Rob Reiner
American filmmaker and actor (1947-2025) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 78
Rob Reiner directed the run of films in the late 1980s and early 1990s that people quote without thinking - Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. He was stabbed to death alongside his wife in their Los Angeles home in December 2025; their son has been indicted for the murders.
Rob Reiner is read about 6,871 times a day, in 67 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 402 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesFilm, 2025Director, Writer2022
The BearSeries, Albert Schnur2017
The Good FightSeries, Judge Josh Brickner
LBJFilm, 2017Director, Producer2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries
And So It GoesFilm, 2014Director, Producer2012
The Magic of Belle IsleFilm, Director, Writer2010
FlippedFilm, Director, Writer2006
Everyone's HeroFilm, Screwie (voice)2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series
Alex & EmmaFilm, 2003Director, Producer1999Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1998
Primary ColorsFilm, Izzy Rosenblatt1997Jane Fonda Humanitarian AwardAward
The ViewSeries, 19971995
Bye Bye LoveFilm, Dr. David Townsend1993
Sleepless in SeattleFilm, Jay1990
MiseryFilm, Director, Producer1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Rob Reiner (voice)1988Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward1987
The Princess BrideFilm, Director, Producer1985
The Sure ThingFilm, Director1979
CBS News Sunday MorningSeries
The JerkFilm, 1979Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)1978Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1974Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1968
60 MinutesSeries1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1960
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries, Joe1947Born6 March 1947People around Rob
- Andrew Scheinman Also in The Princess Bride (1987)
Christopher Guest Rob produced A Few Good Men (1992)
Kathy Bates Rob produced Misery and North
Billy Crystal Rob produced When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Jeff Corey Taught Rob
Nora Ephron Directed Sleepless in Seattle and Mixed Nuts
John Cusack Rob directed Stand by Me and The Sure Thing
Richard Dreyfuss Rob directed Stand by Me (1987)
Fred Willard Rob directed This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Richard Jenkins Rob directed Rumor Has It and LBJ
Harry Shearer Rob directed This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Norman Lear Produced All in the Family and Archie Is Jealous
Marc Shaiman Rob directed Misery (1991)
Bruno Kirby Rob produced When Harry Met Sally (1989)- Marvin Worth Produced Where's Poppa? and Fire Sale
Lisa Jane Persky Rob produced When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Jack Nicholson Rob directed The Bucket List (2008)
Morgan Freeman Rob produced The Bucket List (2008)
Bruce Willis Rob produced North (1994)
Michael Douglas Rob directed The American President (1995)
Shirley MacLaine Rob directed Rumor Has It (2005)
Woody Harrelson Rob produced Shock and Awe (2018)
Jason Alexander Rob produced North (1994)
Kevin Pollak Rob produced A Few Good Men (1992)
Parents
Rob ReinerPartners
Children
Brothers and sisters
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyKnown for
View all 40 titles
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Flipped 2010
Misery 1990
Stand by Me 1986
The Princess Bride 1987
Filmography 40
249 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 9
Reiner (left) guest starred opposite Andy Griffith in Headmaster, a series for which he also wrote.
Reiner (with Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton) as Michael Stivic on All in the Family, 1976
Reiner at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Reiner speaking at a Howard Dean rally on October 29, 2003
Reiner at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016
Michele and Rob Reiner at the LBJ Presidential Library for a screening of his film LBJ in 2016
Reiner in 2013Awards
About this person
Reiner was born in New York City in 1947 to actors Estelle and Carl Reiner. He first became known playing "Meathead" Stivic on All in the Family from 1971 to 1979, winning two Emmys. He turned to directing in 1984 with This Is Spinal Tap, then released Stand by Me in 1986, The Princess Bride in 1987, When Harry Met Sally in 1989, Misery in 1990, and A Few Good Men in 1992, which was nominated for Best Picture. He co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987 and remained active in progressive political causes, chairing California's First 5 education initiative in 1998 and co-founding the American Foundation for Equal Rights in 2008 to challenge the state's same-sex marriage ban. On December 14, 2025, he and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their home; their son Nick has been charged with both murders.
