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Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Highest Rated: 100% Roger & Me (1989)

Lowest Rated: 17% Canadian Bacon (1995)

Birthday: Apr 23, 1954

Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, USA

Beginning in 1989 with the critically acclaimed "Roger & Me," documentarian Michael Moore lampooned, lambasted and laid into some of America's most pressing and controversial issues and figures, from gun culture to President Donald Trump, in such fire-breathing features as the Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine" (2002), "Fahrenheit 9/11" (2004) and "Fahrenheit 11/9" (2018). Born Michael Francis Moore on April 23, 1954 in Flint, Michigan, he hailed from a family of automotive industry workers: both of his parents and grandfather worked for General Motors when the carmaker helped to provide the financial backbone for the Midwestern city, and an uncle was a founding member of the United Automobile Workers union. Moore's interest in political and social issues took root as a student at Davidson High School, where he parlayed his talents in drama and debate into a seat on the Davidson school board while he was just 18 years of age. He attended he University of Michigan-Flint for a year but dropped out to focus on a career in journalism; at 22, he founded an alternative newspaper, The Flint Voice (later The Michigan Voice) before taking the reins as editor at the long-running liberal publication Mother Jones in 1986. His tenure there proved short-lived: according to some sources, Moore was fired after four months for refusing to print an article about the Sandinista movement in Nicarauga, while Moore himself opined that his termination was due to the publisher's refusal to run a story about the General Motors' plant closings in Flint. Moore sued the company for wrongful dismissal and accepted a $58,000 out-of-court settlement, which gave him the seed money to start work on a documentary about the fate of his hometown. "Roger & Me" (1989) examined the impact of the GM plant closures on the citizens of Flint, and Moore's own attempt to address the situation with GM chairman and CEO Roger Smith. Though criticized for perceived manipulation of the timeline of events that led to Flint's downfall, Moore's approach - part social activist, part standup comic - proved popular with audiences, and was soon followed by a documentary television series, "TV Nation" (NBC/Fox, 1994-1995) and a foray into comedy features with the satirical "Canadian Bacon" (1995), about a U.S. President (Alan Alda) who attempts to boost his popularity by waging war with Canada. But documentaries proved to be his most successful showcase, and between 1997 and 2017, Moore tackled some of the biggest political and social issues in the world, from America's fascination with guns in "Bowling for Columbine" and the country's efforts in the war on terror in "Fahrenheit 9/11." "Sicko" (2007) focused on the American health care system, while "Capitalism: A Love Story" (2009), examined the state of the U.S. economy in the first decade of the new millennium. The ascension of real estate mogul Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States became the focus of two of Moore's documentaries, "Michael Moore in TrumpLand" (2016), a concert film of sorts concerning Moore's live appearance at a theater in Ohio, and "Fahrenheit 11/9," which looked at Trump's rise to power. "Columbine" and "9/11" - both of which topped, at separate times, the list of highest grossing feature documentaries - proved to be the most popular of these, with the former winning the 2002 Oscar for Best Documentary feature and the latter capturing the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Others, like "TrumpLand," received mixed reviews, and a foray into live theater, "The Terms of My Surrender," was only a modest success, but his efforts as an author, which encompassed eight books, including Downsize This! (1996) and the autobiographical Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (2011), were consistent best-sellers.

Highest rated movies

83% 84% This Divided State
29% 35% Captain Mike Across America
23% 19% Lucky Numbers

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 96% 2020: The Dumpster Fire Self - 2021
63% 66% Planet of the Humans Executive Producer - 2019
93% 76% The Eyes of Orson Welles Executive Producer $10.1K 2018
82% 60% Fahrenheit 11/9 Self,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$6.3M 2018
54% 44% Michael Moore in TrumpLand Self,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$149.1K 2016
60% 37% Roseanne for President! Self $3.7K 2015
79% 77% Where to Invade Next Self,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$3.8M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Is Cinema? Unknown (Character) - 2013
74% 74% Capitalism: A Love Story Self,
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$14.4M 2009
No Score Yet 21% Shooting Michael Moore Unknown (Character) - 2008
29% 35% Captain Mike Across America Unknown (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 2007
91% 87% Sicko Self,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$24.5M 2007
83% 84% This Divided State Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 70% The Fever Reporter (Character) - 2004
82% 70% Fahrenheit 9/11 Narrator,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$119.1M 2004
85% 67% The Yes Men Self $199.0K 2003
95% 83% Bowling for Columbine Self,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$21.2M 2002
23% 19% Lucky Numbers Walter (Character) $10.0M 2000
92% 67% The Big One Director,
Writer
$713.7K 1997
17% 52% Canadian Bacon Director,
Producer
$133.7K 1995
100% 79% Roger & Me Self,
Director,
Producer
$6.3M 1989

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2010-2013 2016-2020 2022
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2021
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016-2020
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015 2017-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Firing Line With Margaret Hoover Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michael Moore's TV Nation Host 2018
No Score Yet 14% The View Guest 2016-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010-2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Unknown (Character),
Guest
2007 2009 2011
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2009
31% No Score Yet The Jay Leno Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2000 2003-2004 2007
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Himself (Guest Star) 1997