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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 8, 1927
Died
May 11, 2020
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Gerald Isaac Stiller
- Stiller & Meara
Jerry Stiller
1.2 Popularity
Biography
Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role that garnered widespread acclaim. Stiller appeared together with his son Ben Stiller in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for films and television, including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for portraying grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.
Known For
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
2025
4.6
Maury Ballstein (voice)
Zoolander: Super Model
2016
4.9
Maury Ballstein
Zoolander 2
2016
6.8
Self
Deli Man
2015
0.0
Harry
Simpler Times
2014
5.9
Murray Weiner (voice)
How Murray Saved Christmas
2014
6.2
Harvey (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
🎬
0.0
Charlie Gordon
Cousins
2013
4.3
Morty
Excuse Me for Living
2012
1.9
General X (voice)
Foodfight!
2012
Credits
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
as Self (archive footage)
2025
6.1
Zoolander: Super Model
as Maury Ballstein (voice)
2016
4.6
Zoolander 2
as Maury Ballstein
2016
4.9
Deli Man
as Self
2015
6.8
Simpler Times
as Harry
2014
0.0
How Murray Saved Christmas
as Murray Weiner (voice)
2014
5.9
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Harvey (voice)
2014
6.2
🎬
Cousins
as Charlie Gordon
2013
0.0
Excuse Me for Living
as Morty
2012
4.3
Foodfight!
as General X (voice)
2012
1.9
Swinging with the Finkels
as Mr. Winters
2011
4.3
Fish Hooks
as Principal Stickler
2010
6.5
Fish Hooks
as Principal Stickler (voice)
2010
6.5
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Mercy
as Joe Thalberg
2009
5.7
The Good Wife
as Judge Felix Afterman
2009
7.6
Ice Dreams
as Skipper
2009
6.4
The Heartbreak Kid
as Doc
2007
5.7
Hairspray
as Mr. Pinky
2007
6.7
Head Case
as Self
2007
6.3
The Wonder Pets
as Old White Mouse (voice)
2006
7.2
🎬
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
as Self
2004
0.0
The Lion King 1½
as Uncle Max (voice)
2004
6.6
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
2004
6.7
🎬
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
as Uncle Max (voice)
2004
0.0
Behind the Legend: Timon
as Uncle Max (voice)
2004
0.0
Teacher's Pet
as Pretty Boy (voice)
2004
6.0
Serving Sara
as Milton the Cop
2002
5.4
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
6.5
On the Line
as Nathan
2001
4.8
Zoolander
as Maury Ballstein
2001
6.2
The Independent
as Morty Fineman
2000
5.4
Teacher's Pet
as Pretty Boy (voice)
2000
6.9
My 5 Wives
as Don Giovanni
2000
4.6
Chump Change
as The Colonel
2000
3.5
The Suburbans
as Speedo Silverberg
1999
3.8
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
as Self
1999
5.3
Secret of the Andes
as Dr. Golfisch
1999
6.8
A Fish in the Bathtub
as Sam
1999
6.6
Crashbox
1999
4.3
The King of Queens
as Arthur Spooner
1998
7.1
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Hercules
as Eagle (voice)
1998
6.9
The Deli
as Petey Cheesecake
1997
4.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Subway Stories
as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")
1997
5.3
Camp Stories
as Schlomo
1997
1.0
Stag
as Ted
1997
4.8
A Rat's Tale
as Prof. Plumpingham
1997
3.0
Deadly Games
as Phil Cullen
1995
8.3
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
9.0
Heavyweights
as Harvey Bushkin
1995
6.1
Touched by an Angel
as Maury Salt
1994
7.2
Baseball
as Various (voice)
1994
7.4
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
7.4
🎬
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
as Theatrical Producer
1993
4.8
The Pickle
as Phil Hirsch
1993
4.7
Homicide: Life on the Street
as McGonnigal
1993
8.1
The Larry Sanders Show
as Jerry Stiller
1992
7.7
Highway to Hell
as Desk Cop
1991
5.8
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
as Irving
1991
3.6
The Sunset Gang
as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
1991
0.0
Little Vegas
as Sam
1990
1.0
Law & Order
as Michael Tobis
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Sam Pokras
1990
7.4
Sweet 15
as Mr. Waterman
1990
4.0
Seinfeld
as Frank Costanza
1989
8.3
That's Adequate
as Sid Lane
1989
3.2
🎬
Tattingers
as Sid Wilbur
1988
5.0
Monsters
as Victor
1988
7.1
In the Heat of the Night
as Rabbi Feldman
1988
7.5
Hairspray
as Wilbur Turnblad
1988
6.8
Nadine
as Raymond Escobar
1987
5.4
Hot Pursuit
as Victor Honeywell
1987
5.7
The Hustler of Money
as Stu
1987
7.5
Shoeshine
as Father
1987
5.0
L.A. Law
as Nat Pincus
1986
7.0
Seize the Day
as Dr. Tamkin
1986
4.9
The McGuffin
as Marty de Reske
1986
6.0
The Equalizer
as Brahms
1985
7.1
Screen Two
as Marty de Reske
1985
6.8
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Birnbaum
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Luther Mandrake
1984
7.2
Reading Rainbow
as Dinosaur Comedian (voice)
1983
8.3
The Other Woman
as Mel Binns
1983
3.3
Amanda's
as Sal Malzone
1983
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Madame X
as Burt Orland
1981
6.5
Those Lips, Those Eyes
as Mr. Shoemaker
1980
2.7
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
6.5
Hart to Hart
as Myron Finkle
1979
6.9
Time Express
1979
6.0
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977
0.0
The Love Boat
as Bud Hanrahan
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Tony Vitelli
1977
6.3
Nasty Habits
as P.R. Priest
1977
4.6
Alice
1976
7.1
The Ritz
as Carmine Vespucci
1976
5.9
🎬
Joe and Sons
as Gus Duzik
1975
0.0
Airport 1975
as Sam
1974
5.7
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Lt. Rico Patrone
1974
7.5
Rhoda
1974
6.2
The Paul Lynde Show
as Barney Dickerson
1972
5.0
Great Performances
as Mechanic
1971
5.8
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Mechanic
1971
0.0
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Jim
1970
4.9
Love, American Style
as Harry
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Leonard Ferguson
1969
6.1
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Paul Sterling
1969
6.0
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Mr. Landon
1969
6.0
🎬
That's Life
as Self
1968
6.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
Hullabaloo
as Self
1965
0.0
Linus the Lionhearted
1964
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Defenders
as Sergeant Wysenski
1961
5.9
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Tony Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1956
5.9
General Electric Theater
as Harold
1953
6.4
🎬
Lamp Unto My Feet
as Candide
1948
0.0
🎬
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
0.0
Studio One
as Sergeant Joe Capriotti
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8