Rob Reiner

**Robert Reiner** (March 6, 1947 &ndash; 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).

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.

### 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 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*&nbsp;– Actor (1967)
* *Halls of Anger*&nbsp;– Actor (1969)
* ''Where's Poppa?*&nbsp;– Actor (1970)
* *Summertree*&nbsp;– Actor (1971)
* *Fire Sale*&nbsp;– Actor (1977)
* *The Jerk*&nbsp;– Actor (1979)
* *This Is Spinal Tap*&nbsp;– Actor/Director/Writer (1984)
* *The Sure Thing*&nbsp;– Director (1985)
* *Stand by Me*&nbsp;– Director (1986)
* *The Princess Bride*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1987)
* *Throw Momma from the Train*&nbsp;– Actor (1987)
* *When Harry Met Sally*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1989)
* *Postcards from the Edge*&nbsp;– Actor (1990)
* *Misery*&nbsp;– Actor/Director/Producer (1990)
* *A Few Good Men*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1992)
* *Sleepless in Seattle*&nbsp;– Actor (1993)
* *North*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1994)
* *Bullets Over Broadway*&nbsp;– Actor (1994)
* *For Better or Worse*&nbsp;– Actor (1995)
* *The American President*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1995)
* *Bye Bye Love*&nbsp;– Actor (1995)
* *Ghosts of Mississippi*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (1996)
* *The First Wives Club*&nbsp;– Actor (1996)
* *Primary Colors*&nbsp;– Actor (1998)
* *EDtv*&nbsp;– Actor (1999)
* *The Story of Us*&nbsp;– Actor/Director/Producer (1999)
* *Alex & Emma*&nbsp;– Actor/Director/Producer (2003)
* *Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star*&nbsp;– Actor (2003)
* *Rumor Has It...*&nbsp;– Director (2005)
* *Everyone's Hero*&nbsp;– Voice Actor (2006)
* *The Bucket List*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (2007)
* *Flipped*&nbsp;– Director/Producer/Writer (2010)
* *The Magic of Belle Isle*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (2012)
* *The Wolf of Wall Street*&nbsp;– Actor (2013)
* *And So It Goes*&nbsp;– Director/Producer (2014)

### Television
* *The Mothers-In-Law*&nbsp;– The Director (1967)
* *Batman*&nbsp;– Delivery Boy (1967)
* *The Smothers Brothers*&nbsp;– Writer (1967)
* *The Andy Griffith Show*&nbsp;– Copyboy (1967)
* *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.*&nbsp;– hippie considering the Marine Corps (1969)
* *The Beverly Hillbillies''&nbsp;– Jethro's College protester friend (1969)
* *The Partridge Family*&nbsp;– Snake (1971)
* *All in the Family*&nbsp;– Michael Stivic (1971–1978)
* *The Super*&nbsp;– Co-creator and writer (1972)
* *The Rockford Files*&nbsp;– Larry 'King' Sturtevant (1974)
* *The Odd Couple*&nbsp;– Sheldn, Myrna's boyfriend (no 'o' as stated many times in the show) (1974)
* *Free Country*&nbsp;– Joseph Bresner (1978)
* ''Archie Bunker's Place*&nbsp;– Michael Stivic (1979)
* *Saturday Night Live*&nbsp;– Himself (1975)
* *The $10,000 Pyramid*&nbsp;– Guest as himself on debut week (1973)
* *Happy Days*&nbsp;– Cowrote the first episode (1974)
* *Likely Stories: Vol. 1*&nbsp;– Director (1981)
* *Million Dollar Infield* (1982)
* *It's Garry Shandling's Show''&nbsp;– Appeared several times as himself, helping Garry to 'advance the plot' (1986–1990)
* *Morton & Hayes*&nbsp;– Narrator (1991)
* *The Larry Sanders Show*&nbsp;– Cameo playing himself in the episode "Doubt of the Benefit" (September 1994)
* *Curb Your Enthusiasm*&nbsp;– Season 2, episode 5 (as himself) (2001)
* *The Simpsons*&nbsp;– Guest-starred as himself in "Million Dollar Abie" (2006)
* *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip*&nbsp;– Guest-starred as himself (2006)
* *Hannah Montana*&nbsp;– Guest-starred as himself (2009)
* *Wizards of Waverly Place*&nbsp;– Guest-starred as himself (2009)
* *30 Rock*&nbsp;– Guest-starred as himself (2010)
* *Real Time with Bill Maher*&nbsp;– Guest (2010, 2012 and 2013)
* *New Girl*&nbsp;– Bob Day (2012)
* *New Girl*&nbsp;– 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