Personal Info
Birth date
1933-11-19 (91 Years)
Day of death
2021-01-23
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
Larry King
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
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.785
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.The Daily Show
6.363
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.136
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.The Colbert Report
6.87
Overview:
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.Good Mythical Morning
7.037
Overview:
Two "Internetainers" (Rhett & Link) go far out and do the weirdest things, giving you a daily dose of casual comedy every Monday-Friday.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".Anderson Cooper 360°
5.1
Overview:
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.572
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.The Simpsons
8.016
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.7
Overview:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.178
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Ridiculousness
6.869
Overview:
Rob Dyrdek takes the funniest amateur internet videos and builds them into an episode of edgy, funny, and most importantly, timeless television.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Arthur
7.006
Overview:
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.American Crime Story
7.56
Overview:
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.Gravity Falls
8.592
Overview:
Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.Frasier
7.674
Overview:
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.CBS News Sunday Morning
6.8
Overview:
The sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that it's time for CBS's Sunday morning staple. Journalist Jane Pauley helms the show, taking over hosting duties from Charles Osgood, who spent 22 years on the job. A morning talk show, this program airs at a different pace and focuses much of its attention on the performing arts. After a quick update of the day's news and national weather, correspondents offer longer-length segments on a variety of topics, from architecture to ballet to music to pop culture to politics.The Soup
6.143
Overview:
With this satirical series, the E! Entertainment Network returns to a format they helped create with the popular '90s show Talk Soup. Only this time instead of just poking fun at talk shows, they're setting their sights on all things in entertainment, reality TV, pop culture, and politics.Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
6.9
Overview:
Featuring comedian Craig Ferguson debating provocative and timely topics in his unorthodox and iconoclastic manner. Each episode features a panel of guests which will include celebrities, comedians and experts, as well as the American public through social media. History is back on the History Channel.Real Time with Bill Maher
6.016
Overview:
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.30 Rock
7.453
Overview:
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.Boston Legal
7.9
Overview:
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.Spin City
7.1
Overview:
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.The Tony Danza Show
6.1
Overview:
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.The Closer
7.9
Overview:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.Murphy Brown
6.5
Overview:
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.Acting
TBAJulian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? as Self
TBABring Back... Dallas as Self
2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
2024Bad Hostage as Self (archive footage)
2023Naked Ambition: Bunny Yeager as Himself
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
2023Pamela, A Love Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
2021Val as Self (archive footage)
2021The Real Hunt for Red October (2 Episodes) as Self (Archive Footage)
2020The New York Times Presents (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2020My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2020Dying to be Frozen as Self
2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn as Self (archive footage)
2019Where's My Roy Cohn? as Self (archive footage)
2019Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2019Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert as Fear
2018Third Party President: Citizen Rocky as Self
2018Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars as Self
2018Dirty Money (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2017The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (3 Episodes) as Self
2017Trump: An American Dream (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017American Satan as Self
2017Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys as King Pom, Wart
2017Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans as Narrator
2016The Remake as Self
2016Shadow World as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2016Chelsea (1 Episode) as Self
2016Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up as himself
2016Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Unknown
2016American Crime Story (4 Episodes) as Himself
2015Chasing Tyson as Self
2015Dude Bro Party Massacre III as Coach Handsey
2015Chloe and Theo as Himself
2015Deli Man as Himself
2015The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)
2014Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
2014Mystical Traveler as Self
2014The Joe Show as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self
2014Drew Peterson: Untouchable as Himself (Archivefootage)
2013The Armstrong Lie as Self (archive footage)
2013Glickman as Himself
2013Anna Nicole as Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)
