Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

1942-04-06 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 89 Credits

Biography

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, and producer of film and television. His best-known films include "The Natural" (1984), "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Rain Man" (1988), "Sleepers" (1996), and "Wag the Dog" (1997).

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The Alto Knights

The Alto Knights

2025

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of fri...

American Sweatshop

American Sweatshop

2025

Producer

Producing

Daisy Moriarty is barely keeping her life together while working on the dark side of the internet. Alongside an eccentric team, she reviews flagged co...

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

5.2

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

America's Burning

America's Burning

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

Narrated by Michael Douglas, America’s Burning calls on a remarkable range of expert perspectives from James Carville to Leon Panetta to Amy Chua as m...

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022

as Self

7.2
Acting

An in-depth look of the 40 year journey, from post-war Germany to Hollywood royalty, of Hans Zimmer, the man who’s become the dominant force in the wo...

The Survivor

The Survivor

2022

Producer, Director

6.8
Producing Directing

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use hig...

Ennio

Ennio

2022

as Self

8.3
Acting

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021

as Self

7.5
Acting

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vega...

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

2021

as Self

10.0
Acting

The career of the famous production designer Miljen Kljaković – Kreka and reveals all the beauty and importance of film scenography.

Here Today

Here Today

2021

as Self

7.0
Acting

Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge...

Malcolm & Marie

Malcolm & Marie

2021

Thanks

7.0

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoni...

Stars and Strife

Stars and Strife

2020

as Self

Acting

Examines how an epidemic of hatred has left America helpless in the face of crisis—and how a return to empathy can save us.

Stars and Strife

Stars and Strife

2020

Executive Producer

Producing

Examines how an epidemic of hatred has left America helpless in the face of crisis—and how a return to empathy can save us.

Paterno

Paterno

2018

Executive Producer, Director

6.2
Producing Directing

After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challen...

The Wizard of Lies

The Wizard of Lies

2017

Director, Executive Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wak...

Rock the Kasbah

Rock the Kasbah

2015

Director

5.4
Directing

A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of...

The Humbling

The Humbling

2014

Director, Producer

5.1
Directing Producing

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace w...

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013

as Justice Potter Stewart

6.3
Acting

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, h...

Phil Spector

Phil Spector

2013

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the...

The Bay

The Bay

2012

Producer, Director

5.8
Producing Directing

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of...

Side by Side

Side by Side

2012

as Self

7.2
Acting

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...

Another Happy Day

Another Happy Day

2011

Thanks

5.6

A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack

2010

Executive Producer, Director

7.0
Producing Directing

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

The Band That Wouldn't Die

The Band That Wouldn't Die

2009

as Self

6.3
Acting

In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts’ belongings and its fleet of vans sneaked off in the darkness of the ea...

The Band That Wouldn't Die

The Band That Wouldn't Die

2009

Director

6.3
Directing

In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts’ belongings and its fleet of vans sneaked off in the darkness of the ea...

PoliWood

PoliWood

2009

Director

6.5
Directing

An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

What Just Happened

What Just Happened

2008

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete...

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008

as Self

7.8
Acting

A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system qui...

Bee Movie

Bee Movie

2007

as Martin Benson (voice)

6.0
Acting

Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the ex...

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

2006

as Self

Acting

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

Man of the Year

Man of the Year

2006

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he e...

The Outsider

The Outsider

2005

as Self

6.2
Acting

Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or distribut...

Envy

Envy

2004

Director, Producer

4.9
Directing Producing

A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.

Strip Search

Strip Search

2004

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an...

Deliver Us from Eva

Deliver Us from Eva

2003

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Eva Dandridge has been in charge of her younger sisters ever since their parents died many years ago. She is a very uptight young woman who constantly...

Analyze That

Analyze That

2002

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel fo...

Possession

Possession

2002

Producer

6.0
Producing

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in Lond...

Shot in the Heart

Shot in the Heart

2001

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own...

Bandits

Bandits

2001

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new ...

