Inside the Actors Studio is a series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton from 1994 to 2018, and on Ovation since 2019 with an alternating list of hosts. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz; the executive producer is James Lipton. The program, which premiered in 1994, is distributed internationally by CABLEready and is broadcast in 125 countries around the world reaching 89,000,000 homes. [1] It is currently taped at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University's New York City campus. [2] [3] [4]
Many of the available episode guides conflict with one another regarding the numbering of episodes [5] [6] [7] and in some cases are internally inconsistent. [8] The numbering here is a complete and internally consistent list created from other available episode guides for the show.
No. | Air Date | Guest |
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1 | June 12, 1994 | Paul Newman |
2 | August 14, 1994 | Alec Baldwin |
3 | September 11, 1994 | Stephen Sondheim |
4 | October 16, 1994 | Sidney Lumet |
5 | November 13, 1994 | Shelley Winters |
6 | May 3, 1995 [9] | Sally Field |
7 | Unknown | Dennis Hopper |
8 | Unknown | Arthur Miller |
9 | November 22, 1996 [10] | Arthur Penn |
10 | Unknown | Estelle Parsons |
11 | July 9, 1995 [11] | Neil Simon |
12 | Unknown | Sydney Pollack |
13 | Unknown | Mary Stuart Masterson |
14 | Unknown | Olympia Dukakis |
15 | Unknown | William Goldman |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (16) | March 12, 1997 [12] | Lee Grant |
2 (17) | January 17, 1996 [13] | Faye Dunaway |
3 (18) | June 5, 1996 [14] | Matthew Broderick |
4 (19) | January 24, 1996 [15] | Glenn Close |
5 (20) | January 31, 1996 [16] | Holly Hunter |
6 (21) | December 25, 1996 [17] | Ellen Burstyn |
7 (22) | June 12, 1996 [18] | Jessica Lange |
8 (23) | June 19, 1996 [19] | Carol Burnett |
9 (24) | October 23, 1996 [20] | Christopher Walken |
10 (25) | Unknown | Gene Wilder |
11 (26) | Unknown | Stanley Donen |
12 (27) | Unknown | Martin Landau |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (28) | Unknown | Mark Rydell |
2 (29) | Unknown | Norman Jewison |
3 (30) | September 21, 1997 [21] | Nathan Lane |
4 (31) | Unknown | Anjelica Huston |
5 (32) | Unknown | Christopher Reeve |
6 (33) | Unknown | Matt Dillon |
7 (34) | Unknown | Tommy Lee Jones |
8 (35) | May 18, 1997 [22] | Mike Nichols |
9 (36) | Unknown | Julia Roberts |
10 (37) | Unknown | Meg Ryan |
11 (38) | Unknown | Anthony Quinn |
12 (39) | Unknown | Willem Dafoe |
13 (40) | Unknown | Billy Crystal |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
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1 (41) | August 9, 1998 | Harvey Keitel |
2 (42) | August 23, 1998 | Shirley MacLaine |
3 (43) | September 6, 1998 | Eli Wallach |
4 (44) | September 13, 1998 | Anne Jackson |
5 (45) | September 20, 1998 | Lauren Bacall |
6 (46) | September 27, 1998 | Martin Short |
7 (47) | October 4, 1998 | Anthony Hopkins |
8 (48) | October 11, 1998 | Danny Glover |
9 (49) | October 18, 1998 | Whoopi Goldberg |
10 (50) | October 25, 1998 | Jack Lemmon |
11 (51) | November 1, 1998 | Gary Sinise |
12 (52) | November 8, 1998 | Kathy Bates |
13 (53) | November 15, 1998 | Susan Sarandon |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
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1 (54) | November 22, 1998 | Meryl Streep |
2 (55) | November 29, 1998 | John Hurt |
3 (56) | December 6, 1998 | Laurence Fishburne |
4 (57) | December 13, 1998 | Donald Sutherland |
5 (58) | January 3, 1999 | Ron Howard |
6 (59) | January 10, 1999 | Sharon Stone |
7 (60) | January 17, 1999 | Sean Penn |
8 (61) | January 31, 1999 | Robert De Niro |
9 (62) | February 14, 1999 | Steven Spielberg |
