Rob Reiner
Directing • Born 1947-03-06 – Died 2025-12-14
Biography
Robert Reiner (/ˈraɪnər/; March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American filmmaker and actor. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous accolades, including winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Hugo Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and nine Golden Globe Awards. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and received the Chaplin Gala Tribute at the Film at Lincoln Center in 2014. Three of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry. Reiner was born in New York City to Estelle and Carl Reiner, who were themselves actors. Reiner began his career as an actor before transitioning to filmmaking. He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS television sitcom All in the Family (1971–1979), a role that earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He directed a string of critically acclaimed films starting with the heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984), followed by the romantic road comedy The Sure Thing (1985), the coming-of age drama Stand by Me (1986), the adventure romance The Princess Bride (1987), the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the psychological thriller Misery (1990), the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the political romance The American President (1995). He acted in films such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The First Wives Club (1996), Primary Colors (1998), EDtv (1999), and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He also co-founded the production company Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987. Reiner was also a liberal political activist who advocated for causes such as LGBTQ rights, early childhood education, and environmental protection, and who campaigned for a variety of Democratic candidates. Reiner chaired the 1998 campaign to pass California's First 5 childhood education initiative, and in 2008 he and his wife, Michele, co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which initiated the court challenge against California's same-sex marriage ban. On December 14, 2025, Reiner and his wife were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Reiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
163 credits
This Is Spinal Tap
Movie • 1984
Marty DiBergi
EDtv
Movie • 1999
Mr. Whitaker
Bullets Over Broadway
Movie • 1994
Sheldon Flender
Bye Bye Love
Movie • 1995
Dr. David Townsend
Postcards from the Edge
Movie • 1990
Joe Pierce
Mixed Nuts
Movie • 1994
Dr. Kinsky
Misery Loves Company
Movie • 2003
Self
The Story of Us
Movie • 1999
Stan Kogen
Primary Colors
Movie • 1998
Izzy Rosenblatt
Misery
Movie • 1990
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie • 2023
Self (voice)
Fire Sale
Movie • 1977
Russel Fikus
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie • 2003
Self
Where’s Poppa?
Movie • 1970
Roger
Enter Laughing
Movie • 1967
Clark Baxter
Everyone's Hero
Movie • 2006
Screwie (voice)
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
Movie • 2021
Self
Alex & Emma
Movie • 2003
Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Movie • 2001
These Amazing Shadows
Movie • 2011
Self
Halls of Anger
Movie • 1970
Leaky Couloris
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Movie • 2020
Self
The Spirit of '76
Movie • 1990
Dr. Cash
The Million Dollar Infield
Movie • 1982
Monte Miller
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Movie • 2009
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Movie • 2009
Self
Family Squares
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
US Against the World
Movie • 1977
Self
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie • 2013
Max Belfort
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Movie • 2000
Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Movie • 1996
Albert Maltz
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Movie • 2011
Rob Reiner
The Wolf Pack
Movie • 2014
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Movie • 1999
Self
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie • 2025
Marty DiBergi
Thursday's Game
Movie • 1974
Joel Forrest
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
Movie • 1986
Marty DiBergi
Throw Momma from the Train
Movie • 1987
Joel
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Movie • 2023
Self
The Case Against 8
Movie • 2014
Self
The Best of John Belushi
Movie • 1985
Various Characters
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie • 2023
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie • 2022
Self
And So It Goes
Movie • 2014
Artie
Summertree
Movie • 1971
Don
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Movie • 1985
Self
The Big Mouth
Movie • 1967
Guy on Beach (uncredited)
Partners in Life
Movie • 1990
Max King III
Everything Is Copy
Movie • 2015
Self
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
The Picture
Movie • 1972
Bud
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Movie • 1981
Marty DiBergi
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Movie • 2016
Self
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Dr. Morris Packman
Sandy Wexler
Movie • 2017
Marty Markowitz
Shock and Awe
Movie • 2017
John Walcott
The Majestic
Movie • 2001
Studio Executive (voice)
Andre the Giant
Movie • 2018
Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Movie • 2002
Self
Seinfeld: How It Began
Movie • 2004
True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
Movie • 2012
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie • 2001
Self
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Movie • 1992
Marty DiBergi
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Movie • 2012
Self - Interviewee
How Come Nobody's on Our Side?
Movie • 1974
Miguelito
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
Sleepless in Seattle
Movie • 1993
Jay
The Muse
Movie • 1999
Rob Reiner
Mad Dog Time
Movie • 1996
Albert the Chauffeur
The Jerk
Movie • 1979
Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Self
Johnny Appleseed
Movie • 1986
Jack Smith
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie • 2020
The Grandfather
More Than Friends
Movie • 1978
Alan Corkus
How Harry Met Sally…
Movie • 2001
Self
The Road to The Sure Thing
Movie • 2003
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Movie • 1992
Self
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
Movie • 2000
Marty DiBergi
For Better or Worse
Movie • 1995
Dr. Plosner
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1991
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie • 2002
Self
From Darkness to Light
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Movie • 2004
Self
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Movie • 2004
Self
The Rob Reiner Story: A Hollywood Tragedy
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Joe
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Rob Reiner (voice)
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Sheldn
Batman
TV • 1966
Delivery Boy
America 2-Night
TV • 1978
Rob Reiner
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Rob Reiner
That Girl
TV • 1966
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Michael Stivic
Sidewalks Entertainment
TV • 1988
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Beatnik
The View
TV • 1997
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Room 222
TV • 1969
Frasier
TV • 1993
Bill (voice)
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Rob Reiner
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self
Free Country
TV • 1978
Joseph Bresner
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Comedian
Hey Landlord!
TV • 1966
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
Getting Together
TV • 1971
Good Heavens
TV • 1976
TV Revolution
TV • 2004
Morton & Hayes
TV • 1991
Rob Reiner
Late Night Stars of Poker
TV • 2008
Wie ben ik?
TV • 1990
On Air
TV • 2009
Tussen De Oren
TV • 2007
Knevel & Van den Brink
TV • 2007
Self
Albert
TV • 2006
De Wereld Draait Door
TV • 2005
Self
De Nationale IQ test
TV
Hopeless Pictures
TV • 2005
Futterman
Pauw & Witteman
TV • 2006
J.J. de Bom voorheen 'De Kindervriend'
TV • 1979
Bureau Kruislaan
TV • 1992
New Girl
TV • 2011
Bob Day
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Rob Reiner
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
HAPPYish
TV • 2015
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The History of Comedy
TV • 2017
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
The Grandfather
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
The Grandfather (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
The Grandson
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Judge Josh Brickner
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Larry 'King' Sturtevant
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Jim Jefferies Show
TV • 2017
Self
The Fran Drescher Show
TV • 2010
Tall Tales & Legends
TV • 1985
Jack Smith
Hannah Montana
TV • 2006
Rob Reiner
Wizards of Waverly Place
TV • 2007
Himself
The Mothers-in-Law
TV • 1967
Director
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
TV • 2018
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Beat with Ari Melber
TV • 2017
Self
Primetime Glick
TV • 2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Hollywood
TV • 2020
Ace Amberg
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV • 1986
Rob Reiner
About a Boy
TV • 2014
Bagel Shop Owner
The Bear
TV • 2022
Albert Schnur
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
TV • 2020
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Snake
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self (archive footage)
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Winner
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
TV • 2026
Self - Filmmaker & Carl Reiner's Son
That Girl
TV • 1966
Carl
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest