David Rakoff

Biography

Essayist, journalist, and actor.

Career Overview

David Rakoff has 11 screen credits in a career dating back to 1993. Their work is anchored in the Boys on Film Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include The New Tenants, Intolerable, This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

11

Birth Date

1964-11-27 00:00:00

Birth Place

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known For

• 

  The New Tenants
• Intolerable
• 

  This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible
• The Naturalized

Associated Universes

• Boys on Film Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Jamie Harrold (1 collaborations)
• Vincent D'Onofrio (1 collaborations)
• Kevin Corrigan (1 collaborations)
• Helen Hanft (1 collaborations)
• Liane Balaban (1 collaborations)
• Mike Birbiglia (1 collaborations)
• Ira Glass (1 collaborations)
• Tig Notaro (1 collaborations)
• David Sedaris (1 collaborations)
• Taylor Dayne (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (9 credits)

  • The Naturalized

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Boys On Film: Bad Romance

    Frank (segment "The New Tenants")

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The New Tenants

    Frank

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Snake 'n' Bacon

    The Real DA

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Intolerable

    The Director

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Capote

    Ben Baron

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Watermelon Woman

    Librarian

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    - Michael Imperioli, Dana Delany, David Rakoff (2001) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1993

• writing (2 credits)

  • Boys On Film: Bad Romance

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • The New Tenants

    adaptation

    writing
    2009