Season 1
- 1Paul Newman14 Aug 1994
- 2Stephen Sondheim11 Sep 1994
- 3Alec Baldwin12 Jun 1994
- 4Sidney Lumet16 Oct 1994
- 5Shelley Winters13 Nov 1994
- 7Dennis Hopper10 May 1995
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Inside the Actors Studio
For over 12 years and more than 100 episodes, James Lipton has sat down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews. Lipton's studious research and enlightened curiosity has inspired his guests to open up and confess their deepest thoughts about the art of acting. The series premiered with Paul Newman, an Actors Studio alumnus and former president (1982–1994).
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Seasons (23)
Season 2
- 3Matthew Broderick5 May 1996
- 4Glenn Close26 Jan 1996
- 9Christopher Walken23 Oct 1996
- 10Gene Wilder25 Sep 1996
- 12Martin Landau1 Nov 1996
Season 3
Season 4
- 1Harvey Keitel9 Aug 1998
- 2Shirley MacLaine23 Aug 1998
- 3Eli Wallach6 Sep 1998
- 4Anne Jackson13 Sep 1998
- 5Lauren Bacall20 Sep 1998
- 6Martin Short27 Sep 1998
- 7Sir Anthony Hopkins4 Oct 1998
- 8Danny Glover11 Oct 1998
- 9Whoopi Goldberg18 Oct 1998
- 10Jack Lemmon25 Oct 1998
- 11Gary Sinise1 Nov 1998
- 12Kathy Bates8 Nov 1998
- 13Susan Sarandon15 Nov 1998
Season 5
- 1Meryl Streep22 Nov 1998
- 2John Hurt29 Nov 1998
- 3Laurence Fishburne6 Dec 1998
- 4Donald Sutherland13 Dec 1998
- 5Ron Howard3 Jan 1999
- 6Sharon Stone10 Jan 1999
- 7Sean Penn17 Jan 1999
- 8Robert De Niro31 Jan 1999
- 9Steven Spielberg14 Feb 1999
- 10Tim Robbins6 Dec 1999
- 11Jennifer Jason Leigh11 Jul 1999
- 12Kim Basinger18 Jul 1999
- 13Ellen Barkin25 Jul 1999
- 14Peter Falk8 Aug 1999
- 15Jerry Lewis15 Aug 1999
Season 6
- 1Billy Joel14 Nov 1999
- 2Mary Tyler Moore21 Nov 1999
- 3Sylvester Stallone5 Dec 1999
- 4Tom Hanks12 Dec 1999
- 5Michael Caine9 Jan 2000
- 6Geena Davis9 Apr 2000
- 7James Woods30 Apr 2000
- 8Andy Garcia7 May 2000
- 9Kevin Spacey2 Jul 2000
- 10Philip Seymour Hoffman4 Jun 2000
- 11Alan Alda6 Aug 2000
- 12Harrison Ford20 Aug 2000
- 13Sigourney Weaver29 Oct 2000
Season 7
- 1Bernadette Peters12 Nov 2000
- 3James Caan19 Nov 2000
- 4Richard Dreyfuss3 Dec 2000
- 5Gabriel Byrne10 Dec 2000
- 6Spike Lee17 Dec 2000
- 7Ed Harris17 Dec 2000
- 8Ben Affleck14 Jan 2001
- 9Ned Beatty28 Jan 2001
- 10Mike Myers4 Feb 2001
- 11Michael Douglas18 Feb 2001
- 12Gwyneth Paltrow11 Mar 2001
- 13Helen Hunt15 Apr 2001
- 14Francis Ford Coppola6 May 2001
- 15Robin Williams10 Jun 2001
- 16Melanie Griffith15 Jul 2001
- 17Antonio Banderas22 Jul 2001
- 18Burt Reynolds6 Aug 2001
- 19Roseanne19 Aug 2001
Season 8
- 1Ben Stiller30 Sep 2001
- 2Gene Hackman14 Oct 2001
- 3Kevin Kline21 Oct 2001