10 (63) | Unknown | Tim Robbins |
11 (64) | July 11, 1999 | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
12 (65) | July 18, 1999 | Kim Basinger |
13 (66) | July 25, 1999 | Ellen Barkin |
14 (67) | August 8, 1999 | Peter Falk |
15 (68) | August 15, 1999 | Jerry Lewis |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (69) | November 14, 1999 | Billy Joel |
2 (70) | November 21, 1999 | Mary Tyler Moore |
3 (71) | December 5, 1999 | Sylvester Stallone |
4 (72) | December 12, 1999 | Tom Hanks |
5 (73) | January 9, 2000 | Michael Caine |
6 (74) | April 9, 2000 | Geena Davis |
7 (75) | April 30, 2000 | James Woods |
8 (76) | May 7, 2000 | Andy Garcia |
9 (77) | July 2, 2000 | Kevin Spacey |
10 (78) | June 4, 2000 | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
11 (79) | August 6, 2000 | Alan Alda |
12 (80) | August 20, 2000 | Harrison Ford |
13 (81) | October 29, 2000 | Sigourney Weaver |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (82) | November 12, 2000 | Bernadette Peters |
2 (83) | Unknown | Val Kilmer |
3 (84) | November 19, 2000 | James Caan |
4 (85) | December 3, 2000 | Richard Dreyfuss |
5 (86) | December 10, 2000 | Gabriel Byrne |
6 (87) | December 17, 2000 | Spike Lee |
7 (88) | December 17, 2000 | Ed Harris |
8 (89) | January 14, 2001 | Ben Affleck |
9 (90) | January 28, 2001 | Ned Beatty |
10 (91) | February 4, 2001 | Mike Myers |
11 (92) | February 18, 2001 | Michael Douglas |
12 (93) | March 11, 2001 | Gwyneth Paltrow |
13 (94) | April 15, 2001 | Helen Hunt |
14 (95) | May 6, 2001 | Francis Ford Coppola |
15 (96) | June 10, 2001 | Robin Williams |
16 (97) | July 15, 2001 | Melanie Griffith |
17 (98) | July 22, 2001 | Antonio Banderas |
18 (99) | August 6, 2001 | Burt Reynolds |
19 (100) | August 19, 2001 | Roseanne |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (101) | September 30, 2001 | Ben Stiller |
2 (102) | October 14, 2001 | Gene Hackman |
3 (103) | October 21, 2001 | Kevin Kline |
4 (104) | October 28, 2001 | Bruce Willis |
5 (105) | November 25, 2001 | Kevin Costner |
6 (106) | January 13, 2002 | Will Smith |
7 (107) | January 27, 2002 | Stockard Channing |
8 (108) | February 17, 2002 | Debra Winger |
9 (109) | March 3, 2002 | Sarah Jessica Parker |
10 (110) | March 17, 2002 | Ben Kingsley |
11 (111) | April 7, 2002 | Dennis Quaid |
12 (112) | April 21, 2002 | Ethan Hawke |
13 (113) | May 5, 2002 | Richard Gere |
14 (114) | May 12, 2002 | Hugh Grant |
15 (115) | June 2, 2002 | Samuel L. Jackson |
16 (116) | June 30, 2002 | Benicio del Toro |
17 (117) | August 4, 2002 | Vanessa Redgrave |
18 (118) | August 18, 2002 | Billy Bob Thornton |
19 (119) | September 8, 2002 | Johnny Depp |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (120) | October 6, 2002 | Sissy Spacek |
2 (121) | October 27, 2002 | Juliette Binoche |
3 (122) | November 10, 2002 | Jeanne Moreau |
4 (123) | November 17, 2002 | Pierce Brosnan |
5 (124) | December 8, 2002 | Ian McKellen |
6 (125) | December 15, 2002 | Martin Scorsese |
7 (126) | December 22, 2002 | Julianne Moore |
8 (127) | January 12, 2003 | Edward Norton |
9 (128) | February 9, 2003 | Cast of The Simpsons |
10 (129) | February 16, 2003 | Nicolas Cage |
11 (130) | March 2, 2003 | Drew Barrymore |
12 (131) | March 9, 2003 | Renée Zellweger |
13 (132) | April 13, 2003 | John Travolta |
14 (133) | May 4, 2003 | Jeremy Irons |
15 (134) | May 11, 2003 | Joanne Woodward |
16 (135) | May 18, 2003 | Martin Sheen |
17 (136) | July 20, 2003 | Jeff Bridges |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (137) | September 14, 2003 | John Goodman |
2 (138) | October 5, 2003 | Clint Eastwood |
3 (139) | November 16, 2003 | Cast of Will & Grace |
4 (140) | December 14, 2003 | Cate Blanchett |
