Cast & creator
Ellen DeGeneres
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Simpsons, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award. She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process. She has won twelve Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.
Also known as: Ellen Lee DeGeneres
76
film credits
79
television credits
123
1949–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (155)
Showing 155 of 155 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Simpsons
Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Sesame Street
1969
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Host
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Executive Producer
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Creator
2003
Will & Grace
Sister Louise
1998
Mad About You
Nancy Bloom
1992
American Idol
Self
2002American Idol
Self - Judge
2002
The Big Bang Theory
Ellen DeGeneres
2007
Six Feet Under
Ellen DeGeneres
2001
The Bernie Mac Show
Ellen DeGeneres
2001
The Larry Sanders Show
Ellen DeGeneres
1992
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
2020
Ellen
Ellen Morgan
1994Ellen
Writer
1994Ellen
Creator
1994
Finding Nemo
Dory (voice)
2003
The Kardashians
Self
2022
The Oscars
Host
1953
Steve Harvey
Self
2012
Today
Self
1952
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Joey
Ellen DeGeneres
2004
The Bachelorette
Self
2003
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Live from E!
Self
2002
Green Eggs and Ham
Executive Producer
2019
Finding Dory
Dory (voice)
2016
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Makers: Women Who Make America
Self
2013
Primetime Glick
Self
2001
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
2018
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
The Ellen Show
Ellen Richmond
2001The Ellen Show
Producer
2001The Ellen Show
Creator
2001
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Roseanne
Dr. Whitman
1988
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage)
2018
Visible: Out on Television
Self
2020
One Night Stand
1989
The New York Times Presents
Self (archive footage)
2020
Step Up Revolution
Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
2012
Splitting Up Together
Executive Producer
2018
Open House
Margo Van Meter
1989
Doctor Dolittle
Prologue Dog (voice)
1998
Pixar Popcorn
Dory (voice)
2021
Coneheads
Coach
1993
Larry King Live
Self
1985
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Best of Ellen
Herself
2022Best of Ellen
Creator
2022
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Self
2012
The Pixar Story
Dory (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
Self - Host, Ellen (archive footage)
2026
Ellen's Game of Games
Self - Host
2017
Little Big Shots
Executive Producer
2016
Little Ellen
Executive Producer
2021Little Ellen
Creator
2021
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
One Big Happy
Executive Producer
2015
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Ellen DeGeneres
2003
EDtv
Cynthia Topping
1999
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Producer
2019
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Self (archive footage)
2012
Laurie Hill
Nancy MacIntyre
1992
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Kal
2000
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self
2019
Justin Bieber's Believe
Self
2013
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Special Guest
2015
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
The Love Letter
Janet
1999
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Goodbye Lover
Stg. Rita Pompano
1999
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Bethenny
Self - Guest
2012Bethenny
Creator
2012
Mr. Wrong
Martha Alston
1996
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Self (archive footage)
2024
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
2022Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
Self (archive footage)
2026
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Self
2006
Jekyll
Producer
On the Edge
Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
2001
Wisecracks
1992
No Accident
Self (archive footage)
2023
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Self
2020
Repeat After Me
Creator
2015
Loving Dory
Dory (voice)
After Stonewall
Self
1999
Endangered
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021Endangered
Executive Producer
2021
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Self
2018
The Grammys
Self
1959
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
Self
2024Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
Writer
2024
Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here
Executive Producer
2018
The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special
Self (archival footage)
2026
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
Self (archive footage)
2024
Ellen's Next Great Designer
Ellen DeGeneres
2021
Hits
Self (voice; uncredited)
2014Cat on the Prowl
Producer
2008
Marine Life Interviews
Dory (voice)
2016
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Self
2003Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Executive Producer
2003Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Writer
2003
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
Self (archive footage)
2003
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
2004
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Herself
1996
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Self
2018Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Writer
2018Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Executive Producer
2018
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Self
1986
Hype: The Obama Effect
Self (archive footage)
2008
Exploring the Reef
Dory (voice)
2003
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Self
2023Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Executive Producer
2023
The Undefeated
Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
2011
On Location: Women of the Night
Self
1987
The Out List
Herself
2013
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
Herself
2009Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
Writer
2009
Tig Notaro: Drawn
Executive Producer
2021
Comic Relief Zero
Self (archive footage)
2013Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
Herself
2008
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Self
2000Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Writer
2000Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Executive Producer
2000Ellen's Really Big Show
Herself - Host
2007
Wampler's Ascent
Self
2013
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
Herself
1990Juego de Juegos
Creator
2019
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992Castle Hangnail
Producer