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Ian Halperin

Actor, Director, Producer, Composer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn August 17, 1964 (61 years)
Ian Halperin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain, and Whitney & Bobbi Kristina, among many other biographies. He is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, having directed and produced several films, including the documentaries Gone Too Soon, Chasing Gaga, and The Cobain Case. Specializing in undercover investigations, Halperin regularly appears on television and radio to share his perspective on celebrity culture. He has appeared on hundreds of media outlets around the world, including the Today Show, Dateline, The Howard Stern Show, CNN, CBS’s The Early Show, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, The New Yorker, the New York Post, Billboard, the BBC, Paris Match, and the London Daily Mail. Halperin is a former co-winner of Rolling Stone magazine’s College Journalism Award. He has given talks about Hollywood and the music industry as a keynote speaker at many colleges and universities. The non-fiction book Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown and the companion documentary His Highness Hollywood were called "a candid and intelligent look at the fame game from an insider's point of view."

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Reagans
  • Broken: The Incredible Story of Brangelina

Known For

  • Gone Too Soon
  • Broken: The Incredible Story of Brangelina
  • Wish You Weren't Here: The Dark Side of Roger Waters
  • Don't F with Pablo

Ian Halperin Filmography

2024
Don't F with Pablo · as Pablito Jewscobar
2004
The Aviator · as Hospital Room Visitor
2003
The Reagans · as Saloon Cowboy

2025
Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes (TV Series) · as Self - Investigative Journalist
2019
Hate Among Us · as Self - Filmmaker, Best-Selling Author
2018
Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series) · as Self - Author, 'whitney & Bobbi Kristina: The Deadly Price Of Fame'
2016
How It Really Happened (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (TV Series) · as Self - Author, 'unmasked: The Final Years Of Michael Jackson'
2010
Gone Too Soon · as Self
2009
Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2008
His Highness Hollywood · as Self / His Highness
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Author, Whitney & Bobbi Kristina
2004
Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self
1992
Dateline NBC (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self

2010
Gone Too Soon · as Written By

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