Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014). He has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Michaels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Saturday Night Live
2012
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
30 Rock
2006
Inside Out
2015
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
The Kardashians
2022
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2016
Portlandia
2011
Mean Girls
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
46
Writing
11
Producing
114
Crew
5
2026
Lorne
as Self
2026
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Executive Producer
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
as Self
2024
Will & Harper
as Self
2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2022
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
as Self
2022
The Kardashians
as Self
2021
The Story of Late Night
as Self
2020
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
2019
Cracked Up
as Self
2018
Love, Gilda
as Self
2018
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
as Self - Guest
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2015
Live from New York!
as Self
2015
I Am Chris Farley
as Self
2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2011
Inside Portlandia
as Self
2010
Saturday Night
as Self
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2006
Laser Cats!
as Self
2006
Iconoclasts
as Self
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
1999
Man on the Moon
as Self (uncredited)
1996
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1994
The Story of Lassie
as Self
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1986
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Sleazy Merchandiser
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Producer (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Peter Aaron (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)