Larry Miller (comedian)

Lawrence "Larry" John Miller (born October 15, 1953)[1] is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster and columnist.
== Personal life ==
Miller was born in Valley Stream, New York,[1] on Long Island. He is Jewish.[2]He has said that one of his grandmothers was from Latvia and one of his grandfathers was from Austria. Miller married television writer Eileen Conn in 1993. The couple have two children.[3]
== Acting career ==
Miller is primarily regarded as a character actor and is well known for playing 'stuck up to suck up' characters that alternate between being condescending and sycophantic. [4]
Miller's first acting job was as the Emcee on "Fame", the television show. He gained mainstream attention for his part in popular scenes of Pretty Woman involving him as a store clerk for the main characters.
His film roles include Walter Stratford in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, as well as several characters in Christopher Guest's mockumentary movies. He has held prominent supporting roles in Carry On Columbus, The Nutty Professor, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, and Max Keeble's Big Move. He has over 50 film appearances. [5]
He was part of the main cast of Life's Work, The Pursuit of Happiness (TV series), and High School Cupid, a Cupid Inc. Story. He is also a frequent guest actor on television, most notably as the nasty doorman on Seinfeld. He played Edwin Poole in the ABC dramedy Boston Legal. He played night-club owner Michael Dobson in two Law & Order episodes, first in the episode "Coma" and then later in "Encore". Miller appeared as himself in a third episode, "Smoke". He was also in 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, where he played Tommy, Kyle's obnoxious father and Paul's colleague. [6]
He is close friends with Jerry Seinfeld and auditioned for the part of George Costanza.[7][8]
== Television writing ==
Miller served as a writer for the television shows Uncommon Sense (2005), Just Words (1992), and Pros & Cons(1999).[citation needed]
== Commentary ==
From 2002 to 2004, Miller wrote a column for the magazine The Weekly Standard that usually ran once every two weeks.[9] Since then, he has continued to contribute occasionally to the magazine. His subject matter has included politics as well as reminiscences about fellow entertainers, and anecdotes from his own life.[10]
Two of the columns he wrote in 2002 served as the text for frequently-forwarded emails at the time, though in both cases his words were attributed to others. The first was his very first Weekly Standard column in January 2002, in which he mocked various anti-war platitudes of the time;[9] the text was incorrectly attributed to retired Air Force general Richard E. Hawley.[11] The second was an April 2002 column defending Israel in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,[12] which was attributed to fellow comedian Dennis Miller.[13] Another email which also began to be forwarded in 2002, purporting to offer "George Carlin's Views on Aging", was derived in part from a stand-up routine that Larry Miller performed in the 1990s.[14]
Miller began a weekly podcast on the Carolla Digital Network, This Week with Larry Miller, suspending it after falling and injuring his head severely in April 2012. After hospitalization and a coma, he said in January 2013 that he was convalescing. Miller resumed the podcast on January 9, 2013.[15] In February 2015 the podcast was retitled The Larry Miller Show with direct distribution.[citation needed]
== Filmography ==
Year	Film 	Role
1990	Pretty Woman 	Mr. Hollister
1990	Almost an Angel 	Teller
1991	Necessary Roughness 	Dean Phillip Elias
1991	Suburban Commando 	Adrian Beltz
1991	Frankenstein: The College Years [16] 	Prof. Loman
1992	Carry on Columbus 	The Chief
1993	Dream Lover 	Norman
1993	Undercover Blues 	Detective Sergeant Halsey
1994	Corrina, Corrina 	Sid
1994	Radioland Murders 	Herman Katzenbach
1995	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (TV) 	Dean Al Valentine
1996	The Nutty Professor 	Dean Richmond
1996	Waiting for Guffman 	Mayor Glenn Welsch
1997	For Richer or Poorer 	Derek Lester
1998	Chairman of the Board 	Bradford MacMillan
1998	Carnival of Souls 	Louis Seagram
1999	Pros & Cons 	Ben Babbitt
1999	Runaway Bride 	Kevin the Bartender
1999	10 Things I Hate About You 	Dr. Walter Stratford OB/GYN
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 	Dean Richmond
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	XR (voice)
2000	Best in Show 	Max Berman
