Garry Shandling

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-11-29

Deathday 2016-03-24 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Garry Shandling

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Garry Emmanuel Shandling (born November 29, 1949 - March 24, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He was best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter. He made a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and became a frequent guest-host on the show. Shandling was for a time considered the leading contender to replace Carson (other hopefuls were Joan Rivers, David Letterman and David Brenner). In 1986 he created It's Garry Shandling's Show, for the pay cable channel Showtime. It was nominated for four Emmy Awards (including one for Shandling) and lasted until 1990. His second show, The Larry Sanders Show, which began airing on HBO in 1992, was more successful. Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show and won in 1998, along with Peter Tolan, for writing the series finale. During his three-decade career, Shandling has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, along with many other awards and nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vicellous Garry Shandling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2019
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

as Self (archive footage)

2017
2016
The Jungle Book

as Ikki (voice)

2012
The Dictator

as Inspector (uncredited)

2012
2010
Iron Man 2

as Senator Stern

2006
2006
Over the Hedge

as Verne (voice)

2006
Ricky Gervais Meets...

as Garry Shandling

2005
Trust the Man

as Dr. Beekman

2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Captain Pat Lewellen (voice)

2003
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

as Self - Interviewee

2002
Comedian

as Self

2002
2001
Zoolander

as Garry Shandling

2001
Town & Country

as Griffin Morris

2001
2000
What Planet Are You From?

as Harold Anderson

1998
Hurlyburly

as Artie

1998
Doctor Dolittle

as Male Pigeon (voice)

1996
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1994
Mixed Nuts

as Stanley

1994
Love Affair

as Kip DeMay

1993
The Night We Never Met

as Mr. Vertisey

1993
1993
The X-Files

as Fox Mulder / Garry Shandling

1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as Larry Sanders

1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

as Jack (of Jack and Jill)

1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Garry Shandling

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1949

Producer

1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as Executive Producer

1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Executive Producer

Crew

2016
The Jungle Book

as In Memory Of

2016
Grimsby

as Thanks

Creator