List of Inside the Actors Studio episodes

Inside the Actors Studio is a series on the Bravo cable television channel, first hosted by James Lipton from 1994 to 2018, and on Ovation for the show's 23rd and final season in 2019 with an alternating list of hosts. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz; the executive producer is James Lipton. The program, which premiered in 1994, is distributed internationally by CABLEready and is broadcast in 125 countries around the world reaching 89,000,000 homes. It is currently taped at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University's New York City campus.

Many of the available episode guides conflict with one another regarding the numbering of episodes and in some cases are internally inconsistent. The numbering here is a complete and internally consistent list created from other available episode guides for the show.

Episodes Season 1 (1994) Inside the Actors Studio premiered on Bravo on June 12, 1994. The first season was also the first-time host James Lipton appeared on the show without his trademark beard.. No.Air DateGuest1June 12, 1994Paul Newman2June 18, 1994Alec Baldwin3June 22, 1994Stephen Sondheim4July 5, 1994Sidney Lumet5July 12, 1994Shelley Winters6July 18, 1994 Sally Field7July 23, 1994Dennis Hopper8July 30, 1994Arthur Miller9August 7, 1994 Arthur Penn10August 14, 1994Estelle Parsons11August 21, 1994 Neil Simon12August 28, 1994Sydney Pollack13September 4, 1994Mary Stuart Masterson14September 11, 1994Olympia Dukakis15September 18, 1994William Goldman

Season 2 (1995) Season 2 of Inside the Actors Studio was the last season where host James Lipton appeared on camera without a beard. Lipton's signature look was a full beard, and he sported it for the following season. No.Air DateGuest1 (16)March 12, 1995 Lee Grant2 (17)March 19, 1995 Faye Dunaway3 (18)March 26, 1995Matthew Broderick4 (19)April 2, 1995Glenn Close5 (20)April 9, 1995Holly Hunter6 (21)April 16, 1995Ellen Burstyn7 (22)April 23, 1995Jessica Lange8 (23)April 30, 1995Carol Burnett9 (24)May 7, 1995Christopher Walken10 (25)May 14, 1995Gene Wilder11 (26)May 21, 1995Stanley Donen12 (27)May 28, 1995Martin Landau

Season 3 (1996) Beginning with this season, James Lipton began wearing a beard for the remainder of the series. This was a change from the clean-shaven look he had sported for the first two seasons. No.Air DateGuest1 (28)March 10, 1996Mark Rydell2 (29)March 17, 1996Norman Jewison3 (30)March 24, 1996Nathan Lane4 (31)March 31, 1996Anjelica Huston5 (32)April 7, 1996Christopher Reeve6 (33)April 14, 1996Matt Dillon7 (34)April 21, 1996Tommy Lee Jones8 (35)April 28, 1996Mike Nichols9 (36)May 5, 1996Julia Roberts10 (37)May 12, 1996Meg Ryan11 (38)May 19, 1996Anthony Quinn12 (39)May 26, 1996Willem Dafoe13 (40)June 2, 1996Billy Crystal

Season 4 (1998) No.Air DateGuest1 (41)August 9, 1998Harvey Keitel2 (42)August 23, 1998Shirley MacLaine3 (43)September 6, 1998Eli Wallach4 (44)September 13, 1998Anne Jackson5 (45)September 20, 1998Lauren Bacall6 (46)September 27, 1998Martin Short7 (47)October 4, 1998Anthony Hopkins8 (48)October 11, 1998Danny Glover9 (49)October 18, 1998Whoopi Goldberg10 (50)October 25, 1998Jack Lemmon11 (51)November 1, 1998Gary Sinise12 (52)November 8, 1998Kathy Bates13 (53)November 15, 1998Susan Sarandon

Season 5 (1998–1999) No.Air DateGuest1 (54)November 22, 1998Meryl Streep2 (55)November 29, 1998John Hurt3 (56)December 6, 1998Laurence Fishburne4 (57)December 13, 1998Donald Sutherland5 (58)January 3, 1999Ron Howard6 (59)January 10, 1999Sharon Stone7 (60)January 17, 1999Sean Penn8 (61)January 31, 1999Robert De Niro9 (62)February 14, 1999Steven Spielberg10 (63)July 5, 1999Tim Robbins11 (64)July 11, 1999Jennifer Jason Leigh12 (65)July 18, 1999Kim Basinger13 (66)July 25, 1999Ellen Barkin14 (67)August 8, 1999Peter Falk15 (68)August 15, 1999Jerry Lewis

Season 6 (1999–2000) No.Air DateGuest1 (69)November 14, 1999Billy Joel2 (70)November 21, 1999Mary Tyler Moore3 (71)December 5, 1999Sylvester Stallone4 (72)December 12, 1999Tom Hanks5 (73)January 9, 2000Michael Caine6 (74)April 9, 2000Geena Davis7 (75)April 30, 2000James Woods8 (76)May 7, 2000Andy Garcia9 (77)July 2, 2000Kevin Spacey10 (78)June 4, 2000Philip Seymour Hoffman11 (79)August 6, 2000Alan Alda12 (80)August 20, 2000Harrison Ford13 (81)October 29, 2000Sigourney Weaver

