Woody Allen
Stand-up comedian

Woody Allen

Who Woody Allen is

Woody Allen is a filmmaker, actor, writer and comedian from New York who wrote jokes and TV comedy in the 1950s, including specials for Sid Caesar, before performing stand-up in Greenwich Village clubs from 1960 to 1969, where he developed a monologue style and a neurotic, intellectual persona. He released three stand-up albums, including the Grammy-nominated Woody Allen (1964), and sat in the host's chair on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17 times. He went on to write and direct films including Annie Hall (1977), which won four Academy Awards, and Manhattan (1979).

At a glance

Born
1935
Style
Neurotic persona
Came up through
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Stand-up specials
The Woody Allen Show, aka Woody Allen: Standup Comic, Woody Allen Looks at 1967 and The Woody Allen Special
Albums
Woody Allen, Volume 2 and The Third Woody Allen Album
Podcasts
Getting Even, Without Feathers, Apropos of Nothing and 1 more
On screen
Sid Caesar specials, Candid Camera, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and 11 more
Official site
woodyallen.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: woodyallen.com ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson:

The Launching Pads: the shows the comedians came through →

Comedians like Woody Allen

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Career timeline

  1. 1935Born
  2. 1958Sid Caesar specials (writer, 1958) On screen
  3. 1963The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest and guest host, 1963–1971) On screen
  4. 1964Woody Allen (1964) Album
  5. 1965The Woody Allen Show, aka Woody Allen: Standup Comic (1965, Granada Television) Special
  6. 1965Volume 2 (1965) Album
  7. 1967Woody Allen Looks at 1967 (1967, NBC) Special
  8. 1968The Third Woody Allen Album (1968) Album
  9. 1969The Woody Allen Special (1969, CBS) Special
  10. 1969Take the Money and Run (Virgil Starkwell; also writer and director, 1969) On screen
  11. 1971Bananas (Fielding Mellish; also writer and director, 1971) On screen
  12. 1971Getting Even (book, 1971) Book
  13. 1973Sleeper (Miles Monroe; also writer and director, 1973) On screen
  14. 1975Love and Death (Boris Grushenko; also writer and director, 1975) On screen
  15. 1975Without Feathers (book, 1975) Book
  16. 1977Annie Hall (Alvy Singer; also writer and director, 1977) On screen
  17. 1979Manhattan (Isaac Davis; also writer and director, 1979) On screen
  18. 1986Hannah and Her Sisters (Mickey Sachs; also writer and director, 1986) On screen
  19. 1989Crimes and Misdemeanors (Cliff Stern; also writer and director, 1989) On screen
  20. 1998Antz (Z-4195, voice, 1998) On screen
  21. 2011Midnight in Paris (writer and director, 2011) On screen
  22. 2016Crisis in Six Scenes (creator and writer, 2016, Amazon Prime Video) On screen
  23. 2020Apropos of Nothing (memoir, 2020) Book
  24. 2025What's With Baum? (novel, 2025) Book

Questions about Woody Allen

Where is Woody Allen performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: woodyallen.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

The Woody Allen Show, aka Woody Allen: Standup Comic, Woody Allen Looks at 1967 and The Woody Allen Special.

What podcast do they host?

Getting Even, Without Feathers, Apropos of Nothing and What's With Baum?

What TV shows and films are they in?

Sid Caesar specials, Candid Camera, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Crisis in Six Scenes, Annie Hall and Manhattan, among 14 credits.

Where did they get their start?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest, and guest host 17 times).

When were they born?

In 1935.

Who are some comedians like them?

Andy Kaufman (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Bill Engvall (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Bob Newhart (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Buddy Hackett (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) and Byron Allen (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026