Biography
David Michael Letterman is an American comedian, television host, writer, and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history.
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Awards & recognition
- Mark Twain Prize — American Humor · 2017
- Sagamore of the Wabash · 2007
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Primetime Emmy Award
Filmography50+ titles
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Seinfeld
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
The Nanny
SmartLess: On the Road
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
MLB Network Presents
The Simpsons
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
John Candy: I Like Me
Cola Wars
Totally Bill Hicks
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Devo
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney
The Gilded Age
Uncle Tom
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Larry Sanders Show
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Controlling Britney Spears
The Comedy Store
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Life Itself
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Strangers with Candy
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Zappa
Whitney
Andre the Giant
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Man on the Moon
Downey Wrote That
Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
My Darling Vivian
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
American Splendor
Beavis and Butt-Head
Mork & Mindy
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
We Feed People
The Last Movie Stars