2013Larry King Now (52 Episodes) as Himself - Host
2013Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie as Self (archive footage)
2013The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (1 Episode) as Self - Host: Larry King Now
2013Norm Macdonald Live (1 Episode) as Self
2013The Power of Few as Larry King
20121600 Penn (1 Episode) as Larry King
2012Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics as Self
2012Top Priority: The Terror Within as Self - Former CNN Host (archive footage)
2012Gravity Falls (2 Episodes) as Wax Larry King (voice)
2012Decoding Deepak as Self
2012Good Mythical Morning (1 Episode) as Self
2011Ridiculousness (1 Episode) as Self
2011Gloria: In Her Own Words as Self
2011Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump as Self
2010The Fran Drescher Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010Conan (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Self
2010Better With You (1 Episode) as Self
2010The House of Steinbrenner as Self
2010History of the Miami Dolphins as Himself
2010Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story as Self
2010Shrek Forever After as Doris (voice)
2010Sex, Drugs & Religion as Self
2009Paris Hilton, Inc. as Self (archive footage)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2008Dominick Dunne: After the Party as Self (archive footage)
2008Swing Vote as Larry King
2008Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary as Himself
2008Mon Clown as Self (archive footage)
2007Bee Movie as Bee Larry King (voice)
2007Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains as Self
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
2007The Kingdom as Self (archive footage)
2007Shrek the Third as Doris (voice)
2007Brando as Self (archive footage)
2007Chasing October as Self
200630 Rock (1 Episode) as Larry King
2006...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
2006Shark (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Future by Design as Himself
2006The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Big Love (1 Episode) as Larry King
2006Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
2005Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum as Himself
2005The Colbert Report (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (1 Episode) as Self
2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (1 Episode) as Self
2005The Last Mogul as Unknown
2005The Closer (1 Episode) as Larry King
2005Fat Actress (1 Episode) as Larry King
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 Episode) as Larry King
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (3 Episodes) as Self
2004Catching Kringle as Larry King
2004Far Far Away Idol as Ugly Stepsister (voice)
2004Boston Legal (1 Episode) as Larry King
2004Clubhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004The Tony Danza Show (1 Episode) as Self
2004The Soup (2 Episodes) as Self
2004Fahrenheit 9/11 as Self (archive footage)
2004Mr. 3000 as Self
2004The Stepford Wives as Self
2004Shrek 2 as Ugly Stepsister (voice)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 Episode) as Self
2003Anderson Cooper 360° (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Comedy Central Roasts (1 Episode) as Self
2003Real Time with Bill Maher (2 Episodes) as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2002John Q as Larry King
2002Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief as Self
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Self
2001America's Sweethearts as Self
2001Shot Heard 'Round the World as Himself - Dodger Fan
2000The Contender as Larry King
2000The Kid as Larry King
1999Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club as Self
1999Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? as Self
1998Enemy of the State as Larry King
1998Bulworth as Larry King
1998Primary Colors as Himself
1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Self
1998The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1 Episode) as Self
1997The Jackal as Himself
1997Mad City as Larry King (uncredited)
1997The View (2 Episodes) as Self
1997Contact as Larry King
1997Perfect Moment as Self
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as Larry King
1997Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
1996The Long Kiss Goodnight as Self
1996Arthur (1 Episode) as Larry King
1996Spin City (1 Episode) as Larry King
1996E! True Hollywood Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996The Daily Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1996Muppets Tonight (1 Episode) as Self
1995Spin as Self (archive footage)
1995Open Season as Larry King
1994UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King as Self
1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Himself (voice)
1993Frasier (1 Episode) as Larry King
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993Dave as Larry King
1990The Exorcist III as Larry King
1990Crazy People as Larry King
1989The Simpsons (2 Episodes) as Larry King (voice)
1989Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as TV Talk Show Host
1989Coach (1 Episode) as Larry King
1988Murphy Brown (1 Episode) as Larry King
1988Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator (voice)
1988Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted as Self
1985Larry King Live (30 Episodes) as Self - Host
1985Lost in America as Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
1984Ghostbusters as Larry King
1979CBS News Sunday Morning (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Self (archive footage)
1971Primus (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Miami Undercover (1 Episode) as Unknown
Production
2015Christmas Eve ... Producer
Creator
1985Larry King Live ... Creator