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move 	Principal Elliot T. Jindrake
2001	What's the Worst That Could Happen? 	Earl Radburn
2001	The Princess Diaries 	Paolo Puttanesca
2003	A Guy Thing 	Mr. Minister Farris
2003	A Mighty Wind 	Wally Fenton
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 	Paolo Puttanesca
2004	Raising Helen 	Car Buyer
2004	Karroll's Christmas 	Barry Freedman
2005	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 	Dabney Shaw
2005	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman 	Principal Pankley
2005	Final Approach 	Walter
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins 	Arnie Stein
2006	The Ant Bully 	Fred Nickle (voice)
2006	For Your Consideration 	Syd Finkleman
2007	The Final Season 	Roger Dempsey
2007	Blonde Ambition 	Richard Connelly
2007	Bee Movie 	Mayor Dean Buzzwell (voice)
2007	National Lampoon's Bag Boy 	Pike
2008	Get Smart 	CIA Official
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control 	Underchief
2008	Senior Skip Day 	Mr. Frankfurt Dickwalder
2008	The Other End of the Line 	Kit Hawksin
2010	Valentine's Day 	Oversized Baggage Clerk
2010	Alpha and Omega 	Marcel (voice)
2010	The Penguins of Madagascar 	Clemson
2011	Curb Your Enthusiasm 	Eddie Kravitz
2011	NCIS 	Ed Slater
2011	God Bless America 	Chloe's Dad
2011	New Year's Eve 	Harley
2012	Foodfight! 	Vlad Chocool
2012	General Education 	Rich Collins
2015	Pearly Gates 	Rabbi
2015	Hot Bot 	Senator Biter
2015	Road Hard 	Baby Doll
2016	Mother's Day 	The Motorcycle Cop
2017	Runaways 	Phil
2018	Second Act 	Weiskopf
== Roles in Idea Wiki ==
Year	Film 	Role
2022	Kirikou Back in Action (2022 film)	Baldy Nosehair
2022	 	
== Television ==
* He voiced the Pointy-Haired Boss on Dilbert.
* He played Garvin in the Season 4 premiere episode "Doctor Solomon's Traveling Alien Show" in 3rd Rock from the Sun.
* He voiced a patient on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist in the 1995 episode "Everybody's Got a Tushy".
* He voiced XR in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
* Appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Doorman" as the Doorman to Mr. Pitt's residence.
* Appeared as himself on The Larry Sanders Show in the 1998 episode I Buried Sid
* He had a recurring character on Law & Order as serial wife-murderer Michael Dobson, as well as playing himself in a single episode.
* Appeared on Desperate Housewives' second season 7th episode as Leonard Harper.
* Appeared on a special "Scene Stealers Edition" episode of the Anne Robinson Version of The Weakest Link but was voted off.
* From 2009-2010, starred in 10 Things I Hate About You, reprising his role from the 1999 movie of the same name.[17]
* Appeared on a few episodes of Boston Legal as Edwin Poole.
* Appeared on Burn Notice as Harvey Gunderson in the episode "Comrades" in 2008.
* Appeared on an episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.
* He voiced himself on the "Larry Miller Hair System" episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
* In May 2010, Game Show Network announced that Miller would host a new comedy game show entitled Late Night Liars.[18] The show premiered on June 10, 2010 and aired until early 2011.
* Appeared as a doctor in episode 6 of the 1st season of the Starz original series Gravity.
* Appeared as Stu Tyler on My Wife and Kids (3 episodes)
* Appeared as lawyer Garret Price in Monk (2 episodes)
* He made a voice guest appearance on The Penguins of Madagascar as Clemson in "Right Hand Man", "The Hoboken Surprise" and "King Me".
* Appeared as Eddie Kravitz in season 8's "Palestinian Chicken" episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
* Appeared as Larry Diller in season 2's "Camp It Up" episode of Disney Channel's Shake It Up
* Appeared as Principal Fickman in season 1's "Team-a-Rooney" episode of Disney Channel's Liv and Maddie.
* Appeared on Hot in Cleveland as Melanie's creepy dentist in season 5's "Elka Takes a Lover".
* Appeared on the BBC The Bob Monkhouse Show in 1984, along with Joan Rivers and Rosemary Clooney.[19]
* Appeared on Just Shoot Me! as pretentious talk-radio host Emerson Gray in the season 1 episode, "The Assistant".
* Appeared as a teacher on iCarly as Mr. Daviad in season 3 episode 12
* Appeared as Mr. Painter on Clipped in the season 1 episode "Free Wednesday".
* Appeared on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson on November 3, 1988, along w/ Michael J. Fox and author Harry Lorayne and on December 27, 1989, with guests James Stewart and Gladys Farek.