Prominent actors are interviewed about their life and career.
Show Details:
Start date: Jun 1994
End date: Dec 2019
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): Bravo (US) / Ovation (US)
Run time: 60 min/120 min
Episodes: 247 eps
Genre(s): Talk
End date: Dec 2019
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): Bravo (US) / Ovation (US)
Run time: 60 min/120 min
Episodes: 247 eps
Genre(s): Talk
Credits:
-
documentary series, host:
- James Lipton
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 14 Aug 94 | Paul Newman |
| 2. | 1-2 | 11 Sep 94 | Stephen Sondheim |
| 3. | 1-3 | 12 Jun 94 | Alec Baldwin |
| 4. | 1-4 | 16 Oct 94 | Sidney Lumet |
| 5. | 1-5 | 13 Nov 94 | Shelley Winters |
| 6. | 1-7 | 10 May 95 | Dennis Hopper |
| Season 2 | |||
| 7. | 2-3 | 05 May 96 | Matthew Broderick |
| 8. | 2-4 | 26 Jan 96 | Glenn Close |
| 9. | 2-9 | 23 Oct 96 | Christopher Walken |
| 10. | 2-10 | 25 Sep 96 | Gene Wilder |
| 11. | 2-12 | 01 Nov 96 | Martin Landau |
| Season 4 | |||
| 12. | 4-1 | 09 Aug 98 | Harvey Keitel |
| 13. | 4-2 | 23 Aug 98 | Shirley MacLaine |
| 14. | 4-3 | 06 Sep 98 | Eli Wallach |
| 15. | 4-4 | 13 Sep 98 | Anne Jackson |
| 16. | 4-5 | 20 Sep 98 | Lauren Bacall |
| 17. | 4-6 | 27 Sep 98 | Martin Short |
| 18. | 4-7 | 04 Oct 98 | Sir Anthony Hopkins |
| 19. | 4-8 | 11 Oct 98 | Danny Glover |
| 20. | 4-9 | 18 Oct 98 | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 21. | 4-10 | 25 Oct 98 | Jack Lemmon |
| 22. | 4-11 | 01 Nov 98 | Gary Sinise |
| 23. | 4-12 | 08 Nov 98 | Kathy Bates |
| 24. | 4-13 | 15 Nov 98 | Susan Sarandon |
| Season 5 | |||
| 25. | 5-1 | 22 Nov 98 | Meryl Streep |
| 26. | 5-2 | 29 Nov 98 | John Hurt |
| 27. | 5-3 | 06 Dec 98 | Laurence Fishburne |
| 28. | 5-4 | 13 Dec 98 | Donald Sutherland |
| 29. | 5-5 | 03 Jan 99 | Ron Howard |
| 30. | 5-6 | 10 Jan 99 | Sharon Stone |
| 31. | 5-7 | 17 Jan 99 | Sean Penn |
| 32. | 5-8 | 31 Jan 99 | Robert De Niro |
| 33. | 5-9 | 14 Feb 99 | Steven Spielberg |
| 34. | 5-10 | 06 Dec 99 | Tim Robbins |
| 35. | 5-11 | 11 Jul 99 | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| 36. | 5-12 | 18 Jul 99 | Kim Basinger |
| 37. | 5-13 | 25 Jul 99 | Ellen Barkin |
| 38. | 5-14 | 08 Aug 99 | Peter Falk |
| 39. | 5-15 | 15 Aug 99 | Jerry Lewis |
| Season 6 | |||
| 40. | 6-1 | 14 Nov 99 | Billy Joel |
| 41. | 6-2 | 21 Nov 99 | Mary Tyler Moore |
| 42. | 6-3 | 05 Dec 99 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 43. | 6-4 | 12 Dec 99 | Tom Hanks |
