Inside the Actors Studio Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 15 (2009)

  • Season 15 Episode 2: Bon Jovi

    Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres discuss their 26-year career and their personal struggles along the way.

  • Season 15 Episode 1: Hilary Swank

    Actress Hilary Swank becomes the third youngest woman ever to win two Oscars for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.'

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 14 (2006 - 2009)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 13 (2006 - 2007)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 12 (2005 - 2006)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 11 (2004 - 2005)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 10 (2003 - 2004)

  • Season 10 Episode 15: 10th Anniversary Special

    James Lipton highlights the first 10 seasons of 'Inside the Actor's Studio.'

  • Season 10 Episode 14: Bette Midler

    James Lipton talks to Bette Midler about her multi-faceted career from the cabaret world to movie stardom with films such as Beaches and The First Wives Club

  • Season 10 Episode 13: Barbra Streisand

    James Lipton talks to Barbra Streisand, whose career has seen her pick up two Oscars, eight Grammy awards and 11 Golden Globes

  • Season 10 Episode 12: Kate Winslet

    Kate Winslet reflects on her career, which has seen her star in Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the JM Barrie biopic Finding Neverland

  • Season 10 Episode 11: Hugh Jackman

    James Lipton interviews Hugh Jackman - the award-winning star of theatre productions and major films, which include Van Helsing and the X-Men movies, and whose success is regarded as paving the way for more Australian actors in Hollywood

  • Season 10 Episode 10: Jay Leno

    James Lipton interviews US talk show host Jay Leno about what goes on behind the scenes of the Tonight Show

  • Season 10 Episode 9: Diane Lane

    James Lipton talks to Oscar-nominated actress Diane Lane about her acting technique, which earned her critical acclaim in films including Chaplin, The Perfect Storm and Unfaithful

  • Season 10 Episode 8: Charlize Theron

    James Lipton interviews Charlize Theron, the South African actress who turned to films when her career as a ballet dancer was ended by a knee injury. She went on to achieve success in movies as diverse as The Devil's Advocate and The Italian Job, winning an Oscar for her role as Aileen Wuornos, the infamous serial killer, in Monster

  • Season 10 Episode 7: Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise joins James Lipton and a studio audience to discuss his life and career, which has included films such as Top Gun, A Few Good Men and Jerry Maguire

  • Season 10 Episode 6: Russell Crowe

    James Lipton talks to actor Russell Crowe, who won an Oscar for his role in Gladiator. This in-depth interview discovers the thoughtful man behind the hell-raising tabloid target

  • Season 10 Episode 5: Naomi Watts

    James Lipton interviews Naomi Watts, whose films include The Ring, 21 Grams, Mulholland Drive and King Kong

  • Season 10 Episode 4: Jude Law

    James Lipton interviews Jude Law, who starred in Cold Mountain and the remake of the Michael Caine classic Alfie

  • Season 10 Episode 3: Cate Blanchett

    James Lipton interviews Australian actress Cate Blanchett, star of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Michael Hurst's biographical drama Elizabeth

  • Season 10 Episode 2: Will & Grace

    The cast of American comedy Will & Grace reflect on their roles in the popular sitcom which came to an end after eight series

  • Season 10 Episode 1: Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood discusses his career.

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 9 (2002 - 2003)

  • Season 9 Episode 17: John Goodman

    James Lipton interviews John Goodman, the actor whose talent has taken him from sitcom star in TV series Roseanne to big-screen roles in Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski

  • Season 9 Episode 16: Martin Sheen

    James Lipton interviews Hollywood star Martin Sheen, famous for his roles in Badlands, Apocalypse Now and The West Wing

  • Season 9 Episode 15: Jeff Bridges

    James Lipton interviews Hollywood star Jeff Bridges, who received Oscar nominations for his performances in films including The Contender and Starman, and critical acclaim for The Big Lebowski, The Fisher King and Arlington Road

  • Season 9 Episode 14: Jeanne Moreau

    French actress Jeanne Moreau talks about her career, during which she has worked with master directors Truffaut, Antonioni and Fassbinder

  • Season 9 Episode 13: Drew Barrymore

    James Lipton interviews Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore, who shot to fame at an early age in ET, before working with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates

  • Season 9 Episode 12: Joanne Woodward

    James Lipton interviews Joanne Woodward, who discusses her career from an Oscar-winning performance in The Three Faces to more recent roles in The Age of Innocence and Philadelphia, and her life as Mrs Paul Newman

  • Season 9 Episode 11: Jeremy Irons

    James Lipton talks to Jeremy Irons about his extraordinary career, from his role in classic serial Brideshead Revisited to his Oscar-winning performance in Reversal of Fortune

  • Season 9 Episode 10: John Travolta

    John Travolta ('Grease,' 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Look Who's Talking').

