Born on this day – Rob Reiner:

Rob Reiner

Director

Producer

Screenwriter

Actor

Political activist

March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025

Credits:

Book:

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

By Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143

ISBN-13: 9781668079140

Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 2009 Writers Guild Awards (2009); 28th NAACP Image Awards (1997); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (1969–2025); 8 (2012); A Few Good Men (1992); A Few Good Men: Code of Conduct (2001); A Few Good Men: From Stage to Screen (2001); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Spinal Tap Reunion (1992); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC News Breakfast (2025); ABC World News Now (2025); About a Boy (2014); Access Hollywood (2016–2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); Alex & Emma (2003); All in the Family (1971–1979); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); America Speaks Out (2004); American Idol (2010); American Masters (2013–2016); Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991); And So It Goes (2014); Andre the Giant (2018); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Arte Journal (2025); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Bad Music Video Theatre (2025); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond (2024); Being Charlie (2015); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Beverly Hills Film Festival 24 (2024); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Billy Crystal Special (1986); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes (1987); Biography (1996–2010); Biography: Morgan Freeman (2010); Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996); Bogart (1991); Bravo Profiles (2003); Breakaway (1984); Breakdown: 1975 (2025); But... Seriously (1993); Campbell Brown (2010); Carroll O'Connor Special (1973); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023 / 2025); CBS: On the Air (1978); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Certifiably Jonathan (2007); Charlie Rose (1996–2017); Cinema 3 (2008); Cinemania (2008); Close-Up (1997); Club Random with Bill Maher (2025); Comic Relief (1986); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2025); Crafting a Dark Comedy Classic (2007); CTV National News (2018); Cuomo Prime Time (2019); DDayCobra (2025); Declaration of Independence (2003); Della (1969); Democratic National Convention: Our Fight Song (2016); Dennis Miller Live (1997); Diálogos de cine (2008); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Dinah! (1976); Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! Entertainment Special: Tom Cruise (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2005); E.W.C. - Express Written Consent (2012–2017); Edgeplay (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2025); Everyday Life (2004); Everything Is Copy (2015); Family Squares (2022); Film '72 (1992–1995); Flipped (2010); Forever Hollywood (1999); Free Country (1978); From Darkness to Light (2024); Gala Tribute AFI's 40th Anniversary (2007); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); GMA First Look (2025); GMA3 (2025); God & Country (2024); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1969); Good Morning America (2025); Good Will Hunting (1997); Guitar Hero II (2006); Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001); Happy Days (1974); Happyish (2015); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2017); HBO Behind the Scenes of 'Stand by Me' Special (1986); Headbangers Ball (1992); Headmaster (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); How Harry Met Sally... (2001); How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail (2004); HuffPost Live Conversations (2014); I Am Your Child (1997); Icons Unearthed (2024); IFC News: 2008 Uncut (2007–2008); IHIP News (2025); Impolitic with John Heilemann (2020); In the Cutz (2006); In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (2010); Inside Edition (2014–2025); Inside TV Land (2004); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Might Get Loud (2008); It's Your Bet (1971); Janela Indiscreta (2014); Jerry Seinfeld, Submarine Captain (2007); Jesse Watters Primetime (2024); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009–2025); Josiah Rises (2024); Julian Schlossberg's Movie Talk (2025); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2011); King on Screen (2022); Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo (2004); KTLA Morning News (2010); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1984–1989); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2025); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2003); Later with Bob Costas (1992); LBJ (2016); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Let Me in, I Hear Laughter (2000); Let the Good Times Roll (1973); Likely Stories, Vol. 1 / Segment: Tommy Rispoli: A Man and His Music (1981); Live Earth (2007); Love, Gilda (2018); Made in Hollywood (2017); Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy (2004); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990); Mark at the Movies (2010); Mark Twain Prize: Billy Crystal (2007); Media Buzz (2018); Million Dollar Infield (1982); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Misery: Interview with Director Rob Reiner (2017); MLB Network Presents (2018); More Than Friends (1978); Morton & Hayes (1991); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1995); MS NOW Reports (2025); MTP Daily (2017); Music Scene (1969); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994–1996); Neon Genesis Evangelion: ReDeath (2000); Never Not Funny (2018); New Day (2017–2018); New Girl (2012–2018); Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); North (1994); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); On Story (2018); One Vision (1998); Outnumbered (2025); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pillow Talk Show (2017); Playboy After Dark (1969); PoliticKING with Larry King (2014); PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (2025); Primetime Glick (2002); Queen of the Castle: The Elaine Benes Story (2006); Requiem for A King: Remembering Chino XL (2025); Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (2023); Rob Reiner - Scenes from a Life (2025); Rob Reiner Directs a Thriller (2017); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Romp!!! (1968); Rumor Has It... (2005); Sandy Wexler (2017); Saturday Night Live (1975–1984); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001); Scenes from a Friendship (2019); Seinfeld: How It Began (2004); Seinfeld: Inside Look (2004); Seinfeld: Jason + Larry = George (2005); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shirley's World (1971); Shock and Awe (2017); Sidewalks Entertainment (2014); Small Ball (2017); Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002); SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025); Sonny