Mike Birbiglia
Biography
Mike Birbiglia is an American comedian, actor, director and writer whose solo storytelling shows have run on and off Broadway and turned into Netflix specials. Born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, he started writing jokes as a teenager after watching Steven Wright, and at Georgetown University he performed with an improv troupe and waited tables at a comedy club. In 2000 he made New York his home, and within two years he was performing on David Letterman's late-night show. Sleepwalk with Me began as a one-man off-Broadway show and became the 2012 film he wrote, directed and starred in, which took the NEXT Audience Award at Sundance. He also wrote, directed and appeared in Don't Think Twice (2016). His screen credits include Trainwreck (2015) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and he shared a 2016 Screen Actors Guild ensemble award for Orange Is the New Black.
48years old
Turns 49 on June 20in 250 days
- Born Shrewsbury
- Star sign: GeminiLast day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 15 years2008 to 2023
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A first
Mike Birbiglia wrote, directed and starred in Sleepwalk with Me, which was his first film as a director. It showed at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and took home the NEXT Audience Award.
Beyond film
Birbiglia's 2008 off-Broadway one-man show Sleepwalk with Me was presented by Nathan Lane and named Show of the Year in 2009 by Time Out New York.
Early training
While he was in college, Birbiglia was part of the Georgetown Players Improv Troupe with John Mulaney and Nick Kroll. He also waited tables at a comedy club and started doing shows at DC Improv in Washington, D.C.
Mike Birbiglia movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Seth Barrish directed three of these films. Five 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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Brie Larson's page
Rosemarie DeWitt's page
All films by Seth Barrish
Box office
What Mike Birbiglia's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$695 million
10 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$307M44.2% of the total
- 2$141M20.2% of the total
- 3$137M19.7% of the total
- 4$52M7.4% of the total
- 5$42M6.0% of the total
- 6$6.9M1.0% of the total
- 7$4.4M0.6% of the total
- 8$3.2M0.5% of the total
$2.4 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total