Louie Anderson (March 24, 1953 - January 21, 2022) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as Louie Perry Anderson. He was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and game show host, known for Life with Louie (1995), Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman (1994) and Coming to America (1988).
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.
Release Date: 2021-03-04
Character: Maurice
Vote Count: 2248
This documentary series brings to life the legends, heartbreak and history created at iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, which over the past 47 years has launched the careers of a breathtaking array of stars.
Release Date: 2020-10-04
Character: Self
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 9
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.
Release Date: 2020-05-10
Character: Self
Vote Count: 4
A hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy's biggest stars.
Release Date: 2020-04-15
Vote Count: 4
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
Release Date: 2019-11-29
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 115
Specializing in celebrities, entertainment and all things apolitical, comedy legend David Spade and a panel of his comedian friends are at the roundtable and in the field to help break down the biggest headlines of the day.
Release Date: 2019-07-29
Character: Self - Panelist
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 12
Iconic comedian Louie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award® winner, and one of the country’s most recognized and adored comics, brings you his sixth comedy special, Big Underwear. Named by Comedy Central as "One of 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time,” he again delivers to his fans his unique brand of humor and warmth from the historic Palace Theatre in Los Angeles. He plays on the challenges of getting healthy, life on the road, dealing with technology, and how we all eventually become our parents.
Release Date: 2018-04-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 1
Amateur 'chefs' from around the country compete for a million dollar prize in the ultimate food fight.
Release Date: 2017-11-17
Character: Mayor Doug Halverson
Vote Count: 36
Set against the backdrop of a major drug cartel bust, the series follows two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together, two criminals who are largely kept in the dark, two dispatch workers who haven't really clicked and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they've only just met.
Release Date: 2017-11-11
Character: (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 25
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Release Date: 2017-09-25
Character: Ralph
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2637
When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.
Release Date: 2017-04-14
Character: Testimonial
Vote Count: 552
After Santa tells Michael Bolton that he needs 75,000 new babies by Christmas to meet toy supply, he hosts a sexy telethon to get the world to start making love.
Release Date: 2017-02-07
Character: Self
Vote Count: 55
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Release Date: 2016-11-21
Character: Bob
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 121
Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is forced to confront his past while working as a rodeo clown and competing with his siblings for his mother's approval and affection.
Release Date: 2016-01-21
Character: Christine Baskets
Episode Count: 40
Vote Count: 132
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
Release Date: 2015-08-02
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 17
Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.
Release Date: 2015-06-21
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 36
Richard Pryor's impact on the craft of comedy and today's top comics is legendary and unrivaled. This program surveys the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American comics of all time.
Release Date: 2014-11-23
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 11
Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.
Release Date: 2013-10-21
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 18
Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to make a name for themselves in the stand-up comedy business.
Release Date: 2012-11-15
Character: Self - Host
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Veteran funnyman Louie Anderson returns to the stage in this hilarious stand-up comedy special, taking an unconventional and jovial look at his bad habits, pesky family members and aging body.
Release Date: 2012-04-01
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 4
Illusionists Penn & Teller throw down the gauntlet to aspiring magicians to perform their most mystifying trick - and fool Penn and Teller. Penn & Teller have no prior knowledge of either the performers or the planned trick. They sit in the audience just like everyone else, watching every move the guest magicians make. If any illusionist fools the professionals, they win a five star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world famous show at the Rio Hotel & Casino.
Release Date: 2011-01-07
Character: Himself
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 89
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.
Release Date: 2010-11-08
Character: Self
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 228
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
Release Date: 2009-10-03
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 18
A documentary about screenwriter Carl Kurlander's (St. Elmo's Fire) move back to Pittsburgh. Provides a general overview of the history of the city intertwined with Carl's biography.
Release Date: 2008-11-28
Character: Self
A documentary series focusing on the legends that helped launched TV and left lasting impression on sitcoms, talk shows, variety shows and game shows in television's early years.
Release Date: 2008-01-02
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.
Release Date: 2007-11-04
Character: Self
Vote Count: 49
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life on the Edge is a special documentary about the creator of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game and creator and host of The Gong Show Chuck Barris. Chronicling the tragedies of his life including harsh criticisms from the press and his peers, a number of failed marriages, working for the C.I.A and the loss of his daughter due to a drug overdose.
Release Date: 2006-12-10
Character: Self
A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.
Release Date: 2005-11-11
Character: Self - Guest
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5
Venus and Mars are neighbors born during a rare planetary alignment, but while Venus grows up blessed by good fortune, Mars seems destined to bring nothing but bad luck to his friends and family. Just when everything looks hopeless for Mars, he discovers he has a rare gift and also that he's in love with the beautiful Venus. Is romance in the stars for Mars, or will his rotten fate break his heart again?
Release Date: 2005-07-30
Character: Krizzy
Destiny's Child, KISS, and Hootie and the Blowfish rock out for Marines at Camp Pendelton.
Release Date: 2005-06-05
Character: Host
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
Release Date: 2005-01-25
Character: Game Show Host
Vote Count: 10
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
Release Date: 2005-01-03
Character: Self
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 96
Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006, with a total of thirty episodes.
Release Date: 2004-11-14
Character: Mining Team of Louie Andersons (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 28
The charming and still-single Joey has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. After reuniting with his high-strung sister Gina, Joey moves in with Michael, his 20-year-old genius nephew, who unbelievably is literally a rocket scientist. However, what Joey lacks in book smarts he makes up for with people smarts – making him the best new friend his nephew could ask for.
