Ira Glass

AKA:
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1959-03-03

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Biography

Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in other NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation.

Crew Roles

Mike Birbiglia: The New One
Executive Producer
Sleepwalk with Me
Screenplay
This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible
Writer
Unaccompanied Minors
Executive Producer
Ode to Joy
Producer
This American Life: Live at BAM
Writer
This American Life: Live at BAM
Executive Producer
Don't Think Twice
Producer
Sleepwalk with Me
Producer
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Thanks
Come Sunday
Producer
Writer
Producer
Executive Producer
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {28}

Man on TV (uncredited)

2016-07-22 6.425

Don't Think Twice

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Wedding Photographer

2012-08-24 6.519

Sleepwalk with Me

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2012-05-10 0

This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible

It features all sorts of things that are way too visual to be on the radio: dance, animation, illustration, an interactive musical performance, photographs, a short film, and David Sedaris in clown ma ...
Genre :

Ira Glass

2014-03-13 6.6

Veronica Mars

Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echoll ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Comedy

Host

2014-06-20 8.1

This American Life: Live at BAM

It’s This American Life’s wildest, most ambitious live show ever! Nearly 50 actors, singers, dancers, musicians and comedians joined Ira Glass onstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House on ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

Ira Glass

2009-04-23 0

This American Life - Return to the Scene of the Crime

In this cinematic masterpiece of cinema Ira Glass sits behind some radio gear and speaks into a microphone, to tell the stories of criminals, and the crime scenes they returned to, after having commit ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2015-07-28 6.1

Cast Party

Podcast giants join forces for one night in New York City, to create the "Lollapalooza of podcasts." Featuring live stage performances by Radiolab, Invisibilia, Reply All, The Truth, Lauren Lapkus and ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2024-03-25 7.2

Good One: A Show About Jokes

Follow Mike Birbiglia from Providence, R.I. to Washington, D.C. as he builds jokes based on personal truths, mixing comedy with revelations and anecdotes from family and his fellow comedians. ...
Genre :Documentary

2016-04-14 6.8

Contemporary Color

In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

2008-01-28 0

Guyville Redux

Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2019-03-10 4.8

It Started As a Joke

This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternati ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Ira Glass (voice)

2020-07-08 7.028

Scoob!

In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined forces with young detectives Fred, Velma, and Daphne to ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery

Self

2003-05-23 8.222

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Vil ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

2016-01-22 0

Temporary Color

A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy, Music, Crime

2010-07-06 0

This American Life: Behind the Scenes

In late 2009, the staff of This American Life went on stage to talk for the first time as a group about how the show is put together. Get answers to burning questions like: how close to disaster was t ...
Genre :Documentary

Self - This American Llife

2021-06-25 6.892

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

A documentary about Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz. Famous fans—including Drew Barrymore, Kevin Smith, and Al Roker—share its influence on them, and a new animated story finds Charlie Brow ...
Genre :Documentary, Animation

Self

2024-10-26 0

Age of Audio

In the 21st century, audio storytelling, one of the oldest forms of entertainment, experienced a remarkable resurgence, giving birth to the new medium and industry of podcasting. This documentary delv ...
Genre :Documentary

Ira Glass (voice)

1989-12-17 8.016

The Simpsons

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands ...
Genre :Family, Animation, Comedy

2005-10-17 6.835

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report i ...
Genre :News, Comedy

Himself - Host

2007-03-22 8.7

This American Life

The Peabody Award-winning public radio series that combines journalism with opinion, fiction and biography becomes this highly anticipated TV series hosted by Ira Glass. ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself (voice)

2009-09-23 7.873

Modern Family

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ira Glass

2017-04-05 6.814

Brockmire

A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and lo ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ira Glass (voice)

2014-08-22 8.546

BoJack Horseman

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper? ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Drama

Ira Glass (voice)

2006-10-11 7.44

30 Rock

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream. ...
Genre :Comedy

2014-02-17 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York. ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

2007-03-23 5.5

Acceptable.tv

Jack Black, Channel 101, and VH1 want to introduce you to their new interactive sketch comedy show: Acceptable.tv. Each week you'll see five mini TV shows made by the Acceptable.tv team. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ira Glass (voice)

2005-02-06 6.975

American Dad!

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their colleg ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy

2016-09-16 6.893

High Maintenance

Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with ne ...
Genre :Comedy