Name
Woody Allen
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1935-11-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
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Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, ...
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New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall....
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While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himsel...
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The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Cone...
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After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, ...
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A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends...
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The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the f...
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Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unawar...
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A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a ...
- 2006 Scoop as Sid Waterman
- 1979 Manhattan as Isaac Davis
- 1977 Annie Hall as Alvy Singer
- 1976 The Front as Howard Prince
- 2000 Small Time Crooks as Ray
- 1997 Deconstructing Harry as Harry Block
- 1965 What's New Pussycat? as Victor Shakapopulis
- 2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as CW Briggs
- 2003 Anything Else as David Dobel
- 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery as Larry Lipton
- 1994 Don't Drink the Water as Walter Hollander
- 1983 Zelig as Leonard Zelig
- 1980 Stardust Memories as Sandy Bates
- 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters as Mickey Sachs
- 1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily? as Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
- 1971 Bananas as Fielding Mellish
- 1973 Sleeper as Miles Monroe
- 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors as Cliff Stern
- 1975 Love and Death as Boris Grushenko
- 1995 Mighty Aphrodite as Lenny
- 1972 Play It Again, Sam as Allan Felix
- 1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
- 1969 Take the Money and Run as Virgil Starkwell
- 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Andrew
- 2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Tex Cowley
- 1971 Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story as Harvey Wallinger
- 1967 Casino Royale as Jimmy Bond
- 1998 Antz as Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
- 1996 Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin
- 2002 The Magic of Fellini as Self
- 1999 Sweet and Lowdown as Himself
- 2002 Hollywood Ending as Val
- 1984 Broadway Danny Rose as Danny Rose
- 2010 … But Film Is My Mistress as Self
- 1992 Husbands and Wives as Gabe Roth
- 1980 The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 Meetin' WA as Self
- 2000 Company Man as Lowther (uncredited)
- 2007 Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts as Self
- 2007 100 Greatest Stand-Ups as Himself
- 1991 Scenes from a Mall as Nick Fifer
- 1988 King Lear as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
- 2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2012 To Rome with Love as Jerry
- 1991 Shadows and Fog as Kleinman
- 1989 New York Stories as Sheldon
- 2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
- 1997 Wild Man Blues as Self
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2002 Woody Allen: A Life in Film as Self
- 1971 Woody Allen: Granada 1971 as Himself
- 1982 The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as Self
- 2012 Paris-Manhattan as Woody Allen
- 2007 A City Runs Through the Festival as Self
- 2000 Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2005 The Outsider as Self
- 1996 The Sunshine Boys as Al Lewis
- 2021 How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
- 2000 Buñuel in Hollywood as Self
- 2013 The Unbelievers as Self
- 2013 Ain't Misbehavin as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore as Self
- 2016 The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013 Fading Gigolo as Murray
- 2013 Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love as Self
- 2013 David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 2002 Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman as Self
- 2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV as Self
- 1980 To Woody Allen from Europe with Love as Himself
- 2009 Vittorio D. as Self
- 2013 The Battle of Amfar as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2010 Life Is Bearable at Times...
- 2003 Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar as Himself
- 1967 Woody Allen Looks at 1967 as Self - Host
- 2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
- 2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow as Self
- 2024 Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen as Self - Filmmaker
- 2022 Groucho & Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 Radio Days as Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
- 1998 The Impostors as Audition Director (uncredited)
- 2004 François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
- 1971 Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
- 2016 Café Society as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
- 1998 Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion as Himself
- 1969 The Woody Allen Special as Self / Various
- 1977 Woody Allen: An American Comedy as Himself
- 2017 This Is Bob Hope... as Self
- 2013 Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2018 Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room as Himself
- 2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy as Himself
- 2001 Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film as Self
- 2016 Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self
- 2006 Filmmakers in Action as Self
- 1979 Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen as Self
- 2019 Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! as Self
- 2003 Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2014 Barcelona, la rosa de foc as narrator (English)
- 1965 Woody Allen: Standup Comic as Himself
- 2019 Very Ralph as Self
- 2013 Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read as Self
- 2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
- 2000 CyberWorld as Z-4195 (voice)
- 2004 Words in Progress as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Casting By as Self
- 2025 Twiggy as Self (archival footage)
- 2006 The Devil and Daniel Johnston as Self (Archival footage)
- 1997 The Language Master as Himself
- 2025 Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2025 Mr. Fischer's Chair as Narrator
- 2015 Best of Enemies as Self (archival)
- 1999 Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
- 2011 Bert Stern - Original Madman
- 2024 Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive photo)
- 2026 V-Town News as Himself (uncredited)
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2021 Allen v. Farrow ( 4 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1975 PBS News Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Philip Marlowe ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Hullabaloo ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 The Roaring 20's ( 1 episode )
- 2016 Crisis in Six Scenes ( 6 episodes ) as Sidney J. Munsinger
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest Host
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Scene by Scene ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Just Shoot Me! ( 1 episode ) as Himself (uncredited)
- 2004 The Culture Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1977 Please Turn the Page ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 El hormiguero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1998 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 Thirteen Talks ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 HARDtalk ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Sternstunde Kunst ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Titel, Thesen, Temperamente ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 Film '72 ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1995 Kulturzeit ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 1 episode )
