Biography
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television talk show host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted a late night television talk show 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 the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show.
Awards & recognition
- Mark Twain Prize — American Humor · 2017
- Sagamore of the Wabash · 2007
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Primetime Emmy Award
Filmography50+ titles
Seinfeld
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
The Nanny
SmartLess: On the Road
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The Simpsons
MLB Network Presents
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
John Candy: I Like Me
Cola Wars
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Totally Bill Hicks
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney
Controlling Britney Spears
Uncle Tom
The Comedy Store
The Larry Sanders Show
Devo
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Strangers with Candy
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Life Itself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
In Whose Name?
Zappa
Whitney
Andre the Giant
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
American Splendor
Man on the Moon
Downey Wrote That
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
My Darling Vivian
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Beavis and Butt-Head
Mork & Mindy
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
We Feed People
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Get Me Roger Stone
Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)