Garry Shandling
Garry Shandling
The Larry Sanders Show
After graduating from the University of Arizona, Garry Shandling moved to Los Angeles and began his show business career as a writer for Sanford and Son and Welcome Back Kotter. While writing television pilots, he realized he wanted to try stand-up comedy. After a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, he became a frequent guest-host on the show.
In 1986 he created It's Garry Shandling's Show, for Showtime. It was nominated for four Emmy Awards (including one for Garry) and lasted until 1990 when he appeared in his first HBO special, Stand-up. His second show, The Larry Sanders Show, which began airing on HBO in 1992, was even more successful. This show was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards with a 1998 win for Garry, and Peter Tolan, for writing the series finale.
During his three-decade career, Garry Shandling has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards along with many other awards and nominations.
With co-author David Rensin, Garry wrote the book "Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders" (1998) written in the voice of his alter ego, Larry Sanders.
He hosted the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 1995 and the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004 for which he received critical acclaim and high ratings.
In 2000, Garry starred as himself representing Fox Mulder alongside Téa Leoni as Dana Scully in The X-Files season 7 spoof episode Hollywood A.D.
In 2007, Garry released a Special Edition DVD Retrospective of The Larry Sanders Show which included unique new footage of him reminiscing with former guests from the show in a raw and unedited manner, as well as a unique documentary of the Sanders experience. These special features capture the essence of The Larry Sanders Show and take it further in celebration of this groundbreaking program.
He has appeared occasionally in movies such as Iron Man 2 with Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, What Planet Are You From (which he also wrote) with Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, and John Goodman, Hurly Burly with Sean Penn, Love Affair with Warren Beatty, and Trust the Man with David Duchovny.
Garry Shandling at the Internet Movie Database