  • Season 9 Episode 9: Renee Zellweger

    James Lipton interviews the all-singing, all-dancing star of Chicago, Renee Zellweger, about her Hollywood career, which has included roles in comedies Nurse Betty and Bridget Jones's Diary, as well as an Oscar-winning performance in epic drama Cold Mountain

  • Season 9 Episode 8: Nicolas Cage

    Nicolas Cage discusses his career, which includes roles in Face/Off, Con Air and Leaving Las Vegas - for which he was named best actor at the Academy Awards in 1996

  • Season 9 Episode 7: The Simpsons

    The voices and faces behind the characters in The Simpsons, the phenomenally successful US animated comedy, which has enjoyed worldwide acclaim and a run lasting over a decade

  • Season 9 Episode 6: Edward Norton

    An interview with actor and director Edward Norton, who starred alongside Brad Pitt in David Fincher's Fight Club

  • Season 9 Episode 5: Julianne Moore

    James Lipton interviews Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore, who has performed in all genres of movies from comedy to serious drama

  • Season 9 Episode 4: Martin Scorsese

    An interview with Martin Scorsese, who has directed critically acclaimed films including The Departed, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver

  • Season 9 Episode 3: Ian McKellen

    Renowned British actor Ian McKellen, whose film roles include Gandalf and Magneto in the Lord of the Rings and the X-Men trilogies respectively

  • Season 9 Episode 2: Pierce Brosnan

    Interview with Pierce Brosnan, star of The Tailor of Panama, Laws of Attraction and Bond films GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day

  • Season 9 Episode 1: Juliette Binoche

    James Lipton interviews Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche, star of The English Patient, Chocolat and Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 8 (2001 - 2002)

  • Season 8 Episode 17: Johnny Depp

    Johnny Depp talks about his career, from playing his first title role in the 1990 Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands, to starring in films such as Chocolat and Sleepy Hollow

  • Season 8 Episode 16: Billy Bob Thornton

    Interview with Oscar winner and musician Billy Bob Thornton, who is renowned for his stormy love life and became a household name after his role in the film Sling Blade

  • Season 8 Episode 15: Vanessa Redgrave

    Interview with British screen actress Vanessa Redgrave, renowned not only for her acting career and famous family, but also for her outspoken socialist leanings

  • Season 8 Episode 14: Benicio Del Toro

    Interview with Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, who changed direction from studying law to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming an actor

  • Season 8 Episode 13: Samuel L Jackson

    Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson talks to James Lipton about his movies, including Pulp Fiction, Shaft, Jackie Brown and The Long Kiss Goodnight

  • Season 8 Episode 12: Hugh Grant

    Interview with British star Hugh Grant, who discusses his career through successful movies including Four Weddings and a Funeral and the Bridget Jones films

  • Season 8 Episode 11: Richard Gere

    Drama students ask questions to the star of Pretty Woman and Chicago, Richard Gere, renowned as a celebrity Buddhist and Tibetan rights campaigner

  • Season 8 Episode 10: Ben Kingsley

    Interview with classical actor Ben Kingsley, renowned for his unforgettable portrayal of Gandhi which earned him an Oscar

  • Season 8 Episode 9: Ethan Hawke

    Oscar-nominated actor Ethan Hawke, star of Training Day and Lord of War, discusses his art and ambitions

  • Season 8 Episode 8: Dennis Quaid

    James Lipton interviews Dennis Quaid, who has won acclaim for roles in Postcards from the Edge and Far from Heaven, and enjoyed blockbuster success in The Day After Tomorrow

  • Season 8 Episode 7: Sissy Spacek

    James Lipton interviews Sissy Spacek, star of Carrie and Badlands, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter

  • Season 8 Episode 6: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker discusses her career and ambitions, charting a life of performing from stage school to movie success. Presented by James Lipton

  • Season 8 Episode 5: Debra Winger

    Hollywood actress Debra Winger, star of Shadowlands, An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment, discusses her career and ambitions. Presented by James Lipton

  • Season 8 Episode 4: Bruce Willis

    Interview with Hollywood actor Bruce Willis, whose films include Twelve Monkeys, Armageddon and the Die Hard series

  • Season 8 Episode 3: Stockard Channing

    James Lipton interviews Oscar-nominated actress Stockard Channing, who talks about her role as First Lady alongside Martin Sheen in the West Wing

  • Season 8 Episode 2: Will Smith

    The star of Men in Black, Independence Day and Ali talks to James Lipton about his transition from TV actor to box-office hero

  • Season 8 Episode 1: Kevin Costner

    An interview with Kevin Costner, the actor most famous for films such as The Untouchables, Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 7 (2001 - 2002)

  • Season 7 Episode 18: Kevin Kline

    Kevin Kline talks to James Lipton about his varied career, from musicals and stage work to the smash-hit comedy A Fish Called Wanda, in front of an audience of student actors, directors and writers

  • Season 7 Episode 17: Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman, veteran of more than 80 Hollywood movies and one of America's most admired actors. He talks about his varied career, which includes films The French Connection and Unforgiven as well as offbeat classics such as The Conversation and The Royal Tenenbaums

  • Season 7 Episode 16: Burt Reynolds

    James Lipton interviews Seventies icon Burt Reynolds, who has graced films from Smokey and the Bandit to Boogie Nights

  • Season 7 Episode 15: Ben Stiller

    Interview with actor Ben Stiller, who was propelled into the spotlight after the success of the comedy There's Something About Mary

  • Season 7 Episode 14: Roseanne

    The star of the sitcom 'Roseanne' talks about her life and work.

