Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin was born in New York City in 1961. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Theatre and fully intended to pursue a career in acting. That was not to be though. After struggling for some years to earn a living as an actor he turned his hand to writing, and found a talent as a playwright.

Sorkin’s first play was ‘Removing All Doubt’, which was followed by the more successful ‘Hidden in This Picture’. However, it was his script for ‘A Few Good Men’ which got him noticed by Hollywood, and the film rights were sold before the play had even opened on Broadway.

Sorkin was hired to re-write ‘A Few Good Men’ as a film script, and his career as a writer took off. The films ‘Malice’ and ‘The American President’ followed, then TV work with ‘Sports Night’, ‘The West Wing’ and ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’. Sorkin is also credited as a writer on other films, such as ‘Enemy of the State’, ‘The Rock’ and ‘Schindler’s List’.

Sorkin’s latest film was ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’, and he is reportedly working on scripts for three more upcoming films; ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’, ‘The Social Network’ and ‘The Challenge’.

‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’ was considered fairly autobiographical, with one of the main protagonists battling with cocaine addiction (Sorkin attended a drug diversion program), and a plot line involving an on-off relationship between a writer and an actress (and The 700 Club), which mirrored the real-life relationship of Sorkin and Kristin Chenoweth.




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5 most recent films

Sports Night - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sports Night - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sports Night - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sabrina Lloyd - 1 times - show films
Joshua Malina - 1 times - show films
Peter Krause - 1 times - show films
Josh Charles - 1 times - show films
Felicity Huffman - 1 times - show films