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Lorne Michaels

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Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)

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Momentum10.6
Languages25
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Lorne Michaels is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live and produced the Late Night series, The Kids in the Hall, and The Tonight Show.

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Michaels in 1988Michaels in 1988Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.Michaels's star on Canada's Walk of Fame.Michaels's star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

In their own words 1

Lorne Michaels
said · Feb 13, 2015
Own words

When we do well, we do the best comedy on TV. That's not ego; that's just the way it is.

Bill Carter interview during 1975-76 season, quoted in the February 13, 2015 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine reprinted by Yahoo,

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Filmography 40

Mean Girls2004 · ★ 7.2
Wayne's World1992 · ★ 6.7
Mean Girls2024 · ★ 5.9
Hot Rod2007 · ★ 6.4
Man on the Moon1999 · ★ 7.2
¡Three Amigos!1986 · ★ 6.3
Masterminds2016 · ★ 5.8
A Night at the Roxbury1998 · ★ 6.5
Coneheads1993 · ★ 5.5
Tommy Boy1995 · ★ 6.8
Wayne's World 21993 · ★ 6.1
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot2016 · ★ 6.3
Baby Mama2008 · ★ 6.0
The Guilt Trip2012 · ★ 5.6
Sandy Wexler2017 · ★ 5.5
MacGruber2010 · ★ 5.4
Black Sheep1996 · ★ 6.1
Enigma2001 · ★ 6.3
Superstar1999 · ★ 5.3
Vampires vs. the Bronx2020 · ★ 5.7
Staten Island Summer2015 · ★ 5.6
Lassie1994 · ★ 6.1
The Ladies Man2000 · ★ 5.4
Will & Harper2024 · ★ 7.4
Frosty Returns1992 · ★ 5.6
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash1978 · ★ 6.8
I Am Chris Farley2015 · ★ 7.1
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy1996 · ★ 6.2
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life2018 · ★ 6.6
Michael Che Matters2016 · ★ 6.9
Belushi2020 · ★ 7.0
Brother Nature2016 · ★ 5.1
Love, Gilda2018
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell2002
Nothing Lasts Forever1984
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025
Lorne2026
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler1999
Stuart Saves His Family1995
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025

180 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014
Saturday Night Live1975
30 Rock2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993
Late Night with David Letterman1982
The Kardashians2022
Portlandia2011
Miracle Workers2019
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee2012
A.P. Bio2018
Schmigadoon!2021
Shrill2019
The Other Two2019
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968
The Kids in the Hall1989
Documentary Now!2015
Up All Night2011
Detroiters2017
Bupkis2023
MacGruber2021
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!2021
Los Espookys2019

Awards 8

2025Time 100
2018Companion of the Order of Canada
2016Presidential Medal of Freedom
2010International Emmy Directorate Award
2004Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
2003Canada's Walk of Fame
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 1

Connected to Lorne 6

Mark RonsonAlso in SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)Martin ShortAlso in Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018)Shannen DohertyAlso in SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)Colin JostAlso in Staten Island Summer (2015)Eddie FisherAlso in Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)Angourie RiceAlso in Mean Girls (2024)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 81
Written about in
25 languages

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