Shandling hosted the Grammy Awards in 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994. He hosted the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004, and co-hosted (giving the opening monologue) in 2003. He appeared occasionally in films, beginning with a cameo as Mr. Vertisey in "The Night We Never Met". He portrayed supporting roles in "Love Affair" and "Mixed Nuts", "Dr. Dolittle" (1998) as the voice of a live-action pigeon, the David Rabe play adaptation "Hurlyburly" (1998), and "Trust the Man" (2001). Shandling wrote and starred in Mike Nichols's "What Planet Are You From?" (2000), and co-starred with Warren Beatty and others in "Town &amp; Country" (2001).