Michael Showalter
b. 1970 (age 56)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Actor
Writer
Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third of the sketch comedy trio Stella. Showalter first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's The State, which aired from 1993 to 1995. He co-wrote (with David Wain) and starred in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and he wrote, directed, and starred in The Baxter (2005), with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux and Elizabeth Banks. Both of these movies featured many of his co-stars from The State, and so do several of his other projects. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Showalter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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Verity
2026 Director
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★ 5.3
Oh. What. Fun.
2025 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
Happy Face
2025 Director
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★ 6.3
The Idea of You
2024 Director
Writer
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★ 6.2
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
2024 Director
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★ 7.5
The Dropout
2022 Director
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★ 7.4
Spoiler Alert
2022 Director
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★ 7.2
I Love That for You
2022 Director
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★ 6.6
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021 Director
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★ 7.1
The Shrink Next Door
2021 Director
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★ 6.1
The Lovebirds
2020 Director
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★ 7.5
In the Dark
2019 Director
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★ 7.2
Ray Romano: Right Here, Around the Corner
2019 Director
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★ 7.0
Sugar Rush
2018 Self
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★ 7.5
The Big Sick
2017 Director
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★ 6.8
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 Actor
Writer
Reagan
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★ 7.6
Love
2016 Director
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★ 7.6
Search Party
2016 Writer
Director
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★ 6.2
Giles Vanderhoot
2016 Actor
Director
Writer
Giles Vanderhoot
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★ 4.4
Jammers
2016 Actor
Ol' Drippy
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★ 6.8
The Second Sound Barrier
2016 Writer
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Vincent
2016 Actor
Dennis
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★ 8.2
Grace and Frankie
2015 Director
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★ 7.3
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015 Actor
Writer
President Reagan
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★ 6.6
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
Two Night Stand
2014 Actor
Rick Raines
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★ 5.6
They Came Together
2014 Writer
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★ 6.8
American Viral
2014 Actor
Roger Busk
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They All Came Together - The Making of They Came Together
2014 Self
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★ 6.2
Super Fun Night
2013 Writer
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★ 7.2
Newsreaders
2013 Writer
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★ 8.0
Bum Future
2013 Actor
Fred
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★ 6.9
You're Whole
2012 Director
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SCHOOLED: NESN's College Face-off
2011 Self
Writer
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★ 7.7
The Slope
2010 Actor
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★ 7.7
Michael Showalter's the Making of...
2010 Director
Writer
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★ 7.7
Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009 Self
Writer
Director
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Risk!
2009 Writer
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★ 7.8
Childrens Hospital
2008 Writer
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★ 5.8
Birthday
2008 Actor
Writer
Michael
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★ 6.5
The Michael Showalter Showalter
2007 Self
Writer
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★ 6.4
The Baxter
2005 Actor
Director
Writer
Elliot Sherman
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★ 8.1
Stella
2005 Actor
Writer
Michael
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The Making of 'the Baxter'
2005 Self
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★ 8.7
Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker
2004 Actor
Ron Parker
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★ 6.5
The Wrong Coast
2004 Writer
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★ 6.5
Wet Hot American Summer
2001 Actor
Writer
Coop
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★ 8.6
Zog's Place
2001 Self
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★ 5.7
1999 MTV Movie Awards
1999 Writer
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★ 6.2
Random Play
1999 Actor
Writer
Various
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★ 5.8
Safe Men
1998 Actor
Larry
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★ 7.9
Comedy Central Presents
1998 Writer
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★ 6.5
Chocolate for Breakfast
1998 Actor
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The Kinsey 3
1998 Actor
Terence
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★ 6.5
Apt. 2F
1997 Actor
Phil
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★ 6.5
Tick
1996 Actor
Clifford
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★ 8.2
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995 Actor
Writer
Various
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★ 8.4
The State
1993 Actor
Writer
Various
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★ 7.7
You Wrote It, You Watch It
1993 Actor
Writer
(Segment: MTV, Smashed TV
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Off Weeks
Director
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The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob
Director
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Untitled Cyrano Pop
Director
Writer
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Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Director
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My Beloved
Actor
Harvey
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The Off Weeks
Director
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Ma 2
Director
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Drop-Off
Director
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Untitled Baby Boom Reboot project
Director
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Motherland
Director
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Wayland
Director