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Inside the Actors Studio Bravo cable television channel, first hosted by James Lipton from 1994 to 2018, and on Ovation for the show's 23rd and final season in 2019 with an alternating list of hosts. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz; the executive producer is James Lipton. The program, which premiered in 1994, is distributed internationally by CABLEready and is broadcast in 125 countries around the world reaching 89,000,000 homes.[ 1] Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University 's New York City campus.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Many of the available episode guides conflict with one another regarding the numbering of episodes[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Inside the Actors Studio premiered on Bravo on June 12, 1994. The first season was also the first time host James Lipton appeared on the show without his trademark beard..
No.
Air Date
Guest
1
June 12, 1994
Paul Newman
2
June 18, 1994
Alec Baldwin
3
June 22, 1994
Stephen Sondheim
4
July 5, 1994
Sidney Lumet
5
July 12, 1994
Shelley Winters
6
July 18, 1994 [ 9]
Sally Field
7
July 23, 1994
Dennis Hopper
8
July 30, 1994
Arthur Miller
9
August 7, 1994 [ 10]
Arthur Penn
10
August 14, 1994
Estelle Parsons
11
August 21, 1994 [ 11]
Neil Simon
12
August 28, 1994
Sydney Pollack
13
September 4, 1994
Mary Stuart Masterson
14
September 11, 1994
Olympia Dukakis
15
September 18, 1994
William Goldman
Season 2 of Inside the Actors Studio was the last season where host James Lipton appeared on camera without a beard. Lipton's signature look was a full beard, and he sported it for the following season.
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (16)
March 12, 1995 [ 12]
Lee Grant
2 (17)
March 19, 1995 [ 13]
Faye Dunaway
3 (18)
March 26, 1995[ 14]
Matthew Broderick
4 (19)
April 2, 1995[ 15]
Glenn Close
5 (20)
April 9, 1995[ 16]
Holly Hunter
6 (21)
April 16, 1995[ 17]
Ellen Burstyn
7 (22)
April 23, 1995[ 18]
Jessica Lange
8 (23)
April 30, 1995[ 19]
Carol Burnett
9 (24)
May 7, 1995[ 20]
Christopher Walken
10 (25)
May 14, 1995
Gene Wilder
11 (26)
May 21, 1995
Stanley Donen
12 (27)
May 28, 1995
Martin Landau
Beginning with this season, James Lipton began wearing a beard for the remainder of the series. This was a change from the clean-shaven look he had sported for the first two seasons.
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (28)
March 10, 1996
Mark Rydell
2 (29)
March 17, 1996
Norman Jewison
3 (30)
March 24, 1996[ 21]
Nathan Lane
4 (31)
March 31, 1996
Anjelica Huston
5 (32)
April 7, 1996
Christopher Reeve
6 (33)
April 14, 1996
Matt Dillon
7 (34)
April 21, 1996
Tommy Lee Jones
8 (35)
April 28, 1996[ 22]
Mike Nichols
9 (36)
May 5, 1996
Julia Roberts
10 (37)
May 12, 1996
Meg Ryan
11 (38)
May 19, 1996
Anthony Quinn
12 (39)
May 26, 1996
Willem Dafoe
13 (40)
June 2, 1996
Billy Crystal
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (41)
August 9, 1998
Harvey Keitel
2 (42)
August 23, 1998
Shirley MacLaine
3 (43)
September 6, 1998
Eli Wallach
4 (44)
September 13, 1998
Anne Jackson
5 (45)
September 20, 1998
Lauren Bacall
6 (46)
September 27, 1998
Martin Short
7 (47)
October 4, 1998
Anthony Hopkins
8 (48)
October 11, 1998
Danny Glover
9 (49)
October 18, 1998
Whoopi Goldberg
10 (50)
October 25, 1998
Jack Lemmon
11 (51)
November 1, 1998
Gary Sinise
12 (52)
November 8, 1998
Kathy Bates
13 (53)
November 15, 1998
Susan Sarandon
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (54)
November 22, 1998
Meryl Streep
2 (55)
November 29, 1998
John Hurt
3 (56)
December 6, 1998
Laurence Fishburne
