--- name: "Garrison Keillor" canonical: "https://film.one/person/garrison-keillor" fi1m_id: "garrison-keillor" imdb_id: "nm0445087" tmdb_id: 57824 wikidata_id: "Q183031" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 August 1942" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T11:33:18.851151+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Garrison Keillor ## Identity Garrison Keillor - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/garrison-keillor - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** garrison-keillor - **IMDb ID:** nm0445087 - **TMDB ID:** 57824 - **Wikidata ID:** Q183031 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57824 Actor. Born 7 August 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 August 1942, Anoka, Minnesota, USA - **Also known as:** Gary Edward Keillor - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57824 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Civil War*](https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Garrison Keillor, also credited as Gary Edward Keillor, is an American author, storyteller, humorist and voice actor. Born on 7 August 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, he created and hosted the long-running public radio variety show *A Prairie Home Companion* from 1974 to 2016. Keillor has provided voice work for several documentaries and series, including the role of Walt Whitman in Ken Burns's *The Civil War* (1990). He appeared in the film *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), for which he also wrote the screenplay, and has narrated episodes of *American Experience* and *Baseball* (1994). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Civil War* (1990), Fi1m 87, as Walt Whitman (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past* (2017), Actor - *Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure* (2013), as Farmer O'Dell / Narrator (voice) - *A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD!* (2010), Writer - *Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes* (2009), as [himself] - *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), as GK · Story, Screenplay, Radio Play - *Afraid So* (2006), as Narrator (voice) - *A Prairie Home Companion 30th Broadcast Season Celebration* (2004), as Garrison Keillor - *Voices in Wartime* (2004), as Walt Whitman (voice) - *The Sandy Bottom Orchestra* (2000), Novel - *Redux Riding Hood* (1997), as The Narrator (voice) - *The Wright Stuff* (1996), as Narrator - *Baseball* (1994), series, as (voice) - *The Dakota Conflict* (1993), Actor - *Rabbit Ears - Johnny Appleseed* (1991), as Narrator (voice) - *Rabbit Ears - Parables That Jesus Told* (1991), as Narrator (voice) - *The Civil War* (1990), series, as Walt Whitman (voice) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war.md) - *The Congress* (1989), as (voice) - *American Experience* (1988), series, as Narrator (voice) ## Gallery - ![Garrison Keillor looking at rainclouds moments before a live outdoor radio broadcast from Lanesboro, Minnesota, United States (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-cc6dcbac74bb.jpg) Garrison Keillor looking at rainclouds moments before a live outdoor radio broadcast from Lanesboro, Minnesota, United States (2007) — Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/GarrisonKeillor2007LanesboroMN.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Garrison Keillor at Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles, California on September 23, 2007.](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-fdb135194e70.jpg) Garrison Keillor at Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles, California on September 23, 2007. — Trishhhh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Garrison_Keillor_Wilshire_Theatre_Los_Angeles_CA_20070923.jpg/1280px-Garrison_Keillor_Wilshire_Theatre_Los_Angeles_CA_20070923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![American humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor wearing red shoes (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-e067ba08bc5e.jpg) American humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor wearing red shoes (2010) — Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/GarrisonKeillor.JPG/1280px-GarrisonKeillor.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Garrison Keillor Poetry Reading Taken at the 2011 National Book Festival in Washington DC. Photo by ideonexus.](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-29baf7de1a23.jpg) Garrison Keillor Poetry Reading Taken at the 2011 National Book Festival in Washington DC. Photo by ideonexus. — Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Garrison_Keillor_96.jpg/1280px-Garrison_Keillor_96.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Garrison Keillor](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-e67c799a0e64.jpg) Garrison Keillor — Image via TMDB - ![Garrison Keillor](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-d89f9d130dc0.jpg) Garrison Keillor — Image via TMDB - ![Garrison Keillor during a rainy outdoor broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-2f2a1bdc087f.jpg) Garrison Keillor during a rainy outdoor broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. (2007) — Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/GarrisonKeillor2007LanesboroMNrain.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Garrison Keillor Poetry Reading Taken at the 2011 National Book Festival in Washington DC. Photo by ideonexus.](https://film.one/media/person/6777430/gallery-31087995e596.jpg) Garrison Keillor Poetry Reading Taken at the 2011 National Book Festival in Washington DC. Photo by ideonexus. — Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Garrison_Keillor_6190507095.jpg/1280px-Garrison_Keillor_6190507095.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay 2006: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay (nominated), for *A Prairie Home Companion* - Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2006: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *A Prairie Home Companion* - National Humanities Medal 1999: National Humanities Medal (won) - Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording 1987: Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (won) - Edward R. Murrow Award 1985: Edward R. Murrow Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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