Jerry Stiller

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-06-08 (93 years old)

Deathday

2020-05-11

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 ...

Acting

1990

2007

Hairspray

as Mr. Pinky

2004

The Lion King 1½

as Uncle Max (voice)

1974

2002

Serving Sara

as Milton the Cop

2001

On the Line

as Nathan

2001

Zoolander

as Maury Ballstein

1974

1993

The Pickle

as Phil Hirsch

1987

Hot Pursuit

as Victor Honeywell

1997

Stag

as Ted

1999

Secret of the Andes

as Dr. Golfisch

1987

Nadine

as Raymond Escobar

1995

Heavyweights

as Harvey Bushkin

2000

My 5 Wives

as Don Giovanni

1993

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

as Theatrical Producer

1991

Highway to Hell

as Desk Cop

1976

The Ritz

as Carmine Vespucci

2000

The Independent

as Morty Fineman

2000

Chump Change

as The Colonel

2004

1980

Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mr. Shoemaker

1986

Seize the Day

as Dr. Tamkin

2009

Ice Dreams

as Skipper

1977

Nasty Habits

as P.R. Priest

1997

A Rat's Tale

as Prof. Plumpingham

2014

Planes: Fire & Rescue

as Harvey (voice)

2015

Deli Man

as Himself

2013

Cousins

as Charlie Gordon

1986

The McGuffin

as Marty de Reske

2004

Teacher's Pet

as Pretty Boy (voice)

1991

The Sunset Gang

as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

2004

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

1997

The Deli

as Petey Cheesecake

2014

How Murray Saved Christmas

as Murray Weiner (voice)

2016

Zoolander 2

as Maury Ballstein

1989

That's Adequate

as Sid Lane

2012

Foodfight!

as General X (voice)

1990

Sweet 15

as Mr. Waterman

2011

1987

Shoeshine

as Father

2014

1981

Madame X

as Burt Orland

1999

The Suburbans

as Speedo Silverberg

2016

Zoolander: Super Model

as Maury Ballstein (voice)

1997

Subway Stories

as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")

1988

Hairspray

as Wilbur Turnblad

2004

Behind the Legend: Timon

as Uncle Max (voice)

1997

Camp Stories

as Schlomo

1983

The Other Woman

as Mel Binns

Production

2013

Cousins

as Producer

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