Jerry Stiller

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-06-08

Deathday

2020-05-11 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Gerald Isaac Stiller
  • Stiller & Meara

Jerry Stiller

Biography

Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role that garnered widespread acclaim.

Stiller appeared together with his son Ben Stiller in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for films and television, including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for portraying grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.

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Known For

Zoolander
6.2%

Zoolander

Sep 28, 2001

The Lion King 1½
6.6%

The Lion King 1½

Feb 6, 2004

Hairspray
6.7%

Hairspray

Jul 19, 2007

Zoolander 2
4.9%

Zoolander 2

Feb 6, 2016

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

The Heartbreak Kid
5.7%

The Heartbreak Kid

Oct 5, 2007

Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.2%

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Jul 17, 2014

The King of Queens
7.1%

The King of Queens

Sep 21, 1998

Law & Order
7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

Law & Order
7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

The Good Wife
7.6%

The Good Wife

Sep 22, 2009

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Acting

2023
Attack of the Doc!
2016
Zoolander: Super Model as Maury Ballstein (voice)
2016
Zoolander 2 as Maury Ballstein
2015
Deli Man as Himself
2014
Simpler Times as Harry
2014
How Murray Saved Christmas as Murray Weiner (voice)
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue as Harvey (voice)
2013
Cousins as Charlie Gordon
2012
Excuse Me for Living as Morty
2012
Foodfight! as General X (voice)
2011
Swinging with the Finkels as Mr. Winters
2010
Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler
2010
Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler (voice)
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009
Mercy as Joe Thalberg
2009
The Good Wife as Judge Felix Afterman
2009
Ice Dreams as Skipper
2007
The Heartbreak Kid as Doc
2007
Hairspray as Mr. Pinky
2007
Head Case as Self
2006
The Wonder Pets as Old White Mouse (voice)
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Man in Bar (uncredited)
2004
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Uncle Max (voice)
2004
Behind the Legend: Timon as Uncle Max
2004
The Lion King 1½ as Uncle Max (voice)
2004
Teacher's Pet as Pretty Boy (voice)
2002
Serving Sara as Milton the Cop
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
2001
On the Line as Nathan
2001
Zoolander as Maury Ballstein
2000
The Independent as Morty Fineman
2000
Teacher's Pet
2000
My 5 Wives as Don Giovanni
2000
Chump Change as The Colonel
1999
The Suburbans as Speedo Silverberg
1999
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller as Self
1999
Secret of the Andes as Dr. Golfisch
1999
A Fish in the Bathtub as Sam
1999
Crashbox
1998
The King of Queens as Arthur Spooner
1998
Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998
Hercules as Eagle (voice)
1997
The Deli as Petey Cheesecake
1997
The View as Self
1997
Subway Stories as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")
1997
Camp Stories as Schlomo
1997
Stag as Ted
1997
A Rat's Tale as Prof. Plumpingham
1995
Deadly Games as Phil Cullen
1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Heavyweights as Harvey Bushkin
1994
Touched by an Angel as Maury Salt
1994
Baseball as Various (voice)
1994
Baseball as (voice)
1993
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York as Theatrical Producer
1993
The Pickle as Phil Hirsch
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as McGonnigal
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Jerry Stiller
1991
Highway to Hell as Desk Cop
1991
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules as Irving
1991
The Sunset Gang as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
1990
Little Vegas as Sam
1990
Law & Order as Michael Tobis
1990
Law & Order as Sam Pokras
1990
Sweet 15 as Mr. Waterman
1989
Seinfeld as Frank Costanza
1989
That's Adequate as Sid Lane
1988
Tattingers as Sid Wilbur
1988
Monsters as Victor
1988
In the Heat of the Night as Rabbi Feldman
1988
Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad
1987
Nadine as Raymond Escobar
1987
Hot Pursuit as Victor Honeywell
1987
The Hustler of Money as Stu
1987
Shoeshine as Father
1986
L.A. Law as Nat Pincus
1986
Seize the Day as Dr. Tamkin
1986
The McGuffin as Marty de Reske
1985
The Equalizer as Brahms
1985
Screen Two as Marty de Reske
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Birnbaum
1984
Tales from the Darkside as Luther Mandrake
1983
Reading Rainbow as Dinosaur Comedian (voice)
1983
The Other Woman as Mel Binns
1983
Amanda's as Sal Malzone
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Madame X as Burt Orland
1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes as Mr. Shoemaker
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Hart to Hart as Myron Finkle
1979
Time Express
1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977
The Love Boat as Bud Hanrahan
1977
The Love Boat as Tony Vitelli
1977
Nasty Habits as P.R. Priest
1976
Alice
1976
The Ritz as Carmine Vespucci
1975
Joe and Sons as Gus Duzik
1974
Airport 1975 as Sam
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Lt. Rico Patrone
1974
Rhoda
1972
The Paul Lynde Show as Barney Dickerson
1971
Great Performances as Mechanic
1971
A Memory of Two Mondays as Mechanic
1970
The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1970
Lovers and Other Strangers as Jim
1969
Love, American Style as Harry
1969
Love, American Style as Leonard Ferguson
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Paul Sterling
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mr. Landon
1968
That's Life as Self
1967
The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1965
Hullabaloo as Self
1964
Linus the Lionhearted
1963
The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961
The Defenders as Sergeant Wysenski
1958
Kraft Music Hall as Self
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Audience Member
1953
General Electric Theater as Harold
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet as Candide
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Studio One as Sergeant Joe Capriotti
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

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