Robert Klein
Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor. He is known for his appearances on stage and screen. He has released four standup comedy specials including, A Child of the 50s (1973), Mind Over Matter (1974), New Teeth (1975), and Let's Not Make Love (1990). The first two albums received Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations. Klein hosted Saturday Night Live in its first season in 1975 and again in 1978. Klein made his Broadway debut in the 1966 production of The Apple Tree opposite Alan Alda. He earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his performance in Neil Simon's musical comedy They're Playing Our Song (1979).
He is known for his film roles in The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Mixed Nuts (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Primary Colors (1998), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), and Reign Over Me (2007). He is also known for his recurring television roles in Law & Order: SVU (2009-2012), The Good Wife (2013-2014), Madam Secretary (2014), Will & Grace (2018-2019). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his specials, Child in his 50's (2001), and Unfair and Unbalanced (2010). He was profiled in the Starz documentary Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 17.132 |
Birthday | 1942-02-08 |
Place of Birth | Bronx, New York, USA |
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1982
The Last Unicorn
7.115/472
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull...
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The Last Unicorn
2007
Reign Over Me
7.204/1025
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing t...
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Reign Over Me
2002
Two Weeks Notice
6.4/1983
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and w...
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Two Weeks Notice
1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
6.2/358
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1998
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
7.5/108
Taped for HBO in August 1998, on the final date of Jerry Seinfeld's tour appearances at New York City's Broadhurst Theater, I'm Telling You for the La...
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Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
1996
One Fine Day
6.448/631
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...
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One Fine Day
1994
Mixed Nuts
5.473/183
The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
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Mixed Nuts
2002
The Safety of Objects
6.6/45
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...
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The Safety of Objects
2003
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
6.8/3742
It’s the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clo...
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
1970
The Owl and the Pussycat
6.292/53
Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him....
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The Owl and the Pussycat
2016
Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg
5.4/5
A hilarious and heartfelt look at the career and influence of comedy legend Robert Klein.
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Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg
1978
Hooper
6.297/123
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop paink...
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Hooper
2002
Comedian
6.6/78
A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a...
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Comedian
1975
An Evening with Robert Klein
7/1
Comedian Robert Klein performs in HBO's first ever standup special.
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An Evening with Robert Klein
2010
Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced
5.3/3
Comedian/actor Robert Klein stars in his ninth HBO stand-up special, an hour of all new insights into society’s foibles and follies, plus several memo...
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Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced
2011
Dirty Movie
3.303/59
An outrageous cut-rate producer is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told. As Charlie...
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Dirty Movie
1988
Dangerous Curves
3/10
A college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the company of your dreams in return. When the car gets s...
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Dangerous Curves
1984
Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's
9/1
1984 Live Recording from campus of New York University.
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Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's
1986
Robert Klein on Broadway
7/1
Robert Klein on Broadway.
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Robert Klein on Broadway
1977
Robert Klein Revisited
8/1
Robert Klein returns to HBO for another hour of his classic comedy.
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Robert Klein Revisited
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
0/0
A fascinating look at the most beloved comedy team in motion picture history. Exclusive interviews with those closest to the brothers supplement this...
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1972
Rivals
5.4/5
A boy with an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man in her life. After his mother remarries,...
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Rivals
2011
Demoted
4.9/46
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss.
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Demoted
1981
Nobody's Perfekt
3.6/12
While everyone knows you can't fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can't resist the challenge. Three slightly disturbed psychia...
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Nobody's Perfekt
1999
Suits
0/0
A deodorant company with a product called "Smell No Mo" pits two rival ad agencies in a race to come up with a campaign for a new-fangled sanitary nap...
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Suits
1979
The Bell Jar
3.8/3
Adaptation of the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath. Details a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New...
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The Bell Jar
1982
On Location: Robert Klein at Yale
0/0
HBO goes on location to Yale with Robert Klein in 1982.
