Larry King

Larry King

Known for
Acting
Born
November 19, 1933
Died
January 23, 2021 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Bring Back... Dallas

Bring Back... Dallas

Movie · as Self

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Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story poster

Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story

Movie

2026
Give Me the Ball! poster

Give Me the Ball!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Naked Ambition poster

Naked Ambition

Movie · as Self

2025
John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Host, Larry King Live (archive footage)

2025
The People vs. Michael Jackson

The People vs. Michael Jackson

Movie · as Self

2025
Kobe: The Making of a Legend poster

Kobe: The Making of a Legend

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story poster

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Bad Hostage poster

Bad Hostage

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields poster

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

2022
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life poster

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Real Hunt for Red October poster

The Real Hunt for Red October

TV · as Self (Archive Footage) · 2 eps

2020
Dying to be Frozen poster

Dying to be Frozen

Movie · as Self

2020
My Darling Vivian poster

My Darling Vivian

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead poster

Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead

Movie

2020
The New York Times Presents poster

The New York Times Presents

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
First Ladies poster

First Ladies

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert poster

Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert

Movie · as Fear

2019
Mike Wallace Is Here poster

Mike Wallace Is Here

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Where's My Roy Cohn? poster

Where's My Roy Cohn?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn poster

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky poster

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Movie · as Self

2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars poster

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Movie · as Self

2018
Dirty Money poster

Dirty Money

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys poster

Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys

Movie · as Wart, King Pom

2017
American Satan poster

American Satan

Movie · as Self

2017
Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans poster

Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Trump: An American Dream poster

Trump: An American Dream

TV · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2017
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All poster

The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
The Remake poster

The Remake

Movie · as Self

2016
Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up poster

Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up

Movie · as himself

2016
Shadow World poster

Shadow World

Movie · as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson poster

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

TV · 1 ep

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
American Crime Story poster

American Crime Story

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

2015
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson poster

The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Deli Man poster

Deli Man

Movie · as Self

2015
Dude Bro Party Massacre III poster

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

Movie · as Coach Handsey

2015
Chloe and Theo poster

Chloe and Theo

Movie · as Himself

2015
Chasing Tyson poster

Chasing Tyson

Movie · as Self

2014
The Joe Show poster

The Joe Show

Movie · as Self

2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn poster

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Movie · as Self

2014
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger poster

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

Movie · as Self

2014
Drew Peterson: Untouchable poster

Drew Peterson: Untouchable

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
The State of Arizona poster

The State of Arizona

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2014
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

Movie · as Self (archive)

2014
The Price of Gold poster

The Price of Gold

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Armstrong Lie poster

The Armstrong Lie

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Glickman poster

Glickman

Movie · as Self

2013
Anna Nicole poster

Anna Nicole

Movie · as Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)

2013
The Power of Few poster

The Power of Few

Movie · as Larry King

2013
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie poster

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Norm Macdonald Live poster

Norm Macdonald Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Larry King Now poster

Larry King Now

TV · as Himself - Host · 53 eps

2013
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us poster

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us

TV · as Self - Host: Larry King Now · 1 ep

2012
Decoding Deepak

Decoding Deepak

Movie · as Self

2012
Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics poster

Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics

Movie · as Self

2012
Top Priority: The Terror Within poster

Top Priority: The Terror Within

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Good Mythical Morning poster

Good Mythical Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls

TV · as Wax Larry King (voice) · 2 eps

2012
1600 Penn poster

1600 Penn

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2011
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump poster

Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump

Movie · as Self

2011
Gloria: In Her Own Words poster

Gloria: In Her Own Words

Movie · as Self

2011
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? poster

Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?

Movie · as Self

2011
Ridiculousness poster

Ridiculousness

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Sex, Drugs & Religion

Sex, Drugs & Religion

Movie · as Self

2010
History of the Miami Dolphins poster

History of the Miami Dolphins

Movie · as Self

2010
Shrek Forever After poster

Shrek Forever After

Movie · as Doris (voice)

2010
The House of Steinbrenner poster

The House of Steinbrenner

Movie · as Self

2010
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story poster

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Fran Drescher Show poster

The Fran Drescher Show

TV · 1 ep

2010
Better With You poster

Better With You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb poster

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Dominick Dunne: After the Party

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Swing Vote poster

Swing Vote

Movie · as Larry King

2008
Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary

Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary

Movie · as Himself

2007
Bee Movie poster

Bee Movie

Movie · as Bee Larry King (voice)

2007
Brando poster

Brando

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third

Movie · as Doris (voice)

2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Movie · as Self

2007
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains poster

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Movie · as Self

2007
Chasing October poster

Chasing October

Movie · as Self

2006
Future by Design poster

Future by Design

Movie · as Himself

2006
...So Goes the Nation poster

...So Goes the Nation

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World poster

Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World

Movie · as Self

2006
A Perfect Day poster

A Perfect Day

Movie · as Larry King

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2006
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency poster

The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency

TV · 1 ep

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2006
Big Love poster

Big Love

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2005
The Last Mogul poster

The Last Mogul

Movie

2005
Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum poster

Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum

Movie · as Himself

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List poster

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer poster

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Fat Actress poster

Fat Actress

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 poster

Fahrenheit 9/11

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Shrek 2 poster

Shrek 2

Movie · as Ugly Stepsister (voice)

2004
Far Far Away Idol poster

Far Far Away Idol

Movie · as Doris (voice)

2004
Mr. 3000 poster

Mr. 3000

Movie · as Self

2004
The Stepford Wives poster

The Stepford Wives

Movie · as Larry King

2004
Catching Kringle poster

Catching Kringle

Movie · as Larry King

2004
Marilyn's Man poster

Marilyn's Man

Movie · as Self

2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! poster

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

2004
Clubhouse poster

Clubhouse

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets" · 2 eps

2003
Anderson Cooper 360° poster

Anderson Cooper 360°

TV · 2 eps

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief poster

Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief

Movie · as Self

2002
John Q poster

John Q

Movie · as Larry King

2002
Cleavage poster

Cleavage

Movie

2001
America's Sweethearts poster

America's Sweethearts

Movie · as Larry King

2001
Shot Heard 'Round the World poster

Shot Heard 'Round the World

Movie · as Himself - Dodger Fan

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
The Kid poster

The Kid

Movie · as Larry King

2000
The Contender poster

The Contender

Movie · as Larry King

1999
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? poster

Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?

Movie · as Self

1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club poster

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Movie · as Self

1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Movie · as Self

1998
Bulworth poster

Bulworth

Movie · as Larry King

1998
Enemy of the State poster

Enemy of the State

Movie · as Larry King

1998
Primary Colors poster

Primary Colors

Movie · as Himself

1998
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

Movie · as Himself

1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery poster

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Movie · as Self

1997
Mad City poster

Mad City

Movie · as Larry King (uncredited)

1997
Contact poster

Contact

Movie · as Larry King

1997
Perfect Moment poster

Perfect Moment

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight poster

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Movie · as Self

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Arthur poster

Arthur

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1996
Muppets Tonight poster

Muppets Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Larry King · 2 eps

1995
Spin poster

Spin

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
Open Season poster

Open Season

Movie · as Larry King

1994
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King

UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King

Movie · as Self

1993
Dave poster

Dave

Movie · as Larry King

1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story poster

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Movie · as Himself (voice)

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1990
The Exorcist III poster

The Exorcist III

Movie · as Larry King

1990
Crazy People poster

Crazy People

Movie · as Larry King

1989
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! poster

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Movie · as TV Talk Show Host

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Larry King (voice) · 2 eps

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1988
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

Movie · as On Screen Narrator (voice)

1988
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted poster

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted

Movie · as Self

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Larry King · 1 ep

1985
Lost in America poster

Lost in America

Movie · as Larry King (voice) (uncredited)

1985
Larry King Live poster

Larry King Live

TV · as Self - Host · 30 eps

1984
Ghostbusters poster

Ghostbusters

Movie · as Larry King

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1971
Primus poster

Primus

TV · 1 ep

1961
Miami Undercover poster

Miami Undercover

TV · 1 ep