Release Date: 2004-09-08
Character: Louie Anderson
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 318
Release Date: 2003-03-01
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
Release Date: 2003-02-21
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 209
Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship. The series is set in San Francisco. It was the second-most-watched show on UPN's Monday night line-up and fourth overall on the network. The show was on The CW's first draft line-up in March 2006, but due to several circumstances—including The CW's contractual obligation to pick up Reba, the uncancelling of All of Us, and the pick-up of the Girlfriends spin-off The Game—Half & Half was left off the final Fall 2006 schedule and ended production. The series has aired in reruns on Global TV in Canada, Trouble in the UK and in local syndication in the United States. It also airs in the United States on TV One.
Release Date: 2002-09-23
Character: Louie
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 22
Struggling actor Danny and his pal Stuart are ready to rock the L.A. nightlife -- with help from a Rolls Royce and Rolex "borrowed" from Stuart's uncle Manny, a big-time producer. But plans go awry when the boys meet the too-good-to-be-true Jenny.
Release Date: 2002-03-06
Character: Tow Truck Driver
Vote Count: 6
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Release Date: 2001-10-02
Character: Louie Anderson
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1881
This set gives you a chance to see some of today's best comedians when they were much younger. some peoples bits are very short, one joke short, which leaves you feeling a little jipped. The replay value is minimal because you have to skip around so much to keep the laughs going.
Release Date: 2001-03-20
Character: Self (archive footage)
Vote Count: 1
Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.
Release Date: 1999-09-20
Character: Self - Host
Episode Count: 13
Vote Count: 37
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
Release Date: 1998-09-26
Character: Homeless Person
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 63
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
Release Date: 1998-09-14
Character: Self - Panelist
Episode Count: 7
Vote Count: 4
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
Release Date: 1997-09-08
Character: Therapist
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 317
Roast of Rodney Dangerfield recorded in Aspen on his 75th birthday.
Release Date: 1997-01-01
Character: Self
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.
Release Date: 1996-11-17
Character: Date #3 (uncredited)
Vote Count: 2
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Release Date: 1996-08-21
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 76
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
Release Date: 1996-03-29
Character: Richard Reynolds
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 101
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
Release Date: 1996-02-16
Character: Self
Vote Count: 59
The Louie Show is an American sitcom television series that aired from January 31 until March 6, 1996.
Release Date: 1996-01-31
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: Louie Lundgren
Episode Count: [ 6 ]
The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.
Release Date: 1994-12-24
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: Little Louie / Dad (voice)
Episode Count: [ 39 ]
Vote Count: 77
Comedian Louie Anderson tells a story of one Christmas when he was a kid, growing up in Wisconsin, and how he and his dad brought Christmas cheer to a woman who appeared to have none.
Release Date: 1994-12-18
Character: Himself / Andy Anderson (Dad) / Little Louie (voice)
Vote Count: 6
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
Release Date: 1994-09-21
Character: Uncle Dudley
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 174
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
Release Date: 1994-09-18
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 75
Grace Kelly is a tough woman with kids to raise. A recently divorced recovering alcoholic, Grace struggles with the pressures of being a single mother supporting three children. Grace doesn't always handle situations with, well, grace, but she does get results.
Release Date: 1993-09-29
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 32
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Release Date: 1993-09-13
Character: Self - Guest
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 136
Stand-up comedian Louie Anderson performs from St. Louis, Missouri.
Release Date: 1993-06-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character:
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in hell.
Release Date: 1992-07-31
Character: Security Guard #1 (voice)
Vote Count: 66
Anderson is a made-for-TV comic, as this concert at the Guthrie Theatre in his hometown of Minneapolis makes clear. So much of what he is doing with his gentle, little-boy-hurt manner is transmitted with his eyes and facial expressions. Those are nuances you aren’t likely to get if you’re seated beyond the third row, but the home audience sees all. Louie putters through a number of subjects such as driving, guns, shopaholism, car salesmen, the homeless, and being examined at a hospital ER,
Release Date: 1990-01-13
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Himself
Louie Anderson Live at the Guthrie
Release Date: 1989-12-10
Vote Count: 2
The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. This hour-long anthology series was hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first segment,"Muppetelevision," included comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second segment often featured rebroadcasts of original, Henson-created productions, such as episodes from Jim Henson's "The StoryTeller" anthology series.
Release Date: 1989-04-14
Character: Himself
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 7
The third event from Comic Relief USA. Hosted, as with the first two specials, by Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams. The event debuted the song "Mr. President"—written by Joe Sterling, Ray Reach and Mike Loveless, and sung by Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole. Featured Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell; Catherine O'Hara smoking between bites of food and drink; Arsenio Hall on women with plastic surgery; Woody Harrelson talking to an "audience member" (Shelley Long) who, when asked if she watched Cheers, said, "Not that much."
Release Date: 1989-03-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Louie Anderson's second stand-up special
Release Date: 1988-09-10
Character: himself
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Release Date: 1988-06-29
Character: Maurice
Vote Count: 4401
Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.
Release Date: 1988-05-13
Character: Louie
Vote Count: 11
Louie Anderson: Live at the Guthrie
Release Date: 1987-09-13
Character: himself
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.
Release Date: 1986-10-17
Character: Omer Morrison
Vote Count: 9
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Release Date: 1986-06-11
Character: Flower Deliveryman
Vote Count: 4959
Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
Release Date: 1986-02-14
Character: Tiny (as Louis Anderson)
Vote Count: 93
Some of the best new talent is showcased in these annual comedy specials each year. Every show is hosted by a different accomplished comedian. In 1984, the 9th year, the host was the magnificent Rodney Dangerfield.
Release Date: 1985-08-03
Character: himself
Vote Count: 1
Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.
Release Date: 1984-06-01
Character: Taxi Driver #2
Vote Count: 139
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
Release Date: 1982-10-01
Character: Bingham 'Bing' Perret
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 127
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Release Date: 1962-10-01
Character: Self
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 71