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Biography

Best known as a television personality and talk show host, David Letterman was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana and came up in…more

Born

4/12/1947, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Birth Name

David Michael Letterman

Gender

Male

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Star (9)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Host
  - S 19: Ep 20120351 Late Show With David Letterman 05/08/2012
    5/8/12
  - S 19: Ep 20120441 Late Show With David Letterman 04/27/2012
    4/27/12
  - S 19: Ep 20120432 Late Show With David Letterman 04/26/2012
    4/26/12
  - S 19: Ep 20120311 Late Show With David Letterman 04/23/2012
    4/23/12
  - S 19: Ep 20120432 Late Show With David Letterman 04/11/2012
    4/11/12
  - + 3196 More Credits
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 148 Show #2955
    7/18/08
  - S 15: Ep 127 Show #2934
    6/5/08
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Host
  - S 67: Ep 1 The 67th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/95
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Host
  - S 12: Ep 68 Show #1809
    6/25/93
  - S 12: Ep 67 Show #1808
    6/24/93
  - S 12: Ep 66 Show #1807
    6/23/93
  - S 12: Ep 65 Show #1806
    6/22/93
  - S 12: Ep 64 Show #1806
    6/18/93
  - + 1673 More Credits
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Host
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/86
- The David Letterman Show
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 90 Show #90
    10/24/80
  - S 1: Ep 89 Show #89
    10/23/80
  - S 1: Ep 88 Show #88
    10/22/80
  - S 1: Ep 87 Show #87
    10/21/80
  - S 1: Ep 86 Show #86
    10/20/80
  - + 85 More Credits
- Mary (1978)
  Regular Performer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Show #0001
    9/24/78
- The Starland Vocal Band Show
  Regular performer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Show #1
    7/31/77
- The Gong Show
  Himself
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Host Late Night With David Letterman
  - S 6: Ep 17 Tuesday, September 23, 2008
    9/23/08
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 8 Wednesday, September 10, 2008
    9/10/08
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 5: Ep 137 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
    3/11/08
  - S 4: Ep 170 Wednesday, April 25, 2007
    4/25/07
  - S 4: Ep 115 Wednesday, February 7, 2007
    2/7/07
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 116 Show #4527
    5/15/92
  - S 29: Ep 168 Show #4398
    8/30/91
  - S 29: Ep 32 Show #4262
    12/7/90
  - S 27: Ep 102 Show #4029
    8/31/89
  - S 26: Ep 22 Show #3872
    10/23/87
  - + 24 More Credits
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest Host
  - S 20: Ep 60 Show #3360
    12/2/81
  - S 20: Ep 58 Show #3358
    12/1/81
  - S 20: Ep 56 Show #3356
    11/30/81
  - S 19: Ep 90 Show #3290
    10/2/81
  - S 19: Ep 82 Show #3282
    8/21/81
  - + 18 More Credits
Guest Star (38)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 53 November 16, 2011
    11/16/11
  - S 23: Ep 102 February 9, 2011
    2/9/11
  - S 20: Ep 8 September 12, 2007
    9/12/07
  - S 19: Ep 146 April 26, 2007
    4/26/07
  - S 5: Ep 81 December 29, 1992
    12/29/92
- The Colbert Report
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 59 Amy Farrell
    5/4/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 202 Episode #3.202
    4/29/10
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 1 Episode Detail: Season Premiere---Oprah and Letterman Together Again in NYC!
    9/10/07
- American Chopper
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 29 OCC Production Bike
    8/28/06
- Martha
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 81 Susan Sarandon
    1/17/06
- Live! with Kelly
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 45 November 8, 2004
    11/8/04
- SportsCentury
  Himself (archive footage)
  - — Roger Clemens
    7/26/02
  - — Dale Earnhardt
    11/23/01
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 16 The Comedy Store
    4/8/01
- Headliners and Legends
  (archive footage)
  - — David Letterman
    7/8/00
- Spin City
  Voice of Rags (uncredited)
  - S 3: Ep 1 Dead Dog Talking
    9/22/98
- Cosby
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 17 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
    2/23/98
- The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 1 970222
    2/22/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 951108
    11/8/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 950524
    5/24/95
- Spin City
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 An Affair to Remember
    2/18/97
- Larry King Live
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 269 Episode 12-269
    5/22/96
- The Dana Carvey Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show
    4/2/96
- The Howard Stern Show
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 2 3/20/1996
    3/20/96
  - S 2: Ep 1 3/19/1996
    3/19/96
- Charlie Rose
  Guest
  - — February 16, 1996
    2/16/96
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 13 Larry's Big Idea
    10/25/95
  - S 2: Ep 7 Life Behind Larry
    7/7/93
- The Nanny
  Himself (uncredited)
  - S 3: Ep 1 Pen Pal
    9/11/95
- The Jon Stewart Show
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 1 950623
    6/23/95
- Beavis and Butt-Head
  Himself (voice)
  - S 4: Ep 12 Late Night With Butt-head
    4/14/94
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
- The Building
  The Thief
  - S 1: Ep 2 Damned If You Do
    8/27/93
- Murphy Brown
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 19 Bump in the Night
    2/22/93
- Seinfeld
  Himself (uncredited)
- Later with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 5 David Letterman (2)
    2/2/89
  - S 1: Ep 1 David Letterman (1)
    2/1/89
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/87
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 34: Ep 8 Bob Hope's Super Birthday Special
    5/28/84
- Open All Night
  Man in Suit
  - S 1: Ep 4 Buckaroo Buddies
    12/26/81
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 17 January 5-9, 1981
    1/5/81
  - S 14: Ep 11 October 8-14, 1979 (2)
    10/8/79
  - S 13: Ep 90 August 27-31, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    8/27/79
  - S 13: Ep 81 June 25-29, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    6/25/79
  - S 13: Ep 15 October 23-29, 1978 (2)
    10/23/78
  - + 1 More Credits
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 30 Joanna Gleason & David Letterman
    3/17/80
  - S 8: Ep 16 Shelley Smith & David Letterman
    12/10/79
  - S 7: Ep 49 Jo Anne Worley & David Letterman
    8/6/79
  - S 7: Ep 26 Jo Anne Worley & David Letterman
    2/26/79
  - S 7: Ep 15 Anita Gillette & David Letterman
    12/11/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 100 February 7, 1980
    2/7/80
  - S 17: Ep 119 April 3, 1979
    4/3/79
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 101 PWP-101
    5/28/79
- Mork & Mindy
  Ellsworth
  - S 1: Ep 18 Mork Goes Erk
    2/8/79
- Battle of the Network Stars
  CBS Team
  - S 3: Ep 1 Special #5
    11/18/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 29 October 23, 1978
    10/23/78
- The Jacksons
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode #9
    2/16/77
Cameo (2)