Boy (1974); Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (1990); Spinal Tap (2007); Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale (2026); Spinal Tap Goes to 20 (2004); Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025); Spinal Tap: Hell Hole (1984); Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981); Stand by Me (1986); Stand by Me 25 Years Later: A Picture-in-Picture Commentary Retrospective (2011); Stand by Me: Director Rob Reiner's Commentary (2000); Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News (2021); Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999); Steve (2018); Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006); Supernatural (2005); Sweethearts (2024); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2018); Talking Pictures (2017); Tattletales (1976); Tavis Smiley (2007–2017); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tell Them Who You Are (2004); Telling the Story of Us (1999); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The $25,000 Pyramid (1975); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 10th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2011); The 11th Hour (2024); The 15th Annual Environmental Media Awards (2005); The 17th Annual 2006 Producers Guild Awards (2006); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1997); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards (1979); The 39th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2017); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2023); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 54th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards (2003); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 60th Annual American Cinema Editors Awards (2010); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 66th Annual Directors Guild Awards (2014); The 6th Annual Lucy Awards (1999); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024); The 7th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2008); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 8th Annual Environmental Awards (1998); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The American President (1995); The Annual American Cinematheque Award Honors Tom Cruise (1996); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Rob Reiner (1994); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual American Friends Hebrew University Scopus Awards Honoring Ted Turner (1995); The Annual Environmental Media Awards (1996); The Annual ShoWest Awards (1994); The Annual Spirit of Liberty Awards (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Artist as a Young Man: A Portrait of Cameron Fairchild (2008); The Bear (2025); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017–2024); The Benny Show (2023); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2019); The Bob & Tom Show (2010); The Boomer Century (2007); The Breakthrough Season (2005); The Bronx Is Burning (2007); The Bucket List (2007); The Bucket List: Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson / Morgan Freeman (2008); The Bulwark Podcast (2024); The Case Against 8 (2014); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1979); The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (2022); The Comedians (2015); The Dean Scream (2016); The Directors (1999); The Drew Barrymore Show (2025); The Essentials (2001); The Five (2025); The Fran Drescher Show (2010); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969); The Good Fight (2018–2020); The Great Hack (2019); The Greatest (2000); The History of Comedy (2017); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1974); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2000); The IMDb Show (2018); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Jim Jefferies Show (2017); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Last Laugh (2016); The Last Laugh (2016); The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2016–2018); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016–2021); The Magic of Belle Isle (2012); The Making of '...and God Spoke' (1993); The Making of 'Say' (2008); The Mark Twain Prize: Celebrating the Humor of Carl Reiner (2001); The Mary Trump Show (2022); The Matrixx and Rhodes Show (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1976); The Mickie Finns Finally Present How the West Was Lost (1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1978); The Movies (2019); The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (2000); The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (2017); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (1992); The Princess Bride (1987); The Princess Bride Featurette (1987); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The ReidOut (2021); The Rich Eisen Show (2018); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (19967); The Score (2003); The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1994); The Seventies (2015); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968–1969); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1967); The Story of Us (1999); The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968); The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (2021–2022); The Super (1972); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Sure Thing (1985); The T.V. Show (1979); The Talk (2013–2017); The Tap (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1987); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1995–1998); The View (2016–2018); The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (2025); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992); The Young Americans (1970); There's Something About Romcoms (2016); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Is Spinal Tap (1984); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1960); Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (2020); Today (1994–2025); Tom Cruise: Reel Life (2017); Top Ten (1999); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - A Conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes and Robin Wright (2012); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016); TV Land Moguls (2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2005–2006); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean (2000); Unwigged & Unplugged Live Concert DVD: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer (2009); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); US Against the World (1977); Velshi (2025); Visible: Out on Television (2020); Viva la Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (2008); Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me (2000); Weekend Today (2011); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); When We Rise (2017); Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes) (2024); Where the Girls Are (1968); Wind River: Rising (2025); WTF with Marc Maron (2016); WWE Raw (2003); WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (2021).