4 (57)
December 13, 1998
Donald Sutherland
5 (58)
January 3, 1999
Ron Howard
6 (59)
January 10, 1999
Sharon Stone
7 (60)
January 17, 1999
Sean Penn
8 (61)
January 31, 1999
Robert De Niro
9 (62)
February 14, 1999
Steven Spielberg
10 (63)
July 5, 1999
Tim Robbins
11 (64)
July 11, 1999
Jennifer Jason Leigh
12 (65)
July 18, 1999
Kim Basinger
13 (66)
July 25, 1999
Ellen Barkin
14 (67)
August 8, 1999
Peter Falk
15 (68)
August 15, 1999
Jerry Lewis
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (69)
November 14, 1999
Billy Joel
2 (70)
November 21, 1999
Mary Tyler Moore
3 (71)
December 5, 1999
Sylvester Stallone
4 (72)
December 12, 1999
Tom Hanks
5 (73)
January 9, 2000
Michael Caine
6 (74)
April 9, 2000
Geena Davis
7 (75)
April 30, 2000
James Woods
8 (76)
May 7, 2000
Andy Garcia
9 (77)
July 2, 2000
Kevin Spacey
10 (78)
June 4, 2000
Philip Seymour Hoffman
11 (79)
August 6, 2000
Alan Alda
12 (80)
August 20, 2000
Harrison Ford
13 (81)
October 29, 2000
Sigourney Weaver
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (82)
November 12, 2000
Bernadette Peters
2 (83)
November 16, 2000
Val Kilmer
3 (84)
November 19, 2000
James Caan
4 (85)
December 3, 2000
Richard Dreyfuss
5 (86)
December 10, 2000
Gabriel Byrne
6 (87)
December 17, 2000
Spike Lee
7 (88)
December 17, 2000
Ed Harris
8 (89)
January 14, 2001
Ben Affleck
9 (90)
January 28, 2001
Ned Beatty
10 (91)
February 4, 2001
Mike Myers
11 (92)
February 18, 2001
Michael Douglas
12 (93)
March 11, 2001
Gwyneth Paltrow
13 (94)
April 15, 2001
Helen Hunt
14 (95)
May 6, 2001
Francis Ford Coppola
15 (96)
June 10, 2001
Robin Williams
16 (97)
July 15, 2001
Melanie Griffith
17 (98)
July 22, 2001
Antonio Banderas
18 (99)
August 6, 2001
Burt Reynolds
19 (100)
August 19, 2001
Roseanne
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (101)
September 30, 2001
Ben Stiller
2 (102)
October 14, 2001
Gene Hackman
3 (103)
October 21, 2001
Kevin Kline
4 (104)
October 28, 2001
Bruce Willis
5 (105)
November 25, 2001
Kevin Costner
6 (106)
January 13, 2002
Will Smith
7 (107)
January 27, 2002
Stockard Channing
8 (108)
February 17, 2002
Debra Winger
9 (109)
March 3, 2002
Sarah Jessica Parker
10 (110)
March 17, 2002
Ben Kingsley
11 (111)
April 7, 2002
Dennis Quaid
12 (112)
April 21, 2002
Ethan Hawke
13 (113)
May 5, 2002
Richard Gere
14 (114)
May 12, 2002
Hugh Grant
15 (115)
June 2, 2002
Samuel L. Jackson
16 (116)
June 30, 2002
Benicio del Toro
17 (117)
August 4, 2002
Vanessa Redgrave
18 (118)
August 18, 2002
Billy Bob Thornton
19 (119)
September 8, 2002
Johnny Depp
[ edit ] On February 9, 2003, the cast of "The Simpsons " appeared on "Inside the Actors Studio." They talked about their lives as cast members, and showed clips from episodes of "The Simpsons."
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (120)
October 6, 2002
Sissy Spacek
2 (121)
October 27, 2002
Juliette Binoche
3 (122)
November 10, 2002
Jeanne Moreau
4 (123)
November 17, 2002
Pierce Brosnan
5 (124)
December 8, 2002
Ian McKellen
6 (125)
December 15, 2002
Martin Scorsese
7 (126)
December 22, 2002
Julianne Moore
8 (127)
January 12, 2003
Edward Norton
9 (128)
February 9, 2003
Cast of The Simpsons
10 (129)
February 16, 2003
Nicolas Cage
11 (130)
March 2, 2003
Drew Barrymore
12 (131)
March 9, 2003
Renée Zellweger
13 (132)
April 13, 2003
John Travolta
14 (133)
May 4, 2003
Jeremy Irons
15 (134)
May 11, 2003
Joanne Woodward
16 (135)
May 18, 2003
Martin Sheen
17 (136)
July 20, 2003
Jeff Bridges
[ edit ] Inside the Actors Studio celebrated its 10th anniversary season on Bravo . The season included a retrospective of the show's history and memorable moments, as well as in-depth interviews with actors.
