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Lorne Michaels Children: Meet Sophie Michaels, Edward Michaels, And Henry Michaels

Author

Samuel Coleman

Published Feb 24, 2026

Lorne Michaels, born Lorne David Lipowitz is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, film and television producer and screenwriter.

Michaels is best known for creating and producing;

  1. Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present),
  2. Producing the Late Night series (since 1993),
  3. The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995) and
  4. The Tonight Show (since 2014).

In 1975, Michaels created (with fellow NBC employee Dick Ebersol and president of the network Herb Schlosser) the TV show NBC’s Saturday Night, which in 1977 changed its name to Saturday Night Live (SNL).

Michaels founded the production company Broadway Video in 1979, which has produced SNL since 1981.

Broadway Video has produced other shows such as Canadian sketch-comedy The Kids in the Hall which began airing in 1988 on CBC in Canada, debuting in the US market in 1989 on cable television network HBO until moving to CBS in 1993.

Michaels is also the executive producer of the NBC show Late Night, and was the executive producer of 30 Rock and Up All Night during their runs.

On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Michaels would be taking over as the executive producer for The Tonight Show.

For his personal life, Michaels has been married thrice, has three children and is currently with his third wife Alice Barry whom he married in 1991.

Michaels’ children are; Sophie Michaels, Edward Michaels and Henry Michaels.

Sophie Michaels

Sophie is an actress and is known for starring in The Kingdom and the Beast (2010) and Nixxy (2010).

Edward Michaels

Edward is an actor and writer, known for Fahrenheit, Dystopia (2014) and Infectious: Prelude (2014).

Henry Michaels

Henry is also a writer and actor, known for Masterminds (2016), Hot Rod (2007) and Miracle Workers (2019).