Documentary Now! (2015)
Documentary Now! (2015)
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.











Currently Documentary Now! is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, The Roku Channel, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Fred Armisen
Various Characters / Creator / Executive Producer / Writer

Bill Hader
Creator / Executive Producer / Various Characters / Writer

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren - Host

Seth Meyers
Creator / Executive Producer / Writer

Rhys Thomas
Creator / Executive Producer / Director

Jack Knott
Line Producer

Lee Groombridge
Producer

Andrew Garland
Producer

Eddie Michaels
Producer

Alice Mathias
Co-Executive Producer / Co-Executive Producer / Producer

Van Epperson
Roger Smoot

Erik Kenward
Consulting Producer / Supervising Producer / Consulting Producer / Writer

David Allen Cress
Co-Executive Producer

Matt Pacult
Producer / Writers' Assistant / Writer

Andrew Singer
Executive Producer

Tamsin Rawady
Producer / Writer

Alexander Buono
Executive Producer / Director of Photography / Director

Lorne Michaels
Executive Producer

Rachael Perrell Fosket
Female Cult Member

Bas Bonhof
Set Dressing Buyer

Katie Byron
Production Design

Micah Gardner
Main Title Designer / Director

Nick Palmer
Production Design

Tiger Rudge
Stunt Coordinator

Adam Epstein
Editor

Greg Promani
Editor

Stephanie Meurer
Producer

Hilary Marx
Producer

Joshua Moshier
Main Title Theme Composer

Dave Porter
Original Music Composer

Eric Promani
Original Music Composer

Duffy Boudreau
Writer

Rob Klein
Writer

Jack Black
Jamison Friend

Aidy Bryant
Anne Severino

Cedric Yarbrough
Pawn Shop Owner

John Slattery
William H. Sebastian

Michael Patrick O'Brien
Young Alexander Krauss

Heather Hopkins
Hot Teenage Daughter

Owen Wilson
Father Ra-Shawbard

Michael Keaton
Bill Doss

Necar Zadegan
Ra-Sharir

Connie Chung
Connie Chung

Taran Killam
Benedict Juniper

John Mulaney
Executive Producer / Simon Sawyer / Consulting Producer / Co-Executive Producer / Executive Producer / Writer

James Urbaniak
Howard Pine

Alex Brightman
Kenny

Richard Kind
Larry

Paula Pell
Patty

Renée Elise Goldsberry
Dee Dee

Natasha Lyonne
Carla Meola

Benton Jennings
Rich Snooty Man

Tim Robinson
Young Barnabas Scott

Cate Blanchett
Alice / Izabella Barta

Maya Rudolph
Anita

Ty Dolla Sign
Ty Dolla Sign

Harriet Walter
Edwina

Trystan Gravelle
Alwyn 'Allie' Lewis-Ifans

Jonathan Pryce
Owen Teale-Griffith

John Rhys-Davies
Garth Davies-Gruffudd

Tom Jones
Bev Turner

Sam C. Wilson
Sior 'The Melon' Strawboss

Jamie Demetriou
Benjamin Clay

Rob Benedict
Larry Fein

James Thomas Gilbert
Alfred Fein

Cole Hockenbury
Barry

Randy Oglesby
Officer #1

Eric Nenninger
Officer #2

Sy Richardson
David

Alexander Skarsgård
Rainer Wolz

Nicholas Braun
Kevin Butterman

August Diehl
Dieter Daimler

Kevin Bishop
Gary Jacks

Gana Bayarsaikhan
Masho

Matthias Rimpler
Half-Tone

Deb Hiett
Narrator (voice)

Liliane Rovère
Ida Leos

Ronald Guttman
Pierre Mouland

Gary Kraus
Howie the Butcher

Anne Hathaway
Self

Verona Verbakel
Beatrice Lemutte

Paola Zampierolo
Young Ida Leos

David Alade
Lavetrious Kennedy

Pat Brocklehurst

Sonia Elliman

Lindsay Eavis

Lizzy Connolly

Nicola Sloane
Media.













Details.
Release DateAugust 20, 2015
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes27
Running Time23m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
spoof
parody
mockumentary
Scripted
Wiki.
Documentary Now! is an American mockumentary television series created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas, and premiered on August 20, 2015, on IFC. Armisen and Hader star in many episodes, and Thomas and Alex Buono co-direct most episodes. Hosted by Helen Mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar, but fictitious, subject. The third season premiered on February 20, 2019. On April 8, 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on October 19, 2022 and was also released on AMC+.
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