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On Location: Robert Klein at Yale
2000
Robert Klein: Child in His 50's
4.5/2
Comic Robert Klein performs a solo stand-up show before an audience at New York City's John Jay College. Features Klein's insights into the foibles of...
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Robert Klein: Child in His 50's
1995
Robert Klein: It All Started Here
6.5/1
Robert Klein performs a solo standup routine at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.
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Robert Klein: It All Started Here
2005
Robert Klein: The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue
5/4
In his eighth HBO special, the comic reflects on humorous events from his childhood, his summer job as a lifeguard in the Catskills, the 1960s sexual...
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Robert Klein: The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue
1999
Goosed
3.6/5
Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts...
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Goosed
2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One
4.554/634
A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites - and onl...
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Sharknado 2: The Second One
1971
The Pursuit of Happiness
6.3/12
William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
2000
Labor Pains
3/3
A New York City columnist falls in love with -- and quickly gets pregnant by -- a free-spirited artist who promptly vanishes for eight months.
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Labor Pains
2006
Ira & Abby
5.8/28
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...
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Ira & Abby
2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
4.604/485
The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
1985
Poison Ivy
6.325/20
Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
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Poison Ivy
1995
Clarissa
7.6/6
Pilot episode of the cancelled follow-up series to Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains it All" in which debutante Clarissa Darling contends to her life i...
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Clarissa
2012
Another Dirty Movie
2.6/5
Two college film students set out to make an homage to Charlie LaRue, not for art or for money. They're doing it to get a hot chick.
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Another Dirty Movie
1998
Primary Colors
6.268/304
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to...
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Primary Colors
2002
People I Know
5.288/158
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
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People I Know
1970
The Landlord
5.7/41
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope sec...
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The Landlord
1998
Next Stop Wonderland
6/80
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together... and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep the...
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Next Stop Wonderland
2000
From Where I Sit
0/0
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From Where I Sit
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
0/0
The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2009
Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary
0/0
The definitive film on the harmonica. A comprehensive exploration of the culture, the players, the politics, and of course the music associated with t...
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Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary
1980
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
6/1
Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to...
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All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
1990
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
10/1
Animated adaptation of Virginia Lee Burton's children's book.
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
2008
Monty Python Conquers America
6.5/2
This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, fo...
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Monty Python Conquers America
1994
Radioland Murders
6/48
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
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Radioland Murders
1995
Jeffrey
6.214/63
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect...
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Jeffrey
1983
Your Place... or Mine?
0/0
Karen (Tyne Daly) is a San Francisco real estate broker and best friend of psychiatrist Alexandra Benedict (Bonnie Franklin) whose boyfriend leaves he...
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Your Place... or Mine?
2021
Before I Go
5.8/9
A woman recalls her life and musical career choices in New York City through the years.
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Before I Go
1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
6.5/2
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1983
Pajama Tops
1/2
French inspired farce about affairs, mistaken identities and similar hijinks.
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Pajama Tops
1998
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
6.9/12
In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Pali...
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Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1975
The Gypsy
6.3/37
Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
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The Gypsy
1977
The Gang
6.2/15
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the fr...
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The Gang
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
0/0
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...
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Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Funny Is Money
0/0
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Funny Is Money
1985
The Best of John Belushi
6/1
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The Best of John Belushi
1985
This Wife for Hire
0/0
A housewife starts a business hiring herself out as a "wife," to provide various domestic services.
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This Wife for Hire
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
2008
Definitely, Maybe
6.9/2336
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second ch...
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Definitely, Maybe
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
2002
I'm with Lucy
5.194/31
It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had b...
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I'm with Lucy
2010
The Back-Up Plan
6.14/1361
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who see...
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The Back-Up Plan
1984
Summer Switch
0/0
Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.
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Summer Switch
1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
0/0
Dick Clark reviews popular music of the '50s and '60s.
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Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1979
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
0/0
A documentary on the pop music and culture of the 1960's, featuring film and video clips of 60's-era performers.
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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
2012
Putzel
1/1
For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Walter's...
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Putzel
2001
Piñero
6.2/10
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pr...
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