David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television talk show host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show.

Filmography

• 2025Andy Kaufman Is Me — Self, Executive Producer
• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Former TV Celebrity, 6'2"
• Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action — Self - Host, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (archive footage)
• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
• 2025Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy — Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
• 2025Mutineer
• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
• 2025Untold: The Fall of Favre — Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
• 2024Group Therapy — Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
• Stupid Pet Tricks — Self, Executive Producer, Original Concept
• 2024The Easy Kind — David Letterman
• Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist — Self - Host, 'Late Show with David Letterman' (archive footage)
• 2021Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie — Narrator (voice)
• 2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie — David Letterman
• 2018Bathtubs Over Broadway — Self, Executive Producer
• 2017Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Creator
• 2010I'm Still Here — David Letterman
• Joy Behar: Say Anything!
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Executive Producer
• The Knights of Prosperity — Producer
• 2006Strangers with Candy — Executive Producer
• Web Junk 20
• The Colbert Report
• 2005Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection
• 2002The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
• Ed — Executive Producer
• Strangers with Candy — Executive Producer
• 1998Jackie Chan: My Story — Thanks
• 1997Private Parts — David Letterman
• 1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do America — Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice)
• Cosby
• 1996Eddie — David Letterman (uncredited)
• Everybody Loves Raymond — Executive Producer
• Spin City — Rags (uncredited) (voice), David Letterman
• The Drew Carey Show — Producer
• The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder — Producer
• 1994Cabin Boy — Old Salt In Fishing Village
• The High Life — Executive Producer
• Beavis and Butt-Head — David Letterman (voice)
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Host, Writer
• The Nanny — David Letterman (uncredited)
• The Larry Sanders Show — David Letterman
• Seinfeld — David Letterman
• The Simpsons — David Letterman (voice)
• 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• Open All Night
• The David Letterman Show — Host, Producer
• 1979Fast Friends — Matt Morgan
• Mork & Mindy — Ellsworth
• 1978Peeping Times — Dan Cochran
• 1977Superstunt — Writer
• The Starland Vocal Band Show
• Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer — Self, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (114)

• 20269/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Bobby Rahal: True American Racer — Self
• 2026Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been — Self
• 2026In Memoriam — Himself
• 2026Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald — Self (archive footage)
• Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)
• 20252025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• Cam Gaze - À la recherche des premières "camgirls" — Self (archive) - late show host
• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• 2025Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Self
• 2025In Whose Name? — Self
• 2025IndyCar: Anything to Win — Self
• 2025My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler — Self - Host
• 2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• 2024DEVO — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self
• Mr. McMahon — Self (archive footage)
• 2024My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney — Self - Host
• 2024Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2024Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My Life — Self
• 2023Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman — Self
• 2023Late Night Nightmare — Self
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
• SmartLess: On the Road — Self
• 2023The Great Heisman Race of 1997 — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Many Faces of Jim Carrey — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2022My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Self - Host
• 2022Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — Self
• 2022Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) — Self
• That’s My Time with David Letterman — Self - Host
• The Last Movie Stars — Self
• 2022We Feed People — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021Controlling Britney Spears — Self (archive Audio)
• 2021Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A — Self
• 2021The Super Bob Einstein Movie — Self
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man — Self
• 2020My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)
• The Comedy Store — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• 2020Zappa — Self (archive footage)
• 2019APEX: The Secret Race Across America — Self
• 2019Cola Wars — Self (archive footage)
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• 2019Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season — Self
• 2019Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)
• 2019My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan — Self - Host
• 2019This Is Farrah Fawcett — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self - Host
• Norm Macdonald Has a Show — Self - Guest
• 2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind — Self
• 2018Whitney — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Won't You Be My Neighbor? — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2017Get Me Roger Stone — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Self
• 2017Mike and the Mad Dog — Self
• The Nineties — Self (archive footage)
• 2015David Letterman: A Life on Television — Self
• MLB Network Presents — Self
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration — Self / Audition Tape (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2015The Making of Trump — Self (archive footage)
• 2014An Open Secret — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Don Rickles: One Night Only — Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014Led Zeppelin Played Here — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Life Itself — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2014Mad As Hell — Self (archive footage)
• 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
• Norm Macdonald Live — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• 2012Johnny Carson: King of Late Night — Self
• 2012Me @ the Zoo — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Corman's World — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2011Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television — Self
• 2011The Undefeated — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Earth to America — Self (archived footage)
• 2003American Splendor — Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self (archive footage)
• 200150 Years of NBC Late Night — Self (archive footage)
• 2001VH1 News Special: Grunge — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Man on the Moon — Self (uncredited)
• Mark Twain Prize — Self
• 1999Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999 — self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• 1998Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Totally Bill Hicks — Self
• The View — Self, Self - Guest
• 1995A Night to Die For — Self
• 1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins — Self (uncredited)
• 1995Rush Limbaugh's America — Self (archival footage)
• 1994Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1989I'm from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Action Family — Self
• 1986The Jay Leno Special — self
• 1984Steve Martin Live! — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1981David Letterman: Looking For Fun — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• 1977Mary — Self (Various Characters)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self - Guest Host
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Biography: David Letterman — Self