Dennis Miller Biography (1953-)

Born November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, PA; married Ali Epsley (a model), April10, 1988; children: Holden, Marlon. Addresses: Agent: Jim Wiatt, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA90212.; Publicist: Lori Jonas, Jonas Public Relations, 240 26th St., Suite 3,Santa Monica, CA 90402.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Comedian, talk show host, actor, writer, producer
Birth Details: November 3, 1953; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Host, Punchline in Pittsburgh, beginning c. 1980
Host, PM Magazine (Pittsburgh), syndicated, 1980-1985
Various characters and Weekend Update anchor, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, andSNL), NBC, 1985-1991
Host, The Dennis Miller Show, syndicated, 1992
Host, Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 1994-2002
Color commentator, NFL Monday Night Football, ABC, 2000-2002
Weekly commentator and guest host, Hannity and Colmes, Fox News, beginning 2003
Dennis Miller, CNBC, 2004-
Specials
Comic Relief, HBO, 1986
Comic Relief II, HBO, 1987
Himself, Dennis Miller: Mr. Miller Goes to Washington (also knownas Live from Washington It's Dennis Miller), HBO, 1988
Host, Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration, Fox, 1988
Host, A Rock `n' Roll Christmas, Fox, 1988
Host, The 13th Annual Young Comedians Show, HBO, 1989
Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary, NBC, 1989
Comic Relief IV, HBO, 1990
Dennis Miller: Black & White, HBO, 1990
Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as The Earth Day Special), ABC, 1990
Two Years ... Later, NBC, 1990
Host, Entertainers '91: The Top Twenty of the Year, ABC, 1991
Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial, NBC, 1991
Comic Relief V, HBO, 1992
HBO's 20th Anniversary--We Hardly Believe It Ourselves, CBS and HBO, 1992
We're Mad as Hell Hosted by Dennis Miller, HBO, 1992
Host, Bing! His Legendary Years, The Disney Channel, 1993
Baseball Relief: An All-Star Comedy Salute, Fox, 1993
Dennis Miller: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They? (also known asDennis Miller Live from Washington, DC: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They?), HBO, 1993
A New York Night--Live!, HBO, 1993
Addicted to Fame, NBC, 1994
But ... Seriously, Showtime, 1994
Comic Relief VI, HBO, 1994
The Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic, ABC,1994
Host, State of the Union: Undressed (also known as Dennis Miller: State of the Union Undressed), Comedy Central, 1995
Comic Relief VII, HBO, 1995
What Makes You Laugh?, 1995
Himself, "Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1996
Host, State of the Union: Undressed '96, Comedy Central, 1996
Host and anchor, Not Necessarily the Elections, HBO, 1996
(In archive footage) Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television, 1996
Comic Relief's 10th Anniversary, HBO, 1997
The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (also known as Saturday Night Live: Bad Boys), 1998
Comic Relief VIII, HBO, 1998
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?, Comedy Central, 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman, NBC, 1998
Himself, Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special--1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones, HBO, 1999
Himself, The 1999 Emmy Awards Pre-Show, 1999
(In archive footage) Harry Bailey, Saturday Night Live Christmas,NBC, 1999
(Uncredited) Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special (also known as Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary), NBC, 1999
Himself, Assignment E! with Leeza Gibbons: The Hollywood Pressure Cooker, E! Entertainment Television, 2000
Bob Hope at 100, 2003
The Raw Feed (also known as Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed), HBO, 2003
Himself, Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution, Trio, 2004
(In archive footage) Himself, Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses, Comedy Central, 2004
(In archive footage) Himself, 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time,Comedy Central, 2004
(In archive footage) Himself, 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
Awards Presentations
Host, The 10th Annual CableACE Awards, multiple channels, 1989
Host, The America's Choice Awards, TBS, 1990
Host, The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, Fox, 1991
Host, The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1992
Host, 1992 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1992
Host, ESPN's Second Annual ESPY Awards, ESPN, 1994
Host, 1994 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1994
MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1994
Host, 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1995
Presenter, The 16th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1995

