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

• Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America — George Washington
• 2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Marty DiBergi, Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
• 2024God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism — Producer
• 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My Life — Self, Director, Producer
• 2022Family Squares — Narrator (voice)
• The Bear — Albert Schnur
• 2020A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion — The Grandfather
• Hollywood — Ace Amberg
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — The Grandfather, The Grandfather (voice), The Grandson
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
• 2017LBJ — Director, Producer
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Marty Markowitz
• 2017Shock and Awe — John Walcott, Director, Producer
• The Good Fight — Judge Josh Brickner
• 2016Being Charlie — Producer, Director
• HAPPYish
• About a Boy — Bagel Shop Owner
• 2014And So It Goes — Artie, Director, Producer
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Max Belfort
• 20128 — Director
• 2012The Magic of Belle Isle — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2012True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
• New Girl — Bob Day
• 2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren — Rob Reiner
• 2010Flipped — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• The Fran Drescher Show
• On Air
• Late Night Stars of Poker
• 2007The Bucket List — Producer, Director
• Tussen De Oren
• 30 Rock — Rob Reiner
• Albert
• 2006Everyone's Hero — Screwie (voice)
• Hannah Montana — Rob Reiner
• Pauw & Witteman
• Hopeless Pictures — Futterman
• 2005Rumor Has It... — Director
• 2005To Be a Father — Director
• 2004Seinfeld: How It Began
• TV Revolution
• 2003Alex & Emma — Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren, Director, Producer
• 2003The Road to The Sure Thing
• 2001Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
• Primetime Glick
• 2001The Majestic — Studio Executive (voice)
• 2000Catching Up with Marty DiBergi — Marty DiBergi
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Rob Reiner
• 2000Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me — Self, Writer
• 1999EDtv — Mr. Whitaker
• 1999The Muse — Rob Reiner
• 1999The Story of Us — Stan Kogen, Director, Producer
• 1998Primary Colors — Izzy Rosenblatt
• 1997Good Will Hunting — Thanks
• 1996Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial — Albert Maltz
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Director, Producer
• 1996Mad Dog Time — Albert the Chauffeur
• 1996The First Wives Club — Dr. Morris Packman
• 1995Bye Bye Love — Dr. David Townsend
• 1995For Better or Worse — Dr. Plosner
• 1995The American President — Producer, Director
• 1994Bullets Over Broadway — Sheldon Flender
• 1994Mixed Nuts — Dr. Kinsky
• 1994North — Director, Producer
• Frasier — Bill (voice)
• 1993Sleepless in Seattle — Jay
• 1992A Few Good Men — Director, Producer
• 1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out — Marty DiBergi
• Bureau Kruislaan
• The Larry Sanders Show — Rob Reiner
• 1991All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
• Morton & Hayes — Rob Reiner, Creator
• 1990Misery — Helicopter Pilot (uncredited), Director, Producer
• 1990Partners in Life — Max King III, Executive Producer
• 1990Postcards from the Edge — Joe Pierce
• 1990The Howie Rubin Story — Original Story
• 1990The Spirit of '76 — Dr. Cash
• Wie ben ik?
• The Simpsons — Rob Reiner (voice)
• 1989When Harry Met Sally... — Director, Producer
• Sidewalks Entertainment
• 1987The Princess Bride — Director, Producer
• 1987Throw Momma from the Train — Joel
• 1986Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started — Marty DiBergi
• It's Garry Shandling's Show — Rob Reiner
• 1986Johnny Appleseed — Jack Smith
• 1986Stand by Me — Director
• Tall Tales & Legends — Jack Smith
• 1985The Best of John Belushi — Various Characters
• 1985The Sure Thing — Director
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — Marty DiBergi, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
• 1982The Million Dollar Infield — Monte Miller, Producer, Teleplay
• 1981Spinal Tap: The Final Tour — Marty DiBergi, Writer, Director
• J.J. de Bom voorheen 'De Kindervriend'
• 1979The Jerk — Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
• 1979The T.V. Show — Writer, Executive Producer
• Free Country — Joseph Bresner, Writer, Creator
• 1978More Than Friends — Alan Corkus, Writer, Producer
• 1977Fire Sale — Russel Fikus
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Good Heavens
• Happy Days — Writer
• 1974How Come Nobody's on Our Side? — Miguelito
• 1974Sonny Boy — Director, Writer, Producer
• The Rockford Files — Larry 'King' Sturtevant
• 1974Thursday's Game — Joel Forrest
• 1972The Picture — Bud
• The Super — Writer, Creator
• All in the Family — Michael Stivic, Writer
• Getting Together
• 1971Summertree — Don
• 1970Halls of Anger — Leaky Couloris
• The Odd Couple — Sheldn
• The Partridge Family — Snake
• 1970Where’s Poppa? — Roger
• Room 222
• 1967Enter Laughing — Clark Baxter
• 1967The Big Mouth — Guy on Beach (uncredited)
• The Mothers-in-Law — Director
• Batman — Delivery Boy
• Hey Landlord!
• That Girl — Carl
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Beatnik
• The Andy Griffith Show — Joe
• De Nationale IQ test
• Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale — Director
• Wind River: Rising — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (68)

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Filmmaker & Carl Reiner's Son
• 2025From Darkness to Light — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2025The Rob Reiner Story: A Hollywood Tragedy — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Being Mary Tyler Moore — Self (voice)
• 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
• 2022Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter — Self
• 2021The Super Bob Einstein Movie — Self
• The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• 2019Scenes from a Friendship — Self
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self
• Steve — Self
• The Beat with Ari Melber — Self
• The History of Comedy — Self
• The Jim Jefferies Show — Self
• 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You — Self
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self
• 2015Everything Is Copy — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014The Case Against 8 — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2014The Wolf Pack — Self
• 2012A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington — Self - Interviewee
• 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
• 2009The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air — Self
• 2009Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" — Self
• 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson — Self
• 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman — Self
• 2008The Making of “Say” — Self
• Knevel & Van den Brink — Self
• Wizards of Waverly Place — Himself
• De Wereld Draait Door — Self
• 2004Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile — Self
• 2004Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo — Self
• 2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003Misery Loves Company — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self
• 2002Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Self
• 2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' — Self
• 2001How Harry Met Sally… — Self
• 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
• 1999Stephen King: Shining in the Dark — Self
• Bravo Profiles — Self
• The View — Self
• 1992The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! — Self
• 1988The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion — Self
• 1985Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• America 2-Night — Self
• 1977US Against the World — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Winner
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Dinah! — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• 60 Minutes — Self
• The Hollywood Palace — Self - Comedian
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest Host
• CBS Evening News — Self (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• This Is Your Life — Self