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