He’s famous for playing in characters on the success sitcoms King of Queens and Seinfeld. Jerry is 5’5 and weighs 150 pounds. Gerald Isaac Stiller was born on June 8, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY. The son of a bus driver as well as a housewife, Stiller was the earliest of four kids. Stiller went right into theater after graduation and when he wed Anne Meara in 1954 they formed a comedy duo that will eventually be a part of The Compass Players, that was the forerunner of the famous The Second City.
His relationship with Meara supplied content for his or her comedic performance which will go on to be featured regularly in the Ed Sullivan Show. Stiller was cast as “Frank Costanza,” the dad of George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander) about the sitcom Seinfeld. The show would become among the very most successful shows in television history and Stiller’s character would win an Emmy because of his part in 1997.
The sitcom Seinfeld was an essential element of the show for the small screen’s total 9 year run. In addition to his astonishing late-career situation comedy art, Stiller has also starred in popular advertisements — including as football star Vince Lombardi — and films like Zoolander as well as the Secret of the Andes in the brand new century. Stiller is still wed to Meara and they have two kids, including Ben Stiller, among the hottest comedic performers of recent decades. He’s starred in a number of movies together with his son, including most recently The Heartbreak Kid in 2007.
Jerry Stiller has enough net worth to purchase: 1. 16,846.4 Dita Dita Guys’s Hendrix Black and Crystal Yellowish Shades ($742.00 each) 2. 192,337.3 The King of Queens: The Entire Series ($64.99 each)
Comedian, Actor, Television producer, Voice Actor, Author
Education
Seward Park High School in New York, University of Syracuse
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Anne Meara (1954–2015)
Children
Ben Stiller, Amy Stiller
Parents
Bella Citrin, William Stiller
Siblings
Arnold Stiller, Maxine Stiller, Doreen Stiller
Nicknames
Gerald Isaac Stiller , Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller , King of Brooklyn , Jerry , Gerald "Jerry" Stiller , Stiller & Meara , Stiller and Meara , Stiller
Awards
American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series, Star on the Walk of Fame - Television (2007)
Nominations
Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (1997), Gold Derby Award (2008), Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album (2001), Online Film & Television Association, Screen Actors Guild Awards
Movies
‘Sienfeld’, “Zoolander”, "Zoolander 2" (2016), “Secret of the Andes”, “Joe and Sons”, “Heavyweights”, “Archie Bunker’s Place”, “The King of Queens”, "Fish Hooks" (2010-2011)
TV Shows
‘Coriolanus’, “The Paul Lynde Show”, The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), "Stiller & Meara", “The Stiller and Meara Show” (1986)
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Playing loud, neurotic/psychotic characters with borderline psychopatic/sociopathic features in comedies.
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Distinctive halting delivery of lines
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Short stature
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Thick New York accent
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Quote
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[on meeting Anne Meara, his future wife] She seemed to sense I had no money, so she just ordered coffee. Then she took all the silverware. I picked up her cheque for ten cents and thought, 'This is a girl I'd like to hang out with'.
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My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.
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Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads.
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I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.
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I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.
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I shave without using shaving cream.
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I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years.
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It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.
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Money is sensual.
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We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.
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Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.
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Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.
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Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.
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Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.
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During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.
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Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.
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I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.
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Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.
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The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.
He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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The two sitcoms he regularly appeared in, Seinfeld (1989) and The King of Queens (1998), both aired their series finales on May 14th (1998 and 2007 respectively).
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Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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He is one of the four actors who appeared in both Hairspray (1988) and Hairspray (2007).
Has worked with his son, Ben Stiller, on 11 movies to date.
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Attended Syracuse University.
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Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 2000. His wife, Anne Meara, was named "Queen of Brooklyn" at the same festival.
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He and wife Anne Meara appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (aka The Ed Sullivan Show) as Stiller & Meara every two months for a total of 36 times.
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Holds a BS in Speech and Drama from Syracuse University (1950)
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Awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (October, 1999)
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Although wife Anne Meara converted to Judaism upon their marriage, the main source of Stiller & Meara's material was the differences in their ethnic backgrounds, epitomized by their famous "Hershey Horowitz/Mary Elizabeth Doyle" routines.
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Grandfather of Ella Olivia Stiller and Quinlin Dempsey Stiller (daughter and son of Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor).