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American actor, director and producer Rob Reiner is best known for directing the classic hits Stand By Me (1996) and When Harry Met Sally (1989).

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Rob Reiner, son of the comedic genius Carl Reiner, has enjoyed great success in the entertainment industry as an actor, a writer and a director. He got his first taste of success as Mike "Meathead" Stivic on the popular sitcom All in the Family, which he played for seven years. He went onto explore the world behind the camera with Stand By Me,

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When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men.

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Actor, director, writer, activist. Born on March 6, 1947, in New York City. The son of comedic genius Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner has enjoyed great success in the entertainment industry as an actor, a writer, and a director. He spent his early years surrounded by show business personalities such as Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks, while his father worked on hit television program Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s. Reiner also spent time on the set of his father's next successful series, The Dick Van Dyke Show, starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.

According to family friend and legendary producer Norman Lear, Reiner showed great comedic promise as a child. He moved to California with his family when he was 13, and attended Beverly Hills High School, where he became friends with future actors Albert Brooks and Richard Dreyfuss. Wanting to pursue a career in comedy, Reiner started a group called The Session with some friends.

After high school, Reiner went to the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He continued to work with improvisational comedy groups, and landed some small television roles. In 1967, Reiner made his film debut in Enter Laughing, a romantic comedy written and directed by his father. He also worked as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

He got his first taste of success as Mike "Meathead" Stivic on the popular sitcom All in the Family. Stivic and his wife, Gloria, lived with her parents??bigoted curmudgeon Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) and flighty Edith (played by Jean Stapleton). Premiering in 1971, the show surprised audiences with its confrontational humor. All in the Family, created by Norman Lear, showed that comedy could tackle the issues of the day, including racism.

For seven years, Reiner played "Meathead," a liberal intellectual who frequently clashed with his father-in-law. He won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy??first in 1974 and then in 1978. Reiner left the show after the 1977-1978 season to pursue other opportunities. He starred in the short-lived show Free Country, which ran during the summer of 1978.

His next big break, however, came from his work behind the camera in 1984. Movie audiences were delighted and probably a bit confused by This Is Spinal Tap, a comedy disguised as a rock documentary. At the heart of the film was the dysfunctional heavy metal act known as Spinal

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