Michael Showalter Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Co-producer, Director, Executive Producer, Show Creator, Screenwriter
Biography:: Silly, adorable comedian Michael Showalter was born in New Jersey and attended Brown University in Rhode Island. During the late '80s, he joined a New York-based comedy troupe which formed the basis for a hilarious sketch-comedy show called The State. Although many episodes were created, only 26...Read More

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Night of the Living Dorks

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Warner Independent presents this remake of 2005's German horror comedy Night of the Living Dorks, with Wet Hot American Summer's screenwriter Michael Showalter handling the directing duties. The plot revolves around three high-school social misfits that find popularity when they show up to school Read More

1/1/09
The Ten

Actors: Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, Winona Ryder, Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Justin Theroux, Liev Schreiber, Oliver Platt, Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney-Silver

Synopsis: Much of the group responsible for MTV's The State -- including director/actor David Wain and performers Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Joe Lo Truglio -- reunite for this outrageous, irreverent, and raunchy sketch comedy, which skewers the Ten Commandments. In the framing sequences, comedian Read More

8/3/07
Reno 911!: Miami

Actors: Lennie Loftin, Danny DeVito, Robert Ben Garant, Niecy Nash, Mary Birdsong

Synopsis: The bumbling cops of Comedy Central's hit television series take a trip to Miami Beach for a national police convention. After the trip there turns out to be much more difficult than anticipated, the bumbling crew must leap into action when the convention center becomes the target of a biological Read More

2/23/07
Hair High

Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Zak Orth, Sarah Silverman, Justin Long, Eric Gilliland

Synopsis: As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen Read More

10/18/06
Griffin & Phoenix

Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Amanda Peet, Sarah Paulson, Blair Brown, Alison Elliott

Synopsis: Ed Stone's bittersweet drama Griffin & Phoenix concerns Griffin (Dermot Mulroney), a divorcee suffering from cancerous lesions in his chest that give him a life expectancy of less than two years. He falls in love with academic advisor Phoenix (Amanda Peet), and the pair decide to 'live life to the Read More

2006
The Baxter

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux

Synopsis: A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and Read More

8/26/05
Stella [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Show Creator

2005
Kissing Jessica Stein

Actors: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Tovah Feldshuh, Jackie Hoffman

Synopsis: A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman in this romantic comedy. Jessica Stein (Jennifer Westfeldt) is a woman with a solid career as a copy editor, but her love life isn't much to write home about; she's been through a long series of disastrous first dates that Read More

3/13/02
Wet Hot American Summer

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd

Synopsis: 1980s teen comedies finally get the parody they so richly deserve with Wet Hot American Summer, the first feature film from writer/director David Wain and co-screenwriter Michael Showalter, formerly of the sketch comedy troupe the State. It's the last day of the summer season at Camp Firewood, and Read More

7/27/01
Law & Order: Endurance

Synopsis: Law & Order's 11th season begins with Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest) taking over as interim D.A. until an official replacement for Adam Schiff can be elected. Lewin's first case concerns a disabled youngster who died of smoke asphyxiation in an apartment fire. Suspects include the kid's parents and one Read More

2000
Chocolate For Breakfast

Actors: Isabel Gillies, Brooke Hailey, Marin Hinkle, Calliope Thorne, Michael Showalter

Synopsis: Three women try to set aside their personal and romantic difficulties in order to help out a fourth -- though it isn't easy -- in the dramatic comedy Chocolate for Breakfast. Amy (Marin Hinkle) is a stockbroker whose career is on the upswing when one night, very much out of character, she goes a Read More

1999
The State [TV Series]

1994