Person
Owen Kline
Acting · Born 1991-10-14 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Owen Kline is an American director, screenwriter and actor based in New York City. His short Jazzy for Joe starred the late broadcasting legend Joe Franklin in a rare comic performance paired alongside an orphaned toddler. His prior short, Fowl Play, a Queens-based comedy about low-rent aspiring cockfighters and their chicken, was presented on Le Cinéma Club in 2017 as part of the Safdie brothers’ carte blanche. Kline’s acting credits include Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale, the Safdies’ John’s Gone and the Michael M. Bilandic comedies Hellaware and Jobe’z World. Kline wrote and directed Funny Pages, his feature debut.
Known for
The Studio
Owen Kline
A Different Man
Nick
The Squid and the Whale
Frank Berkman
Funny Pages
Comic Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Anniversary Party
Jack Gold
Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie
Editor
Jazzy for Joe
Director
Sinners of Kings Highway
Director
Fowl Play
Director
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Self
Filmography
- 2025The StudioOwen Kline
- 2024A Different ManNick
- 2024Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf
- 2022Funny PagesComic Shop Customer (uncredited)
- 2022Mystery ReelDirector
- 2022The Cranberry HourThanks
- 2019Jobe'z WorldZane
- 2017Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny SafdieEditor
- 2014Jazzy for JoeDirector
- 2013Fowl PlayDirector
- 2011Sinners of Kings HighwayDirector
- 2010John's GoneOwen
- 2005The Squid and the WhaleFrank Berkman
- 2001The Anniversary PartyJack Gold
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