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↙ Television series | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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↙ Documentaries | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Footnotes |
American comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and editor Louis C.K. began his career performing stand-up while simultaneously making short films. When he was 17, he directed a comedic short film titled Trash Day (1984). His third short film, Ice Cream , won the grand prize at the Aspen Shortsfest in 1993. In the same year, he began writing for Late Night with Conan O'Brien before leaving the next year. His next writing job was on Late Show with David Letterman in 1995, and directed a series of shorts for Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies on television, followed by acting as head writer for The Dana Carvey Show (1997) and a writer on The Chris Rock Show (1997–1999). He voiced a fictional version of himself on four episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist from 1996 to 2002. He directed his first feature, Tomorrow Night , in 1998, which failed to attract any distributors and was later re-released by C.K. on his website in 2014. [1]
In the early 2000s, he continued to collaborate with actor-comedian Chris Rock. They co-wrote Down to Earth in 2001 and C.K. wrote and directed Pootie Tang (which C.K. was fired from during editing) later that year – both featured Rock in acting roles. In 2002, he voiced Brendon Small's estranged father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies . His first leading role was the short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie , which he also wrote, in 2006. He worked again with Rock as a writer again with the comedy I Think I Love My Wife (2007). After performing stand-up on several television shows from the late 1980s, he released his first stand-up special, Shameless, in 2007. In 2008, he wrote, performed in, directed, executive produced, and edited Chewed Up , and acted in Diminished Capacity , Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins , and Role Models (all 2008). His next film role was in The Invention of Lying (2009).
Since 2010, C.K. has starred in, written, directed, edited, and produced the comedy-drama series Louie on FX. He stars as a fictionalized version of himself, a divorced father and comedian. The series has garnered critical acclaim and has won numerous awards. In 2010, his stand-up film Hilarious premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His next special was Live at the Beacon Theater (2011). He first hosted Saturday Night Live in November 2012, and subsequently hosted it on three more occasions in 2014, 2015, and 2017. He played a love interest in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine and a FBI agent's boss in David O. Russell's American Hustle (2013). C.K.'s next specials were Oh My God (2013) and Live at the Comedy Store (2015). He co-created, co-writes and executive produces FX's Baskets and wrote, directed, produced, and co-starred in the comedy-drama series Horace and Pete , which was released unexpectedly to his website in 2016. He played the lead voice role in The Secret Life of Pets in the same year.
For his work performing stand-up, writing, acting, directing, producing and editing, C.K. has received several awards and nominations. Among them are 39 Emmy Award nominations, with six wins. [2]
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Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Role | ||||
1984 | Trash Day | Yes | Yes | Short film | [3] | |||
1990 | Caesar's Salad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [4] [5] | ||
1993 | Ice Cream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flower Vendor | Short film; also editor | [5] [6] |
1995 | The Legend of Willie Brown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [5] [7] | ||
1995 | The Letter V | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [5] [7] | ||
1995 | Highjacker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [5] [7] | ||
1995 | Hello There | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man on Street / Voice on Tape | Short film | [5] [7] |
1995 | Brunch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [5] [7] | ||
1998 | Tomorrow Night | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man squirting people with hose | [8] | |
1999 | Persona Ne'll Aqua | Yes | Yes | Short film | [9] | |||
2000 | Ugly Revenge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Narrator | Short film | [9] | |
2000 | Tuna | Yes | Clint | [10] | ||||
2001 | Down to Earth | Yes [lower-alpha 1] | [11] | |||||
2001 | Pootie Tang | Yes | Yes | Yes | [11] | |||
2005 | London | Yes | Therapist | [12] | ||||
2006 | Searching for Nixon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man in Richard Nixon Mask | Short film; also editor | [9] | |
2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Yes | co-wrote with Chris Rock | [13] | ||||
2008 | Diminished Capacity | Yes | Stan | [14] | ||||
2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Yes | Marty | [15] | ||||
2008 | Role Models | Yes | Security Guard | [16] | ||||
2009 | The Invention of Lying | Yes | Greg Kleinschmidt | [17] | ||||
2010 | Hilarious | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Stand-up film; also editor | [18] |
2013 | Blue Jasmine | Yes | Al Munsinger | [19] | ||||
2013 | American Hustle | Yes | Stoddard Thorsen | [19] | ||||
2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Yes | Dr. Fielding | [20] [21] | ||||
2015 | Trumbo | Yes | Arlen Hird | [22] | ||||
2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Yes | Max (voice) | [23] | ||||
2017 [lower-alpha 2] | I Love You, Daddy | Yes | Yes [lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | Glen Topher | Also editor | [25] |
Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Role | ||||
1993–94 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Yes | Yes | Various | 291 episodes | [26] [27] | ||
1995 | Late Show with David Letterman | Yes | 11 episodes | [28] | ||||
1995 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | Escaped Prisoner | Episode: "Season 21 Episode 02" | [29] | |||
