 | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Film | 1.0 | 31 | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Film | 1.0 | 31 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Producer (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Peter Aaron (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | TV | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | TV | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | TV | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | TV | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1973 | Lily | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1973 | Lily | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | TV | 6.8 | 23 | |
| A Chris Farley Story | Film | — | — | ||
| Bag Man | Film | — | — | ||
| Jonty | Film | — | — | ||
| The Big Goodbye | Film | — | — | ||
| Worst Man | Film | — | — |