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Lorne Michaels
Highest Rated: 100% The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Ladies Man (2000)
Birthday: Nov 17, 1944
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
An iconic Canadian television and film producer, Lorne Michaels is best known for co-creating and producing the legendary NBC sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), as well as dozens of other films and television shows. Born and raised in Toronto, Michaels got his start in show business by working as a broadcaster for CBC Radio in the mid-1960s. He moved to Los Angeles in 1968 to write for the comedy shows "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show" (NBC, 1968) and "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (NBC, 1968-1973). In the early 1970s Michaels moved back to Canada to star in, along with his comedy partner Hart Pomerantz, the comedy series "The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour" (CBC, 1970-71) on Canadian television. That show, however, ended after a single season. Michaels returned to America in the early '70s and continued writing comedy for various television shows. Then in 1975 he co-created, along with Dick Ebersol and Herb Schlosser, the NBC sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live." The show skewered everything from pop-culture to politics and proved to be a breeding ground for topic comedic talent, like John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and various others. "Saturday Night Live" was hugely popular in the 1970s, with several of its stars going on to have huge movie careers. Michaels left the show in 1980 to focus on producing films, but returned to show in 1985 where he remained. Throughout Michaels' tenure on "Saturday Night Live," the show was the launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment, including Adam Sandler, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, and Kate McKinnon. In addition to producing "Saturday Night Live," Michaels became the producer of NBC's "Late Night" (NBC, 1982- ), beginning in 1993, and "The Tonight Show" (NBC, 1954- ), beginning in 2014. Furthermore, his Broadway Video production shingle produced dozens of film comedies and television shows that starred "SNL" alums, most notably "Wayne's World" (1992), "Tommy Boy" (1995), "Mean Girls" (2004), "30 Rock" (NBC, 2006-2013), and "Shrill" (Hulu, 2019- ). In the fall of 2019 "Saturday Night Live" premiered its 45th season, with Michaels, who was 74, still serving as executive producer.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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69% |
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Mean Girls | Producer | $72.4M | 2024 |
100% |
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The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks | Self | - | 2022 |
91% |
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Belushi | Self | - | 2020 |
90% |
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Vampires vs. The Bronx | Producer | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | (Future) Cult Classic | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
89% |
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Love, Gilda | Self | $624.2K | 2018 |
34% |
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Masterminds | Producer | $17.3M | 2016 |
57% |
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Brother Nature | Producer | - | 2016 |
68% |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Producer | $23.0M | 2016 |
33% |
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Staten Island Summer | Producer | - | 2015 |
94% |
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The Last Impresario | Self | - | 2013 |
37% |
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The Guilt Trip | Producer | $37.1M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Saturday Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
47% |
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MacGruber | Producer | $8.5M | 2010 |
63% |
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Baby Mama | Producer | $60.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Love & Die | Executive Producer | - | 2008 |
39% |
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Hot Rod | Producer | $13.9M | 2007 |
84% |
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Mean Girls | Producer | $86.1M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
|
Late Night With Conan O'Brien - 10th Anniversary Special | Director | - | 2004 |
72% |
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Enigma | Producer | $4.3M | 2001 |
11% |
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The Ladies Man | Producer | $13.6M | 2000 |
64% |
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Man on the Moon | Self | $34.6M | 1999 |
32% |
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Superstar | Producer | $30.6M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | SNL: 25 Years of Music | Executive Producer | - | 1999 |
11% |
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A Night at the Roxbury | Producer | $30.3M | 1998 |
44% |
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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Producer | $2.2M | 1996 |
30% |
|
Black Sheep | Producer | $30.6M | 1996 |
40% |
|
Tommy Boy |
Executive Producer, Producer |
$30.7M | 1995 |
30% |
|
Stuart Saves His Family | Producer | $718.5K | 1995 |
88% |
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Lassie | Producer | $8.3M | 1994 |
35% |
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Coneheads | Producer | $20.2M | 1993 |
60% |
|
Wayne's World 2 | Producer | $46.2M | 1993 |
79% |
|
Wayne's World | Producer | $120.1M | 1992 |
45% |
|
Three Amigos! |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$36.2M | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
|
Gilda Live |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Rutles | Producer | - | 1978 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Executive Producer | 2014-2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Executive Producer | 2014-2024 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live |
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer |
1993 2006-2010 2016-2024 |
90% | 96% | Steve! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces | Self | 2024 |
84% | 79% | Miracle Workers | Executive Producer | 2019-2021 2023 |
97% | 83% | The Other Two | Executive Producer | 2019 2021 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Kids in the Hall | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
78% | 90% | Bupkis | Executive Producer | 2023 |
93% | 86% | Schmigadoon! | Executive Producer | 2021 2023 |
88% | 80% | A.P. Bio | Executive Producer | 2018-2021 2023 |
95% | 88% | Documentary Now! | Executive Producer | 2016 2019 2022 |
100% | 79% | Los Espookys | Executive Producer | 2019 2022 |
100% | 77% | That Damn Michael Che | Executive Producer | 2021-2022 |
100% | 89% | Bust Down | Executive Producer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Kenan | Executive Producer | 2021-2022 |
85% | 80% | MacGruber | Executive Producer | 2021 |
89% | 83% | Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | Executive Producer | 2021 |
88% | 63% | Shrill | Executive Producer | 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Mapleworth Murders | Executive Producer | 2020 |
40% | 98% | Norm Macdonald Has a Show | Guest | 2018 |
95% | 87% | Detroiters | Executive Producer | 2018 |
94% | 80% | Portlandia | Producer | 2018 |
94% | 87% | Man Seeking Woman | Executive Producer | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dateline NBC | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Guest | 2016 |
38% | 76% | Maya & Marty | Executive Producer | 2016 |
17% | 41% | Mulaney | Executive Producer | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Executive Producer | 2009-2014 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Executive Producer | 2006-2013 |
67% | 64% | Up All Night | Executive Producer | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | Executive Producer | 2008-2009 2012 |
40% | No Score Yet | The Tracy Morgan Show | Executive Producer | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Writer | 1969 |