---
name: "Clifford Einstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clifford-einstein"
fi1m_id: "clifford-einstein"
tmdb_id: 3077191
roles: []
born: "4 May 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:36:27.109991+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Clifford Einstein

## Identity

Clifford Einstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clifford-einstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clifford-einstein
- **TMDB ID:** 3077191
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3077191

Actor. Born 4 May 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 May 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1979–1997
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3077191

## Biography

Clifford Einstein is an American actor. He was born on 4 May 1939 in Los Angeles, California. He is the older brother of filmmakers Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, and the son of comedian Harry Einstein and actress Thelma Leeds.

His film credits include the Role Reversal Family Father in *Real Life* (1979), the Music Mixer in *Modern Romance* (1981), Julia's Prosecutor in *Defending Your Life* (1991), and the Restorative Surgeon in *Face/Off* (1997). He has also appeared on television, including episodes of *Saturday Night Live* in the mid-1970s, and featured as himself in documentaries about his brothers.

Einstein has been married to Mandy Einstein since 1962; their children Harold and Karen Einstein appeared with him in the family role in *Real Life*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Face/Off* (1997), Fi1m 84, as Restorative Surgeon — [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Real Life* (1979), Fi1m 77, as Role Reversal Family Father — [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Face/Off* (1997), as Restorative Surgeon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), as Julia's Prosecutor
- *Modern Romance* (1981), as Music Mixer
- *Real Life* (1979), as Role Reversal Family Father — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)
- *Audience Research* (1976), as Brian Elsner
- *Open Heart Surgery* (1975), as Dr. Hal Lester

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