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Inside the Actors Studio

1994 – nowShow24 seasons · 303 episodesIn production

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IMDb8.6Metacritic–8.7
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.6Metacritic–8.7

Summary

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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  • Feels like real life.
  • Teaches you something.

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Professional Butt-Kisserin 156 titlesLipton's interview style, which is composed of equal measures of shameless flattery and ludicrously softball questions (AA Gill once described the questions on the show as being "coated liberally in…Young Future Famous Peoplein 184 titlesA young Bradley Cooper was in the audience during Sean Penn's interview and asked a question during the Audience Q&A.All 7 tropes

Inside the Actors Studio episodes

24 seasons · 303 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Alec Baldwin, 8.5
  2. S1 E2 Paul Newman, 7.9
  3. S1 E3 Stephen Sondheim, 9.1
  4. S1 E4 Sidney Lumet, 8.0
  5. S1 E5 Shelley Winters, 8.1
  6. S1 E6 Sally Field, 9.2
  7. S1 E7 Dennis Hopper, 7.5
  8. S1 E9 Arthur Penn, 7.6
  9. S1 E12 Sydney Pollack, 8.5
  1. S2 E1 Lee Grant, 7.8
  2. S2 E3 Matthew Broderick, 8.2
  3. S2 E4 Glenn Close, 8.2
  4. S2 E5 Holly Hunter, 8.1
  5. S2 E6 Ellen Burstyn, 8.2
  6. S2 E7 Jessica Lange, 8.4
  7. S2 E8 Carol Burnett, 9.0
  8. S2 E9 Christopher Walken, 8.1
  9. S2 E10 Gene Wilder, 8.3
  10. S2 E12 Martin Landau, 7.1
  1. S3 E1 Mark Rydell, 7.2
  2. S3 E2 Christopher Reeve, 9.0
  3. S3 E3 Nathan Lane, 8.2
  4. S3 E4 Anjelica Huston, 6.8
  5. S3 E6 Matt Dillon, 8.0
  6. S3 E7 Tommy Lee Jones, 8.9
  7. S3 E8 Mike Nichols, 6.9
  8. S3 E9 Julia Roberts, 7.9
  9. S3 E10 Meg Ryan, 8.6
  10. S3 E11 Anthony Quinn, 8.6
  11. S3 E12 Willem Dafoe, 8.3
  12. S3 E13 Billy Crystal, 8.5
  1. S4 E1 Harvey Keitel, 8.3
  2. S4 E2 Shirley MacLaine, 7.3
  3. S4 E3 Eli Wallach, 8.2
  4. S4 E5 Lauren Bacall, 8.9
  5. S4 E6 Martin Short, 7.3
  6. S4 E7 Anthony Hopkins: first appearance, 8.3
  7. S4 E8 Danny Glover, 8.3
  8. S4 E9 Whoopi Goldberg, 5.6
  9. S4 E10 Jack Lemmon, 8.6
  10. S4 E11 Gary Sinise, 8.2
  11. S4 E12 Kathy Bates, 8.3
  12. S4 E13 Susan Sarandon, 7.3
  1. S5 E1 Meryl Streep, 8.4
  2. S5 E3 Laurence Fishburne, 8.0
  3. S5 E4 Donald Sutherland, 8.3
  4. S5 E5 Ron Howard, 8.2
  5. S5 E6 Sharon Stone, 8.6
  6. S5 E7 Sean Penn, 7.0
  7. S5 E8 Robert De Niro, 8.0
  8. S5 E9 Steven Spielberg, 8.3
  9. S5 E10 Tim Robbins, 7.1
  10. S5 E11 Jennifer Jason Leigh, 7.5
  11. S5 E12 Kim Basinger, 8.0
  12. S5 E13 Ellen Barkin, 7.9
  13. S5 E14 Peter Falk, 8.2
  14. S5 E15 Jerry Lewis, 8.6
  1. S6 E1 Billy Joel, 9.2
  2. S6 E2 Mary Tyler Moore, 8.0
  3. S6 E3 Sylvester Stallone, 8.1
  4. S6 E4 Tom Hanks, 8.5
  5. S6 E5 Michael Caine, 8.7
  6. S6 E6 Geena Davis, 7.0
  7. S6 E7 James Woods, 8.0
  8. S6 E8 Andy Garcia, 6.9
  9. S6 E9 Philip Seymour Hoffman, 8.3
  10. S6 E10 Kevin Spacey, 8.6