1995 | Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various characters | [5] | ||
1996 | The Dana Carvey Show | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various characters | 8 episodes | [30] | |
1996 | HBO Comedy Half-Hour | Yes | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special | [31] | ||
1996–2002 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Yes | Yes | Louis (voice) | 4 episodes | [32] | ||
1997 | Oddville, MTV | Yes | David Cross | 1 episode | [33] | |||
1997–99 | The Chris Rock Show | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various characters | 28 episodes | [11] | |
1997–2007 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | "Saturday TV Funhouse" segments | [34] | ||||
1999 | Louis C.K.'s Filthy Stupid Talent Show | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Television special | [4] | |
2000 | ShortCuts | Yes | Host | 10 episodes | [35] | |||
2001 | Comedy Central Presents | Yes | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special | [36] | ||
2002 | Home Movies | Yes | Andrew Small (voice) | 5 episodes | [37] | |||
2002–03 | Cedric the Entertainer Presents | Yes | Yes | 16 episodes | [11] | |||
2005 | One Night Stand | Yes | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special | [38] | ||
2006 | Lucky Louie | Yes | Executive | Yes | Louie | 13 episodes; also creator | [39] | |
2007 | Shameless | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special | [40] | |
2008 | Chewed Up | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special; also editor | [41] |
2009, 2012 | Parks and Recreation | Yes | Dave Sanderson | 6 episodes | [35] [42] | |||
2010–15 | Louie | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Louie C.K. | 61 episodes; also creator and editor | [43] |
2011 | Live at the Beacon Theater | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special; also editor | [44] |
2012–17 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | Host | 4 episodes | [29] [45] [46] [47] | |||
2013 | Oh My God | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special; also editor | [48] |
2014 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Yes | Himself | Episode: Comedy, Sex, and the Blue Numbers | [49] | |||
2014 | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Yes | Himself | TV Special | [50] | |||
2015–16 | Gravity Falls | Yes | One Armed Monster (voice) [lower-alpha 4] | 2 episodes | [52] | |||
2015–17 | One Mississippi | Executive | [53] [54] | |||||
2016 | Portlandia | Yes | Himself | Episode: "Family Emergency" | [55] | |||
2016–17 | Baskets | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Also co-creator | [56] | |
2016–17 | Better Things | Yes | Yes | Executive | Also co-creator and editor | [57] | ||
2017 | Family Guy | Yes | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Emmy-Winning Episode" | [58] | |||
2017 | Oh, Rick! | Yes | Himself | Documentary Film | ||||
Title | Year | Functioned as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Role | ||||
Jimmy Carter builds a house | 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jimmy Carter | Video short | [5] | |
Louis C.K. learns about the Catholic Church [lower-alpha 5] | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Video short | [5] | |
Louis C.K. and a child [lower-alpha 5] | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Video short | [5] | |
Louis C.K. animation short [lower-alpha 5] | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself (voice) | Video short | [5] | |
Louis C.K. airline safety video [lower-alpha 5] | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Video short | [5] | |||
I Say the Darndest Things to Kids [lower-alpha 5] | 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Video short | [5] | |
Louis C.K.’s Last Chance | 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Video short | [5] | |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | 2014 | Yes | Himself (guest) | Web series | ||||
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour | 2014 | Executive | Stand-up special | [59] | ||||
Horace and Pete | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Horace Wittel VIII | Web series | [60] |
Whatever Threatens You | 2016 | Yes | Executive | Stand-up special | [61] | |||
Sincerely Louis C.K. | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Himself | Stand-up special | [62] |
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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Maxed Out | 2006 | Himself | [63] | |
Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl | 2007 | Himself | [64] | |
I Am Comic | 2010 | Himself | [65] | |
Talking Funny | 2011 | Himself | Television special | [66] |
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon | 2016 | Himself | [67] [68] |
Title | Year [lower-alpha 6] | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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The Chris Rock Show | 1998 | 50th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Nominated | [2] |
Tomorrow Night | 1998 | Florida Film Festival | Best Narrative | Won | |
Tomorrow Night | 1998 | Hamptons International Film Festival | Best American Independent Film | Won | [70] |
The Chris Rock Show | 1999 | 51st Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Won | [2] |
The Chris Rock Show | 2000 | 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2000 | 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Chewed Up | 2009 | 61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Nominated | [2] |
Louie | 2011 | American Film Institute Awards 2011 | AFI TV Program of the Year | Won | [71] |
Hilarious | 2011 | 2011 Comedy Awards | Stand-up Special | Won | [72] |
Louie | 2011 | 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [73] |
Louie, "Bully" | 2011 | 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "Poker/Divorce" | 2011 | 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Hilarious | 2011 | 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera) | Nominated | [2] |
Hilarious | 2011 | 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Nominated | [2] |
Louie | 2011 | 16th Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Won | [74] |
Louie | 2011 | 27th TCA Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [75] |