Host, 13th Annual MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1996
Presenter, The 18th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1996
Host, GQ Men of the Year Awards, VH1, 1998
Host, GQ's 200 Men of the Year Awards, Fox, 1999
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002
Host, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003
Episodic
Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, multiple appearances,1986-1993
Feral O'Farrell, Elly & Jools, 1990
Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1991
Himself, "And Bimbo Was His Name-O," Dream On, HBO and Fox, 1992
Himself, The Ben Stiller Show, Fox, 1992
Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1993, 1994, 1996
Himself, "Fame Show," Night Stand (also known as Night Stand with Dick Dietrick), syndicated, 1995
Himself, "A Moveable Feast," The John Larroquette Show, NBC, 1995
Stalker, "Goofy Ball," NewsRadio (also known as The Station), NBC, 1995
"Colors of the Rainbow," Arli$$, HBO, 1996
Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 1998
Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, multiple appearances,beginning 1997
Vic, "Norm vs. Love," Norm (also known as The Norm Show), ABC, 1999
Guest, The Martin Short Show, syndicated, 1999
Guest, SportsCenter, ESPN, 2000
Himself, "John McEnroe: Game Set Match," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Guest, Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2001, 2002
Charlie Bixby, "Chapter Seventy-One," Boston Public, Fox, 2003
Charlie Bixby, "Chapter Seventy-Two," Boston Public, Fox, 2003
Charlie Bixby, "Chapter Seventy-Three," Boston Public, Fox, 2003
Himself, "Whipping Post," Space Ghost Coast to Coast (live actionand animated), The Cartoon Network, 2003
Guest, Ask Rita, syndicated, 2003
Guest, Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 2003
"Dennis Miller," Face Time, 2003
Guest, The View, ABC, 2003, 2004
Also appeared in Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central; The Arsenio Hall Show, syndicated; Future Quest, PBS; Girls' Night Out: The Young Comedians; Larry King Live, Cable News Network; Late Late Show with Tom Snyder, CBS; Later with Bob Costas, NBC; On the Record with Bob Costas, HBO; Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, Comedy Central; Star Search, syndicated; and The Whoopi Goldberg Show, syndicated.
Pilots
The Guide, ABC, 1999
Television Work
Series
Segment producer, PM Magazine (Pittsburgh), syndicated, 1980-1985
Executive producer, The Dennis Miller Show, syndicated, 1992
Executive producer, Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 1994-2002
Television Executive Producer
Specials
Dennis Miller: Mr. Miller Goes to Washington (also known as Live from Washington It's Dennis Miller), HBO, 1988
Dennis Miller: Black & White, HBO, 1990
Dennis Miller: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They? (also known asDennis Miller Live from Washington, DC: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They?), HBO, 1993
State of the Union: Undressed (also known as Dennis Miller: State of the Union Undressed), Comedy Central, 1995
"Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1996
Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special--1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones, HBO, 1999
The Raw Feed (also known as Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed), HBO, 2003
Film Appearances
Joe Kazzirak, I Live with Me Dad, 1985
The Quest, New Line Home Video, 1986
Wes, Madhouse, Orion, 1990
Plead Guilty, Get a Bond, 1990
Max O'Donnell, Broken Highway, Black Ray Films, 1993
Mark Lewyn, Disclosure, Warner Bros., 1994
Cliff Raddonson, Never Talk to Strangers (also known as L'inconnu and Spiel mit dem Feuer), TriStar, 1995
Dr. Alan Champion, The Net, Columbia, 1995
Rafe Guttman, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (also known as Bordello of Blood), Universal, 1996
Detective Steve Stengel, Murder at 1600 (also known as Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania), Warner Bros., 1997
Zander Kelly, Joe Dirt (also known as The Adventures of Joe Dirt), Columbia, 2001
Radio Appearances
Guest host of a syndicated radio program presented by Sean Hannity, 2003;Miller's programs also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio.
RECORDINGS
Comedy Albums
The Off-White Album, Warner Bros., 1988
Audiobooks
The Rants, Bantam Books-Audio, 1996
Rant Zone: An All-Out Blitz against Bush-League Politics, Twisted Child Stars, Soul-Sucking Jobs, and People Who Eat Their Dogs, 2001
Videos
Saturday Night Live--Robin Williams, 1986
WRITINGS
Teleplays
With Others; Series
PM Magazine (Pittsburgh), syndicated, 1980-1985
Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1985-1991
The Dennis Miller Show, syndicated, 1992
Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 1994-2002
NFL Monday Night Football, ABC, 2000-2002
Weekly comments and guest host material, Hannity and Colmes, Fox News, beginning 2003
Dennis Miller, CNBC, 2004-
Specials
Comic Relief, HBO, 1986
Dennis Miller: Mr. Miller Goes to Washington (also known as Live from Washington It's Dennis Miller), HBO, 1988
Dennis Miller: Black & White, HBO, 1990
Dennis Miller: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They? (also known asDennis Miller Live from Washington, DC: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They?), HBO, 1993
State of the Union: Undressed (also known as Dennis Miller: State of the Union Undressed), Comedy Central, 1995
"Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1996
The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (also known as Saturday Night Live: Bad Boys), 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman, NBC, 1998
Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special--1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones, HBO, 1999
(Uncredited) Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special (also known as Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary), NBC, 1999
The Raw Feed (also known as Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed), HBO, 2003
Humor
The Rants, Doubleday, 1996, audio version released by Bantam Books-Audio, 1996
Ranting Again, Doubleday, 1998
I Rant Therefore I Am, Doubleday, 2000
Rant Zone: An All-Out Blitz against Bush-League Politics, Twisted Child Stars, Soul-Sucking Jobs, and People Who Eat Their Dogs, HarperCollins,2001, audio version released in 2001
Videos
(With others) Saturday Night Live--Robin Williams, 1986
Taped Readings
That's Geek to Me, by Dennis Miller, Sanctuary Woods, 1994
That's News to Me, by Dennis Miller, Sanctuary Woods, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

American Enterprise, October/November, 2003, pp. 16-21
Entertainment Weekly, December 13, 1996, pp. 85-86
Gentleman's Quarterly, August, 1989, p. 65
People Weekly, December 16, 1996, p. 41; July 10, 2000, p. 20; August 5, 2002, p. 24
Playboy, September, 1992, pp. 132-36; June, 1996, pp. 61-68, 168-73
Time, December 22, 2003, p. 8
TV Guide, April 12, 2003, p. 6

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