  • Season 7 Episode 13: Antonio Banderas

    Interview with Antonio Banderas, the Spanish actor who first made his name in his homeland before transferring his talents over to Hollywood. He has starred in films such as Philadelphia, Interview with the Vampire and Evita, and more recently taken the lead in The Mask of Zorro and Spy Kids

  • Season 7 Episode 12: Melanie Griffith

    James Lipton interviews Melanie Griffith, wife of Antonio Banderas, whose film triumphs include Working Girl and Another Day in Paradise

  • Season 7 Episode 11: Robin Williams

    James Lipton interviews Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams as he looks back at successes such as Good Will Hunting and Good Morning Vietnam

  • Season 7 Episode 10: Francis Ford Coppola

    Interview with Francis Ford Coppola, the director who reshaped American cinema in the 1970s with the seminal Godfather films

  • Season 7 Episode 9: Helen Hunt

    An interview with Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt, who first found success in the sitcom Mad About You

  • Season 7 Episode 8: Gwyneth Paltrow

    Shakespeare in Love star and Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow chats to James Lipton and reveals the secret of her cut-glass English accent

  • Season 7 Episode 7: Gabriel Byrne

    James Lipton interviews Irish actor Gabriel Byrne about his roles in films such as The Man in the Iron Mask, Stigmata and The Usual Suspects

  • Season 7 Episode 6: Michael Douglas

    James Lipton interviews actor and producer Michael Douglas about his 30-year career in movies

  • Season 7 Episode 5: Spike Lee

    The controversial director discusses his rise to fame with films such as Malcolm X and Do The Right Thing

  • Season 7 Episode 4: Mike Myers

    Interview with actor, writer, director and producer Mike Myers, who shot to fame with Wayne's World in 1992 and went on to create the Austin Powers movies and the provide the voice of animated ogre Shrek

  • Season 7 Episode 3: Ned Beatty

    James Lipton interviews renowned character actor Ned Beatty about his craft and appearances in more than 100 films, including memorable roles in Superman, Deliverance and Network

  • Season 7 Episode 2: Ed Harris

    Profile of the actor Ed Harris, who has starred in hit movies The Truman Show and Pollock

  • Season 7 Episode 1: Ben Affleck

    The Pearl Harbor star discusses his relatively recent rise to screen prominence

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 6 (2000)

  • Season 6 Episode 15: Bernadette Peters

    Bernadette Peters explains how she has achieved success working both in Hollywood and on Broadway

  • Season 6 Episode 14: Val Kilmer

    Actor Val Kilmer reflects on what makes him one of the hard men of Hollywood, discussing his roles in The Doors and Tombstone

  • Season 6 Episode 13: Sigourney Weaver

    The Oscar-nominated actress discusses a career that has included films such as Ghostbusters, The Ice Storm and Gorillas in the Mist

  • Season 6 Episode 12: James Caan

    Bronx born tough guy James Caan, star of The Godfather and Rollerball, discusses his life and career

  • Season 6 Episode 11: Richard Dreyfuss

    Hollywood star Richard Dreyfuss talks about his life and a career that has included appearances in Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and American Graffiti

  • Season 6 Episode 10: Harrison Ford

    James Lipton interviews the ever-popular actor Harrison Ford, best known for his characters Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan

  • Season 6 Episode 9: Alan Alda

    A profile of Mash star Alan Alda who clocked up five Emmys for his role as Hawkeye over an 11 year period

  • Season 6 Episode 8: Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Philip Seymour Hoffman, who starred in Happiness and alongside Robert De Niro in Flawless, discusses his move to direct the West End play Jesus Hopped the A Train

  • Season 6 Episode 7: Andy Garcia

    The Cuban-born star of The Godfather Part III, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead and The Untouchables, discusses his life and career with host James Lipton

  • Season 6 Episode 6: James Woods

    James Lipton talks to the critically acclaimed Hollywood actor James Woods, star of Salvador and Once Upon a Time in America, about his life and work

  • Season 6 Episode 5: Geena Davis

    Interview with actress and producer Geena Davis, whose films include Thelma and Louise, The Long Kiss Goodnight, A League of Their Own and The Accidental Tourist, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar

  • Season 6 Episode 4: Kevin Spacey

    An interview with Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, star of The Usual Suspects, Seven, The Negotiator and American Beauty

  • Season 6 Episode 3: Sylvester Stallone

    Oscar-nominated star Sylvester Stallone, who rose to fame with the Rocky and Rambo films, discusses his life and career with host James Lipton and an audience of students

  • Season 6 Episode 2: Ellen Barkin

    James Lipton interviews Ellen Barkin, who discusses how she approached her performances in films such as The Big Easy, Down by Law, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Season 6 Episode 1: Michael Caine

    Legendary star Michael Caine discusses his career, including his Oscar winning roles in The Cider House Rules and Hannah and Her Sisters

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 5 (1999)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 4 (1998)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 3 (1997)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 2 (1996)

Inside the Actors Studio: Season 1 (1995 - 1998)