- 4Bruce Willis28 Oct 2001
- 5Kevin Costner25 Nov 2001
- 6Will Smith13 Jan 2002
- 7Stockard Channing27 Jan 2002
- 8Debra Winger17 Feb 2002
- 9Sarah Jessica Parker3 Mar 2002
- 10Ben Kingsley17 Mar 2002
- 11Dennis Quaid7 Apr 2002
- 12Ethan Hawke21 Apr 2002
- 13Richard Gere5 May 2002
- 14Hugh Grant12 May 2002
- 15Samuel L. Jackson2 Jun 2002
- 16Benicio del Toro30 Jun 2002
- 17Vanessa Redgrave4 Aug 2002
- 18Billy Bob Thornton18 Aug 2002
- 19Johnny Depp8 Sep 2002
Season 9
- 1Sissy Spacek6 Oct 2002
- 2Juliette Binoche27 Oct 2002
- 3Jennie Moreau10 Nov 2003
- 4Pierce Brosnan17 Nov 2002
- 5Ian McKellen8 Dec 2002
- 6Martin Scorsese15 Dec 2002
- 7Julianne Moore22 Dec 2002
- 8Edward Norton12 Jan 2003
- 9Cast of "The Simpsons"9 Feb 2003
- 10Nicolas Cage16 Feb 2003
- 11Drew Barrymore2 Mar 2003
- 12Renee Zellweger9 Mar 2003
- 13John Travolta13 Apr 2003
- 14Jeremy Irons4 May 2003
- 15Joanne Woodward11 May 2003
- 16Martin Sheen18 May 2003
- 17Jeff Bridges20 Jul 2003
Season 10
- 1John Goodman14 Sep 2003
- 2Clint Eastwood5 Oct 2003
- 3Cast and Creators of "Will & Grace"16 Nov 2003
- 4Cate Blanchett14 Dec 2003
- 5Jude Law21 Dec 2003
- 6Naomi Watts28 Dec 2003
- 7Russell Crowe4 Jan 2004
- 8Tom Cruise11 Jan 2004
- 9Charlize Theron18 Jan 2004
- 10Diane Lane8 Feb 2004
- 11Jay Leno15 Feb 2004
- 12Hugh Jackman7 Mar 2004
- 13Kate Winslet14 Mar 2004
- 14Barbra Streisand21 Mar 2004
- 15Bette Midler6 Jun 2004
- 1610th Anniversary Special20 Jun 2004
Season 11
- 1Jennifer Lopez10 Oct 2004
- 2James Gandolfini17 Oct 2004
- 3William H. Macy24 Oct 2004
- 4George Carlin31 Oct 2004
- 5Jennifer Connelly7 Nov 2004
- 6Mark Wahlberg14 Nov 2004
- 7Natalie Portman21 Nov 2004
- 8Jamie Foxx28 Nov 2004
- 9Salma Hayek5 Dec 2004
- 10Morgan Freeman2 Jan 2005
- 11Cameron Diaz9 Jan 2005
- 12Kiefer Sutherland23 Jan 2005
- 13Robert Redford30 Jan 2005
- 14Colin Farrell6 Feb 2005
- 15Val Kilmer (2)13 Feb 2005
- 16Owen Wilson20 Feb 2005
- 17David Duchovny10 Apr 2005
- 18Jane Fonda24 Apr 2005
- 19Angelina Jolie5 Jun 2005
- 20The Cast Of "everybody Loves Raymond"19 Jun 2005
- 21Jodie Foster25 Sep 2005
- 22Elton John16 Oct 2005
- 23Rosie O'Donnell23 Oct 2005
- 24Michael J. Fox30 Oct 2005
Season 12
- 1The Cast Of "the Producers"11 Dec 2005
- 2Teri Hatcher18 Sep 2006
- 3Barbara Walters18 Dec 2005
- 4Al Pacino2 Oct 2006
- 5Queen Latifah8 Jan 2006
- 6Ralph Fiennes15 Jan 2006
- 7Martin Lawrence22 Jan 2006
- 8Liza Minnelli5 Feb 2006
- 9Dave Chappelle12 Feb 2006
- 10Casts Of "law & Order"7 May 2006
- 11Tom Hanks' Revisit14 May 2006
- 12Don Cheadle21 May 2006
- 13Tim Allen28 May 2006
- 14Dustin Hoffman25 Jun 2006
- 15Robert Downey, Jr.9 Jul 2006
