TV series
Documentary Now!
Overview
Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
Details
- First air date
- 2015-08-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 27 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- IFC
- Production
- Broadway Video, EMU Films
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Fred Armisen as Various Characters
- Helen Mirren as Helen Mirren - Host
- Bill Hader as Various Characters
- Owen Wilson as Father Ra-Shawbard
- Michael Keaton as Bill Doss
- Necar Zadegan as Ra-Sharir
- Connie Chung as Connie Chung
- Cate Blanchett as Alice
- Alexander Skarsgård as Rainer Wolz
- Nicholas Braun as Kevin Butterman
- August Diehl as Dieter Daimler
- Kevin Bishop as Gary Jacks
Creators and crew
- Seth Meyers - Creator
- Bill Hader - Creator
- Fred Armisen - Creator
- Rhys Thomas - Creator
- Rhys Thomas - Executive Producer
- Fred Armisen - Executive Producer
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