Jerry Stiller

Known for ActingBorn 1927-06-08Died 2020-05-11Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Hullabaloo

A Memory of Two Mondays

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Lamp Unto My Feet

The Hustler of Money

Seinfeld

Reading Rainbow

Homicide: Life on the Street

Deadly Games

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

The Good Wife

The Larry Sanders Show

Hollywood Squares

I Am Divine

Baseball

In the Heat of the Night

Celebrity Ghost Stories

The Carol Burnett Show

Murder, She Wrote

Wonder Pets!

Law & Order

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

The King of Queens

Behind the Legend: Timon

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

Tales from the Darkside

Linus the Lionhearted

Teacher's Pet

Screen Two

The Equalizer

Monsters

L.A. Law

The Sunset Gang

Alice

Hercules

Deli Man

A Fish in the Bathtub

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Secret of the Andes

Time Express

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Joe and Sons

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Hairspray

Hairspray

Hart to Hart