''Off Camera'' is an American interview-based television series, magazine and podcast. It was created by photographer and director Sam Jones, who is also the host. ''Off Camera'' airs on DirecTV's

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channel 239, with a twelfth season as of August 19, 2019. Jones created the show out of his passion for the long-form conversational interview, and as a way to share his conversations with a myriad of artists, actors, musicians, directors, skateboarders, photographers and writers that pique his interest. Interviewees featured on ''Off Camera'' have included

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...

, Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Silverman, Jeff Bridges,

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and Tony Hawk, among others.

Season 1

Season 1 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV in February 2014. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 1. Val McCallum * 2.

John Krasinski John Burke Krasinski (; born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom ''The Office''. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series throughout its nine ...

* 3.

Blake Mills Blake Mills (born September 21, 1986) is an American songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in California. Biography Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, United States, and grew up in Malibu, where he attended Malib ...

* 4. Aimee Mann * 5. Robert Downey Jr. * 6. Tony Hawk * 7.

* 8. Judd Apatow * 9. Laura Dern * 10.

Stacy Peralta Stacy Douglas Peralta (born October 15, 1957) is an American film director and entrepreneur. He was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the Zephyr Competition Team, also known as the Z-Boys, from Venice, California. Early li ...

* 11.

Martin Short Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada. He ...

* 12. Will Forte * 13. Michael B. Jordan

Season 2

Season 2 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV in the Fall of 2014. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 14. Sarah Silverman * 15. Matt Damon * 16. Ed Helms * 17.

* 18. Judy Greer * 19. Jeff Bridges * 20. Taylor Goldsmith * 21. Laird Hamilton * 22. Jon Brion * 23. Jason Sudeikis * 24. Chris Pine * 25.

Season 3

Season 3 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV in March 2015. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 26. Will Ferrell * 27. Ethan Hawke * 28. Jon Hamm * 29. Lake Bell * 30. Jennifer Beals * 31. Zach Braff * 32. Lizzy Caplan * 33. Chris Moore * 34. Rashida Jones * 35. Kevin Bacon * 36.

Dax Shepard Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcast host. Since 2018, he has hosted '' Armchair Expert'', a podcast that interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives. Shepard h ...

Season 4

Season 4 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on September 21, 2015. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 37. Jake Gyllenhaal * 38. Cindy Crawford * 39.

Elliot Page Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Elliot Page, various accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination, tw ...

* 40. Tatiana Maslany * 41. Olivia Wilde * 42.

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

* 43. Carrie Brownstein * 44. Connie Britton * 45. William H. Macy * 46. Joseph Gordon-Levitt * 47. Paul Dano * 48. Bill Lawrence * 49.

Linda Cardellini Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), the medical drama '' ER'' (2003–09), the drama thriller ''Bloodline'' (2 ...

* 50. Aubrey Plaza * 51. Tim Robbins * 52. Matt Berninger

Season 5

Season 5 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on March 7, 2016. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 53. Joanne Froggatt * 54. Dan Patrick * 55. Michelle Monaghan * 56. Don Cheadle * 57. Kristen Bell * 58.

Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies '' ...

* 59.

Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (; born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). For the latter, he has re ...

* 60. Titus Welliver * 61. Glen Hansard * 62. The Edge * 63. Krysten Ritter * 64. Keegan-Michael Key * 65. Kathryn Hahn * 66. Imogen Poots * 67. Thomas Middleditch * 68.

Luke Wilson Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), ''My Dog Skip'' (2000), ''Legally Blonde'' (2001), ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Id ...

Season 6

Season 6 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on September 12, 2016. It featured Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 69. Todd Phillips * 70. Adam Scott * 71. Vince Vaughn * 72. Mindy Kaling * 73. Kate Beckinsale * 74.

Nick Offerman Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and carpenter. He is best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'', for which he received the Television Critics A ...

* 75. Ewan McGregor * 76. Mark Duplass * 77. Thandie Newton * 78. Mike Colter * 79. Rob Lowe * 80.

Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Rio Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress, producer, and model. She made her feature film debut in '' Smashed'' (2012). In 2013, she appeared in '' Breathe In'' and '' The F Word'' (for which she was nominated for the Cana ...

* 81. Michael Shannon * 82. Riz Ahmed * 83. Andrew Garfield * 84. Greta Gerwig

Season 7

Season 7 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on January 9, 2017, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 85. Rachel Bloom * 86. Aaron Paul * 87.

Ricky Carmichael Richard Joseph Carmichael (born November 27, 1979) is an American former professional motocross and stock car racing driver. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1997 to 2007 and in NASCAR from 2008 to 2011. Carmichael is notable ...

* 88. Elijah Wood * 89. David Oyelowo * 90. Kenneth Lonergan * 91. Sam Richardson * 92. Gillian Jacobs * 93.

Jerrod Carmichael Rothaniel Jerrod Carmichael ( ; born April 6, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker. He has released three stand-up comedy specials on HBO: ''Love at the Store'' (2014), ''8'' (2017), and ''Rothaniel'' (2022). He ...

* 94. Maggie Siff * 95. Hank Azaria * 96. Courteney Cox * 97. Jenny Slate * 98. Freida Pinto * 99. Matt Walsh * 100. Ron Howard * 101. Colin Hanks * 102. Elisabeth Moss * 103.