- 16Hugh Laurie31 Jul 2006
Season 13
- 1Forest Whitaker11 Dec 2006
- 2Eddie Murphy18 Dec 2006
- 3Matt Damon8 Jan 2007
- 4Diana Ross19 Feb 2007
- 5Chris Rock12 Mar 2007
- 6Mark Ruffalo19 Mar 2007
- 7Julia Louis-Dreyfus4 Jun 2007
- 8Kyra Sedgwick11 Jun 2007
- 9Michelle Pfeiffer6 Aug 2007
- 10Charlie Sheen17 Sep 2007
- 11Billy Crystal - 2nd Visit8 Oct 2007
- 12Anthony Hopkins - 2nd Visit15 Oct 2007
- 13Alec Baldwin - 2nd Visit22 Oct 2007
- 14Halle Berry29 Oct 2007
- 15John Cusack3 Dec 2007
Season 14
- 1Sarah Jessica Parker (2)19 May 2008
- 2Mike Myers (2)16 Jun 2008
- 3Brooke Shields22 Sep 2008
- 4Christian Slater13 Oct 2008
Season 15
- 1Goldie Hawn3 Nov 2008
- 2Dave Chappelle - 2nd Visit10 Nov 2008
- 3Daniel Radcliffe1 Dec 2008
- 4Josh Brolin5 Jan 2009
- 5Laura Linney12 Jan 2009
- 6Ricky Gervais19 Jan 2009
- 7Conan O'Brien26 Jan 2009
- 8Anthony LaPaglia2 Feb 2009
- 9Denis Leary4 May 2009
- 10Danny DeVito11 May 2009
- 11Judd Apatow27 Jul 2009
- 12Mickey Rourke31 Aug 2009
- 13Jason Bateman7 Sep 2009
- 14Family Guy14 Sep 2009
- 15Amy Poehler21 Sep 2009
Season 16
- 1Hilary Swank9 Nov 2009
- 2Bon Jovi16 Nov 2009
- 3Kate Hudson21 Dec 2009
- 4James Cameron1 Mar 2010
- 5Sean Combs25 May 2010
- 6Betty White28 Sep 2010
Season 17
- 1James Franco7 Dec 2010
- 2Jim Carrey10 Jan 2011
- 3Colin Firth7 Feb 2011
- 4Bradley Cooper14 Mar 2011
- 5The Cast of 'Modern Family'7 Jun 2011
- 6Jennifer Aniston11 Jul 2011
Season 18
- 1George Clooney31 Jan 2012
- 2Brad Pitt10 Feb 2012
- 3The Cast of 'Glee'9 Apr 2012
- 4The Cast of 'Mad Men'14 May 2012
- 5Liam Neeson2 Oct 2012
- 6Hugh Jackman13 Feb 2013
Season 19
- 1Tina Fey19 Mar 2013
- 2250th Episode29 May 2013
- 3Jake Gyllenhaal19 Sep 2013
- 4The Cast of 'Arrested Development'7 Nov 2013
- 5Bruce and Laura Dern26 Dec 2013
- 6Amy Adams19 Feb 2014
Season 20
- 1Matthew McConaughey20 Feb 2014
- 2The Cast of 'How I Met Your Mother'27 Mar 2014
- 3Mariska Hargitay22 Sep 2014
- 4Sting23 Oct 2014
- 5Neil Patrick Harris12 Feb 2015
- 6Jim Parsons18 Jun 2015
Season 21
- 1Sarah Silverman22 Oct 2015
- 2Bryan Cranston25 Nov 2015
- 3Steve Carell17 Dec 2015
- 4Jeff Daniels7 Jan 2016
- 5The Cast of 'The Walking Dead'11 Feb 2016
- 6Christopher Meloni31 Mar 2016
Season 22
- 1Jessica Chastain21 Dec 2016
- 2Viola Davis5 Jan 2017
- 3Cuba Gooding, Jr.2 Feb 2017
- 4The Cast of Girls9 Feb 2017
- 5Scarlett Johansson22 Jun 2017
- 6Kristen Wiig21 Dec 2017
- 7Ted Danson11 Jan 2018
Season 23
- 1Henry Winkler13 Oct 2019
- 2David Oyelowo20 Oct 2019
- 3Willem Dafoe27 Oct 2019
- 4Al Pacino3 Nov 2019
- 5Alfre Woodard10 Nov 2019
- 6Laura Dern17 Nov 2019
- 7James Burrows1 Dec 2019
- 8Lupita Nyong'o15 Dec 2019