“Andy saw himself as an entertainer, a showbiz personality, a song-and-dance man,” says Braverman. “He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a golden era for ...

Andy Kaufman's unique brand of comedy could be as confusing as it was original. TV viewers fell in love with the comedian, who died in 1984 at age 35, during his five-season run as Latka Gravas on the ...

Andy Kaufman in 1982 (left) and in 1976. Andy Kaufman's death garnered just as many varying opinions as his life did. "She went to the funeral. She said she went up to the casket and poked him because ...

There are few comedians who polarized audiences like Andy Kaufman. His style of deadpan humor was deliberately designed to make people uncomfortable—and he achieved that with long, pregnant silences ...

Alex Braverman's film includes rare footage and interviews, but what makes it memorable is that it gets how Andy Kaufman was an avatar of the entertainment age. I mean, there’s some of that (it’s not ...

Andy Kaufman Is Me, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival today, has heavyweight producers in David Letterman and Dwayne Johnson. Now, Tweel’s new documentary—Andy Kaufman Is Me—premieres ...

The new film 'Thank You Very Much' examines the life and work of the polarizing late comedian and star of the 1978–1983 sitcom 'Taxi' Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Andy Kaufman's ...