| 44. | 6-5 | 09 Jan 00 | Michael Caine |
| 45. | 6-6 | 09 Apr 00 | Geena Davis |
| 46. | 6-7 | 30 Apr 00 | James Woods |
| 47. | 6-8 | 07 May 00 | Andy Garcia |
| 48. | 6-9 | 02 Jul 00 | Kevin Spacey |
| 49. | 6-10 | 04 Jun 00 | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 50. | 6-11 | 06 Aug 00 | Alan Alda |
| 51. | 6-12 | 20 Aug 00 | Harrison Ford |
| 52. | 6-13 | 29 Oct 00 | Sigourney Weaver |
| Season 7 | |||
| 53. | 7-1 | 12 Nov 00 | Bernadette Peters |
| 54. | 7-3 | 19 Nov 00 | James Caan |
| 55. | 7-4 | 03 Dec 00 | Richard Dreyfuss |
| 56. | 7-5 | 10 Dec 00 | Gabriel Byrne |
| 57. | 7-6 | 17 Dec 00 | Spike Lee |
| 58. | 7-7 | 17 Dec 00 | Ed Harris |
| 59. | 7-8 | 14 Jan 01 | Ben Affleck |
| 60. | 7-9 | 28 Jan 01 | Ned Beatty |
| 61. | 7-10 | 04 Feb 01 | Mike Myers |
| 62. | 7-11 | 18 Feb 01 | Michael Douglas |
| 63. | 7-12 | 11 Mar 01 | Gwyneth Paltrow |
| 64. | 7-13 | 15 Apr 01 | Helen Hunt |
| 65. | 7-14 | 06 May 01 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 66. | 7-15 | 10 Jun 01 | Robin Williams |
| 67. | 7-16 | 15 Jul 01 | Melanie Griffith |
| 68. | 7-17 | 22 Jul 01 | Antonio Banderas |
| 69. | 7-18 | 06 Aug 01 | Burt Reynolds |
| 70. | 7-19 | 19 Aug 01 | Roseanne |
| Season 8 | |||
| 71. | 8-1 | 30 Sep 01 | Ben Stiller |
| 72. | 8-2 | 14 Oct 01 | Gene Hackman |
| 73. | 8-3 | 21 Oct 01 | Kevin Kline |
| 74. | 8-4 | 28 Oct 01 | Bruce Willis |
| 75. | 8-5 | 25 Nov 01 | Kevin Costner |
| 76. | 8-6 | 13 Jan 02 | Will Smith |
| 77. | 8-7 | 27 Jan 02 | Stockard Channing |
| 78. | 8-8 | 17 Feb 02 | Debra Winger |
| 79. | 8-9 | 03 Mar 02 | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| 80. | 8-10 | 17 Mar 02 | Ben Kingsley |
| 81. | 8-11 | 07 Apr 02 | Dennis Quaid |
| 82. | 8-12 | 21 Apr 02 | Ethan Hawke |
| 83. | 8-13 | 05 May 02 | Richard Gere |
| 84. | 8-14 | 12 May 02 | Hugh Grant |
| 85. | 8-15 | 02 Jun 02 | Samuel L. Jackson |
| 86. | 8-16 | 30 Jun 02 | Benicio del Toro |
| 87. | 8-17 | 04 Aug 02 | Vanessa Redgrave |
| 88. | 8-18 | 18 Aug 02 | Billy Bob Thornton |
| 89. | 8-19 | 08 Sep 02 | Johnny Depp |
| Season 9 | |||
| 90. | 9-1 | 06 Oct 02 | Sissy Spacek |
| 91. | 9-2 | 27 Oct 02 | Juliette Binoche |
| 92. | 9-3 | 10 Nov 03 | Jennie Moreau |
| 93. | 9-4 | 17 Nov 02 | Pierce Brosnan |
| 94. | 9-5 | 08 Dec 02 | Ian McKellen |
| 95. | 9-6 | 15 Dec 02 | Martin Scorsese |
| 96. | 9-7 | 22 Dec 02 | Julianne Moore |
| 97. | 9-8 | 12 Jan 03 | Edward Norton |
