Larry King
Acting • Born 1933-11-19 – Died 2021-01-23
Biography
Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television host, radio host, and paid spokesman, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys, an Emmy award, and 10 Cable ACE Awards. King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. From 2012 until 2020, he hosted Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America. He continued to host Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which has aired weekly on the same two channels from 2013 until his death.
Filmography
165 credits
Ghostbusters
Movie • 1984
Larry King
The Armstrong Lie
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
Himself
The Remake
Movie • 2016
Self
Bee Movie
Movie • 2007
Bee Larry King (voice)
Dave
Movie • 1993
Larry King
Dying to be Frozen
Movie • 2020
Self
America's Sweethearts
Movie • 2001
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Movie • 1997
Self
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Movie • 2010
Self
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Movie • 1993
Himself (voice)
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief
Movie • 2002
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Future by Design
Movie • 2006
Himself
...So Goes the Nation
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
Movie • 1999
Self
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie • 2006
Self
Decoding Deepak
Movie • 2012
Self
The Last Mogul
Movie • 2005
Glickman
Movie • 2013
Self
The Joe Show
Movie • 2014
Self
Naked Ambition
Movie • 2025
Self
Mad City
Movie • 1997
Larry King (uncredited)
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
Movie • 2017
Wart
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
Movie • 2017
King Pom
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Movie • 1989
TV Talk Show Host
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
Movie • 1994
Self
Shot Heard 'Round the World
Movie • 2001
Himself - Dodger Fan
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie • 1998
Self
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Movie • 1996
Self
The Exorcist III
Movie • 1990
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Deli Man
Movie • 2015
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
Movie • 2011
Self
Swing Vote
Movie • 2008
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Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Movie • 1999
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Movie • 2014
Self
Lost in America
Movie • 1985
Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
Movie • 2015
Coach Handsey
Spin
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Movie • 2018
Self
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Movie • 2014
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Larry King
Crazy People
Movie • 1990
Larry King
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
Movie • 1988
On Screen Narrator (voice)
History of the Miami Dolphins
Movie • 2010
Self
Bring Back... Dallas
Movie
Self
The Kid
Movie • 2000
Larry King
Chloe and Theo
Movie • 2015
Himself
Shrek the Third
Movie • 2007
Doris (voice)
Shrek 2
Movie • 2004
Ugly Stepsister (voice)
Shrek Forever After
Movie • 2010
Doris (voice)
Far Far Away Idol
Movie • 2004
Ugly Stepsister (voice)
American Satan
Movie • 2017
Self
Contact
Movie • 1997
Larry King
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics
Movie • 2012
Self
Perfect Moment
Movie • 1997
Self
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up
Movie • 2016
himself
The House of Steinbrenner
Movie • 2010
Self
Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary
Movie • 2008
Himself
Mr. 3000
Movie • 2004
Self
Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert
Movie • 2019
Fear
Anna Nicole
Movie • 2013
Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Shadow World
Movie • 2016
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Power of Few
Movie • 2013
Larry King
The Contender
Movie • 2000
Larry King
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Chasing Tyson
Movie • 2015
Self
Enemy of the State
Movie • 1998
Larry King
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Movie • 1988
Self
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2011
Self
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Movie • 2007
Self
John Q
Movie • 2002
Larry King
Open Season
Movie • 1995
Larry King
The Stepford Wives
Movie • 2004
Self
Primary Colors
Movie • 1998
Himself
Catching Kringle
Movie • 2004
Larry King
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?
Movie • 2011
Self
Chasing October
Movie • 2007
Self
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Movie • 2010
Self
Bad Hostage
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum
Movie • 2005
Himself
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Movie • 2018
Self
Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead
Movie • 2020
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie • 2025
Self - Host, Larry King Live (archive footage)
The People vs. Michael Jackson
Movie • 2025
Self
Marilyn's Man
Movie • 2004
Self
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Movie • 2016
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Larry King (voice)
Larry King Live
TV • 1985
Self - Host
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Shark
TV • 2006
Larry King
The Closer
TV • 2005
Larry King
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV • 2005
Self
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
TV • 2005
Self
Arthur
TV • 1996
Larry King
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Fat Actress
TV • 2005
Larry King
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Larry King
Frasier
TV • 1993
Larry King
Anderson Cooper 360°
TV • 2003
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
The Practice
TV • 1997
Larry King
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
TV • 2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Larry King
The New York Times Presents
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Larry King
Clubhouse
TV • 2004
Good Mythical Morning
TV • 2012
Self
Miami Undercover
TV • 1961
The Soup
TV • 2004
Self
Primus
TV • 1971
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Norm Macdonald Live
TV • 2013
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Larry King
Gravity Falls
TV • 2012
Wax Larry King (voice)
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2016
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Spin City
TV • 1996
Larry King
Ridiculousness
TV • 2011
Self
Larry King Now
TV • 2013
Himself - Host
The Real Hunt for Red October
TV • 2021
Self (Archive Footage)
Conan
TV • 2010
The Fran Drescher Show
TV • 2010
Trump: An American Dream
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Crime Story
TV • 2016
Himself
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
TV • 2013
Self - Host: Larry King Now
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
Dirty Money
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Better With You
TV • 2010
Self
1600 Penn
TV • 2012
Larry King
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All
TV • 2017
Self
Coach
TV • 1989
Larry King
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self (archive footage)
Big Love
TV • 2006
Larry King
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Larry King
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Larry King
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Larry King
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest