Jerry Stiller
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.
124 acting credits
Acting · 124
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Seinfeld
1989
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Good Wife
2009
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
The View
1997
Love, American Style
1969
The King of Queens
1998
Great Performances
1971
Hollywood Squares
1998
L.A. Law
1986
The Equalizer
1985
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tony Awards
1956
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Simon & Simon
1981
Hart to Hart
1979
Hercules
1998
Alice
1976
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Studio One
1948
The Defenders
1961
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Screen Two
1985
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Rhoda
1974
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Fish Hooks
2010
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Monsters
1988
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Baseball
1994
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
Mercy
2009
Wonder Pets!
2006
American Playhouse
1982
Teacher's Pet
2000
Head Case
2007
The Lion King 1½
2004
Zoolander
2001
Hullabaloo
1965
Deadly Games
1995
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Crashbox
1999
Hairspray
2007
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
Tattingers
1988
That's Life
1968
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
Zoolander 2
2016
Time Express
1979
Airport 1975
1974
Hairspray
1988
Amanda's
1983
Heavyweights
1995
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Serving Sara
2002
Foodfight!
2012
Subway Stories
1997
The Suburbans
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
The Pickle
1993
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
That's Adequate
1989
Hot Pursuit
1987
Swinging with the Finkels
2011
Linus the Lionhearted
1964
Highway to Hell
1991
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
1999
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
The Independent
2000
Teacher's Pet
2004
Nadine
1987
On the Line
2001
Joe and Sons
1975
Stag
1997
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
How Murray Saved Christmas
2014
The Deli
1997
I Am Divine
2014
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
2025
The Ritz
1976
The Other Woman
1983
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Camp Stories
1997
My 5 Wives
2000
Zoolander: Super Model
2016
A Fish in the Bathtub
1999
Chump Change
2000
Nasty Habits
1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977
The McGuffin
1986
A Rat's Tale
1998
Madame X
1981
Seize the Day
1986
Those Lips, Those Eyes
1980
Little Vegas
1990
The Hustler of Money
1987
Deli Man
2015
Secret of the Andes
1999
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
1993
Behind the Legend: Timon
2004
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004
Sweet 15
1990
Ice Dreams
2009
The Sunset Gang
1991
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
2004
Excuse Me for Living
2012
Shoeshine
1987
Pair of Jokers
1990
Cousins
2013
Simpler Times
2014