Rob reiner biography actor d&b

You’d be hard-pressed to find a current director who has helmed as many beloved movies as Rob Reiner. He was born into show business; his dad Carl Reiner was an early creator on The Dick Van Dyke Show and a comedy partner of Mel Brooks.

The younger Reiner eagerly dove into the family business, with improv troupes and stage directing alongside TV appearances as members of the counterculture movement (read: hippie) on shows like Gomer Pyle. His big break came when he was cast as the rebellious son-in-law on the classic sitcom All In The Family, where he frequently fought onscreen with his father-in-law Archie Bunker, played by Carroll O’Connor.

After that show ended, Reiner turned to directing, kicking off with the now-classic improv effort This Is Spinal Tap, which essentially started the mockumentary movement continued and extended by Tap member Christopher Guest.

Reiner followed with 1985’s John Cusack romcom The Sure Thing, then Stand By Me, a nostalgic a