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."We're not equal? How are we not equal?" Rob Reiner on Real Time with Bill Maher, in response to Maher's statement, "I would argue atheists are [not considered equal under the law]". Maher then stated, "For a group that is about 17 percent now ... no representation in congress..." to which Reiner replied, "You're right about that-that we don't have that representation. I include myself in that same 17 percent." "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.

Filmography

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)

References

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

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