| 98. | 9-9 | 09 Feb 03 | Cast of "The Simpsons" |
| 99. | 9-10 | 16 Feb 03 | Nicolas Cage |
| 100. | 9-11 | 02 Mar 03 | Drew Barrymore |
| 101. | 9-12 | 09 Mar 03 | Renee Zellweger |
| 102. | 9-13 | 13 Apr 03 | John Travolta |
| 103. | 9-14 | 04 May 03 | Jeremy Irons |
| 104. | 9-15 | 11 May 03 | Joanne Woodward |
| 105. | 9-16 | 18 May 03 | Martin Sheen |
| 106. | 9-17 | 20 Jul 03 | Jeff Bridges |
| Season 10 | |||
| 107. | 10-1 | 14 Sep 03 | John Goodman |
| 108. | 10-2 | 05 Oct 03 | Clint Eastwood |
| 109. | 10-3 | 16 Nov 03 | Cast and Creators of "Will & Grace" |
| 110. | 10-4 | 14 Dec 03 | Cate Blanchett |
| 111. | 10-5 | 21 Dec 03 | Jude Law |
| 112. | 10-6 | 28 Dec 03 | Naomi Watts |
| 113. | 10-7 | 04 Jan 04 | Russell Crowe |
| 114. | 10-8 | 11 Jan 04 | Tom Cruise |
| 115. | 10-9 | 18 Jan 04 | Charlize Theron |
| 116. | 10-10 | 08 Feb 04 | Diane Lane |
| 117. | 10-11 | 15 Feb 04 | Jay Leno |
| 118. | 10-12 | 07 Mar 04 | Hugh Jackman |
| 119. | 10-13 | 14 Mar 04 | Kate Winslet |
| 120. | 10-14 | 21 Mar 04 | Barbra Streisand |
| 121. | 10-15 | 06 Jun 04 | Bette Midler |
| 122. | 10-16 | 20 Jun 04 | 10th Anniversary Special |
| Season 11 | |||
| 123. | 11-1 | 10 Oct 04 | Jennifer Lopez |
| 124. | 11-2 | 17 Oct 04 | James Gandolfini |
| 125. | 11-3 | 24 Oct 04 | William H. Macy |
| 126. | 11-4 | 31 Oct 04 | George Carlin |
| 127. | 11-5 | 07 Nov 04 | Jennifer Connelly |
| 128. | 11-6 | 14 Nov 04 | Mark Wahlberg |
| 129. | 11-7 | 21 Nov 04 | Natalie Portman |
| 130. | 11-8 | 28 Nov 04 | Jamie Foxx |
| 131. | 11-9 | 05 Dec 04 | Salma Hayek |
| 132. | 11-10 | 02 Jan 05 | Morgan Freeman |
| 133. | 11-11 | 09 Jan 05 | Cameron Diaz |
| 134. | 11-12 | 23 Jan 05 | Kiefer Sutherland |
| 135. | 11-13 | 30 Jan 05 | Robert Redford |
| 136. | 11-14 | 06 Feb 05 | Colin Farrell |
| 137. | 11-15 | 13 Feb 05 | Val Kilmer (2) |
| 138. | 11-16 | 20 Feb 05 | Owen Wilson |
| 139. | 11-17 | 10 Apr 05 | David Duchovny |
| 140. | 11-18 | 24 Apr 05 | Jane Fonda |
| 141. | 11-19 | 05 Jun 05 | Angelina Jolie |
| 142. | 11-20 | 19 Jun 05 | The Cast Of "everybody Loves Raymond" |
| 143. | 11-21 | 25 Sep 05 | Jodie Foster |
| 144. | 11-22 | 16 Oct 05 | Elton John |
| 145. | 11-23 | 23 Oct 05 | Rosie O'Donnell |
| 146. | 11-24 | 30 Oct 05 | Michael J. Fox |
| Season 12 | |||
| 147. | 12-1 | 11 Dec 05 | The Cast Of "the Producers" |
| 148. | 12-2 | 18 Sep 06 | Teri Hatcher |
| 149. | 12-3 | 18 Dec 05 | Barbara Walters |
| 150. | 12-4 | 02 Oct 06 | Al Pacino |