5 (141) | December 21, 2003 | Jude Law |
6 (142) | December 28, 2003 | Naomi Watts |
7 (143) | January 4, 2004 | Russell Crowe |
8 (144) | January 11, 2004 | Tom Cruise |
9 (145) | January 18, 2004 | Charlize Theron |
10 (146) | February 8, 2004 | Diane Lane |
11 (147) | February 15, 2004 | Jay Leno |
12 (148) | March 7, 2004 | Hugh Jackman |
13 (149) | March 14, 2004 | Kate Winslet |
14 (150) | March 21, 2004 | Barbra Streisand |
15 (151) | June 6, 2004 | Bette Midler |
16 (152) | June 20, 2004 | 10th Anniversary Special |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (153) | October 10, 2004 | Jennifer Lopez |
2 (154) | October 17, 2004 | James Gandolfini |
3 (155) | October 24, 2004 | William H. Macy |
4 (156) | October 31, 2004 | George Carlin |
5 (157) | November 7, 2004 | Jennifer Connelly |
6 (158) | November 14, 2004 | Mark Wahlberg |
7 (159) | November 21, 2004 | Natalie Portman |
8 (160) | November 28, 2004 | Jamie Foxx |
9 (161) | December 5, 2004 | Salma Hayek |
10 (162) | January 2, 2005 | Morgan Freeman |
11 (163) | January 9, 2005 | Cameron Diaz |
12 (164) | January 23, 2005 | Kiefer Sutherland |
13 (165) | January 30, 2005 | Robert Redford |
14 (166) | February 6, 2005 | Colin Farrell |
15 (167) | February 13, 2005 | Val Kilmer - second visit |
16 (168) | February 20, 2005 | Owen Wilson |
17 (169) | April 10, 2005 | David Duchovny |
18 (170) | April 24, 2005 | Jane Fonda |
19 (171) | June 5, 2005 | Angelina Jolie |
20 (172) | June 19, 2005 | Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond |
21 (173) | September 25, 2005 | Jodie Foster |
22 (174) | October 16, 2005 | Elton John |
23 (175) | October 23, 2005 | Rosie O'Donnell |
24 (176) | October 30, 2005 | Michael J. Fox |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (177) | December 11, 2005 | Cast of The Producers |
2 (178) | December 18, 2005 | Barbara Walters |
3 (179) | January 8, 2006 | Queen Latifah |
4 (180) | January 15, 2006 | Ralph Fiennes |
5 (181) | January 22, 2006 | Martin Lawrence |
6 (182) | February 5, 2006 | Liza Minnelli |
7 (183) | February 12, 2006 | Dave Chappelle |
8 (184) | May 7, 2006 | Cast of Law & Order |
9 (185) | May 14, 2006 | Tom Hanks - second visit |
10 (186) | May 21, 2006 | Don Cheadle |
11 (187) | May 28, 2006 | Tim Allen |
12 (188) | June 18, 2006 | Dustin Hoffman |
13 (189) | July 9, 2006 | Robert Downey Jr. |
14 (190) | July 31, 2006 | Hugh Laurie |
15 (191) | September 18, 2006 | Teri Hatcher |
16 (192) | October 2, 2006 | Al Pacino |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (193) | December 11, 2006 | Forest Whitaker |
2 (194) | December 18, 2006 | Eddie Murphy |
3 (195) | January 8, 2007 | Matt Damon |
4 (196) | February 19, 2007 | Diana Ross |
5 (197) | March 12, 2007 | Chris Rock |
6 (198) | March 19, 2007 | Mark Ruffalo |
7 (199) | June 4, 2007 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
8 (200) | June 11, 2007 | Kyra Sedgwick |
9 (201) | August 6, 2007 | Michelle Pfeiffer |
10 (202) | September 17, 2007 | Charlie Sheen |
11 (203) | October 8, 2007 | Billy Crystal - second visit |
12 (204) | October 15, 2007 | Anthony Hopkins - second visit |
13 (205) | October 22, 2007 | Alec Baldwin - second visit |
14 (206) | October 29, 2007 | Halle Berry |
15 (207) | December 3, 2007 | John Cusack |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (208) | May 19, 2008 | Sarah Jessica Parker - second visit |
2 (209) | June 16, 2008 | Mike Myers - second visit |
3 (210) | September 22, 2008 | Brooke Shields |
4 (211) | October 13, 2008 | Christian Slater |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (212) | November 3, 2008 | Goldie Hawn |
2 (213) | November 10, 2008 | James Lipton (interview conducted by Dave Chappelle) |
