Lorne Michaels

Producer

Born: November 17, 1944 (age 81)
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014). He has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from…

Filmography (31)

Lorne (2026)
Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025)
Self
Downey Wrote That (2025)
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
Self - Executive Producer
Will & Harper (2024)
Self
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024)
Self
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022)
Self
Belushi (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Cracked Up (2019)
Self
Love, Gilda (2018)
Self
Sandy Wexler (2017)
Testimonial
The Last Laugh (2016)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Am Chris Farley (2015)
Self
Live from New York! (2015)
Self
The Last Impresario (2014)
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
Self
Inside Portlandia
Inside Portlandia (2011)
Self
Saturday Night (2010)
Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
Self
Laser Cats!
Laser Cats! (2006)
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found (2005)
Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Self
Man on the Moon (1999)
Self (uncredited)
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick (1996)
The Story of Lassie (1994)
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
Self
The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
Self