  11. S6 E11 Val Kilmer, 7.6
  12. S6 E12 Alan Alda, 8.3
  13. S6 E13 Harrison Ford, 8.7
  1. S7 E1 Sigourney Weaver, 7.4
  2. S7 E2 Bernadette Peters, 7.1
  3. S7 E3 James Caan, 7.8
  4. S7 E4 Richard Dreyfuss, 7.5
  5. S7 E5 Gabriel Byrne, 7.4
  6. S7 E6 Ed Harris and Spike Lee, 7.5
  7. S7 E7 Ben Affleck, 7.2
  8. S7 E8 Ned Beatty, 6.8
  9. S7 E9 Mike Myers - first appearance, 7.7
  10. S7 E10 Michael Douglas, 7.8
  11. S7 E11 Gwyneth Paltrow, 6.7
  12. S7 E12 Helen Hunt, 8.0
  13. S7 E13 Francis Ford Coppola, 8.1
  14. S7 E14 Robin Williams, 9.3
  15. S7 E15 Melanie Griffith, 6.4
  16. S7 E16 Antonio Banderas, 8.2
  17. S7 E17 Burt Reynolds, 8.0
  18. S7 E18 Roseanne, 5.8
  1. S8 E1 Ben Stiller, 7.7
  2. S8 E2 Gene Hackman, 8.5
  3. S8 E3 Kevin Kline, 7.7
  4. S8 E4 Bruce Willis, 7.7
  5. S8 E5 Kevin Costner, 8.3
  6. S8 E6 Will Smith, 7.8
  7. S8 E7 Stockard Channing, 7.8
  8. S8 E8 Debra Winger, 7.6
  9. S8 E9 Sarah Jessica Parker - first appearance, 7.3
  10. S8 E10 Ben Kingsley, 8.2
  11. S8 E11 Dennis Quaid, 7.1
  12. S8 E12 Ethan Hawke, 7.3
  13. S8 E13 Richard Gere, 8.1
  14. S8 E14 Hugh Grant, 9.0
  15. S8 E15 Samuel L. Jackson, 8.5
  16. S8 E16 Benicio Del Toro, 7.7
  17. S8 E17 Vanessa Redgrave, 9.2
  18. S8 E18 Billy Bob Thornton, 7.3
  19. S8 E19 Johnny Depp, 8.7
  1. S9 E1 Sissy Spacek, 8.3
  2. S9 E2 Juliette Binoche, 7.3
  3. S9 E4 Pierce Brosnan, 8.5
  4. S9 E5 Ian McKellen, 8.3
  5. S9 E6 Martin Scorsese, 8.4
  6. S9 E7 Julianne Moore, 8.2
  7. S9 E8 Edward Norton, 8.5
  8. S9 E9 The Simpsons, 8.7
  9. S9 E10 Nicolas Cage, 8.0
  10. S9 E11 Drew Barrymore, 8.0
  11. S9 E12 Renée Zellweger, 7.8
  12. S9 E13 John Travolta, 8.1
  13. S9 E14 Jeremy Irons, 8.0
  14. S9 E15 Joanne Woodward, 7.6
  15. S9 E16 Martin Sheen, 6.2
  16. S9 E17 Jeff Bridges, 7.4
  17. S9 E18 John Goodman, 7.8
  1. S10 E1 Clint Eastwood, 8.7
  2. S10 E2 Cast of "Will and Grace", 6.2
  3. S10 E3 Cate Blanchett, 8.3
  4. S10 E4 Jude Law, 6.8
  5. S10 E5 Naomi Watts, 7.2
  6. S10 E6 Russell Crowe, 8.2
  7. S10 E7 Tom Cruise, 7.2
  8. S10 E8 Charlize Theron, 7.1
  9. S10 E9 Diane Lane, 8.5
  10. S10 E11 Hugh Jackman - first appearance, 8.4
  11. S10 E12 Kate Winslet, 7.8
  12. S10 E13 Barbra Streisand, 9.2
  13. S10 E14 Bette Midler, 8.3
  14. S10 E15 10th Season Anniversary Special, 7.5
  1. S11 E1 Jennifer Lopez, 7.3
  2. S11 E2 James Gandolfini, 8.0
  3. S11 E3 William H. Macy, 7.5
  4. S11 E4 George Carlin, 8.1
  5. S11 E5 Jennifer Connelly, 6.7
  6. S11 E6 Mark Wahlberg, 7.6
  7. S11 E7 Natalie Portman, 8.1
  8. S11 E8 Jamie Foxx, 7.4
  9. S11 E9 Salma Hayek, 6.0
  10. S11 E10 Morgan Freeman, 7.5
  11. S11 E11 Cameron Diaz, 6.5
  12. S11 E12 Kiefer Sutherland, 7.7
  13. S11 E13 Robert Redford, 8.1
  14. S11 E15 Jane Fonda, 8.0
  15. S11 E17 David Duchovny, 7.6
  16. S11 E19 Angelina Jolie, 8.0
  17. S11 E20 Cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond", 8.8
  18. S11 E21 Jodie Foster, 8.2
  19. S11 E22 Elton John, 8.5
  20. S11 E24 Michael J. Fox, 8.9
  1. S12 E5 The Stars and Director of the Producers, 7.2
