Garry Shandling (Actor)

Reviews of Garry Shandling Movies

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Movies starring Garry Shandling have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.

Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time - released in 1998 - is Garry Shandling's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 21 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Garry Shandling is Town & Country - released in 2001 - with a score of 37% based on 67 reviews.

Actor Biography

Garry Emmanuel Shandling (born November 29, 1949) was an American stand-up Comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He was best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter. He made a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and became a frequent guest-host on the show. Shandling was for a time considered the leading contender to replace Carson (other hopefuls were Joan Rivers, David Letterman and David Brenner). In 1986 he created It's Garry Shandling's Show, for the pay cable channel Showtime. It was nominated for four Emmy Awards (including one for Shandling) and lasted until 1990. His second show, The Larry Sanders Show, which began airing on HBO in 1992, was more successful. Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show and won in 1998, along with Peter Tolan, for writing the series finale.

During his three-decade career, Shandling has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, along with many other awards and nominations.

Garry Shandling has acted in films with Scarlett Johansson, Ben Kingsley, Chris Rock and Sarah Silverman.

Garry Shandling has worked with these film directors: Jon Favreau, Ben Stiller, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo.