Heywood "Woody" Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, on December 1, 1935, is an American actor, writer, comedian and director. Young Woody Allen first started his career as a comedy writer for television in the 1950s and as a stand up comedian in the 1960s. He began his professional career as a comedy writer for The NBC Comedy Hour in Los Angeles (1955). He made his professional stage debut as a stand up comedian at the Blue Angel nightclub in Manhattan in October 1960. He landed his big break with his first professionally produced play Don't Drink the Water (1966). He got his big screen debut in comedy movie What's New Pussycat (1965) in role as Victor Shakapopulis, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He made his directorial debut with comedy film What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1996). Allen's breakthrough performance came as Alvy Singer in romantic comedy movie Annie Hall (1977), which he also directed and co-wrote.
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Woody Allen
Photo: Jerry Kupcinet - photographer / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
Birth Date:
December 1, 1935
Age:
89 years old
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Sagittarius
Natural hair color:
Grey
Eye Color:
Dark Brown
Height:
5 ft 5 in | 165 cm
Net Worth:
$80 Million
Weight:
67 kg | 147.5 lbs
Shoe Size:
7 US | 39 EU
He directed, wrote and starred in films:
Annie Hall (1977) - Alvy Singer, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy also won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - Mickey Sachs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director
Zelig (1983) - Leonard Zelig, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Bananas (1971) - Fielding Mellish
Love and Death (1975) - Boris Grushenko
Sleeper (1973) - Miles Monroe
Take the Money and Run (1969) - Virgil Starkwell
Stardust Memories (1980) - Sandy Bates
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - Larry Lipton
He directed and wrote fantasy comedy film Midnight in Paris (2011), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
He was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Director and the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay for movies:
Interiors (1978)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Bullets over Broadway (1994)
He was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay for films:
Manhattan (1979)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Radio Days (1987)
Alice (1990)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Match Point (2005)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
He directed and wrote movies:
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Irrational Man (2015)
Café Society (2016)
Wonder Wheel (2017)
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Rifkin's Festival (2020)
He directed, wrote and starred as Sidney J. Munsinger in comedy miniseries Crisis in Six Scenes (2016).
Attended Hebrew school for eight years.
Attended Public School 99 (now the Isaac Asimov School for Science and Literature).
Graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York City (1953).
Studied communication and film at New York University in 1953 and at City College of New York in 1954.
Has younger sister, Letty.
He started writing short jokes when he was 15.
Frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker.
Fan of jazz.
He began playing clarinet as a child.
He released album The Bunk Project (1993) and soundtrack of Wild Man Blues (1997), with his band "New Orleans Jazz Band".
He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for jukebox musical Bullets Over Broadway (2014) which he wrote.
Fan of the NBA's New York Knicks.
He is a vegetarian.
Fan of Uruguayan musician Alfredo Zitarrosa.
Received Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014.
Lives in Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, New York City.
He was married to:
Louise Lasser (1966-1969)
Harlene Rosen Konigsberg (1954-1957)
He was in relationship with actress Mia Farrow (1980-1992), they have one biological son, Ronan Farrow and adopted daughter, Dylan O’Sullivan Farrow and son, Moses Farrow.
He dated Stacey Nelkin (1977-1979), Christina Englehardt (1976-1986) and Diane Keaton (1968-1972).
He married Soon-Yi Previn in 1997, they have two adopted children, Bechet and Manzie.