Role
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 4 My Bodyguard
    9/6/10
- Seinfeld
  Himself (uncredited)
  - S 8: Ep 9 The Abstinence
    11/21/96
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 11 The D'oh-cial Network
    1/15/12
Writer (2)

Role
- The David Letterman Show
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 90 Show #90
    10/24/80
  - S 1: Ep 89 Show #89
    10/23/80
  - S 1: Ep 88 Show #88
    10/22/80
  - S 1: Ep 87 Show #87
    10/21/80
  - S 1: Ep 86 Show #86
    10/20/80
  - + 85 More Credits
- The Bob Hope Show
  Writer
  - S 28: Ep 5 Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Special From Australia
    4/15/78
Executive Producer (4)

Role
- The Knights of Prosperity
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Operation: Rent Money
    8/8/07
  - S 1: Ep 9 Operation: Oswald Montecristo
    2/28/07
- The Bonnie Hunt Show (1995)
  Executive Producer
- The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
  Executive Producer
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Executive Producer

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Trivia
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- In September 2009, David Letterman found himself the target of an attempted extortion plot. A CBS producer, Robert J. Halderman, threatened to release evidence of several sexual affairs that Letterman had with members of his staff unless he paid him $2 million dollars. Letterman wrote a phony check in order to help prosecutors build a case against Halderman.
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- In the week of September 21 to 25 of 2009, David Letterman hosted two American Presidents (Barack Obama and Bill Clinton), New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and marked his 5000th show.
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- On September 21, 2009 and September 22, 2009, David Letterman became the first talk show host in history to interview two American presidents on successive days: sitting president Barrack Obama and former president Bill Clinton.
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- David Letterman: (after the Bristol/Willow Palin joke controversy) I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future.
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- David Letterman: As you know now, Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, but they'll probably go with a different body.
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- David Letterman: Mitt Romney looks like an American President in a Canadian movie.
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