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Jonathan Franzen

Actor, Writer, ProducerBorn August 17, 1959 (66 years)
Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections, a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Emptying the Skies

Known For

  • Emptying the Skies
  • Ferrante Fever

Jonathan Franzen Filmography

2017
1989
The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Jonathan Franzen (voice)

2026
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self
2013
2013
2013
Philip Roth: Unmasked · as Himself
2012
2012
CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Author
2009
Xenius (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
Efter tio (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Che tempo che fa (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Druckfrisch (TV Series) · as Self
1999
Berlin Mitte (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self
1984
Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant
1967
TTT (TV Series) · as Self

2012
The Corrections · as Novel

2013
Emptying the Skies · as Executive Producer

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