Rob Reiner

**Robert Reiner** (March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American actor, director, producer, and activist.  He acted in the _All in the Family_ television series. He directed movies, such as _This Is Spinal Tap_, _The Princess Bride_, _When Harry Met Sally_ and _The Bucket List_. Reiner was a liberal activist. He was a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, a non-profit organization that started the court challenge against California Proposition 8 that banned same-sex marriage in California.

## Personal life

Reiner was born to a Jewish family. He is the elder son of Carl Reiner (1922-2020) and Estelle Reiner (née Lebost, 1914-2008). He was born in the Bronx, New York City. He lived in New Rochelle, New York during his childhood. When he was 13, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he attended high school and university.

Reiner was a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Barack Obama's re-election.

Reiner said his childhood home was not very religiously Jewish, although he did have a bar mitzvah ceremony. His father, Carl, had become an atheist in response to Hitler and the Holocaust. Reiner identified as an atheist on the January 13, 2012, episode of _Real Time with Bill Maher_. He later said that, while he rejected organized religion, he was sympathetic to the ideas of Buddhism. In a September 2025 interview with Piers Morgan, Reiner said "I'm Jewish, but I believe in the teachings of Jesus and I believe in 'do unto others' and I believe in forgiveness".

### Death

In the early hours of December 14, 2025, Reiner and his wife were stabbed to death at their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Their bodies were reportedly found by their daughter Romy. Reiner was 78 years old. Their deaths are being investigated as a homicide. The next day, Reiner’s son Nick, was arrested and charged for the murder of both. The day before the murders on December 13, Rob and Nick Reiner had an argument at a Christmas party hosted by Conan O'Brien. On December 17, a coroner said that Reiner and his wife died from apparent sharp force injuries.

### Movies

- _Enter Laughing_ – Actor (1967)
- _Halls of Anger_ – Actor (1969)
- _Where's Poppa?_ – Actor (1970)
- _Summertree_ – Actor (1971)
- _Fire Sale_ – Actor (1977)
- _The Jerk_ – Actor (1979)
- _This Is Spinal Tap_ – Actor/Director/Writer (1984)
- _The Sure Thing_ – Director (1985)
- _Stand by Me_ – Director (1986)
- _The Princess Bride_ – Director/Producer (1987)
- _Throw Momma from the Train_ – Actor (1987)
- _When Harry Met Sally_ – Director/Producer (1989)
- _Postcards from the Edge_ – Actor (1990)
- _Misery_ – Actor/Director/Producer (1990)
- _A Few Good Men_ – Director/Producer (1992)
- _Sleepless in Seattle_ – Actor (1993)
- _North_ – Director/Producer (1994)
- _Bullets Over Broadway_ – Actor (1994)
- _For Better or Worse_ – Actor (1995)
- _The American President_ – Director/Producer (1995)
- _Bye Bye Love_ – Actor (1995)
- _Ghosts of Mississippi_ – Director/Producer (1996)
- _The First Wives Club_ – Actor (1996)
- _Primary Colors_ – Actor (1998)
- _EDtv_ – Actor (1999)
- _The Story of Us_ – Actor/Director/Producer (1999)
- _Alex & Emma_ – Actor/Director/Producer (2003)
- _Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star_ – Actor (2003)
- _Rumor Has It..._ – Director (2005)
- _Everyone's Hero_ – Voice Actor (2006)
- _The Bucket List_ – Director/Producer (2007)
- _Flipped_ – Director/Producer/Writer (2010)
- _The Magic of Belle Isle_ – Director/Producer (2012)
- _The Wolf of Wall Street_ – Actor (2013)
- _And So It Goes_ – Director/Producer (2014)

### Television

- _The Mothers-In-Law_ – The Director (1967)
- _Batman_ – Delivery Boy (1967)
- _The Smothers Brothers_ – Writer (1967)
- _The Andy Griffith Show_ – Copyboy (1967)
- _Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C._ – hippie considering the Marine Corps (1969)
- _The Beverly Hillbillies_ – Jethro's College protester friend (1969)
- _The Partridge Family_ – Snake (1971)
- _All in the Family_ – Michael Stivic (1971–1978)
- _The Super_ – Co-creator and writer (1972)
- _The Rockford Files_ – Larry 'King' Sturtevant (1974)
- _The Odd Couple_ – Sheldn, Myrna's boyfriend (no 'o' as stated many times in the show) (1974)
- _Free Country_ – Joseph Bresner (1978)
- _Archie Bunker's Place_ – Michael Stivic (1979)
- _Saturday Night Live_ – Himself (1975)
- _The $10,000 Pyramid_ – Guest as himself on debut week (1973)
- _Happy Days_ – Cowrote the first episode (1974)
- _Likely Stories: Vol. 1_ – Director (1981)
- _Million Dollar Infield_ (1982)
- _It's Garry Shandling's Show_ – Appeared several times as himself, helping Garry to 'advance the plot' (1986–1990)
- _Morton & Hayes_ – Narrator (1991)
- _The Larry Sanders Show_ – Cameo playing himself in the episode "Doubt of the Benefit" (September 1994)
- _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ – Season 2, episode 5 (as himself) (2001)
- _The Simpsons_ – Guest-starred as himself in "Million Dollar Abie" (2006)
- _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ – Guest-starred as himself (2006)
- _Hannah Montana_ – Guest-starred as himself (2009)
- _Wizards of Waverly Place_ – Guest-starred as himself (2009)
- _30 Rock_ – Guest-starred as himself (2010)
- _Real Time with Bill Maher_ – Guest (2010, 2012 and 2013)
- _New Girl_ – Bob Day (2012)
- _New Girl_ – Winston's Birthday (2013)

## Other websites

- Rob Reiner's biography, awards, and milestones at Hollywood.com
- Rob Reiner Archive of American Television Interview
- American Foundation for Civil Rights at Wehoconfidential.com

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Rob Reiner
- **image**: Rob Reiner MFF 2016.jpg
- **caption**: Reiner in 2016
- **birth name**: Robert Reiner
- **birth place**: New York City, New York City, New York, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **alma mater**: Harvard University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MFA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
- **years active**: 1966–2025
- **children**: 4, including Tracy Reiner, Tracy
- **parents**: Carl Reiner
Estelle Reiner
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic