Owen Kline

Acting·Oct 14, 1991·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
A Different Man2024 · Nick	Nick
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt2024 · Self	Self
Funny Pages2022 · Comic Shop Customer (uncredited), Writer, Director	Comic Shop Customer (uncredited), Writer, Director
MMystery Reel2022 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Jobe'z World2019 · Zane	Zane
Jazzy for Joe2014 · Director	Director
Fowl Play2013 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sinners of Kings Highway2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
John's Gone2010 · Owen	Owen
The Squid and the Whale2005 · Frank Berkman	Frank Berkman
The Anniversary Party2001 · Jack Gold	Jack Gold