Ken Shapiro

Biography

Career Overview

Ken Shapiro has 10 screen credits in a career dating back to 1974. Signature works include Modern Problems, The Groove Tube, The Best of Broadway. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

10

Known For

• 

  Modern Problems
• 

  The Groove Tube
• 

  The Best of Broadway

Frequent Collaborators

• Chevy Chase (2 collaborations)
• Nell Carter (2 collaborations)
• Buzzy Linhart (2 collaborations)
• Ron Marshall (2 collaborations)
• Patti D'Arbanville (1 collaborations)
• Dabney Coleman (1 collaborations)
• Mary Kay Place (1 collaborations)
• Brian Doyle-Murray (1 collaborations)
• Mitch Kreindel (1 collaborations)
• Arthur Sellers (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Singing Faces

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Discipline of D.E.

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Groove Tube

    Ko-ko / Boss / 'Near You' Singer / Robert Elgin / Mahetma Yenta / Lionel Elgin / "Just You, Just Me" Dancing Man

    actor

    actors
    1974

• production (2 credits)

  • Singing Faces

    producer

    production
    2026
  • The Groove Tube

    producer

    production
    1974

• writing (3 credits)

  • The Best of Broadway

    writer

    writing
    1985
  • Modern Problems

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • The Groove Tube

    writer

    writing
    1974

• directing (2 credits)

  • Modern Problems

    director

    directing
    1981
  • The Groove Tube

    director

    directing
    1974