Larry King
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Simpsons
Larry King (voice)
1989
Series
Arthur
Larry King
1996
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Conan
2010
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Good Mythical Morning
Self
2012
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - "Mean Tweets"
2003
Series
Frasier
Larry King
1993
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self (archive footage)
1979
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Self
2001
Series
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
30 Rock
Larry King
2006
Series
Gravity Falls
Wax Larry King (voice)
2012
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
The Closer
Larry King
2005
Series
Boston Legal
Larry King
2004
Series
The Practice
Larry King
1997
Series
Ridiculousness
Self
2011
Series
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Self
2005
Series
Coach
Larry King
1989
Series
Spin City
Larry King
1996
Series
The Soup
Self
2004
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
Ugly Betty
Larry King
2006
Series
Murphy Brown
Larry King
1988
Series
Arli$$
Larry King
1996
The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Series
Big Love
Larry King
2006
Film
Contact
Larry King
1997
Series
The Larry Sanders Show
Larry King
1992
Series
American Crime Story
Himself
2016
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Series
Shark
Larry King
2006
Film
Shrek the Third
Doris (voice)
2007
Film
Shrek Forever After
Doris (voice)
2010
Film
Shrek 2
Ugly Stepsister (voice)
2004
Film
Ghostbusters
Larry King
1984
Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Larry King
2005
Series
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
Film
Bee Movie
Bee Larry King (voice)
2007
Series
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Self
2010
Series
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
2005
Film
The Jackal
Himself
1997
Series
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Series
Dirty Money
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Enemy of the State
Larry King
1998
Series
The New York Times Presents
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
1600 Penn
Larry King
2012
Series
Miami Undercover
1961
Series
Norm Macdonald Live
Self
2013
Series
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
Larry King Live
Self - Host
1985
Film
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Self
1996
Series
Better With You
Self
2010
Film
John Q
Larry King
2002
Series
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Series
Clubhouse
2004
Film
The Exorcist III
Larry King
1990
Film
The Stepford Wives
Larry King
2004
Film
Dave
Larry King
1993
Series
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
Series
Fat Actress
Larry King
2005
Series
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
2006
Series
First Ladies
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
The Kid
Larry King
2000
Series
Primus
1971
Series
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All
Self
2017
Film
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Himself (voice)
1993
Film
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, Larry King Live (archive footage)
2025
Film
Primary Colors
Himself
1998
Series
Larry King Now
Himself - Host
2013
Film
Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
America's Sweethearts
Larry King
2001
Series
Trump: An American Dream
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Series
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
Self - Host: Larry King Now
2013
Film
Bulworth
Larry King
1998
Film
Mad City
Larry King (uncredited)
1997
Film
Swing Vote
Larry King
2008
Film
The State of Arizona
Self (archival footage)
2014
Film
The Contender
Larry King
2000
Series
The Real Hunt for Red October
Self (Archive Footage)
2021
Film
Give Me the Ball!
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
The Power of Few
Larry King
2013
Film
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Self
1998
Film
American Satan
Self
2017
The People vs. Michael Jackson
Self
2025
Film
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
TV Talk Show Host
1989
Film
Crazy People
Larry King
1990
Film
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
Coach Handsey
2015
Film
Mr. 3000
Self
2004
Bring Back... Dallas
Self
Series
Kobe: The Making of a Legend
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self
2018
Film
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Self
1988
Film
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Far Far Away Idol
Doris (voice)
2004
Film
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
2014
Film
Chloe and Theo
Himself
2015
Film
Brando
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
Self
2011
Film
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
2004
Film
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Decoding Deepak
Self
2012
Film
Lost in America
Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Film
The Armstrong Lie
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
1997
Film
Marilyn's Man
Self
2004
Film
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Self
2007
Film
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Shadow World
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2016
Film
Open Season
Larry King
1995
Film
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
Self
1999
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
The House of Steinbrenner
Self
2010
Film
A Perfect Day
Larry King
2006
Film
Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story
Film
Naked Ambition
Self
2025
Film
The Price of Gold
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
2014
Film
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self
2014
Film
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Self
2010
Film
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self
2011
Film
Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead
2020
Film
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Cleavage
2002
Film
Deli Man
Self
2015
Film
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
King Pom
2017
Film
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
Wart
2017
Film
The Last Mogul
2005
Film
Shot Heard 'Round the World
Himself - Dodger Fan
2001
Film
Spin
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
The Remake
Self
2016
Film
Catching Kringle
Larry King
2004
Film
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Self
2010
Film
Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum
Himself
2005
Film
History of the Miami Dolphins
Self
2010
Film
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Self
1999
Film
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Self
2018
Film
Chasing October
Self
2007
Film
Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics
Self
2012
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
On Screen Narrator (voice)
1988
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
Self
1994
Film
Dying to be Frozen
Self
2020
Film
The Joe Show
Self
2014
Film
Chasing Tyson
Self
2015
Film
Perfect Moment
Self
1997
Film
Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert
Fear
2019
Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary
Himself
2008
Film
Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up
himself
2016
Film
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief
Self
2002
Film
Glickman
Self
2013
Film
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?
Self
2011
Film
Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans
Narrator
2017
Film
Future by Design
Himself
2006
Film
Anna Nicole
Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)
2013