Martin Scorsese biography
Martin Scorsese is an American filmmaker (born 1942), born on 17 November 1942 in Queens.
Martin Scorsese's screen career began in 1959 with Vesuvius VI.
Martin Scorsese has appeared in 121 films and 10 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Outcome (2026), The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026), In the Hand of Dante (2025).
Honours include Academy Award for Best Director, Directors Guild of America Award and Light of Truth Award.
Coming up next: What Happens at Night.
- Born
- 17 November 1942 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- Queens
- Work
- Film director, Film actor, Film producer, Screenwriter, Film editor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1962 to present
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Light of Truth Award
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
Martin Scorsese filmography
122 films and 10 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Happens at Night | Post-production | |||
| 2026 | Outcome | Richie "Red" Rodriguez | ||
| 2026 | The Mandalorian and Grogu | Hugo (voice) | ||
| 2025 | In the Hand of Dante | Isaiah | ||
| 2024 | "Marty & Francesca Make a Website" | Super Bowl commercial | ||
| 2024 | "Hello Down There" | Super Bowl commercial | ||
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Co-written with Eric Roth | ||
| 2023 | Asteroid City | |||
| 2023 | "Bleu de Chanel" | Featuring Timothée Chalamet | ||
| 2022 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Co-directed with David Tedeschi | ||
| 2019 | The Irishman: In Conversation | English | ||
| 2019 | The Irishman | |||
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | |||
| 2019 | "Show Up" | Super Bowl commercial | ||
| 2018 | "The Art of Storytelling" | |||
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes | English | ||
| 2016 | Lumière! | French | ||
| 2016 | The Pulitzer at 100 | |||
| 2016 | Silence | Co-written with Jay Cocks | ||
| 2015 | The Audition | Long-form commercial | ||
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | English | ||
| 2015 | Campus Code | Doctor | ||
| 2014 | Life Itself | English | ||
| 2014 | The 50 Year Argument | Co-directed with David Tedeschi | ||
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | English |
Show all 122 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Milius | English | ||
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | |||
| 2013 | "Street of Dreams" | |||
| 2012 | Casting By | English | ||
| 2012 | Bad 25 | English | ||
| 2012 | "NY Taxi" | |||
| 2011 | Hugo | |||
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | English | ||
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | |||
| 2010 | Stones in Exile | English | ||
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | English | ||
| 2010 | Shutter Island | |||
| 2010 | Public Speaking | |||
| 2010 | A Letter to Elia | Co-directed with Kent Jones | ||
| 2010 | "Bleu de Chanel" | |||
| 2008 | Shine a Light | |||
| 2008 | Gomorrah | American release | ||
| 2008 | "Be Sensible" | Public service announcement | ||
| 2007 | Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | |||
| 2007 | The Key to Reserva | Long-form commercial | ||
| 2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | English | ||
| 2007 | "The Members Project" | |||
| 2006 | The Departed | |||
| 2006 | Alpha Dog | Credited as Marty Scorsese | ||
| 2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | |||
| 2005 | Brooklyn Lobster | |||
| 2004 | The Aviator | |||
| 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | English | ||
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Sykes | Voice | |
| 2004 | Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty | Co-directed with Kent Jones | ||
| 2004 | "My Life. My Card." | |||
| 2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | English | ||
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | English | ||
| 2003 | Feel Like Going Home | For the documentary series The Blues | ||
| 2003 | "One Hour Photo" | |||
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | |||
| 2002 | "Scorsese" | |||
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | English | ||
| 2001 | The Neighborhood | For The Concert for New York City | ||
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | American release | ||
| 1999 | The Muse | English | ||
| 1999 | My Voyage to Italy | |||
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | |||
| 1999 | A Conversation With Gregory Peck | English | ||
| 1998 | With Friends Like These... | English | ||
| 1998 | , N/a | |||
| 1997 | Kundun | |||
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | The Accountant | ||
| 1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson | ||
| 1995 | Rough Magic | |||
| 1995 | Casino | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi | ||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Martin Rittenhome | ||
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Co-written with Jay Cocks | ||
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Joe Lesser | ||
| 1991 | Cape Fear | |||
| 1990 | The Grifters | Opening Voice-Over | Uncredited | |
| 1990 | Dreams | Vincent van Gogh | ||
| 1990 | Made in Milan | Documentary | ||
| 1990 | Goodfellas | |||
| 1989 | New York Stories | Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1989 | Life Lessons | Segment from the anthology film New York Stories | ||
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | |||
| 1986 | Round Midnight | R. W. Goodley | ||
| 1986 | , N/a | |||
| 1986 | The Color of Money | |||
| 1985 | After Hours | |||
| 1983 | Anna Pavlova | Giulio Gatti-Casazza | ||
| 1983 | The King of Comedy | TV Director / Man in Green Van | Cameo | |
| 1982 | The King of Comedy | |||
| 1980 | In the Pope's Eye | TV Director | ||
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990 | ||
| 1978 | The Last Waltz | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2019 | ||
| 1978 | American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince | |||
| 1977 | New York, New York | |||
| 1976 | Cannonball | Mafioso #1 | Uncredited | |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994 | ||
| 1974 | Italianamerican | |||
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | |||
| 1973 | Mean Streets | |||
| 1972 | Boxcar Bertha | |||
| 1972 | Unholy Rollers (Supervising editor) | |||
| 1972 | Elvis on Tour | |||
| 1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters (Uncredited) | |||
| 1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters | |||
| 1970 | Street Scenes | English | ||
| 1970 | Woodstock | |||
| 1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | Also includes him acting | ||
| 1970 | Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon | |||
| 1969 | Obsessions | Co-written with Wim Verstappen and Pim de la Parra | ||
| 1968 | , N/a | |||
| 1967 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | |||
| 1967 | The Big Shave | L'Âge d'or , Knokke-le-Zoute Film Festival | ||
| 1966 | New York City... Melting Point | |||
| 1964 | It's Not Just You, Murray! | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival | ||
| 1963 | What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Place like This? | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival | ||
| 1963 | Inesita | |||
| 1959 | Vesuvius VI |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cape Fear | 10 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints | 8 episode documentary series | ||
| 2022 | Theodore Roosevelt | 2 episode documentary miniseries | ||
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | 6 episode documentary series | ||
| 2021 | Pretend It's a City | 7 episode documentary series | ||
| 2016 | Vinyl | |||
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | English | ||
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | English | ||
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | |||
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" |