Woody Allen

Biography

Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him a notable American director. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema, among a wealth of other fields of interest. Allen developed a passion for music early on and is a celebrated jazz clarinetist. What began as a teenage avocation has led to regular public performances at various small venues in his hometown of Manhattan, with occasional appearances at various jazz festivals. Allen joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra in performances that provided the film score for his 1973 comedy Sleeper, and performed in a rare European tour in 1996, which became the subject of the documentary Wild Man Blues.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

El hormiguero

Just Shoot Me!

The Merv Griffin Show

Spécial cinéma

The Ed Sullivan Show

What's My Line?

All Movies (117)

• Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light2025 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Twiggy2025 · as Self (archival footage)
• Remembering Gene Wilder2024 · as Self (archive photo)
• Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen2024 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Groucho & Cavett2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?2021
• Very Ralph2019 · as Self
• What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019 · as Self
• Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!2019 · as Self
• CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel2018 · as Self
• Always at The Carlyle2018 · as Self
• This Is Bob Hope...2017 · as Self
• Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017 · as Self
• Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Café Society2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Last Laugh2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Best of Enemies2015 · as Self (archival)
• Barcelona, la rosa de foc2014 · as narrator (English)
• The Unbelievers2013 · as Self
• David Blaine: Real or Magic2013 · as Self
• Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love2013 · as Self
• Fading Gigolo2013 · as Murray
• Trespassing Bergman2013 · as Self
• Ain't Misbehavin2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read2013 · as Self
• The Battle of Amfar2013 · as self
• Casting By2012 · as Self
• Paris-Manhattan2012 · as Woody Allen
• To Rome with Love2012 · as Jerry
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Bert Stern - Original Madman2011
• … But Film Is My Mistress2010 · as Self
• Life Is Bearable at Times...2010
• Vittorio D.2009 · as Self
• Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow2007 · as Self
• To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore2007 · as Self
• Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts2007 · as Self
• A City Runs Through the Festival2007 · as Self
• 100 Greatest Stand-Ups2007 · as Himself
• Filmmakers in Action2006 · as Self
• Scoop2006 · as Sid Waterman
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston2006 · as Self (Archival footage)
• The Outsider2005 · as Self
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons2005 · as Self
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• François Truffaut, une autobiographie2004 · as Self
• Words in Progress2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jack Paar: Smart Television2003 · as Self
• Anything Else2003 · as David Dobel
• Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin2003 · as Self
• Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar2003 · as Himself
• Woody Allen: A Life in Film2002 · as Self
• Hollywood Ending2002 · as Val
• The Magic of Fellini2002 · as Self
• Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman2002 · as Self
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion2001 · as CW Briggs
• Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures2001 · as Self
• CyberWorld2000 · as Z-4195 (voice)
• Light Keeps Me Company2000 · as Self
• The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV2000 · as Self
• The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room2000 · as Himself
• The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy2000 · as Himself
• Picking Up the Pieces2000 · as Tex Cowley
• Small Time Crooks2000 · as Ray
• Company Man2000 · as Lowther (uncredited)
• Buñuel in Hollywood2000 · as Self
• Sweet and Lowdown1999 · as Himself
• Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is1999
• Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion1998 · as Himself
• Antz1998 · as Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
• The Impostors1998 · as Audition Director (uncredited)
• Deconstructing Harry1997 · as Harry Block
• The Language Master1997 · as Himself
• Wild Man Blues1997 · as Self
• Everyone Says I Love You1996 · as Joe Berlin
• The Sunshine Boys1996 · as Al Lewis
• Mighty Aphrodite1995 · as Lenny
• Don't Drink the Water1994 · as Walter Hollander
• Manhattan Murder Mystery1993 · as Larry Lipton
• Husbands and Wives1992 · as Gabe Roth
• Shadows and Fog1991 · as Kleinman
• Scenes from a Mall1991 · as Nick Fifer
• Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · as Cliff Stern
• New York Stories1989 · as Sheldon
• King Lear1988 · as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
• Radio Days1987 · as Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
• Meetin' WA1986 · as Self
• Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Mickey Sachs
• Broadway Danny Rose1984 · as Danny Rose
• Zelig1983 · as Leonard Zelig
• A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy1982 · as Andrew
• The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell1982 · as Self
• Stardust Memories1980 · as Sandy Bates
• To Woody Allen from Europe with Love1980 · as Himself
• The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• Manhattan1979 · as Isaac Davis
• Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen1979 · as Self
• Woody Allen: An American Comedy1977 · as Himself
• Annie Hall1977 · as Alvy Singer
• The Front1976 · as Howard Prince
• Love and Death1975 · as Boris Grushenko
• Sleeper1973 · as Miles Monroe
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask1972 · as Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
• Play It Again, Sam1972 · as Allan Felix
• Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story1971 · as Harvey Wallinger
• Bananas1971 · as Fielding Mellish
• Fight of the Century1971 · as Self-(Audience Member)
• Woody Allen: Granada 19711971 · as Himself
• The Woody Allen Special1969 · as Self / Various
• Take the Money and Run1969 · as Virgil Starkwell
• Woody Allen Looks at 19671967 · as Self - Host
• Casino Royale1967 · as Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
• What's Up, Tiger Lily?1966 · as Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
• What's New Pussycat?1965 · as Victor Shakapopulis
• Woody Allen: Standup Comic1965 · as Himself
• Mr. Fischer's Chair— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (33)

• Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Allen v. Farrow2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Crisis in Six Scenes2016 · as Sidney J. Munsinger
• Thirteen Talks2016 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self
• Sternstunde Kunst1998 · as Self
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• HARDtalk1997
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as Himself (uncredited)
• Please Turn the Page1977 · as Self
• PBS News Hour1975 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• The Mod Squad1968
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Titel, Thesen, Temperamente1967 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hullabaloo1965 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Guest Host
• The Roaring 20's1960
• Philip Marlowe1959
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self