
Acting
Mike Birbiglia
Born 1978-06-20 · Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, and actor.
Acting credits
7.0Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
One Night Only
2026
7.7When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
A Man Called Otto
2022
5.8Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.
Trainwreck
2015
7.6Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
6.2Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks—advised by his brilliant VP and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor—makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
Annie
2014
5.7Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian beauty, from San Antonio to Dallas so both she and her husband can testify against a drug lord. Plans go awry when Mr. Riva gets ambushed, leaving Daniella a widow. Cooper and her witness must now use their wits to escape from crooked cops and murderous gunmen, while not killing each other in the process.
Hot Pursuit
2015
6.1Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
Going the Distance
2010
6.2A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
Tramps
2016
6.6When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
6.0Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
5.9A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Cedar Rapids
2011
NRA country western star experiences a dramatic downfall and must navigate their career in free fall.
The Comeback King
2027
6.4An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Don't Think Twice
2016
6.5A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Sleepwalk with Me
2012
5.6Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the most famous comedians consider him their mentor. Fifteen years after Del Close’s death, thousands of Improv students, comedy fans, actors, and successful comedians gather to celebrate the most important person in modern comedy that no one knows.
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
6.5Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.
Your Sister's Sister
2011
5.2Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.
Digging for Fire
2015
5.4A young, hipster entrepreneur crashes and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life in disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant sister, brother-in-law and three year-old nephew in the suburbs — only to become their manny. Faced with real responsibility, he may finally have to grow up — but not without some bad behavior first.
Adult Beginners
2014
4.0Colin Jost and Michael Che, co-anchors of the wildly popular Saturday Night Live Weekend Update sketch, host a 60-minute live stand-up special featuring a mix of up-and-coming and established comics hand-selected and curated by the pair.
Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark
2024
7.8A thoughtful and humorous navigation of personal conversations on mental health, through the lens of a group therapy session led by some of today's funniest comedians and comic performers.
Group Therapy
2024
6.2Drugs. Marriage. Kids' parties. Mike Birbiglia reevaluates life as a son — and as a father — in this hilarious and deeply personal comedy special.
Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life
2025
4.8This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.
It Started As a Joke
2019
8.1It’s This American Life’s wildest, most ambitious live show ever! Nearly 50 actors, singers, dancers, musicians and comedians joined Ira Glass onstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House on June 7th, 2014 to try some things they'd never tried before. The result? Journalism turned into opera, into plays, into a Broadway musical. Comedy from Mike Birbiglia, and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata. Songs from Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. Dance from Monica Bill Barnes & Company.
This American Life: Live at BAM
2014
A feature documentary on the life, career, and theatrical legacy of three-time Emmy and three-time Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane. The film will trace Lane’s remarkable body of work across stage and screen while following him through a major artistic moment: his long-awaited (and Tony-nominated) portrayal of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, a current Broadway role he has contemplated for more than thirty years.
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
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Behind the camera
6.4An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Don't Think Twice
2016
6.4An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Don't Think Twice
2016
6.5A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Sleepwalk with Me
2012
6.5A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Sleepwalk with Me
2012
6.2Drugs. Marriage. Kids' parties. Mike Birbiglia reevaluates life as a son — and as a father — in this hilarious and deeply personal comedy special.
Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life
2025
8.1It’s This American Life’s wildest, most ambitious live show ever! Nearly 50 actors, singers, dancers, musicians and comedians joined Ira Glass onstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House on June 7th, 2014 to try some things they'd never tried before. The result? Journalism turned into opera, into plays, into a Broadway musical. Comedy from Mike Birbiglia, and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata. Songs from Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. Dance from Monica Bill Barnes & Company.
This American Life: Live at BAM
2014
7.4Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.
Mike Birbiglia: The New One
2019
7.4Mike Birbiglia declares that a joke should never end with "I’m joking." In his all-new comedy, Birbiglia tiptoes hilariously through the minefield that is modern-day joke-telling. Join Mike as he learns that the same jokes that elicit laughter have the power to produce tears, rage, and a whole lot of getting yelled at. Ultimately it's a show that asks, “How far should we go for the laugh?”
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
2017
7.4Mike Birbiglia declares that a joke should never end with "I’m joking." In his all-new comedy, Birbiglia tiptoes hilariously through the minefield that is modern-day joke-telling. Join Mike as he learns that the same jokes that elicit laughter have the power to produce tears, rage, and a whole lot of getting yelled at. Ultimately it's a show that asks, “How far should we go for the laugh?”
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
2017
When a tight-knit group of college friends travels to a summer camp for their old friend’s wedding, they discover he’s built a new life with new friends—forcing them to confront what they’ve lost, who they’ve become, and whether growing up means growing apart.
Old Friends New Friends
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When a tight-knit group of college friends travels to a summer camp for their old friend’s wedding, they discover he’s built a new life with new friends—forcing them to confront what they’ve lost, who they’ve become, and whether growing up means growing apart.
Old Friends New Friends
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When a tight-knit group of college friends travels to a summer camp for their old friend’s wedding, they discover he’s built a new life with new friends—forcing them to confront what they’ve lost, who they’ve become, and whether growing up means growing apart.
Old Friends New Friends
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7.4Comedian Mike Birbiglia dives headlong into mortality, medical tests, nature's pillows and an overchlorinated YMCA pool in this candid one-man show.
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool
2023
7.5Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings. On this painfully honest but hilarious journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find: love.
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2013
7.5Mike says, "A few years ago my therapist suggested I keep a journal of all the crazy things that were going on in my life, so that I could keep things in perspective. Around the same time audiences were demanding more material, and I realized that other people might enjoy these stories-so I started sending them out to my mailing list. Now, my Secret Public Journal has become a Comedy Central special and DVD for all the world to see. Not sure this is what my therapist had in mind."
Mike Birbiglia: What I Should Have Said Was Nothing
2008