Portrait of Alain de Botton

Acting

Alain de Botton

Career

Active from 2000 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
GoodWatch score78/100

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      People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      12
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      2020s

      2 titles
      Out of Date Defences
      Out of Date Defences (2026)

      Writer

      How to Find Creative Work
      How to Find Creative Work (2021)

      Writer

      2010s

      9 titles · average score 39
      Why You'll Never Find the Right Person
      Why You'll Never Find the Right Person (2019)

      Writer

      Hypervigilance
      Hypervigilance (2018)

      Writer

      How to Travel in your Mind
      How to Travel in your Mind (2017)

      Writer

      How Can I Be More Normal?
      How Can I Be More Normal? (2017)

      Writer

      You Are Not What You Earn
      You Are Not What You Earn (2017)

      Writer

      Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?
      Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present? (2016)

      as narrator

      Why We Go Cold on Our Partners
      Why We Go Cold on Our Partners (2016)

      Writer

      The Future Is Now!
      The Future Is Now! (2011)

      as The Philosopher

      My Last Five Girlfriends
      My Last Five Girlfriends (2010)
      GoodWatch score 39

      Novel

      2000s

      1 title
      How Proust Can Change Your Life
      How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)

      Book