Louie | 2011 | 27th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [75] |
Louie | 2012 | American Film Institute Awards 2012 | AFI TV Program of the Year | Won | [76] |
Live at the Beacon Theater | 2012 | 2012 Comedy Awards | Stand-up Special | Won | [77] |
Louie | 2012 | 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Won | [78] |
Louie, "Duckling" | 2012 | 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "Duckling" | 2012 | 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "Pregnant" | 2012 | 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Won | [2] |
Live at the Beacon Theater | 2012 | 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Won | [2] |
Live at the Beacon Theater | 2012 | 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Nominated | [2] |
Live at the Beacon Theater | 2012 | 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials | Nominated | [2] |
Live at the Beacon Theater | 2012 | 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated | [2] |
Louie | 2012 | 17th Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [74] |
Louie | 2012 | 28th TCA Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Won | [79] |
Louie | 2012 | 28th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Won | [79] |
Louie | 2012 | Writers Guild of America Awards 2011 | Best Comedy Series (With Pamela Adlon ) | Nominated | [80] |
American Hustle | 2013 | 2013 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | [81] |
Louie | 2013 | 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Won | [82] |
American Hustle | 2013 | 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | Won | [83] |
Blue Jasmine | 2013 | 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [83] |
Louie, "New Year's Eve" | 2013 | 65th Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series | Nominated | [84] |
Louie | 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [85] |
American Hustle | 2013 | 13th New York Film Critics Online Awards | Best Cast | Won | [86] |
Louie | 2013 | 2013 Peabody Award | Area of Excellence | Won | [87] |
American Hustle | 2013 | 2013 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Cast | Won | [88] |
Louie | 2013 | 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series (With M. Blair Breard, Tony Hernandez, Dave Becky, & Vernon Chatman ) | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "New Year's Eve" | 2013 | 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1" | 2013 | 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie, "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1" | 2013 | 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (With Pamela Adlon ) | Nominated | [2] |
Oh My God | 2013 | 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Won | [2] |
Oh My God | 2013 | 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special | Nominated | [2] |
Oh My God | 2013 | 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | Nominated | [2] |
Oh My God | 2013 | 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials | Nominated | [2] |
Louie | 2013 | Producers Guild of America Awards 2012 | Episodic Television Series – Comedy (With Dave Becky & M. Blair Breard) | Nominated | [89] |
Louie | 2013 | 30th Robert Awards | Best Foreign Television Series | Nominated | [90] |
American Hustle | 2013 | 18th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Performance by an Ensemble | Won | [91] |
Louie | 2013 | 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [92] |
Louie | 2013 | 29th TCA Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Won | [93] |
Louie | 2013 | 29th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [93] |
American Hustle | 2013 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [94] |
Louie | 2013 | Writers Guild of America Awards 2012 | Best Comedy Series (With Pamela Adlon & Vernon Chatman ) | Won | [95] |
Oh My God | 2014 | 2014 American Comedy Awards | Comedy Special of the Year | Won | [96] |
American Hustle | 2014 | 2014 American Comedy Awards | Comedy Supporting Actor – Film | Won | [97] |
American Hustle | 2014 | 19th Critics' Choice Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Won | [98] |
Louie | 2014 | 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [99] |
Oh My God | 2014 | 17th Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Host or Panelist in a Non-Fiction Program | Nominated | [100] |
Saturday Night Live | 2014 | 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
American Hustle | 2014 | 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | [101] |
Louie, "So Did The Fat Lady" | 2014 | 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Won | [2] |
Louie | 2014 | 30th TCA Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [102] |
Louie | 2014 | 30th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Won | [103] |
Louie | 2015 | 30th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Won | [104] |
Louie | 2015 | 67th Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series | Nominated | [105] |
Louie | 2015 | 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [85] |
Saturday Night Live | 2015 | 19th Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Male Performance in a Fiction Program | Nominated | [106] |
Live at the Comedy Store | 2015 | 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Won | [2] |
Live at the Comedy Store | 2015 | 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Special | Nominated | [2] |
Saturday Night Live | 2015 | 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [2] |
Louie | 2015 | Producers Guild of America Awards 2014 | Episodic Television Series – Comedy (With Pamela Adlon, Dave Becky, M. Blair Breard, Vernon Chatman, Adam Escott, & Steven Wright ) | Nominated | [107] |
Louie | 2015 | 20th Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [74] |
Louie | 2015 | 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [108] |
Louie | 2016 | 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [109] |
Trumbo | 2016 | 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | [110] |
Louis C.K.: 2017 | 2017 | 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Special | Nominated | [2] |
Louis C.K.: 2017 | 2017 | 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Nominated | [2] |
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