Cast & creator
Larry King
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Simpsons, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
106
film credits
71
television credits
175
1961–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (177)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Simpsons
Larry King (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Conan
2010Conan
Self
2010
The View
Self
1997
The Colbert Report
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Self
2001
Good Mythical Morning
Self
2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - "Mean Tweets"
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Frasier
Larry King
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979CBS News Sunday Morning
Self (archive footage)
1979
The Closer
Larry King
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Practice
Larry King
1997The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
30 Rock
Larry King
2006
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Self
2005
The Talk
Self
2010
Boston Legal
Larry King
2004
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Coach
Larry King
1989
Gravity Falls
Wax Larry King (voice)
2012
Ridiculousness
Self
2011
Spin City
Larry King
1996
Murphy Brown
Larry King
1988The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Arli$$
Larry King
1996
Big Love
Larry King
2006
The Larry Sanders Show
Larry King
1992
The Soup
Self
2004
Ugly Betty
Larry King
2006
American Crime Story
Himself
2016
Chelsea
Self
2016
Arthur
Larry King
1996
Shrek the Third
Doris (voice)
2007
Shrek Forever After
Doris (voice)
2010
Shark
Larry King
2006
Bee Movie
Bee Larry King (voice)
2007
Shrek 2
Ugly Stepsister (voice)
2004
Ghostbusters
Larry King
1984
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Larry King
2005
First Ladies
Self (archive footage)
2020
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
Enemy of the State
Larry King
1998
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
The Jackal
Himself
1997
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
2005
Contact
Larry King
1997
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Self
2010
1600 Penn
Larry King
2012
John Q
Larry King
2002
Norm Macdonald Live
Self
2013
Better With You
Self
2010
The Exorcist III
Larry King
1990
The New York Times Presents
Self (archive footage)
2020
Dirty Money
Self (archive footage)
2018
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Self
1996
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, Larry King Live (archive footage)
2025
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Stepford Wives
Larry King
2004
Miami Undercover
1961
Primary Colors
Himself
1998
Fat Actress
Larry King
2005
Clubhouse
2004
The Kid
Larry King
2000
Larry King Live
Self - Host
1985Larry King Live
Creator
1985
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
Primus
1971
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Himself (voice)
1993
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
America's Sweethearts
Larry King
2001
Dave
Larry King
1993
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
Self - Host: Larry King Now
2013
The Contender
Larry King
2000
Trump: An American Dream
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
2006
Bulworth
Larry King
1998
Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Swing Vote
Larry King
2008
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Self
1998
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All
Self
2017
Chloe and Theo
Himself
2015
American Satan
Self
2017
Mad City
Larry King (uncredited)
1997
Mr. 3000
Self
2004
Larry King Now
Himself - Host
2013
The Power of Few
Larry King
2013
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
Coach Handsey
2015
Crazy People
Larry King
1990
The Armstrong Lie
Self (archive footage)
2013
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
2022
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Real Hunt for Red October
Self (Archive Footage)
2021
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self
2018
Lost in America
Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Far Far Away Idol
Doris (voice)
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
2004
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
2019
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
Self
2011
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
2006
Christmas Eve
Producer
2015
Brando
Self (archive footage)
2007
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
2014
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
2014Decoding Deepak
Self
2012
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
1997
The State of Arizona
Self (archival footage)
2014
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self
2014
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
TV Talk Show Host
1989
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Open Season
Larry King
1995
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self
2011
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
2014The People vs. Michael Jackson
Self
2025
The Price of Gold
Self (archive footage)
2014
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Self
2007
Deli Man
Self
2015
Naked Ambition
Self
2025
Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Self (archive footage)
2012
The Remake
Self
2016
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Self (archive footage)
2013
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Self
2010
Shadow World
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2016
Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert
Fear
2019
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
Self
1999
Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics
Self
2012
Chasing October
Self
2007
Shot Heard 'Round the World
Himself - Dodger Fan
2001Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Self (archive footage)
2008
The House of Steinbrenner
Self
2010
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Self
1988
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
2015
History of the Miami Dolphins
Self
2010
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Self
1999
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Self
2018
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
Wart
2017Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
King Pom
2017Bring Back... Dallas
Self
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief
Self
2002Sex, Drugs & Religion
Self
2010
Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum
Himself
2005
Cleavage
2002UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
Self
1994
The Last Mogul
2005
Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead
2020
The Joe Show
Self
2014
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
2024
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?
Self
2011
Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans
Narrator
2017Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
On Screen Narrator (voice)
1988
Perfect Moment
Self
1997
Spin
Self (archive footage)
1995
Marilyn's Man
Self
2004
Chasing Tyson
Self
2015
Glickman
Self
2013
Catching Kringle
Larry King
2004Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary
Himself
2008
Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up
himself
2016
Dying to be Frozen
Self
2020
Future by Design
Himself
2006
Anna Nicole
Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)
2013