Directing · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born November 30, 1935
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.
MovieMia Farrow: Shadows and Light
2025
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieTwiggy
2025
as Self (archival footage)
TVStand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive photo)
MovieUn día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
2024
as Self - Filmmaker
MovieGroucho & Cavett
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHow did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021
TVAllen v. Farrow
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVery Ralph
2019
as Self
MovieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
MovieKaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019
as Self
MovieCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
MovieAlways at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
MovieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self
MovieWater and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
as Self
TVCrisis in Six Scenes
2016
as Sidney J. Munsinger
MovieCasablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
2016
as Self (archive footage)
TVThirteen Talks
2016
as Self
MovieCafé Society
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBest of Enemies
2015
as Self (archival)
MovieBarcelona, la rosa de foc
2014
as narrator (English)
MovieThe Unbelievers
2013
as Self
MovieDavid Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
MovieMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013
as Self
MovieFading Gigolo
2013
as Murray
MovieTrespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
MovieAin't Misbehavin
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieErroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013
as Self
MovieThe Battle of Amfar
2013
as self
MovieCasting By
2012
as Self
MovieParis-Manhattan
2012
as Woody Allen
MovieTo Rome with Love
2012
as Jerry
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
MovieBert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Movie… But Film Is My Mistress
2010
as Self
MovieLife Is Bearable at Times...
2010
MovieVittorio D.
2009
as Self
MovieSophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
as Self
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007
as Self
MovieGlass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007
as Self
MovieA City Runs Through the Festival
2007
as Self
Movie100 Greatest Stand-Ups
2007
as Himself
TVEl hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieFilmmakers in Action
2006
as Self
MovieScoop
2006
as Sid Waterman
MovieThe Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
as Self (Archival footage)
MovieThe Outsider
2005
as Self
MovieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self
MovieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Culture Show
2004
as Self
MovieFrançois Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
as Self
MovieWords in Progress
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
MovieAnything Else
2003
as David Dobel
MovieCharlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Self
MovieSid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
as Himself
MovieWoody Allen: A Life in Film
2002
as Self
MovieHollywood Ending
2002
as Val
MovieThe Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self
MovieWoody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
2002
as Self
MovieThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as CW Briggs
MovieStanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
MovieCyberWorld
2000
as Z-4195 (voice)
MovieLight Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
MovieThe Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself
MoviePicking Up the Pieces
2000
as Tex Cowley
MovieSmall Time Crooks
2000
as Ray
MovieCompany Man
2000
as Lowther (uncredited)
MovieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self
MovieSweet and Lowdown
1999
as Himself
MovieHoward Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
1999
MovieSugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
1998
as Himself
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
MovieAntz
1998
as Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
MovieThe Impostors
1998
as Audition Director (uncredited)
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieDeconstructing Harry
1997
as Harry Block
TVScene by Scene
1997
as Self
TVHARDtalk
1997
MovieThe Language Master
1997
as Himself
TVJust Shoot Me!
1997
as Himself (uncredited)
MovieWild Man Blues
1997
as Self
MovieEveryone Says I Love You
1996
as Joe Berlin
MovieThe Sunshine Boys
1996
as Al Lewis
MovieMighty Aphrodite
1995
as Lenny
MovieDon't Drink the Water
1994
as Walter Hollander
MovieManhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Larry Lipton
MovieHusbands and Wives
1992
as Gabe Roth
MovieShadows and Fog
1991
as Kleinman
MovieScenes from a Mall
1991
as Nick Fifer
MovieCrimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Cliff Stern
MovieNew York Stories
1989
as Sheldon
MovieKing Lear
1988
as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
MovieRadio Days
1987
as Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
MovieMeetin' WA
1986
as Self
MovieHannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Mickey Sachs
MovieBroadway Danny Rose
1984
as Danny Rose
MovieZelig
1983
as Leonard Zelig
MovieA Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Andrew
MovieThe Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as Self
MovieStardust Memories
1980
as Sandy Bates
MovieTo Woody Allen from Europe with Love
1980
as Himself
MovieThe Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
MovieManhattan
1979
as Isaac Davis
MovieQuestion de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
1979
as Self
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieWoody Allen: An American Comedy
1977
as Himself
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
MovieAnnie Hall
1977
as Alvy Singer
MovieThe Front
1976
as Howard Prince
TVPBS News Hour
1975
as Self
MovieLove and Death
1975
as Boris Grushenko
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
MovieSleeper
1973
as Miles Monroe
MovieEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
as Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
MoviePlay It Again, Sam
1972
as Allan Felix
MovieMen of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
as Harvey Wallinger
Film '72
1971
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MovieBananas
1971
as Fielding Mellish
MovieFight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
1971
as Himself
MovieThe Woody Allen Special
1969
as Self / Various
MovieTake the Money and Run
1969
as Virgil Starkwell
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieWoody Allen Looks at 1967
1967
as Self - Host
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCasino Royale
1967
as Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
MovieWhat's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
as Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
MovieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965
as Victor Shakapopulis
TVHullabaloo
1965
as Self
MovieWoody Allen: Standup Comic
1965
as Himself
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Roaring 20's
1960
TVPhilip Marlowe
1959
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Mr. Fischer's Chair
as Narrator