| 151. | 12-5 | 08 Jan 06 | Queen Latifah |
| 152. | 12-6 | 15 Jan 06 | Ralph Fiennes |
| 153. | 12-7 | 22 Jan 06 | Martin Lawrence |
| 154. | 12-8 | 05 Feb 06 | Liza Minnelli |
| 155. | 12-9 | 12 Feb 06 | Dave Chappelle |
| 156. | 12-10 | 07 May 06 | Casts Of "law & Order" |
| 157. | 12-11 | 14 May 06 | Tom Hanks' Revisit |
| 158. | 12-12 | 21 May 06 | Don Cheadle |
| 159. | 12-13 | 28 May 06 | Tim Allen |
| 160. | 12-14 | 25 Jun 06 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 161. | 12-15 | 09 Jul 06 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 162. | 12-16 | 31 Jul 06 | Hugh Laurie |
| Season 13 | |||
| 163. | 13-1 | 11 Dec 06 | Forest Whitaker |
| 164. | 13-2 | 18 Dec 06 | Eddie Murphy |
| 165. | 13-3 | 08 Jan 07 | Matt Damon |
| 166. | 13-4 | 19 Feb 07 | Diana Ross |
| 167. | 13-5 | 12 Mar 07 | Chris Rock |
| 168. | 13-6 | 19 Mar 07 | Mark Ruffalo |
| 169. | 13-7 | 04 Jun 07 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| 170. | 13-8 | 11 Jun 07 | Kyra Sedgwick |
| 171. | 13-9 | 06 Aug 07 | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 172. | 13-10 | 17 Sep 07 | Charlie Sheen |
| 173. | 13-11 | 08 Oct 07 | Billy Crystal - 2nd Visit |
| 174. | 13-12 | 15 Oct 07 | Anthony Hopkins - 2nd Visit |
| 175. | 13-13 | 22 Oct 07 | Alec Baldwin - 2nd Visit |
| 176. | 13-14 | 29 Oct 07 | Halle Berry |
| 177. | 13-15 | 03 Dec 07 | John Cusack |
| Season 14 | |||
| 178. | 14-1 | 19 May 08 | Sarah Jessica Parker (2) |
| 179. | 14-2 | 16 Jun 08 | Mike Myers (2) |
| 180. | 14-3 | 22 Sep 08 | Brooke Shields |
| 181. | 14-4 | 13 Oct 08 | Christian Slater |
| Season 15 | |||
| 182. | 15-1 | 03 Nov 08 | Goldie Hawn |
| 183. | 15-2 | 10 Nov 08 | Dave Chappelle - 2nd Visit |
| 184. | 15-3 | 01 Dec 08 | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 185. | 15-4 | 05 Jan 09 | Josh Brolin |
| 186. | 15-5 | 12 Jan 09 | Laura Linney |
| 187. | 15-6 | 19 Jan 09 | Ricky Gervais |
| 188. | 15-7 | 26 Jan 09 | Conan O'Brien |
| 189. | 15-8 | 02 Feb 09 | Anthony LaPaglia |
| 190. | 15-9 | 04 May 09 | Denis Leary |
| 191. | 15-10 | 11 May 09 | Danny DeVito |
| 192. | 15-11 | 27 Jul 09 | Judd Apatow |
| 193. | 15-12 | 31 Aug 09 | Mickey Rourke |
| 194. | 15-13 | 07 Sep 09 | Jason Bateman |
| 195. | 15-14 | 14 Sep 09 | Family Guy |
| 196. | 15-15 | 21 Sep 09 | Amy Poehler |
| Season 16 | |||
| 197. | 16-1 | 09 Nov 09 | Hilary Swank |
| 198. | 16-2 | 16 Nov 09 | Bon Jovi |
| 199. | 16-3 | 21 Dec 09 | Kate Hudson |
