Actor

Owen Kline

Contemporaryb. 1991ComedyDramaThrillerDocumentary

Comic Visionary

Also directed 5 films ↗Also wrote 3 screenplays ↗

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Known For

6 acting credits

as Frank Berkman

The Squid and the Whale

as Frank Berkman

2005

The Squid and the Whale

Filmography

2024A Different ManNick6.9 2024Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf 2019Jobe'z WorldZane5.1 2010John's GoneOwen5.0 2005The Squid and the WhaleFrank Berkman7.0 2001The Anniversary PartyJack Gold5.7

About

Owen Kline is an American director, screenwriter and actor based in New York City. His short Jazzy for Joe starred the late broadcasting legend Joe Franklin in a rare comic performance paired alongside an orphaned toddler. His prior short, Fowl Play, a Queens-based comedy about low-rent aspiring cockfighters and their chicken, was presented on Le Cinéma Club in 2017 as part of the Safdie brothers’ carte blanche. Kline’s acting credits include Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale, the Safdies’ John’s Gone and the Michael M. Bilandic comedies Hellaware and Jobe’z World. Kline wrote and directed Funny Pages, his feature debut.

As Director

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2022Mystery Reel 2013Fowl Play 2022Funny Pages 2014Jazzy for Joe 2011Sinners of Kings Highway

As Screenwriter

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2022Funny Pages 2013Fowl Play 2011Sinners of Kings Highway

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