Garry Shandling

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Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He was best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Shandling is unmarried and has divulged little about his personal life. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family he grew up in Tucson, Arizona, the son of Muriel, a pet store proprietor, and Irving Shandling, a print shop owner. He had an older brother, Barry, who died of cystic fibrosis when Garry was 10. Shandling attended Palo Verde High School. After graduation, he attended the University of Arizona, at first majoring in electrical engineering, but eventually completing a degree in marketing and pursuing a year of postgraduate studies in creative writing.

In 1973, Shandling moved to Los Angeles, California. He worked at an advertising agency for a time, and then sold a script for the popular NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. Shandling's script became the November 21, 1975 episode titled "Sanford and the Rising Son," in which Ah Chew (played by Pat Morita) turned junkyard owner Fred Sanford's (played by Redd Foxx) house into a Japanese restaurant. Shandling also wrote the script for the Sanford and Son episode, "The Committee Man", in which Fred Sanford represents the community of Watts on the Los Angeles Mayor's Committee. In addition to Sanford and Son, Shandling wrote scripts for the sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter and Three's Company.

In 1977, Shandling was involved in an auto accident in Beverly Hills that left him in critical condition for two days. He later turned the accident into part of his comedy, performing his first stand-up routine at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles in 1978.

His persona was an anxiety-ridden, grimacing, guarded, confused man on the verge of losing control. After a couple of years on the road, a talent scout from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson caught his act and booked him to appear as a guest on March 18, 1981. Shandling began substituting for Carson on a regular basis, along with Joan Rivers, until 1985.

In 1984, he performed his first stand-up special, Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas, for Showtime, followed by a second televised special in 1986, The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special, also for Showtime. In 1991, a third special, Garry Shandling: Stand-Up, was part of the HBO Comedy Hour.

Shandling still performs stand-up comedy and tours the U.S. each year. He also continues to perform on various television talk shows. Some of his stand-up performances can be viewed on YouTube, including his first appearance on The Tonight Show and some of his Comic Relief act.

Shandling and co-writer Alan Zweibel went on to create the surreal comedy series It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1985. It ran for 72 episodes on the Showtime cable television network through 1990. The edited reruns played on the Fox network beginning in 1988. Shandling wrote 15 episodes of the show.

The series subverted the standard sitcom format by having its characters openly acknowledge that they were all part of a TV show. Building on a concept that harked back to The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, in which George Burns would frequently break the "fourth wall" and speak directly to the audience, Shandling's show went so far as to incorporate the audience and elements of the studio itself into the storylines, calling attention to the artifice of the show.

The show was nominated for four Emmy awards including one for Shandling. He won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performance in a Series, and won four CableACE awards, two for Best Comedy Series. The show also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy in the Television Critics Association Awards.

On October 20, 2009, Shout! Factory released It's Garry Shandling's Show: The Complete Series on DVD. The 16-disc set features extensive bonus features including featurettes, commentaries and outtakes. The first season was released individually on April 15, 2010.

The Larry Sanders Show In 1992, Shandling launched another critical and commercial success by creating the mock behind-the-scenes talk show sitcom The Larry Sanders Show. It ran for 89 episodes through 1998 on the cable network HBO. It garnered 56 Emmy Award nominations and three wins. In an interview, he stated that he based the show on his experiences guest hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[citation needed]

The show was a behind-the-scenes look at the world of Larry Sanders, fictional host of a talk show entitled The Larry Sanders Show. It sardonically depicted the talk-show business as a den of vipers, with egomaniacal celebrities, clueless network executives, drug addiction, broken marriages, cutthroat competition and comedic camaraderie.

In 1993, NBC offered Shandling $5 million to take over the late-night talk show Late Night when host David Letterman announced his highly publicized move to CBS, but Shandling declined. The Larry Sanders Show later spoofed the network's efforts to find a Letterman successor, making it appear to be Tom Snyder.

