Barry Levinson filmography

Barry Levinson is a director, writer, producer and actor known for his work in film and television. ^[1]

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1975	Street Girls			Yes
1976	Silent Movie			Yes
1977	High Anxiety			Yes
1979	...And Justice for All.			Yes
1980	Inside Moves			Yes
1982	Diner	Yes	Executive	Yes	Directorial debut
	Tootsie			uncredited
	Best Friends			Yes
1984	Unfaithfully Yours			Yes
	The Natural	Yes
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes	Yes
1987	Tin Men	Yes		Yes
	Good Morning, Vietnam	Yes
1988	Rain Man	Yes
1990	Avalon	Yes	Yes	Yes
1991	Bugsy	Yes	Yes
1992	Toys	Yes	Yes	Yes
1994	Jimmy Hollywood	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Disclosure	Yes	Yes
1996	Sleepers	Yes	Yes	Yes
1997	Wag the Dog	Yes	Yes
1998	Sphere	Yes	Yes
	Home Fries		Yes
1999	Liberty Heights	Yes	Yes	Yes
2000	An Everlasting Piece	Yes	Yes
2001	Bandits	Yes	Yes
2002	Possession		Yes
2004	Envy	Yes	Yes
2006	Man of the Year	Yes		Yes
2008	What Just Happened	Yes	Yes
2009	PoliWood	Yes			Documentary
2012	The Bay	Yes	Yes	Story
2014	The Humbling	Yes	Yes
2015	Rock the Kasbah	Yes
2025	The Alto Knights	Yes	Yes
	American Sweatshop		Yes

Executive producer only

• Kafka (1991)
• Wilder Napalm (1993)
• A Little Princess (1995)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• Analyze That (2002)
• Deliver Us from Eva (2003)
• America's Burning (2024)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Note
1976	Silent Movie	Executive
1977	High Anxiety	Bellboy
1981	History of the World, Part I	Column Salesman
1988	Rain Man	Doctor	Uncredited
1994	Jimmy Hollywood	Director of Life Story
	Quiz Show	Dave Garroway
2007	Bee Movie	Martin Benson	Voice role
2021	Here Today	Himself

Television

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Notes
1970	The Tim Conway Show			Yes
	The Tim Conway Comedy Hour			Yes	1 episode
1971–1972	The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine			Yes
1973–1976	The Carol Burnett Show			Yes	72 episodes
1975	Hot l Baltimore			Yes	Episode: "Millie's Beau"
1976	The Rich Little Show			Yes	Episode: "#1.1"
1978	Peeping Times	Yes		Yes	Comedy special
1984	The Investigators	Yes	Yes	Yes
1990	The Earth Day Special			Yes	Segment: "Dustin Hoffman – Robin Williams"
1993–1999	Homicide: Life on the Streets	Yes	Yes	Story	Developer; 122 episodes
2000	The Beat	Yes	Yes		6 episodes
2004	The Jury	Yes	Yes	Story	Creator
2016–2018	Shades of Blue	Yes	Yes		12 episodes
2021	Dopesick	Yes	Yes		2 episodes
2022	The Calling	Yes	Yes		2 episodes

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
1985	American Playhouse	Episode: "Displaced Person"
1987	Harry	7 episodes
1999–2000	The Hoop Life	12 episodes

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Notes
1997–2003	Oz	56 episodes
2000	Falcone	9 episodes
2006	The Bedford Diaries	4 episodes
2009	The Philanthropist	8 episodes
2011–2014	Borgia	38 episodes
2012–2013	Copper	12 episodes
2016	Killing Fields	4 episodes
2019–2022	City on a Hill	26 episodes
2024	Monsieur Spade	6 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2009	The Band That Wouldn't Die	Yes		Documentary film, as part of the 30 for 30 series
2010	You Don't Know Jack	Yes	Yes
2017	The Wizard of Lies	Yes	Yes
2018	Paterno	Yes	Yes
2021	The Survivor	Yes		Also producer

Executive producer only

• The Second Civil War (1997)
• Homicide: The Movie (2000)
• Shot in the Heart (2001)
• Strip Search (2004)
• Phil Spector (2013)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Note
1971–1972	The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine	Various
1993	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Larry's Agent"
1993–1999	Homicide: Life on the Streets	Himself
2004	The Jury	Judge Horatio Hawthorne
2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	Justice Potter Stewart	TV movie
2021	The Kominsky Method	Himself	Episodes: "Near, far, wherever you are" and "The fundamental things apply" [sic]

Other works

Year	Title	Notes
1986	Armed Response	Composer; Additional music only
2003	The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman	Advertisement campaign promoting American Express

References

1. Girgus, Sam B. (2022). "A Master Storyteller's Changing American Narrative: An Interview with Barry Levinson". Cineaste. Vol. XLVIII, no. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2024.