Chris Shiflett Christopher Aubrey Shiflett ( ; born May 6, 1971) is an American musician. He is most recognizable as lead guitarist for the American rock band Foo Fighters. He was previously a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Name (1995–1999) a ...

* 104. Billy Crudup * 105. Danny McBride * 106.

Jim Jefferies Geoff James Nugent (born 14 February 1977), known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian comedian, actor, and writer who holds dual Australian and American citizenship. He created and starred in the American FX sitcom ''Legit'' (2 ...

* 107. Sam Elliott * 108. Kumail Nanjiani * 109. Zoe Lister-Jones * 110. Zoe Kazan * 111. Michaela Watkins * 112. Lauren Lapkus * 113. Holly Hunter

Season 8

Season 8 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on May 1, 2017, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 114. Mike White * 115. Jay Duplass * 116. Alan Tudyk * 117. Tom Papa * 118. Nick Kroll * 119. Chadwick Boseman * 120. Willem Dafoe * 121. Rebecca Hall * 122. Emmy Rossum * 123. Michael Connelly * 124. Pamela Adlon * 125.

Jeff Daniels Jeffrey Warren Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and playwright, known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accol ...

* 126. Sam Rockwell * 127. Octavia Spencer * 128. John Doe * 129. Neil Patrick Harris

Season 9

Season 9 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on September 25, 2017, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 130. Pete Holmes * 131. Diane Kruger * 132. Jenna Fischer * 133. Danai Gurira * 134.

Common Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...

* 135. Taylor Kitsch * 136. Jason Katims * 137. Andie MacDowell * 138. Bill Hader * 139.

Dan Stevens Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is a British actor and writer. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2012). He also starred as D ...

* 140. John Goodman * 141.

Zach Woods Zachary Woods (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known for his roles as a series regular for three seasons as Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom '' The Office'', as Jared Dunn on the HB ...

* 142. Mae Whitman * 143. Josh Radnor * 144. Christina Hendricks * 145. Jason Isbell * 146. John Mulaney * 147. Peter Krause * 148. Natasha Leggero * 149. Sarah Paulson * 150. Rachel Brosnahan * 151. Alison Brie * 152. Keri Russell * 153. Betty Gilpin

Season 10

Season 10 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on June 11, 2018, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 154. Rose Byrne * 155. Chris O'Dowd * 156. Awkwafina * 157. Uzo Aduba * 158. Paul Feig * 159. Chris Messina * 160. Elizabeth Olsen * 161.

Eric Idle Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, musician and writer. Idle was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadwa ...

* 162. Javier Bardem * 163. Sissy Spacek * 164. Mary Elizabeth Winstead * 165.

Ryan Bingham George Ryan Bingham (born March 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor whose music spans multiple genres. He is currently based in Los Angeles. As of 2019, Bingham has released six studio albums and one live album, t ...

* 166. Hasan Minhaj * 167. Rosamund Pike * 168. Matt Damon * 169.

Bo Burnham Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born 1990) is an American comedian, musician, songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His comedy work often combines musical, sketch, and stand-up elements with filmmaking. Following his success as one of the earliest ...

* 170. Carey Mulligan * 171. Ted Danson * 172. Emily Mortimer * 173.

Steve Coogan Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is most known for creating original characters such as Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which ...

* 174. Ron Livingston

Season 11

Season 11 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on November 26, 2018, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 175. D'Arcy Carden * 176.

* 177. Regina Hall * 178. Stephen Merchant * 179. Daniel Radcliffe * 180. Norman Reedus * 181. Patton Oswalt * 182. Ray Romano * 183. Lauren Cohan * 184.

Brit Marling Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1982) is an American actress and screenwriter. She rose to prominence after starring in several films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, including ''Sound of My Voice'' (2011), ''Another Earth'' ...

* 185.

Joey King Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Ramona Quimby in the comedy film ''Ramona and Beezus'' (2010) and has since gained wider recognition for her lead role in ''The Kissing Booth ...

* 186. David Harbour * 187. Busy Philipps * 188. Seth Rogen * 189.

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...

* 190. Sarah Goldberg * 191. Jason Mantzoukas * 192. Andrew Bird * 193. Ian McShane * 194. Fred Armisen * 195. Olivia Wilde * 196. Sienna Miller * 197. David Tennant * 198. Ramy Youssef * 199. Scoot McNairy * 200. Robert Downey Jr.

Season 12

Season 12 of ''Off Camera'' premiered on DirecTV on August 19, 2019, featuring Sam Jones in conversation with the following guests. * 201. Jason Sudeikis * 202. Wyatt Russell * 203. Constance Wu * 204. Andrea Savage * 205. Scott Aukerman * 206. Zach Galifianakis * 207. Beth Behrs * 208. Adam DeVine * 209. Jake Johnson * 210. Jeff Bridges * 211. Edward Norton * 212. Lance Reddick * 213. Noomi Rapace * 214. Josh Gad * 215. Tracy Letts * 216. Jenny Slate * 217. Mike McGill and

Steve Caballero Steve Caballero (born November 8, 1964) is an American professional skateboarder. He is known for the difficult tricks and air variations he invented for vertical skating and for setting the long-standing record for the highest air achieved on a ...

* 218. Liz Phair * 219. Year-end Holiday Wrap-up Show

References

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