Reiner and best friend Billy Crystal were born just eight days apart in New York in March 1947. They met when Crystal played Rob's friend in an episode of "All in the Family" (1971).
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; it is next to his father's star. [October 1999]
Son of Carl Reiner.
Step-father of Tracy Reiner.
Son of Estelle Reiner.
In 1998, Reiner spearheaded a ballot initiative in California to add a tax on cigarettes to pay for early childhood development programs. It passed by a narrow margin.
He has 3 children with wife Michele Singer.
Brother of Lucas Reiner.
Co-wrote the 1st episode of "Happy Days" (1974).
Supported Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election.
In his first project following "All in the Family" (1971), Rob Reiner produced, co-wrote and co-starred with then wife Penny Marshall in the TV movie More Than Friends (1978) (TV), a romantic comedy based on the couple's own courtship.
Directed three of the movies ranked in American Film Institute's list of top 100 U.S. love stories in 2002: When Harry Met Sally... (1989) ranked #25, The American President (1995) - #75 and The Princess Bride (1987)- #88.
Named his production company "Castle Rock" after a fictional town created by Stephen King (the two have worked as a team on several movies together).
While filming the scene in Stand by Me (1986) in which Gordie and Vern are being chased by a train, he couldn't get Wil Wheaton and Jerry O'Connell to look frightened enough, so after a take, he proceeded to yell at them until they began to cry. He then filmed the scene over again.
He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1964. Other famous alumni include Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic,Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, E.G. Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
Replaced Ted Griffin as the director of _Untitled Ted Griffin Project (2005)_ twelve days into principal photography.
Is a big fan of the Beach Boys.
Rob Reiner Detailed Biography
Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. His father is Carl Reiner.
Reiner was born in The Bronx, New York, and lived as a child in New Rochelle, New York, where his family resided on Bonnie Meadow Road, the same address as the Petries on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." When Reiner was about 13, the family moved to the Los Angeles area, where Reiner attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of California, Los Angeles.
He became famous playing Michael Stivic (aka Meathead), Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, which was the most-watched television program for five years in the United States (1971–1976). In the 1980s and 1990s, Reiner was best known as a director of successful Hollywood films. Some of these films — such as The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap — have achieved cult status. The latter film, intended as a parody of rock documentaries, was so successful in imitating the style of rock films that many viewers were inadvertently fooled into thinking that the subject of the film, the fictitious heavy metal group "Spinal Tap," really existed.
In addition to his creative work with cinema, Reiner also had a significant administrative role, as founder and long-time co-owner of Castle Rock Entertainment. He named the production company after the fictitious town featured in many stories by Reiner's frequent collaborator, Stephen King.
In the late 1990s and continuing into the 2000s, Reiner has taken a vocal role supporting certain education-related proposals in California, including serving as a primary spokesman for the successful 1998 cigarette-tax initiative that has raised $700 million for early-childhood educational programs. He also campaigned in Iowa for Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean just before the 2004 Iowa caucus. Reiner had been mentioned as a possible candidate to run against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, but he has decided not to run for personal reasons.
Reiner was married to actress-director Penny Marshall from 1971 to 1979. He then married Michele Singer Reiner in 1989.
He has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post since May 2005.
The Partridge Family - Snake (1971)
All in the Family - Michael Stivic (1971-1978)
Happy Days - Cowrote the first episode (1974)
Likely Stories, Vol. 1 - Director (1981)
