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Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an
American actor, Film director|director, Film
producer | producer, and writer. His father is
Carl Reiner.

He became famous playing Michael Stivic (aka
Meathead), Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on
the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, which was the
most-watched television program for five years in
the United States (1971–1976). In the 1980s
and 1990s, Reiner was best known as a film
director|director of successful Hollywood films. 
Some of these films — such as The Princess
Bride and This is Spinal Tap — have achieved
cult status. The latter film, intended as a parody
of rock documentaries, was so successful in
imitating the style of rock films that many
viewers were inadvertantly fooled into thinking
that the subject of the film, the fictitious heavy
metal group "Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap," really
existed.

In addition to his creative work with cinema,
Reiner also had a significant administrative role,
as founder and long-time co-owner of Castle Rock
Entertainment. He named the production company
after the fictitious town featured in many stories
by Reiner's frequent collaborator, Stephen King.

In the late 1990s and continuing into the 2000s,
Reiner has taken a vocal role supporting certain
education-related proposals in California,
including serving as a primary spokesman for the
successful 1998 cigarette-tax
referendum|initiative that has raised United
States dollar|$700 million for early-childhood
educational programs. He also campaigned in Iowa
for Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean
just before the  2004 Iowa caucus. On December 14,
2004, the popular weblog Daily Kos reported that
Reiner has decided not to challenge Arnold
Schwarzenegger in the 2006 race for Governor of
California, but that he plans to run in 2010
http://dailykos.com/story/2004/12/14/164825/71.

Reiner was married to actress-director Penny
Marshall from 1971 to 1979. He then married
Michele Singer Reiner in 1989. Reiner was born in
The Bronx, New York, and grew up in New Rochelle,
New York, where his family lived on Bonnie Meadow
Road, the same address as the Petries on the "Dick
Van Dyke Show." When Rob was about 13 the family
moved to the  Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles
area and he attended Beverly Hills High School.

He has been a contributing blogger at The
Huffington Post since May 2005.

==Television==
* All in the Family - Michael Stivic (1971 in
television|1971-1978 in television|1978)
* Happy Days - Cowrote the first episode (1974 in
television|1974)

==Film==
* The Jerk - Truck Driver (uncredited) (1979 in
film|1979)
* This Is Spinal Tap - Director, costar (1984 in
film|1984)
* The Sure Thing - Director (1985 in film|1985) 
* Stand By Me - Director (1986 in film|1986) 
* The Princess Bride - Director (1987 in
film|1987)
* When Harry Met Sally - Director (1989 in
film|1989)
* Misery - Director (1990 in film|1990)
* A Few Good Men - Director (1992 in film|1992)
* Sleepless in Seattle - Jay (1993 in film|1993)
* The American President - Director (1995 in
film|1995)
* Ghosts of Mississippi - Director (1996 in
film|1996)

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0001661|name=Rob Reiner
*
http://gallery.allinthefamilysit.com/thumbnails.ph
p?album=15 Rob Reiner Image Gallery

	Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an
American actor, Film director|director, Film
producer | producer, and writer. His father is
Carl Reiner.

He became famous playing Michael Stivic (aka
Meathead), Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on
the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, which was the
most-watched television program for five years in
the United States (1971–1976). In the 1980s
and 1990s, Reiner was best known as a film
director|director of successful Hollywood films. 
Some of these films — such as The Princess
Bride and This is Spinal Tap — have achieved
cult status. The latter film, intended as a parody
of rock documentaries, was so successful in
imitating the style of rock films that many
viewers were inadvertantly fooled into thinking
that the subject of the film, the fictitious heavy
metal group "Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap," really
existed.

In addition to his creative work with cinema,
Reiner also had a significant administrative role,
as founder and long-time co-owner of Castle Rock
Entertainment. He named the production company
after the fictitious town featured in many stories
by Reiner's frequent collaborator, Stephen King.

In the late 1990s and continuing into the 2000s,
Reiner has taken a vocal role supporting certain
education-related proposals in California,
including serving as a primary spokesman for the
successful 1998 cigarette-tax
referendum|initiative that has raised United
States dollar|$700 million for early-childhood
educational programs. He also campaigned in Iowa
for Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean
just before the  2004 Iowa caucus. On December 14,
2004, the popular weblog Daily Kos reported that
Reiner has decided not to challenge Arnold
Schwarzenegger in the 2006 race for Governor of
California, but that he plans to run in 2010
http://dailykos.com/story/2004/12/14/164825/71.

Reiner was married to actress-director Penny
Marshall from 1971 to 1979. He then married
Michele Singer Reiner in 1989. Reiner was born in
The Bronx, New York, and grew up in New Rochelle,
New York, where his family lived on Bonnie Meadow
Road, the same address as the Petries on  "The
Dick Van Dyke Show." When Rob was about 13 the
family moved to the  Los Angeles, California|Los
Angeles area, where he attended Beverly Hills High
School and the University of California, Los
Angeles.

He has been a contributing blog|blogger at The
Huffington Post since May 2005.


==Television==
* All in the Family - Michael Stivic (1971 in
television|1971-1978 in television|1978)
* Happy Days - Cowrote the first episode (1974 in
television|1974)
* Likely Stories, Vol. 1 - Director (1981 in
television|1981)

==Film==
* The Jerk - Truck Driver (uncredited) (1979 in
film|1979)
* This Is Spinal Tap - Director, costar (1984 in
film|1984)
* The Sure Thing - Director (1985 in film|1985) 
* Stand By Me - Director (1986 in film|1986) 
* The Princess Bride - Director (1987 in
film|1987)
* When Harry Met Sally - Director (1989 in
film|1989)
* Misery - Director (1990 in film|1990)
* A Few Good Men - Director (1992 in film|1992)
* Sleepless in Seattle - Jay (1993 in film|1993)
* The American President - Director (1995 in
film|1995)
* Ghosts of Mississippi - Director (1996 in
film|1996)
* The Story of Us - Director (1999 in film|1999)
* Alex and Emma|Alex & Emma - Director (2003 in
film|2003)
* Rumor Has It - Director (2005 in film|2005)

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0001661|name=Rob Reiner
*
http://gallery.allinthefamilysit.com/thumbnails.ph
p?album=15 Rob Reiner Image Gallery