Shandling wrote 38 episodes of the show, and directed three in the show's final season. Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show; five for acting, seven for writing and six for being co-executive producer with Brad Grey. He won one Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the series finale "Flip". He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) in 1994 and 1995. He won two American Comedy Awards for Funniest Male Performance in a Comedy Series, eight CableACE awards and a BAFTA Award.

It is the most successful show Shandling has created. The show also influenced other shows such as Entourage, 30 Rock, Extras and Curb Your Enthusiasm in which guest stars play themselves in episodes of the series.

In 2002, TV Guide named The Larry Sanders Show as 38th Greatest Show of All Time. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked the show the 28th Best Show of the past 25 years. It was also included on Time magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time.

The first season was re-released in 2007 along with a Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show which are Shandling's pick of the best 23 episodes.

On November 2, 2010, Shout! Factory released The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series on DVD. The 17-disc set features extensive bonus features including featurettes, commentaries and outtakes.

Other Awards and nominations

Shandling at the 1992 Emmy awards. He has won two British Comedy Awards, eleven CableACE Awards (seven for The Larry Sanders Show and four for It's Garry Shandling's Show), a BAFTA Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for The Larry Sanders Show. He has also received three American Comedy Awards, two Satellite Award nominations, and in 2004 he was presented with the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award.

Shandling has appeared occasionally in movies, beginning with a cameo as dental patient Mr. Vertisey in The Night We Never Met. He played supporting roles in the 1994 films Love Affair and Mixed Nuts, Dr. Dolittle (1998) as the voice of a live-action pigeon, the David Rabe play adaptation Hurlyburly (1998), and Trust the Man. Shandling wrote and starred in director Mike Nichols' What Planet Are You From? (2000), and co-starred with Warren Beatty and others in Town & Country. He also appeared in a brief cameo in the comedy film Zoolander (2001). Again voicing an animal, Shandling co-starred as Verne the turtle in the computer animated comic strip adaptation Over the Hedge (2006). He appeared in Iron Man 2 (2010), as Senator Stern and reprised the role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). He appears uncredited as a health inspector in The Dictator (2012).

Shandling hosted the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 1995, and the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004. At the first Emmy hosting job, Shandling cracked up the audience by saying "I auditioned to play the Vice President on The West Wing, but they said 'No, too Jewish'", a reference to real-life Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman during the 2000 Presidential campaign. He appeared in Caroline in the City in 1998.

In 2006, comedian Ricky Gervais interviewed Shandling for a British documentary, citing him as a comic influence.[8] The reviews of British TV critics were mixed – one Guardian reviewer described it as "the uneasiest interview ever",[9] another as Gervais' most interesting but the general consensus was that it felt "awkward", a hallmark of both the artists' comedic styles.

Shandling starred as himself representing Fox Mulder alongside Téa Leoni as Dana Scully in The X-Files season 7 spoof episode "Hollywood A.D."

Shandling, along with co-author David Rensin, wrote the book Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders written in the voice of his alter ego, Larry Sanders.

Shandling is unmarried and has divulged little about his personal life. He shared an apartment with actress fiancée and onetime Playboy model Linda Doucett from 1987 until 1994; on The Larry Sanders Show, Doucett portrayed Darlene, Hank Kingsley's doting assistant.

To promote Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show, he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, where he explained that he plays a lot of basketball and has just started boxing. He has also mentioned on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that he has a pet snake. Shandling was one of only a few people to attend Farrah Fawcett's funeral.[citation needed] An avid boxing fan, Shandling co-owns the "Wildcard West Boxing Gym", along with director Peter Berg.

Film

1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Jack (of Jack and Jill) TV movie 1993 The Night We Never Met Mr. Vertisey Uncredited 1994 Love Affair Kip DeMay 1994 Mixed Nuts Stanley 1998 Dr. Dolittle Male Pigeon (voice) 1998 Hurlyburly Artie 2000 What Planet Are You From? Harold Anderson Also producer, writer 2001 Town & Country Griffin Morris 2001 Zoolander Garry Shandling 2002 Run Ronnie Run Himself 2005 Trust the Man Dr. Beekman 2006 Over the Hedge Verne (voice) 2006 Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Verne (voice) Short film 2010 Iron Man 2 Senator Stern 2011 The Brain Storm Garry Shandling Short film 2012 The Dictator Health inspector Uncredited 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Senator Stern

גארי שנדלינג

''''''(באנגלית: Garry Shandling; ‏29 בנובמבר 1949 - 24 במרץ 2016) היה קומיקאי יהודי-אמריקאי.

