Bill Burr
Biography
Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian and actor who began performing stand-up in 1992 and built a following through touring and a weekly podcast. His hour-long specials include Why Do I Do This? (2008), You People Are All the Same (2012), which premiered as a Netflix exclusive, and Paper Tiger (2019). He created and voiced the lead in the animated sitcom F Is for Family, and played Patrick Kuby in Breaking Bad and Migs Mayfeld in The Mandalorian. His film roles include Date Night (2010), Daddy's Home (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020) and Old Dads (2023), which he also directed and co-wrote. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Immoral Compass, and in 2025 made his Broadway debut in a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross.
58years old
Turns 59 on June 10in 240 days
- Born Canton
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- William Frederick Burr (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 18 years2008 to 2026
Genres
- Comedy74%, 17 films
- Drama17%, 4 films
- Crime13%, 3 films
- Documentary13%, 3 films
- Thriller13%, 3 films
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A first
Burr's stand-up special You People Are All the Same came out in 2012, and it was the first such special to premiere exclusively on Netflix.
A role that slipped away
Burr was recommended to director Patrick Marber by Nathan Lane, who had been approached for the role but dropped out because of scheduling conflicts. Burr's Broadway debut came in the 2025 revival of the David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross.
Behind the camera
All Things Comedy launched on October 1, 2012, with 11 podcasts, among them Burr's Monday Morning Podcast. By 2014 the network had over 50 podcasts and six dozen members.
Bill Burr movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mike Binder directed three of these films, Jay Karas two and Shannon Hartman two. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Mike Binder
Jay KarasDirector, 2 films, 2012 to 2014
All films by Jay Karas
All films by Shannon Hartman
Also two films together2 more actors
- Tig NotaroTig (2015) and Walk of Shame (2014)
- Jackie TohnOld Dads (2023) and The Opening Act (2020)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Bill Burr's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$432 million
7 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$243M56.2% of the total
- 2$152M35.2% of the total
- 3$22M5.0% of the total
- 4$8.1M1.9% of the total
- 5$5.1M1.2% of the total
- 6$2.2M0.5% of the total
- 7$15K0.0% of the total
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