Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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GenreTalk show
Created byMichelle Sobrino-Stearns
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes46
Production
Executive producersDonna Pennestri, John Ross, Andrew Russell, Brenda Brkusic, Michelle Merker
Running time1 hour
Production companiesPBS SoCal
Variety Media
DistributorNational Educational Telecommunications Association
Release
Original networkSyndication
Original releaseDecember 21, 2014 (2014-12-21) –
present

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors is an American entertainment talk show television series co-produced by PBS SoCal and Variety Media. It premiered December 21, 2014 on PBS SoCal.[1]

Plot[]

Each episode brings together multiple pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their acting craft and work.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2014–15)[]

Episode 1:

  • Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) with Edward Norton (Birdman)
  • Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) with Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
  • Hilary Swank (The Homesman) with Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
  • Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) with Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

  • Jennifer Aniston (Cake) with Emily Blunt (Into the Woods)
  • Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel) with Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)
  • Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) with Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner)
  • Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) with Logan Lerman (Fury)

Season 2 (2015)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Season 3 (2015–16)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

  • Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
  • Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette)
  • Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol)
  • Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)

Episode 3:

Season 4 (2016)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Season 5 (2017)[]

Episode 1:

  • Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully)
  • Molly Shannon (Other People) with Emma Stone (La La Land)
  • Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) with Nicole Kidman (Lion)
  • Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) with Matthew McConaughey (Gold)

Episode 2:

  • Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
  • Amy Adams (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
  • Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
  • Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Episode 3:

  • Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)
  • Adam Driver (Paterson) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
  • Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
  • Sally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)
  • Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Season 6 (2017)[]

Episode 1:

  • Freida Pinto (Guerrilla) with Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
  • Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) with Constance Zimmer (Unreal)

Episode 2:

Season 7 (2018)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Season 8 (2018)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Season 9 (2019)[]

Episode 1:

  • Amy Adams (Vice) with Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
  • Mahershala Ali (Green Book) with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
  • Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
  • Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) with Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

  • Glenn Close (The Wife) with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
  • Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex and Sorry to Bother You) with Dakota Johnson (Suspiria)
  • Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) with Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Episode 5:

  • Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)

Season 10[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

Season 11 (2020)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

  • Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
  • Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
  • Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers)

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

  • Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)
  • Sterling K. Brown (Waves) with Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
  • Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Season 12 (2020)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

Season 13 (2021)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

  • Jamie Dornan (Wild Mountain Thyme) with Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
  • Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) with Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
  • Tom Holland (Cherry) with Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Season 14 (2021)[]

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

  • Ewan McGregor (Halston) with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian)
  • Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) with Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

Season 15 (2022)[]

The fifteenth season of Variety Studio: Actors on Actors is set to premiere on February 18, 2022.[2]

The season has featured conversations between:

Cast[]

The series has been hosted by Variety Deputy Awards and Features editor Jenelle Riley, Variety co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein, and Variety New York bureau chief Ramin Setoodeh.

Production[]

New episodes are produced twice yearly, once to align with the Academy Awards and once to align with the Emmy Awards.

Reception[]

The series has been honored with a number of awards, including the 2019 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series.

References[]

  1. ^ "Variety's Actors on Actors Conversations to Air on PBS SoCal". Variety. November 6, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Khatchatourian, Maane (January 21, 2022). "Variety's 'Actors on Actors' Season 15 to Feature Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Ariana DeBose and More". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Setoodeh, Ramin (January 27, 2022). "'Insanity Is Subjective': Lady Gaga and Jake Gyllenhaal Dive Deep Into Losing Themselves in Roles". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2022.


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