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (137)
September 14, 2003
John Goodman
2 (138)
October 5, 2003
Clint Eastwood
3 (139)
November 16, 2003
Cast of Will & Grace
4 (140)
December 14, 2003
Cate Blanchett
5 (141)
December 21, 2003
Jude Law
6 (142)
December 28, 2003
Naomi Watts
7 (143)
January 4, 2004
Russell Crowe
8 (144)
January 11, 2004
Tom Cruise
9 (145)
January 18, 2004
Charlize Theron
10 (146)
February 8, 2004
Diane Lane
11 (147)
February 15, 2004
Jay Leno
12 (148)
March 7, 2004
Hugh Jackman
13 (149)
March 14, 2004
Kate Winslet
14 (150)
March 21, 2004
Barbra Streisand
15 (151)
June 6, 2004
Bette Midler
16 (152)
June 20, 2004
10th Anniversary Special
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (153)
October 10, 2004
Jennifer Lopez
2 (154)
October 17, 2004
James Gandolfini
3 (155)
October 24, 2004
William H. Macy
4 (156)
October 31, 2004
George Carlin
5 (157)
November 7, 2004
Jennifer Connelly
6 (158)
November 14, 2004
Mark Wahlberg
7 (159)
November 21, 2004
Natalie Portman
8 (160)
November 28, 2004
Jamie Foxx
9 (161)
December 5, 2004
Salma Hayek
10 (162)
January 2, 2005
Morgan Freeman
11 (163)
January 9, 2005
Cameron Diaz
12 (164)
January 23, 2005
Kiefer Sutherland
13 (165)
January 30, 2005
Robert Redford
14 (166)
February 6, 2005
Colin Farrell
15 (167)
February 13, 2005
Val Kilmer - second visit
16 (168)
February 20, 2005
Owen Wilson
17 (169)
April 10, 2005
David Duchovny
18 (170)
April 24, 2005
Jane Fonda
19 (171)
June 5, 2005
Angelina Jolie
20 (172)
June 19, 2005
Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond
21 (173)
September 25, 2005
Jodie Foster
22 (174)
October 16, 2005
Elton John
23 (175)
October 23, 2005
Rosie O'Donnell
24 (176)
October 30, 2005
Michael J. Fox
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (177)
December 11, 2005
Cast of The Producers
2 (178)
December 18, 2005
Barbara Walters
3 (179)
January 8, 2006
Queen Latifah
4 (180)
January 15, 2006
Ralph Fiennes
5 (181)
January 22, 2006
Martin Lawrence
6 (182)
February 5, 2006
Liza Minnelli
7 (183)
February 12, 2006
Dave Chappelle
8 (184)
May 7, 2006
Cast of Law & Order
9 (185)
May 14, 2006
Tom Hanks - second visit
10 (186)
May 21, 2006
Don Cheadle
11 (187)
May 28, 2006
Tim Allen
12 (188)
June 18, 2006
Dustin Hoffman
13 (189)
July 9, 2006
Robert Downey Jr.
14 (190)
July 31, 2006
Hugh Laurie
15 (191)
September 18, 2006
Teri Hatcher
16 (192)
October 2, 2006
Al Pacino
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (193)
December 11, 2006
Forest Whitaker
2 (194)
December 18, 2006
Eddie Murphy
3 (195)
January 8, 2007
Matt Damon
4 (196)
February 19, 2007
Diana Ross
5 (197)
March 12, 2007
Chris Rock
6 (198)
March 19, 2007
Mark Ruffalo
7 (199)
June 4, 2007
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
8 (200)
June 11, 2007
Kyra Sedgwick
9 (201)
August 6, 2007
Michelle Pfeiffer
10 (202)
September 17, 2007
Charlie Sheen
11 (203)
October 8, 2007
Billy Crystal - second visit
12 (204)
October 15, 2007
Anthony Hopkins - second visit
13 (205)
October 22, 2007
Alec Baldwin - second visit
14 (206)
October 29, 2007
Halle Berry
15 (207)
December 3, 2007
John Cusack
[ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (212)
November 3, 2008
Goldie Hawn
2 (213)
November 10, 2008
Dave Chappelle
3 (214)
December 1, 2008
Daniel Radcliffe
4 (215)
January 5, 2009
Josh Brolin
5 (216)
January 12, 2009
Laura Linney
6 (217)
January 19, 2009
Ricky Gervais
7 (218)
January 26, 2009
Conan O'Brien
8 (219)
February 2, 2009
Anthony LaPaglia
9 (220)
May 4, 2009
Denis Leary
10 (221)
May 11, 2009
Danny DeVito
11 (222)
July 27, 2009
Judd Apatow
12 (223)
August 31, 2009
Mickey Rourke
13 (224)
September 7, 2009
Jason Bateman
14 (225)
September 14, 2009
Cast of Family Guy
15 (226)
September 21, 2009
Amy Poehler
[ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ]
No.
Air Date
Guest
1 (244)
February 13, 2013
Hugh Jackman - second visit
2 (245)
March 19, 2013
Tina Fey [ 24] [ 25]
3 (246)
May 29, 2013
250th Special - Bradley Cooper , Robert De Niro , Jennifer Lopez , Christopher Walken and Barbara Walters , Dave Chappelle , and more.[ 26]
4 (247)
September 19, 2013
Jake Gyllenhaal
5 (248)
November 7, 2013
Cast of Arrested Development
6 (249)
December 26, 2013
Bruce and Laura Dern
7 (250)
February 19, 2014
Amy Adams [ 27] [ 28]
[ edit ] Inside the Actors Studio celebrated its 20th anniversary on Bravo . The show debuted in 1994, and over the years has featured in-depth interviews with a wide range of actors. [ edit ] [ edit ] This was the last season that James Lipton hosted "Inside the Actors Studio" after the show premiered in 1994. It was also the last season to air on Bravo before Ovation picked up the show. The 23rd and final season of "Inside the Actors Studio" was the first and only season to air on Ovation . In this season, the host appeared in a rotating list of episodes.
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