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Owen Kline

Acting Born Oct 14, 1991 New York City, New York, USA 8 credits

Biography

Owen Kline is an American director, screenwriter and actor based in New York City. His short Jazzy for Joe starred the late broadcasting legend Joe Franklin in a rare comic performance paired alongside an orphaned toddler. His prior short, Fowl Play, a Queens-based comedy about low-rent aspiring cockfighters and their chicken, was presented on Le Cinéma Club in 2017 as part of the Safdie brothers’ carte blanche. Kline’s acting credits include Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale, the Safdies’ John’s Gone and the Michael M. Bilandic comedies Hellaware and Jobe’z World. Kline wrote and directed Funny Pages, his feature debut.

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Known for

The Studio

as Owen Kline
Film

A Different Man

as Nick
Film

The Squid and the Whale

as Frank Berkman

Full filmography

  • The Studio (2025) as Owen Kline
  • A Different Man (2024) as Nick
  • Funny Pages (2022) as Comic Shop Customer (uncredited)
  • The Squid and the Whale (2005) as Frank Berkman
  • The Anniversary Party (2001) as Jack Gold
  • John's Gone (2010) as Owen
  • Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt (2024) as Self
  • Jobe'z World (2019) as Zane