| 200. | 16-4 | 01 Mar 10 | James Cameron |
| 201. | 16-5 | 25 May 10 | Sean Combs |
| 202. | 16-6 | 28 Sep 10 | Betty White |
| Season 17 | |||
| 203. | 17-1 | 07 Dec 10 | James Franco |
| 204. | 17-2 | 10 Jan 11 | Jim Carrey |
| 205. | 17-3 | 07 Feb 11 | Colin Firth |
| 206. | 17-4 | 14 Mar 11 | Bradley Cooper |
| 207. | 17-5 | 07 Jun 11 | The Cast of 'Modern Family' |
| 208. | 17-6 | 11 Jul 11 | Jennifer Aniston |
| Season 18 | |||
| 209. | 18-1 | 31 Jan 12 | George Clooney |
| 210. | 18-2 | 10 Feb 12 | Brad Pitt |
| 211. | 18-3 | 09 Apr 12 | The Cast of 'Glee' |
| 212. | 18-4 | 14 May 12 | The Cast of 'Mad Men' |
| 213. | 18-5 | 02 Oct 12 | Liam Neeson |
| 214. | 18-6 | 13 Feb 13 | Hugh Jackman |
| Season 19 | |||
| 215. | 19-1 | 19 Mar 13 | Tina Fey |
| 216. | 19-2 | 29 May 13 | 250th Episode |
| 217. | 19-3 | 19 Sep 13 | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| 218. | 19-4 | 07 Nov 13 | The Cast of 'Arrested Development' |
| 219. | 19-5 | 26 Dec 13 | Bruce and Laura Dern |
| 220. | 19-6 | 19 Feb 14 | Amy Adams |
| Season 20 | |||
| 221. | 20-1 | 20 Feb 14 | Matthew McConaughey |
| 222. | 20-2 | 27 Mar 14 | The Cast of 'How I Met Your Mother' |
| 223. | 20-3 | 22 Sep 14 | Mariska Hargitay |
| 224. | 20-4 | 23 Oct 14 | Sting |
| 225. | 20-5 | 12 Feb 15 | Neil Patrick Harris |
| 226. | 20-6 | 18 Jun 15 | Jim Parsons |
| Season 21 | |||
| 227. | 21-1 | 22 Oct 15 | Sarah Silverman |
| 228. | 21-2 | 25 Nov 15 | Bryan Cranston |
| 229. | 21-3 | 17 Dec 15 | Steve Carell |
| 230. | 21-4 | 07 Jan 16 | Jeff Daniels |
| 231. | 21-5 | 11 Feb 16 | The Cast of 'The Walking Dead' |
| 232. | 21-6 | 31 Mar 16 | Christopher Meloni |
| Season 22 | |||
| 233. | 22-1 | 21 Dec 16 | Jessica Chastain |
| 234. | 22-2 | 05 Jan 17 | Viola Davis |
| 235. | 22-3 | 02 Feb 17 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. |
| 236. | 22-4 | 09 Feb 17 | The Cast of Girls |
| 237. | 22-5 | 22 Jun 17 | Scarlett Johansson |
| 238. | 22-6 | 21 Dec 17 | Kristen Wiig |
| 239. | 22-7 | 11 Jan 18 | Ted Danson |
| Season 23 | |||
| 240. | 23-1 | 13 Oct 19 | Henry Winkler |
| 241. | 23-2 | 20 Oct 19 | David Oyelowo |
| 242. | 23-3 | 27 Oct 19 | Willem Dafoe |
| 243. | 23-4 | 03 Nov 19 | Al Pacino |
| 244. | 23-5 | 10 Nov 19 | Alfre Woodard |
| 245. | 23-6 | 17 Nov 19 | Laura Dern |
| 246. | 23-7 | 01 Dec 19 | James Burrows |
| 247. | 23-8 | 15 Dec 19 | Lupita Nyong'o |
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