Larry King

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthday: November 19, 1933

Dubbed “the Muhammad Ali of the broadcast interview,” the Larry King was an American journalist, broadcaster and the suspender-wearing host of “Larry King Live” (CNN, 1985- ), one of the longest running and most viewed interview programs on television. Over the course of his 50 years in broadcasting, King has interviewed more than 40,000 individuals, including every American president since Gerald Ford; a joint interview with PLO chief Yassir Arafat, King Hussein of Jordan, and Yitzhak Rabin of Israel; and a debate between Al Gore and R…more

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Actor

Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years
Boston Legal
A Night of Soviet Television
Sunday Night With Larry King
Larry King TNT Extra (10/21/91)

Producer

Sunday Night With Larry King
Co-Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2009
Published his autobiography, My Remarkable Journey
2007
Reprised role of Doris, The Ugly Stepsister in "Shrek the Third"
2005
Signed a new four-year, $28 million deal with CNN that will keep "Larry King Live" on the air through 2009
2004
Voiced The Ugly Stepsister in the animated feature "Shrek 2"
2002
Signed another four year contract with CNN valued at between $7-$8 million per year