Woody Allen (born Allen 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.
Twiggy
Self (archival footage)
2025
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2024
By the Way, Woody Allen Is Innocent (Updated)
Self (archive footage)
2024
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
Self - Filmmaker
2024
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Self (archive footage)
2023
Groucho & Cavett
Self (archive footage)
2022
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021
Allen v. Farrow
Self (archive footage) · (4 episodes)
2021
By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent
Self (archive footage)
2020
Very Ralph
Self
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Himself
2019
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
2018
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
Crisis in Six Scenes
Sidney J. Munsinger · (6 episodes)
2016
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Self (archive footage)
2016
Thirteen Talks
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Café Society
Narrator (voice)
2016
The Last Laugh
Self
2016
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
narrator (English)
2014
The Unbelievers
Self
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013
Fading Gigolo
Murray
2013
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
Ain't Misbehavin
Self (archive footage)
2013
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Self
2013
The Battle of Amfar
self
2013
Casting By
Self
2012
Paris-Manhattan
Woody Allen
2012
To Rome with Love
Jerry
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Self - interviewer (archive footage)
2011
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
2010
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Vittorio D.
Self
2009
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
2007
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Himself
2007
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
2007
A City Runs Through the Festival
Self
2007
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
Himself
2007
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Scoop
Sid Waterman
2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self (Archival footage)
2006
The Outsider
Self
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
2005
The Culture Show
Self · (1 episode)
2004
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
2004
Words in Progress
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
2003
Anything Else
David Dobel
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
2003
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
2003
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
Self
2002
Hollywood Ending
Val
2002
Trailers Schmailers
(Archival)
2002
The Magic of Fellini
Self
2002
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
2002
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
CW Briggs
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001
CyberWorld
Z-4195 (voice)
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Himself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Himself
2000
Picking Up the Pieces
Tex Cowley
2000
Small Time Crooks
Ray
2000
Company Man
Lowther (uncredited)
2000
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
2000
Sweet and Lowdown
Himself
1999
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Himself
1998
Antz
Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
1998
The Impostors
Audition Director (uncredited)
1998
Vivement dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Deconstructing Harry
Harry Block
1997
Scene by Scene
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Language Master
Himself
1997
Just Shoot Me!
Himself (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1997
Wild Man Blues
Self
1997
Everyone Says I Love You
Joe Berlin
1996
The Sunshine Boys
Al Lewis
1996
Mighty Aphrodite
Lenny
1995
Don't Drink the Water
Walter Hollander
1994
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Larry Lipton
1993
Husbands and Wives
Gabe Roth
1992
Shadows and Fog
Kleinman
1991
Scenes from a Mall
Nick Fifer
1991
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Cliff Stern
1989
New York Stories
Sheldon
1989
King Lear
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
1988
Radio Days
Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
1987
Meetin' WA
Self
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Mickey Sachs
1986
Broadway Danny Rose
Danny Rose
1984
Zelig
Leonard Zelig
1983
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Andrew
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
1982
Stardust Memories
Sandy Bates
1980
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Himself
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980
Manhattan
Isaac Davis
1979
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Self
1979
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
Himself
1977
Please Turn the Page
Self · (1 episode)
1977
Annie Hall
Alvy Singer
1977
The Front
Howard Prince
1976
PBS News Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Love and Death
Boris Grushenko
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (2 episodes)
1974
Sleeper
Miles Monroe
1973
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
1972
Play It Again, Sam
Allan Felix
1972
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Harvey Wallinger
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Bananas
Fielding Mellish
1971
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
Himself
1971
The Woody Allen Special
Self / Various
1969
Take the Money and Run
Virgil Starkwell
1969
The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (10 episodes)
1968
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
1967
Casino Royale
Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
1967
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
1966
What's New Pussycat?
Victor Shakapopulis
1965
Hullabaloo
Self · (2 episodes)
1965
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
Himself
1965
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (3 episodes)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host · (3 episodes)
1962
The Roaring 20's
(1 episode)
1960
Philip Marlowe
(1 episode)
1959
Kraft Music Hall
Self · (1 episode)
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (3 episodes)
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948