Jerry Stiller

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthday: June 8, 1928

One of the few non-superstar performers with genuine cross-generational appeal, Jerry Stiller was an actor best known to younger audiences for his portrayal of two explosive and eccentric TV fathers – Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld” (NBC, 1989-1998) and Arthur Spooner on “King of Queens” (CBS, 1998-2007). But older TV fans and moviegoers remembered him as one half of Stiller and Meara, a popular comedy team with roots in the famed Second City improvisational group. Stiller also endeared himself to audiences with exuberant performances in…more

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Actor

Take Five With Stiller and Meara
The Stiller and Meara Show
Jerry Bender
The Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
Rodney Dangerfield: Respect at Last
Interviewee
Uncomfortably Close With Michael McKean: Jerry Stiller

Writer

The Stiller and Meara Show
Writer
Head Case
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Career Milestones

2004
Voiced Pretty Boy in "Disney's Teacher's Pet: The Movie"
1998
Co-starred in the CBS sitcom "King of Queens"
1991
Starred in "American Playhouse" production of "The Hollow Boy"
1988
Cast as Dogberry in New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Much Ado About Nothing" in Central Park
1988
Featured in John Waters' "Hairspray"