Larry Charles

Directing

Larry Charles

Born

1956-02-20 (70)

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

Larry Charles (born February 20, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld for its first 5 seasons, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines. He has also directed the films Borat, Religulous, Brüno, and The Dictator. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Charles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

The View poster
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ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

The View

1997

Seinfeld poster
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A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Seinfeld

1989

Seinfeld poster
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A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Seinfeld

1989

Seinfeld poster
8.2

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Seinfeld

1989

Seinfeld poster
8.2

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Seinfeld

1989

Real Time with Bill Maher poster
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Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Entourage poster
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Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

Entourage

2004

The History of Comedy poster
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Explore what makes us laugh, why, and how that's influenced our social and political landscape throughout history.

The History of Comedy

2017

The Nineties poster
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Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural and political milestones.

The Nineties

2017

Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy poster
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Legendary comedy writer and director Larry Charles travels the world in search of humor in the most unusual, unexpected and dangerous places.

Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy

2019

Behind the camera

The Dictator poster
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The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The Dictator

2012

Brüno poster
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Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.

Brüno

2009

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan poster
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Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2006

Dicks: The Musical poster
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Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they're long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents.

Dicks: The Musical

2023

Dicks: The Musical poster
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Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they're long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents.

Dicks: The Musical

2023

Army of One poster
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Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.

Army of One

2016

Masked and Anonymous poster
5.2

A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.

Masked and Anonymous

2003

Masked and Anonymous poster
5.2

A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.

Masked and Anonymous

2003

Religulous poster
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Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.

Religulous

2008

Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek poster
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This is a completely uncut unexpurgated interview with arguably the most important philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek conducted at Tatiana's on the boardwalk in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek

2024