Rufus Wainwright: movies and TV shows
Rufus Wainwright has 80 credits in the archive: 57 films and 23 TV series, from 1988 to 2026. Highest rated: BoJack Horseman (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1988 – 2026 · busiest year: 2020 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Peter Asher: Everywhere Man | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2025 | It's Dorothy! | Self | Film | 4.0 | 51 |
| 2024 | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2024 | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2024 | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2024 | Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now | Self - Interviewee | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self - Performer | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2023 | George Michael: Portrait of an Artist | Self | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) | Self | Film | 8.2 | 49 |
| 2023 | Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2022 | Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song | Self | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2021 | Agnus Dei | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2021 | The Runaway Bunny | Singer | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2021 | Canadian Hits at the BBC | Self | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 2020 | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | TV | 2.0 | 46 |
| 2020 | Canada's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Self | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 2020 | Royalties | Jacob Jewel | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2020 | Prima Donna | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2020 | Rufus Wainwright: Unfollow the Rules | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2020 | Hadrian | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2020 | Hadrian | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2020 | Rufus Wainwright - Austin City Limits | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 2019 | Bonsoir bonsoir! | Self | TV | 4.0 | 45 |
| 2019 | Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration | Self | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2019 | Boléro, le refrain du monde | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 2019 | Bolero: A Global Hit | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 2019 | Heart: Live in Atlantic City | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 2016 | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Film | 7.2 | 42 | |
| 2015 | Prima Donna | Film | — | 41 | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 40 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 40 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Drinking Bird / The Overtones (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 40 |
| 2014 | Rufus Wainwright - Live from the Artists Den | Film | — | 40 | |
| 2013 | Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium | Self | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2013 | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | Himself | Film | — | 39 |
| 2013 | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | Film | — | 39 | |
| 2012 | Rufus Wainwright - Montreux 2012 | Film | — | 38 | |
| 2011 | Silver Bullets | Film | 4.1 | 37 | |
| 2010 | Conan | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 2010 | Making Eyes | Film | — | 36 | |
| 2010 | Making Eyes | Film | — | 36 | |
| 2009 | Live from the Artists Den | Self | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 2009 | Shakespeare’s Sonnets | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 2008 | A Not So Silent Night | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 2007 | Days of Darkness | Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 2007 | Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! Live from the London Palladium | Film | — | 33 | |
| 2007 | Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!! | Film | — | 33 | |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | TV | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 2006 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | Self | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 2006 | Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig | Self | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 2005 | Heights | Jeremy | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 2005 | Kiki and Herb Reloaded | Self | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 2005 | Rufus Wainwright - All I Want | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | TV | 5.1 | 30 | |
| 2004 | The Culture Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 30 |
| 2004 | Sarah Kuttner – Die Show | self - guest | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1 | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 2004 | Rufus Wainwright: Live at the FiIlmore | Himself | Film | — | 30 |
| 2004 | Rufus Wainwright: Live at the FiIlmore | Film | — | 30 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 5.3 | 29 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 29 |
| 2003 | Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family | Self | Film | 4.5 | 29 |
| 2002 | Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1999 | The McGarrigle Hour | self | Film | — | 25 |
| 1998 | Rufus Wainwright: 1998 | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | TV | 7.5 | 21 |
| 1994 | The Return of Tommy Tricker | "Joy in My Heart" Singer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 20 |
| 1994 | The Return of Tommy Tricker | Film | 6.5 | 20 | |
| 1993 | Frasier | Jeremy (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 19 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 19 |
| 1993 | One Man Guy | Self | Film | — | 19 |
| 1988 | Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Singer | Film | 6.1 | 14 |
| 1988 | Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Film | 6.1 | 14 | |
| Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal | Self | TV | — | — | |
| Dinner with the Band | Self | TV | — | — |