3 (214) | December 1, 2008 | Daniel Radcliffe |
4 (215) | January 5, 2009 | Josh Brolin |
5 (216) | January 12, 2009 | Laura Linney |
6 (217) | January 19, 2009 | Ricky Gervais |
7 (218) | January 26, 2009 | Conan O'Brien |
8 (219) | February 2, 2009 | Anthony LaPaglia |
9 (220) | May 4, 2009 | Denis Leary |
10 (221) | May 11, 2009 | Danny DeVito |
11 (222) | July 27, 2009 | Judd Apatow |
12 (223) | August 31, 2009 | Mickey Rourke |
13 (224) | September 7, 2009 | Jason Bateman |
14 (225) | September 14, 2009 | Cast of Family Guy |
15 (226) | September 21, 2009 | Amy Poehler |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (227) | November 9, 2009 | Hilary Swank |
2 (228) | November 16, 2009 | Jon Bon Jovi |
3 (229) | December 21, 2009 | Kate Hudson |
4 (230) | March 1, 2010 | James Cameron |
5 (231) | May 25, 2010 | Sean Combs |
6 (232) | September 28, 2010 | Betty White |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (233) | December 7, 2010 | James Franco |
2 (234) | January 10, 2011 | Jim Carrey |
3 (235) | February 7, 2011 | Colin Firth |
4 (236) | March 14, 2011 | Bradley Cooper |
5 (237) | June 7, 2011 | Cast of Modern Family |
6 (238) | July 11, 2011 | Jennifer Aniston |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (239) | January 31, 2012 | George Clooney |
2 (240) | February 10, 2012 | Brad Pitt |
3 (241) | April 9, 2012 | Cast of Glee [23] |
4 (242) | May 14, 2012 | Cast of Mad Men |
5 (243) | October 3, 2012 | Liam Neeson |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (244) | February 13, 2013 | Hugh Jackman - second visit |
2 (245) | March 19, 2013 | Tina Fey [24] [25] |
3 (246) | May 29, 2013 | 250th Special - Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken and Barbara Walters, Dave Chappelle, and more. [26] |
4 (247) | September 19, 2013 | Jake Gyllenhaal |
5 (248) | November 7, 2013 | Cast of Arrested Development |
6 (249) | December 26, 2013 | Bruce and Laura Dern |
7 (250) | February 19, 2014 | Amy Adams [27] [28] |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (251) | February 20, 2014 | Matthew McConaughey [28] |
2 (252) | March 27, 2014 | Cast of How I Met Your Mother |
3 (253) | September 22, 2014 | Mariska Hargitay |
4 (254) | October 5, 2014 | Sting |
5 (255) | February 12, 2015 | Neil Patrick Harris |
6 (256) | June 18, 2015 | Jim Parsons |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (257) | October 22, 2015 | Sarah Silverman |
2 (258) | November 25, 2015 | Bryan Cranston |
3 (259) | December 17, 2015 | Steve Carell |
4 (260) | January 7, 2016 | Jeff Daniels |
5 (261) | February 11, 2016 | Cast of The Walking Dead |
6 (262) | March 31, 2016 | Chris Meloni |
No. | Air Date | Guest |
---|---|---|
1 (263) | December 21, 2016 | Jessica Chastain |
2 (264) | January 5, 2017 | Viola Davis |
3 (265) | February 2, 2017 | Cuba Gooding Jr. |
4 (266) | February 9, 2017 | Cast of Girls |
5 (267) | June 22, 2017 | Scarlett Johansson |
6 (268) | December 21, 2017 | Kristen Wiig |
7 (269) | January 11, 2018 | Ted Danson |
NOTE: Starting with Season 23, the first on Ovation, the host is now a rotating list. The host is included in this list.
No. | Air Date | Host | Guest |
---|---|---|---|
1 (270) | October 13, 2019 | Alec Baldwin | Henry Winkler |
2 (271) | October 20, 2019 | Jane Lynch | David Oyelowo |
3 (272) | October 27, 2019 | Pedro Pascal | Willem Dafoe (2) |
4 (273) | November 3, 2019 | Ellen Burstyn | Al Pacino (2) |
5 (274) | November 10, 2019 | LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Alfre Woodard |
6 (275) | November 17, 2019 | Greta Gerwig | Laura Dern (2) |
7 (276) | December 6, 2019 | Kelsey Grammer | James Burrows |
8 (277) | December 15, 2019 | Uzo Aduba | Lupita Nyong'o |
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