---
name: "Larry King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-king"
fi1m_id: "larry-king"
imdb_id: "nm0005092"
tmdb_id: 44127
wikidata_id: "Q213430"
roles: []
born: "19 November 1933"
died: "23 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:42:13.881066+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."
---

# Larry King

## Identity

Larry King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larry-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larry-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005092
- **TMDB ID:** 44127
- **Wikidata ID:** Q213430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44127

Actor. Born 19 November 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 January 2021.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 November 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 January 2021
- **Active:** 1984–2012
- **Also known as:** Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 50 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,276m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44127

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek the Third*](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md) (50)

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## Biography

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger) was an American television and radio host and actor. He began his career as a local journalist and radio interviewer in Florida in the 1950s and 1960s.

King hosted The Larry King Show on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1978 and Larry King Live on CNN from 1985 to 2010. He later presented Larry King Now and Politicking with Larry King until 2020. He voiced Doris the Ugly Stepsister in the Shrek films, including *Shrek the Third* (2007), and appeared as himself in archive footage in *Fahrenheit 9/11* (2004). King died in 2021.

*Sources: behindthevoiceactors.com, shrek.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4)

- *Gravity Falls* (2012), Fi1m 84, as Wax Larry King (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md)
- *Shrek the Third* (2007), Fi1m 50, as Doris (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Larry King — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Larry King — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Armstrong Lie* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-armstrong-lie.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Hopelessly in Love: Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead* (2020), Actor
- *Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert* (2019), as Fear
- *Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys* (2017), as Wart, King Pom
- *Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans* (2017), as Narrator
- *Christmas Eve* (2015), Producer
- *Dude Bro Party Massacre III* (2015), as Coach Handsey
- *The Power of Few* (2013), as Larry King
- *1600 Penn* (2012), series, as Larry King
- *Gravity Falls* (2012), series, as Wax Larry King (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md)
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), as Doris (voice)
- *Swing Vote* (2008), as Larry King
- *Bee Movie* (2007), as Bee Larry King (voice)
- *Shrek the Third* (2007), as Doris (voice) — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Larry King
- *Shark* (2006), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/shark.md)
- *The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency* (2006), series, Actor
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *The Last Mogul* (2005), Actor
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Larry King
- *Fat Actress* (2005), series, as Larry King
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Larry King
- *Catching Kringle* (2004), as Larry King
- *Far Far Away Idol* (2004), as Doris (voice)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Clubhouse* (2004), series, Actor
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), as Larry King
- *Shrek 2* (2004), as Ugly Stepsister (voice)
- *Cleavage* (2002), Actor
- *John Q* (2002), as Larry King
- *America's Sweethearts* (2001), as Larry King
- *The Contender* (2000), as Larry King
- *The Kid* (2000), as Larry King
- *Enemy of the State* (1998), as Larry King
- *Bulworth* (1998), as Larry King
- *Mad City* (1997), as Larry King (uncredited)
- *Contact* (1997), as Larry King — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Larry King
- *Arthur* (1996), series, as Larry King
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Larry King
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Larry King
- *Open Season* (1995), as Larry King
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Dave* (1993), as Larry King
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *The Exorcist III* (1990), as Larry King
- *Crazy People* (1990), as Larry King
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Larry King (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!* (1989), as TV Talk Show Host
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Larry King
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Larry King — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Jackie Robinson: An American Journey* (1988), as On Screen Narrator (voice)
- *Lost in America* (1985), as Larry King (voice) (uncredited)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), as Larry King — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Primus* (1971), series, Actor
- *Miami Undercover* (1961), series, Actor
- *Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Larry King on the red carpet at Celebrity Fight Night XXIII at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidm (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-dc1fff0a0461.jpg) Larry King on the red carpet at Celebrity Fight Night XXIII at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidm (2017) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Larry_King_%2833142723990%29.jpg/1280px-Larry_King_%2833142723990%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Larry King (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-ae2321bb4359.jpg) Larry King (2015) — AIB (Association for International Broadcasting), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Larry_King_%2822834303631%29.jpg/1280px-Larry_King_%2822834303631%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Larry King at Celebrity Fight Night XXIII in Phoenix, Arizona. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-b1c4fbfda84f.jpg) Larry King at Celebrity Fight Night XXIII in Phoenix, Arizona. (2017) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Larry_King_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Larry_King_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trondheim 21.06.2017 : The science festival Starmus IV at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. The Era of Post-truth and Fake News – LARRY KING. Photo: Thor Nielsen / NTNU](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-fa735982e35e.jpg) Trondheim 21.06.2017 : The science festival Starmus IV at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. The Era of Post-truth and Fake News – LARRY KING. Photo: Thor Nielsen / NTNU — NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Larry_King_TN-5370_%2835409586596%29.jpg/1280px-Larry_King_TN-5370_%2835409586596%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Larry King](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-c4353bc169a4.jpg) Larry King — Image via TMDB
- ![Larry King (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-a7b44455794c.jpg) Larry King (2015) — AIB (Association for International Broadcasting), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Larry_King_%2822404838047%29.jpg/1280px-Larry_King_%2822404838047%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trondheim 18-23 June 2017: The science festival Starmus IV in Trondheim, Norway. Hosted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).​ Trondheim Spe](https://film.one/media/person/317693/gallery-fb836addf376.jpg) Trondheim 18-23 June 2017: The science festival Starmus IV in Trondheim, Norway. Hosted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).​ Trondheim Spe — NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Starmus2017_LarryKing_KD_%2834606077614%29.jpg/1280px-Starmus2017_LarryKing_KD_%2834606077614%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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