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Robert Reiner born March 6, is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

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Reiner made his directorial film debut with heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap His parents were Estelle and Carl Reiner. During this time he also appeared in several films, including some by his father such as Where's Poppa? He began his career writing for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in and , with Steve Martin as his writing partner as the two youngest writers on the show.

It was the most-watched television program in the United States for five seasons — The character's nickname "Meathead" given to him by his cantankerous father-in-law Archie became closely associated with him, even after he had left the role and went on to build a career as a director. After an extended absence, Reiner returned to television acting with a recurring role on New Girl — In October , he had a guest role in an episode of The Partridge Family.

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Starring Richard S. Castellano , the show depicted the life of the harried Italian American superintendent of a New York City apartment building and ran for 10 episodes in the summer of Reiner and Mishkin co-wrote the premiere episode. Beginning in the s, Reiner became known as a director of several successful Hollywood films that spanned many different genres.

Some of his earlier films include cult classics such as the rock-band mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and the comedic fantasy film The Princess Bride , as well as his period piece coming of age tale Stand by Me He often collaborates with film editor Robert Leighton , whom he also shares with fellow director-actor Christopher Guest as their go-to editor.