  2. S12 E6 Barbara Walters, 5.7
  3. S12 E7 Queen Latifah, 7.4
  4. S12 E8 Ralph Fiennes, 8.3
  5. S12 E9 Martin Lawrence, 8.3
  6. S12 E10 Liza Minnelli, 7.7
  7. S12 E11 Dave Chappelle, 9.0
  8. S12 E12 The Cast of Law and Order, 8.0
  9. S12 E13 Tom Hanks: 2, 7.9
  10. S12 E14 Don Cheadle, 7.7
  11. S12 E15 Tim Allen, 7.8
  12. S12 E16 Dustin Hoffman, 8.8
  13. S12 E17 Robert Downey Jr., 8.6
  14. S12 E18 Hugh Laurie, 8.4
  15. S12 E19 Teri Hatcher, 7.0
  16. S12 E20 Al Pacino, 8.6
  1. S13 E1 Forest Whitaker, 6.6
  2. S13 E2 Eddie Murphy, 8.2
  3. S13 E3 Matt Damon, 7.9
  4. S13 E4 Diana Ross, 8.7
  5. S13 E5 Chris Rock, 7.8
  6. S13 E6 Mark Ruffalo, 7.7
  7. S13 E7 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 7.6
  8. S13 E8 Kyra Sedgwick, 7.7
  9. S13 E9 Michelle Pfeiffer, 7.6
  10. S13 E10 Charlie Sheen, 6.8
  11. S13 E11 Billy Crystal, 8.4
  12. S13 E12 Anthony Hopkins, 8.1
  13. S13 E13 Alec Baldwin, 8.1
  14. S13 E14 Halle Berry, 7.0
  15. S13 E15 John Cusack, 7.3
  1. S14 E1 Sarah Jessica Parker, 6.9
  2. S14 E2 Mike Myers, 7.9
  3. S14 E3 Brooke Shields, 7.4
  4. S14 E4 Christian Slater, 6.5
  1. S15 E1 Goldie Hawn, 7.4
  2. S15 E2 Dave Chappelle, 8.6
  3. S15 E3 Daniel Radcliffe, 8.1
  4. S15 E4 Josh Brolin, 7.6
  5. S15 E5 Laura Linney, 7.6
  6. S15 E6 Ricky Gervais, 8.1
  7. S15 E7 Conan O'Brien, 8.7
  8. S15 E8 Anthony LaPaglia, 6.5
  9. S15 E9 Denis Leary, 6.7
  10. S15 E10 Danny DeVito, 7.5
  11. S15 E11 Judd Apatow, 7.9
  12. S15 E12 Mickey Rourke, 7.7
  13. S15 E13 Jason Bateman, 7.4
  14. S15 E14 Family Guy, 8.2
  15. S15 E15 Amy Poehler, 7.5
  1. S16 E1 Hilary Swank, 7.9
  2. S16 E2 Bon Jovi, 7.2
  3. S16 E3 Kate Hudson, 7.4
  4. S16 E4 James Cameron, 7.2
  5. S16 E6 Betty White, 8.4
  1. S17 E1 Bradley Cooper, 8.6
  2. S17 E2 James Franco, 7.4
  3. S17 E3 Jim Carrey, 8.0
  4. S17 E4 Colin Firth, 8.1
  5. S17 E5 The Cast of Modern Family, 6.5
  6. S17 E6 Jennifer Aniston, 8.4
  1. S18 E1 George Clooney, 9.1
  2. S18 E2 Brad Pitt, 7.8
  3. S18 E3 The Cast of Glee, 7.9
  4. S18 E4 The Cast of Mad Men, 8.0
  5. S18 E6 Hugh Jackman, 8.6
  1. S19 E2 Tina Fey, 8.3
  2. S19 E3 The 250th Special, 8.4
  3. S19 E4 Jake Gyllenhaal, 6.9
  4. S19 E5 Liam Neeson, 7.6
  5. S19 E6 Arrested Development, 7.2
  6. S19 E7 Bruce Dern and Laura Dern, 7.0
  7. S19 E8 Amy Adams, 7.9
  1. S20 E1 Matthew McConaughey, 7.9
  2. S20 E2 How I Met Your Mother, 8.6
  3. S20 E5 Neil Patrick Harris, 7.5
  4. S20 E6 Jim Parsons, 7.7
  1. S21 E1 Sarah Silverman, 7.3
  2. S21 E2 Bryan Cranston, 8.7
  3. S21 E3 Steve Carell, 7.9
  4. S21 E4 Jeff Daniels, 8.5
  5. S21 E5 The Walking Dead Cast, 7.9
  6. S21 E6 Chris Meloni, 8.4
  1. S22 E1 Jessica Chastain, 8.2
  2. S22 E5 Scarlett Johannson, 8.4
  1. S23 E1 Henry Winkler, 8.3
  2. S23 E2 David Oyelowo, 8.3
  3. S23 E3 Willem Dafoe, 8.5
  4. S23 E4 Al Pacino, 8.2
  5. S23 E5 Alfre Woodard, 7.7
  6. S23 E6 Laura Dern, 7.7
  7. S23 E7 James Burrows, 8.0
  8. S23 E8 Lupita Nyong'o, 7.4

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