--- name: "James Lipton" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-lipton" fi1m_id: "james-lipton" imdb_id: "nm0513851" tmdb_id: 58772 wikidata_id: "Q937232" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 September 1926" died: "2 March 2020" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 81 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T05:42:07.236410+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." --- # James Lipton ## Identity James Lipton - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-lipton - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-lipton - **IMDb ID:** nm0513851 - **TMDB ID:** 58772 - **Wikidata ID:** Q937232 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lipton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937232, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58772 Actor. Born 19 September 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 2 March 2020. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 September 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA - **Died:** 2 March 2020 - **Active:** 1989–2008 - **Also known as:** Louis James Lipton, Sir James Lipton - **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 74 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lipton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937232, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58772 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Bolt*](https://film.one/film/bolt.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography James Lipton (1926–2020) was an American actor, writer, producer and television host. He created and hosted the long-running Bravo series *Inside the Actors Studio*, which debuted in 1994 and featured interviews with prominent actors and filmmakers. Lipton provided the voice of The Director in the animated film *Bolt* (2008). He also appeared as himself or in recurring roles in series including *The Simpsons*, *Family Guy*, *Arrested Development* and *Glee*. He served as dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Bolt* (2008), Fi1m 74, as The Director (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/bolt.md) - *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, as James Lipton (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Airline '79* (2015), Thanks - *Suburgatory* (2011), series, as Dr. Richard Rohl — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) - *Glee* (2009), series, as James Lipton — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md) - *Bolt* (2008), as The Director (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/bolt.md) - *Joey* (2004), series, as James Lipton - *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Warden, Warden Gentles, Warden Stefan Gentles — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) - *According to Jim* (2001), series, as Devil - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as James Lipton — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as James Lipton (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC* (1988), Executive Producer, Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Copacabana* (1985), Writer - *Mirrors* (1985), Writer - *Capitol* (1982), series, Writer - *Bob Hope on the Road to China* (1979), Producer, Writer - *The Best Of Everything* (1970), series, Creator - *Another World* (1964), series, Actor - *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor - *The Big Break* (1953), as Marty ## Gallery - ![James Lipton](https://film.one/media/person/390863/gallery-1f5faff39702.jpg) James Lipton — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/James_Lipton_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![James Lipton attends 18th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival Chairman's Reception on October 9, 2010 at the home of Stuart Suna in East Hampton, New Yo](https://film.one/media/person/390863/gallery-93b79dc806e3.jpg) James Lipton attends 18th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival Chairman's Reception on October 9, 2010 at the home of Stuart Suna in East Hampton, New Yo — Nick Step, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/James_Lipton_%285073911526%29.jpg/1280px-James_Lipton_%285073911526%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Author Lawrence Lipton, chronicler of the beatnik scene, demonstrates his "robot," DUHAB (detector of undesirable habitues). Lipton says robot ferrets out the u (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/390863/gallery-2554baf18e7f.jpg) Author Lawrence Lipton, chronicler of the beatnik scene, demonstrates his "robot," DUHAB (detector of undesirable habitues). Lipton says robot ferrets out the u (1965) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Lawrence_Lipton_and_DUHAB.jpg/1280px-Lawrence_Lipton_and_DUHAB.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![James Lipton (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/390863/gallery-d4c64502c37e.jpg) James Lipton (2010) — Anthony Quintano, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/James_Lipton_%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855362075172%29.jpg/1280px-James_Lipton_%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855362075172%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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