The Heart of 'The Natural'

2001

as Self

Acting
An Everlasting Piece

An Everlasting Piece

2000

Director, Producer

5.9
Directing Producing

Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business ...

Homicide: The Movie

Homicide: The Movie

2000

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, c...

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

1999

Director, Writer, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during th...

Original Diner Guys

1999

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

When Barry Levinson wrote the movie Diner, he created characters based on a composite of various guys he hung out with at the local diner. The Origina...

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Yesterday's Tomorrows

1999

Executive Producer, Director

10.0
Producing Directing

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...

Diner: On The Flip Side

Diner: On The Flip Side

1999

as Self

Acting

Interviews with cast and crew about their memories on the making of the film

Home Fries

Home Fries

1998

Producer

5.1
Producing

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begin...

Sphere

Sphere

1998

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists an...

Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

1997

as Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

1997

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War

1997

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the sta...

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from t...

Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco

1997

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Sleepers

Sleepers

1996

Screenplay, Producer, Director

7.6
Writing Producing Directing

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes pl...

Robbie Robertson: Going Home

Robbie Robertson: Going Home

1995

as Self

Acting

Documentary on musician Robbie Robertson.

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1995

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended...

Disclosure

Disclosure

1994

Producer, Director

6.3
Producing Directing

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career an...

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994

as Dave Garroway

7.3
Acting

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

Jimmy Hollywood

Jimmy Hollywood

1994

as Director of 'Life Story'

5.2
Acting

Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has ...

Jimmy Hollywood

Jimmy Hollywood

1994

Director, Writer, Producer

5.2
Directing Writing Producing

Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has ...

Toys

Toys

1992

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5.3
Producing Directing Writing

Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the op...

Bugsy

Bugsy

1991

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitat...

Kafka

Kafka

1991

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all...

Avalon

Avalon

1990

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a bett...

Rain Man

Rain Man

1988

Director

7.8
Directing

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant olde...

Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

Director

7.3
Directing

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his h...

Tin Men

Tin Men

1987

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

Director

6.7
Directing

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his clas...

Displaced Person

1985

Producer

9.0
Producing

Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barro...

The Natural

The Natural

1984

Director

6.9
Directing

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the lea...

Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1984

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.

Diner

Diner

1983

Writer, Director, Executive Producer

7.0
Writing Directing Producing

This pilot for a TV version of the critically acclaimed feature Diner (1982) focused on the complaints of the wives, Elyse and Beth, that their husban...

Best Friends

Best Friends

1982

Writer

5.1
Writing

When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected ...

Tootsie

Tootsie

1982

Additional Writing

7.2

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, ...

Diner

Diner

1982

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating deta...

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

1981

as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

6.8
Acting

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Inside Moves

Inside Moves

1980

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. Wh...

...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All

1979

Writer

7.1
Writing

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...

Peeping Times

Peeping Times

1978

Writer, Director

4.0
Writing Directing

Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the spe...

High Anxiety

High Anxiety

1977

as Dennis - Bellboy

6.5
Acting

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their pati...

High Anxiety

High Anxiety

1977

Writer

6.5
Writing

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their pati...

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

1976

as Executive

6.5
Acting

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the mo...

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

1976

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the mo...

Street Girls

Street Girls

1975

Writer

3.6
Writing

When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter, Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts and th...

The Catholics

The Catholics

1973

Producer

5.3
Producing

Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has elimin...

Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame

N/A

as Himself

Acting

Released in 1994, this documentary tells the story of the life of Robbie Robertson, a central figure in the band that established an era of American r...

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

N/A

as Self

Acting

An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best sports films made of all time. A true testament to the...

Assassination

N/A

Director

Directing

A new take on the JFK conspiracy, centering around Dorothy Kilgallen, one of the most famous voices in media at the time. When Dorothy suspects that L...

Sheela

N/A

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

The biopic of a guru who perpetrated what is called the largest bio-terrorist attack executed on U.S. soil.