Larry King
Biography
Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, was an American television and radio host who also worked as a paid spokesman. His career began in Florida as a journalist and radio interviewer during the 1950s and 1960s, and he rose to national prominence in 1978 as the host of The Larry King Show, an all‑night call‑in program on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 until 2010 he anchored the nightly interview series Larry King Live on CNN, and between 2012 and 2020 he hosted Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America, later continuing with Politicking with. Recognized with two Peabody Awards, an Emmy Award and ten Cable ACE Awards, King is also listed on The Movie Database as an actor with roughly 170 credited appearances. He died on January 23, 2021, at age 87.
Career overview
Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, died January 23 2021 at the age of 87. While best known as a television and radio host, his professional listings also include acting work. The Movie Database records him with 170 acting credits, and the Czech film database classifies him as an actor, singer, producer and moderator. These listings reflect appearances in which he portrayed himself or participated in broadcast formats that are catalogued under acting categories.
King’s broadcasting career began in Florida as a journalist and radio interviewer during the 1950s and 1960s. He achieved national prominence in 1978 as the host of the all‑night call‑in program The Larry King Show on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 until 2010 he anchored the nightly interview series Larry King Live on CNN, a program also documented in film‑related databases. After leaving CNN, he continued with interview‑based series on digital platforms, hosting Larry King Now from 2012 to 2020 on Hulu and RT America, and later Politicking with Larry King.
His work earned multiple honors, including two Peabody Awards, an Emmy Award and ten Cable ACE Awards. In addition to his hosting duties, King’s presence in television and film reference sources records his extensive acting‑related credits, underscoring a career that spanned journalism, interview programming and a substantial catalog of on‑screen appearances.
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177 titles- John Candy: I Like Me (2025) as Self - Host, Larry King Live (archive footage)
- The People vs. Michael Jackson (2025) as Self
- Naked Ambition (2025) as Self
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Bad Hostage (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- The Real Hunt for Red October (2021) as Self (Archive Footage)
- The New York Times Presents (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- First Ladies (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- My Darling Vivian (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead (2020)
- Dying to be Frozen (2020) as Self
- Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert (2019) as Fear
- Dirty Money (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018) as Self
- Third Party President: Citizen Rocky (2018) as Self
- Trump: An American Dream (2017) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- American Satan (2017) as Self
- The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (2017) as Self
- Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys (2017) as King Pom
- Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys (2017) as Wart
- Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans (2017) as Narrator
- Chelsea (2016) as Self
- American Crime Story (2016) as Himself
- Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016)
- The Remake (2016) as Self
- Shadow World (2016) as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
- Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up (2016) as himself
- Deli Man (2015) as Self
- Chloe and Theo (2015) as Himself
- Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015) as Coach Handsey
- Christmas Eve (2015) Producer
- Chasing Tyson (2015) as Self
- The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- I Am Divine (2014) as Self (archive)
- Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014) as Self
- The State of Arizona (2014) as Self (archival footage)
- Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger (2014) as Self
- The Price of Gold (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- The Joe Show (2014) as Self
- Norm Macdonald Live (2013) as Self
- Larry King Now (2013) as Himself - Host
- The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013) as Self - Host: Larry King Now
- The Power of Few (2013) as Larry King
- The Armstrong Lie (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Glickman (2013) as Self
- Anna Nicole (2013) as Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)
- Good Mythical Morning (2012) as Self
- Gravity Falls (2012) as Wax Larry King (voice)
- 1600 Penn (2012) as Larry King
- Decoding Deepak (2012) as Self
- Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics (2012) as Self
- Ridiculousness (2011) as Self
- Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011) as Self
- Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump (2011) as Self
- Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? (2011) as Self
- Conan (2010)
- Conan (2010) as Self
- The Talk (2010) as Self
- Shrek Forever After (2010) as Doris (voice)
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010) as Self
- Better With You (2010) as Self
- The Fran Drescher Show (2010)
- Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010) as Self
- Sex, Drugs & Religion (2010) as Self
- The House of Steinbrenner (2010) as Self
- History of the Miami Dolphins (2010) as Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Swing Vote (2008) as Larry King
- Dominick Dunne: After the Party (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary (2008) as Himself
- Shrek the Third (2007) as Doris (voice)
- Bee Movie (2007) as Bee Larry King (voice)
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self
- Brando (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) as Self
- Chasing October (2007) as Self
- 30 Rock (2006) as Larry King
- Big Love (2006) as Larry King
- Shark (2006) as Larry King
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Larry King
- The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006)
- ...So Goes the Nation (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World (2006) as Self
- Future by Design (2006) as Himself
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- The Colbert Report (2005)
- The Closer (2005) as Larry King
- The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005) as Self
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Larry King
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005) as Self
- Fat Actress (2005) as Larry King
- The Last Mogul (2005)
- Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum (2005) as Himself
- The Soup (2004) as Self
- Boston Legal (2004) as Larry King
- Shrek 2 (2004) as Ugly Stepsister (voice)
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
- The Stepford Wives (2004) as Self
- Clubhouse (2004)
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Far Far Away Idol (2004) as Doris (voice)
- Mr. 3000 (2004) as Self
- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004) as Self (uncredited)
- Catching Kringle (2004) as Larry King
- Marilyn's Man (2004) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - "Mean Tweets"
- Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Comedy Central Roasts (2003) as Self
- John Q (2002) as Larry King
- Cleavage (2002)
- Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief (2002) as Self
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Self
- America's Sweethearts (2001) as Self
- Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001) as Himself - Dodger Fan
- The Kid (2000) as Larry King
- The Contender (2000) as Larry King
- Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? (1999) as Self
- Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club (1999) as Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) as Self
- Enemy of the State (1998) as Larry King
- Bulworth (1998) as Larry King
- Primary Colors (1998) as Himself
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Practice (1997) as Larry King
- Contact (1997) as Larry King
- The Jackal (1997) as Himself
- Mad City (1997) as Larry King (uncredited)
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997) as Self
- Perfect Moment (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Arthur (1996) as Larry King
- Arli$$ (1996) as Larry King
- Spin City (1996) as Larry King
- Muppets Tonight (1996) as Self
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) as Self
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- Open Season (1995) as Larry King
- Spin (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King (1994) as Self
- Frasier (1993) as Larry King
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- Dave (1993) as Larry King
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) as Himself (voice)
- The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Larry King
- The Exorcist III (1990) as Larry King
- Crazy People (1990) as Larry King
- The Simpsons (1989) as Larry King (voice)
- Coach (1989) as Larry King
- Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) as TV Talk Show Host
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Larry King
- Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted (1988) as Self
- Jackie Robinson: An American Journey (1988) as On Screen Narrator (voice)
- Larry King Live (1985) as Self - Host
- Larry King Live (1985) Creator
- Lost in America (1985) as Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
- Ghostbusters (1984) as Larry King
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Guest
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self (archive footage)
- Primus (1971)
- Miami Undercover (1961)
- Bring Back... Dallas as Self
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Larry King best known for?
Larry King is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including John Candy: I Like Me (2025), Chelsea (2016), American Crime Story (2016), Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014).
When and where was Larry King born?
Larry King was born on November 19, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. They passed away on January 23, 2021.
How many credits does Larry King have?
Larry King has accumulated over 177 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1961 to 2025.
What is Larry King's background in cinema and television?
Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, was an American television and radio host who also worked as a paid spokesman. His career began in Florida as a journalist and radio interviewer during the 1950s and 1960s, and he rose to national prominence in 1978 as the host of The ...