Season 7 (2000–2001) The 100th episode of Inside the Actors Studio aired on Bravo on August 19, 2001. In this episode, host James Lipton interviews actress Roseanne Barr. No.Air DateGuest1 (82)November 12, 2000Bernadette Peters2 (83)November 16, 2000Val Kilmer3 (84)November 19, 2000James Caan4 (85)December 3, 2000Richard Dreyfuss5 (86)December 10, 2000Gabriel Byrne6 (87)December 17, 2000Spike Lee7 (88)December 17, 2000Ed Harris8 (89)January 14, 2001Ben Affleck9 (90)January 28, 2001Ned Beatty10 (91)February 4, 2001Mike Myers11 (92)February 18, 2001Michael Douglas12 (93)March 11, 2001Gwyneth Paltrow13 (94)April 15, 2001Helen Hunt14 (95)May 6, 2001Francis Ford Coppola15 (96)June 10, 2001Robin Williams16 (97)July 15, 2001Melanie Griffith17 (98)July 22, 2001Antonio Banderas18 (99)August 6, 2001Burt Reynolds19 (100)August 19, 2001Roseanne

Season 8 (2001–2002) No.Air DateGuest1 (101)September 30, 2001Ben Stiller2 (102)October 14, 2001Gene Hackman3 (103)October 21, 2001Kevin Kline4 (104)October 28, 2001Bruce Willis5 (105)November 25, 2001Kevin Costner6 (106)January 13, 2002Will Smith7 (107)January 27, 2002Stockard Channing8 (108)February 17, 2002Debra Winger9 (109)March 3, 2002Sarah Jessica Parker10 (110)March 17, 2002Ben Kingsley11 (111)April 7, 2002Dennis Quaid12 (112)April 21, 2002Ethan Hawke13 (113)May 5, 2002Richard Gere14 (114)May 12, 2002Hugh Grant15 (115)June 2, 2002Samuel L. Jackson16 (116)June 30, 2002Benicio del Toro17 (117)August 4, 2002Vanessa Redgrave18 (118)August 18, 2002Billy Bob Thornton19 (119)September 8, 2002Johnny Depp

Season 9 (2002–2003) On February 9, 2003, the cast of The Simpsons appeared on Inside the Actors Studio. They talked about their lives as cast members and showed clips from episodes of The Simpsons. No.Air DateGuest1 (120)October 6, 2002Sissy Spacek2 (121)October 27, 2002Juliette Binoche3 (122)November 10, 2002Jeanne Moreau4 (123)November 17, 2002Pierce Brosnan5 (124)December 8, 2002Ian McKellen6 (125)December 15, 2002Martin Scorsese7 (126)December 22, 2002Julianne Moore8 (127)January 12, 2003Edward Norton9 (128)February 9, 2003Cast of The Simpsons10 (129)February 16, 2003Nicolas Cage11 (130)March 2, 2003Drew Barrymore12 (131)March 9, 2003Renée Zellweger13 (132)April 13, 2003John Travolta14 (133)May 4, 2003Jeremy Irons15 (134)May 11, 2003Joanne Woodward16 (135)May 18, 2003Martin Sheen17 (136)July 20, 2003Jeff Bridges

Season 10 (2003–2004) Inside the Actors Studio celebrated its 10th anniversary season on Bravo. The season included a retrospective of the show's history and memorable moments, as well as in-depth interviews with actors. No.Air DateGuest1 (137)September 14, 2003John Goodman2 (138)October 5, 2003Clint Eastwood3 (139)November 16, 2003Cast of Will & Grace4 (140)December 14, 2003Cate Blanchett5 (141)December 21, 2003Jude Law6 (142)December 28, 2003Naomi Watts7 (143)January 4, 2004Russell Crowe8 (144)January 11, 2004Tom Cruise9 (145)January 18, 2004Charlize Theron10 (146)February 8, 2004Diane Lane11 (147)February 15, 2004Jay Leno12 (148)March 7, 2004Hugh Jackman13 (149)March 14, 2004Kate Winslet14 (150)March 21, 2004Barbra Streisand15 (151)June 6, 2004Bette Midler16 (152)June 20, 200410th Anniversary Special

Season 11 (2004–2005) No.Air DateGuest1 (153)October 10, 2004Jennifer Lopez2 (154)October 17, 2004James Gandolfini3 (155)October 24, 2004William H. Macy4 (156)October 31, 2004George Carlin5 (157)November 7, 2004Jennifer Connelly6 (158)November 14, 2004Mark Wahlberg7 (159)November 21, 2004Natalie Portman8 (160)November 28, 2004Jamie Foxx9 (161)December 5, 2004Salma Hayek10 (162)January 2, 2005Morgan Freeman11 (163)January 9, 2005Cameron Diaz12 (164)January 23, 2005Kiefer Sutherland13 (165)January 30, 2005Robert Redford14 (166)February 6, 2005Colin Farrell15 (167)February 13, 2005Val Kilmer - second visit16 (168)February 20, 2005Owen Wilson17 (169)April 10, 2005David Duchovny18 (170)April 24, 2005Jane Fonda19 (171)June 5, 2005Angelina Jolie20 (172)June 19, 2005Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond21 (173)September 25, 2005Jodie Foster22 (174)October 16, 2005Elton John23 (175)October 23, 2005Rosie O'Donnell24 (176)October 30, 2005Michael J. Fox

