Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Some things are better left top secret.
2002 | 113m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Clooney |
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| Writer: | Chuck Barris, Charlie Kaufman |
| Staring: |
| Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 31, 2002 |
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| Director: | George Clooney |
| Writer: | Chuck Barris, Charlie Kaufman |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller, History |
| Keywords | assassination, regret, based on novel or book, double life, hitman, kgb, secret agent, microfilm, biography, television producer, los angeles, california, mole, silencer, intrigue, showbiz, american spy, game show host |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Section Eight, Mad Chance, Renaissance Films, JVS |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $33,013,805
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sam Rockwell | Chuck Barris |
| Drew Barrymore | Penny |
| George Clooney | Jim Byrd |
| Julia Roberts | Patricia Watson |
| Rutger Hauer | Keeler |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | Debbie |
| Robert John Burke | Instructor Jenks |
| Jennifer Hall | Georgia |
| Kristen Wilson | Loretta |
| J. Todd Anderson | Stud Bachelor |
| Carlos Carrasco | Brazioni |
| Emilio Rivera | Benitez |
| Daniel Zacapa | Renda |
| Krista Allen | Pretty Woman |
| Michael Ensign | Simon Oliver |
| James Urbaniak | Rod Flexner |
| Dick Clark | Self |
| Michelle Sweeney | Housekeeper |
| Michael Cera | Chuck (8 & 11 years) |
| Aimee Rose Ambroziak | Chuck's Date #1 |
| Isabelle Blais | Chuck's Date #2 |
| Melissa Carter | Chuck's Date #3 |
| Ilona Elkin | Georgia's Girlfriend |
| Sean Tucker | Barfly |
| Jaye P. Morgan | Self |
| David Julian Hirsh | Freddie Cannon |
| Jerry Weintraub | Larry Goldberg |
| Frank Fontaine | ABC Executive |
| Rachelle Lefevre | Tuvia (25 years) |
| Gene Patton | Gene Gene Patton |
| Barbara Bacci | Woman in Veil |
| Janet Lane | Blonde Bachelorette |
| Shaun Balbar | Beanpole Bachelor |
| Jeff Lefebvre | Frizzy Hair Bachelor |
| Michael Filipowich | Handsome Bachelor |
| Samantha Kaine | Black Bachelorette |
| Christian Paul | Black Bachelor |
| Jim Lange | Self |
| Steve Adams | Dating Game Director |
| Maria Bertrand | Stud Bachelorette |
| Brad Pitt | Bachelor Brad |
| Matt Damon | Bachelor Matt |
| Murray Langston | Actual Unknown Comic |
| Marlida Ferreira | Woman in Pub |
| Jérôme Tiberghien | Englishman |
| Martin Kevan | Chuck's Father |
| Claudia Besso | Chuck's Mother |
| Isabelle Juneau | Amana Girl |
| Nathalie Morin | Bachelorette Winner |
| Tony Zanca | Bachelor Winner |
| Sergei Priselkov | Shaving Man |
| Norman Roy | Colbert |
| Marlene Fisher | Casting Executive Woman |
| Richard Kind | Casting Executive Man |
| Suyun Kim | Asian Folksinger #1 |
| Shu Lan Tuan | Asian Folksinger #2 |
| Andre Minicozzi | Gong Show Band |
| Richard Beaudet | Gong Show Band |
| Ron Di Lauro | Gong Show Band |
| Peter N. Wilson | Gong Show Band |
| Bruce Pepper | Gong Show Band |
| Francois St-Pierre | Gong Show Band |
| Bridget Powers | Little Person |
| George Randolph | Gene Gene |
| Pascale Devigne | Critic |
| Carlo Berardinucci | Waiter |
| Tanya Anthony | Prostitute |
| Andy Quesnel | Gong Show Model |
| Keshav Patel | Elvis Singer |
| Leslie Cottle | L.A. Bar Woman |
| Dino Tosques | L.A. Bartender |
| Joe Cobden | Unknown Comic |
| Ethan Thomas C. Dempster | Chuck (3 years) |
| Tommy Hinkley | Hambone Man |
| Bill Corday | Justice of the Peace |
| Chuck Barris | Actual Barris |
| Chelsea Ceci | Tuvia, Age 8 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward Tise | Production Sound Mixer |
| Renée April | Costume Design |
| Isabelle Guay | Supervising Art Director |
| Micheline Trépanier | Key Makeup Artist |
| Mike Chock | Sound Effects Editor |
| Curt Schulkey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Matt Colleran | Sound Recordist |
| Christine Larocque | Wigmaker |
| Gilles Perreault | Unit Manager |
| Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Marvin Walowitz | Sound Effects Editor |
| Melanie La Rue | Visual Effects Producer |
| Michael Scherer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Robert Q. Mathews | Costume Supervisor |
| Andrew Silver | Supervising Music Editor |
| Jeffrey Sudzin | Unit Production Manager |
| Réjean Forget | Key Hair Stylist |
| Pearl A. Lucero | Production Supervisor |
| Julie Feiner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Myron Nettinga | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Joseph Thomas | Sound Editor |
| George Simpson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Jaime Norman | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Stephen Lotwis | Music Editor |
| Marie La Haye | Script Supervisor |
| Josette Perrotta | Unit Production Manager |
| Anne Alloucherie | Second Assistant Director |
| Peter Mavromates | Post Production Supervisor |
| Tim Merkel | "B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator |
| Eric Aubin | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Pierre 'Bill' Rivard | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Louis Morin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Kenn Smiley | Key Costumer |
| Joe Rangel | Music Supervisor |
| David Webb | First Assistant Director |
| Bob Osher | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Roch Boucher | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Michel Bernier | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Agnieszka Kroskowska | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Brad Martin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sophie Béasse | Key Dresser |
| Melissa V. Barnes | Second Assistant Director |
| Jimmy E. Jensen | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Benoit Descary | Camera Loader |
| Chuck Barris | Novel |
| Charlie Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Alex Wurman | Original Music Composer |
| Stephen Mirrione | Editor |
| Ellen Chenoweth | Casting |
| James D. Bissell | Production Design |
| Newton Thomas Sigel | Director of Photography |
| Donald Dowd | Editorial Coordinator |
| Aaron Glascock | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Kira Roessler | Dialogue Editor |
| George Clooney | Director |
| Nicolas Lepage | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Amy Minda Cohen | Associate Producer |
| Stephen Evans | Executive Producer |
| Jeffrey Sudzin | Co-Producer |
| Far Shariat | Co-Executive Producer |
| Gym Hinderer | Associate Producer |
| Andrew Lazar | Producer |
| Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Rand Ravich | Executive Producer |
| Steven Soderbergh | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 6 | 602 | 716 |