Person

Michael Moore

Directing · Born 1954-04-23 · Flint, Michigan, USA

Biography

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Capitalism: A Love Story, four of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries of all time. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, documenting his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. Moore criticizes globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and the American health care system in his written and cinematic works.

Known for

Filmography

2025Orwell: 2+2=5Self (archive footage)
2025The Voice of Hind RajabExecutive Producer
2025Space ChasersSelf
2025From Ground ZeroExecutive Producer
20212020: The Dumpster FireContributor
2020Beyond BarricadesHimself
2020The New York Times PresentsSelf (archive footage)
2019Planet of the HumansExecutive Producer
2018Fahrenheit 11/9Self
2018The Eyes of Orson WellesExecutive Producer
2018Firing Line with Margaret HooverSelf
2016Tucker Carlson TonightSelf (archive footage)
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneSelf - Independent Filmmaker
2016Michael Moore in TrumpLandSelf
2016CamerapersonSelf (archive footage)
2016The 4%: Film's Gender ProblemSelf
2015Where to Invade NextSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015Roseanne for President!Self
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014And the Oscar Goes To...Self - Interviewee
2013What Is Cinema?Self
2012Finding Your RootsSelf
2011EthosSelf
2011Month One
2010ConanSelf
2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf - Guest
2009South of the BorderSelf (archive footage)
2009Capitalism: A Love StorySelf
2008Starko!Producer
2007Slacker UprisingSelf - Narrator
2007SickoSelf
2007Manufacturing DissentSelf
2006...So Goes the NationSelf (archive footage)
2006Prescription for Disaster
2006Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!Self (archive footage)
2006Al Franken: God SpokeSelf
2005I'm Going to Tell You a SecretSelf
2005The Colbert ReportSelf
2005This Divided StateSelf
2005Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police StateSelf (archive footage)
2004Last Laugh '04Self
2004Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)
2004Fahrenhype 9/11
2004Tanner on TannerSelf
2004The FeverThe War Correspondent
2004Michael Moore Hates AmericaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004Fahrenheit 9/11Self
2004Michael & MeHimself
2003Orwell Rolls in His GraveSelf
2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)Director
2003The CorporationSelf
2003The Yes MenHimself
2003Grandpa's Still in the Tuff ShedThanks
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003StupiditySelf
2002A Brief History of the United States of AmericaWriter
2002Bowling for ColumbineSelf
2001Last Party 2000Self
2001The Private PublicMichael Moore
2000Lucky NumbersWalter
1999Michael Moore LiveSelf
1999The Awful TruthSelf - Host
1999EDtvPanel Member
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf
1997The Big OneSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelf
1995Canadian BaconRedneck Guy #2
1994TV NationHimself
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Two Mikes Don't Make a WrightSelf
1992Mad About YouMichael Moore
1992Pets or Meat: The Return to FlintSelf
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Blood in the FaceInterviewer
1989The SimpsonsMichael Moore (voice)
1989Roger & MeSelf

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