Season 12 (2005–2006) No.Air DateGuest1 (177)December 11, 2005Cast of The Producers2 (178)December 18, 2005Barbara Walters3 (179)January 8, 2006Queen Latifah4 (180)January 15, 2006Ralph Fiennes5 (181)January 22, 2006Martin Lawrence6 (182)February 5, 2006Liza Minnelli7 (183)February 12, 2006Dave Chappelle8 (184)May 7, 2006Cast of Law & Order9 (185)May 14, 2006Tom Hanks - second visit10 (186)May 21, 2006Don Cheadle11 (187)May 28, 2006Tim Allen12 (188)June 18, 2006Dustin Hoffman13 (189)July 9, 2006Robert Downey Jr.14 (190)July 31, 2006Hugh Laurie15 (191)September 18, 2006Teri Hatcher16 (192)October 2, 2006Al Pacino

Season 13 (2006–2007) On June 11, 2007, Bravo aired the 200th episode of Inside the Actors Studio. In the show's 200th episode, host James Lipton interviews Kyra Sedgwick. No.Air DateGuest1 (193)December 11, 2006Forest Whitaker2 (194)December 18, 2006Eddie Murphy3 (195)January 8, 2007Matt Damon4 (196)February 19, 2007Diana Ross5 (197)March 12, 2007Chris Rock6 (198)March 19, 2007Mark Ruffalo7 (199)June 4, 2007Julia Louis-Dreyfus8 (200)June 11, 2007Kyra Sedgwick9 (201)August 6, 2007Michelle Pfeiffer10 (202)September 17, 2007Charlie Sheen11 (203)October 8, 2007Billy Crystal - second visit12 (204)October 15, 2007Anthony Hopkins - second visit13 (205)October 22, 2007Alec Baldwin - second visit14 (206)October 29, 2007Halle Berry15 (207)December 3, 2007John Cusack

Season 14 (2008) No.Air DateGuest1 (208)May 19, 2008Sarah Jessica Parker - second visit2 (209)June 16, 2008Mike Myers - second visit3 (210)September 22, 2008Brooke Shields4 (211)October 13, 2008Christian Slater

Season 15 (2008–2009) No.Air DateGuest1 (212)November 3, 2008Goldie Hawn2 (213)November 10, 2008Dave Chappelle3 (214)December 1, 2008Daniel Radcliffe4 (215)January 5, 2009Josh Brolin5 (216)January 12, 2009Laura Linney6 (217)January 19, 2009Ricky Gervais7 (218)January 26, 2009Conan O'Brien8 (219)February 2, 2009Anthony LaPaglia9 (220)May 4, 2009Denis Leary10 (221)May 11, 2009Danny DeVito11 (222)July 27, 2009Judd Apatow12 (223)August 31, 2009Mickey Rourke13 (224)September 7, 2009Jason Bateman14 (225)September 14, 2009Cast of Family Guy15 (226)September 21, 2009Amy Poehler

Season 16 (2009–2010) No.Air DateGuest1 (227)November 9, 2009Hilary Swank2 (228)November 16, 2009Jon Bon Jovi3 (229)December 21, 2009Kate Hudson4 (230)March 1, 2010James Cameron5 (231)May 25, 2010Sean Combs6 (232)September 28, 2010Betty White

Season 17 (2010–2011) No.Air DateGuest1 (233)December 7, 2010James Franco2 (234)January 10, 2011Jim Carrey3 (235)February 7, 2011Colin Firth4 (236)March 14, 2011Bradley Cooper5 (237)June 7, 2011Cast of Modern Family6 (238)July 11, 2011Jennifer Aniston

Season 18 (2012) No.Air DateGuest1 (239)January 31, 2012George Clooney2 (240)February 10, 2012Brad Pitt3 (241)April 9, 2012Cast of Glee4 (242)May 14, 2012Cast of Mad Men5 (243)October 3, 2012Liam Neeson

Season 19 (2013–2014) On May 29, 2013, Bravo aired the 250th episode of Inside the Actors Studio. The episode featured Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Barbara Walters, and Dave Chappelle. No.Air DateGuest1 (244)February 13, 2013Hugh Jackman - second visit2 (245)March 19, 2013Tina Fey3 (246)May 29, 2013250th Special - Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken and Barbara Walters, Dave Chappelle, and more.4 (247)September 19, 2013Jake Gyllenhaal5 (248)November 7, 2013Cast of Arrested Development6 (249)December 26, 2013Bruce and Laura Dern7 (250)February 19, 2014Amy Adams

Season 20 (2014–2015)