תוכן עניינים 1 ביוגרפיה 2 קריירה 2.1 סטאנד-אפ 2.2 קריירה טלוויזיונית 2.3 עבודות נוספות 3 חיים אישיים 3.1 פטירתו 4 פילמוגרפיה נבחרת 4.1 קולנוע 4.2 טלוויזיה 5 קישורים חיצוניים 6 הערות שוליים ביוגרפיה שנדלינג נולד בשיקגו למשפחה יהודית, וגדל בטוסון שבאריזונה. כשהיה בן 11 מת אחיו הבוגר מסיסטיק פיברוזיס. למד הנדסת אלקטרוניקה באוניברסיטת אריזונה, אולם כעבור זמן מה עבר ללימודי שיווק. ב-1973 עבר ללוס אנג'לס, עבד זמן מה במשרד פרסום, ומכר לרשת NBC תסריט לפרק בקומדיית המצבים "סנפורד ובנו". המשיך לכתוב תסריטים לקומדיות, בין השאר כתב לסדרות "שלושה בדירה אחת" ו"קוטר חוזר הביתה".

בשנת 1977 היה מעורב בתאונת דרכים בבוורלי הילס ונפצע קשה.

קריירה

שנדלינג, 1987 סטאנד-אפ בשנת 1978 החל להופיע עם מערכוני סטנד-אפ במועדון הקומדי סטור בלוס אנג'לס. בשנת 1981, צייד כשרונות מתוכנית הלילה של ג'וני קרסון צפה בשנדלינג והזמין אותו להופיע בתוכנית כקומיקאי אורח. שנדלינג החל לשמש כמנחה מחליף לקרסון באופן קבוע עד שנת 1985.

קריירה טלוויזיונית בשנת 1986 כתב והופיע בתוכנית הטלוויזיה "התוכנית של גארי שנדלינג" (באנגלית: "It's Garry Shandling's Show") ששודרה בערוץ Showtime. לאחר 72 פרקים ו-4 עונות, התוכנית ירדה בשנת 1990. התוכנית זכתה לביקורות חיוביות מצד המבקרים על ההומור השנון שבה ועל שימוש בטכניקה של שבירת הקיר הרביעי.

בשנת 1992 עלתה ברשת HBO סדרה נוספת בכיכובו, "המופע של לארי סנדרס", שתיארה באופן מוקומנטרי את ההתרחשות מאחורי הקלעים של תוכנית אירוח לילית בדיונית מצליחה. הסדרה זכתה להצלחה מסחרית ולביקורות חיוביות, ל-56 מועמדויות לפרס אמי ולזכייה בשלושה (בקטגוריות הבימוי, הכתיבה ושחקן בתפקיד משנה). התוכנית שודרה עד שנת 1998 ב-89 פרקים ו-6 עונות. על אף שלא היה הומוסקסואל בעצמו, השפיע גארי שנדלינג על מאבקם של הלהט"ב לשוויון זכויות, באמצעות הצבת דמות קבועה של משתתף הומוסקסואל בתוכנית זו. באמצעותה, הוא עורר דיון ציבורי בנושאים הקשורים למערכת היחסים בין הומוסקסואלים לסטרייטים.[1]

עבודות נוספות שנדלינג הנחה את טקס פרסי הגראמי בשנים 1990, 1991, 1993 ו-1994, ואת טקס פרסי האמי בשנים 2000 ו-2004, וחלק את ההנחיה עם 10 מנחים נוספים ב-2003.

השתתף גם במספר סרטי קולנוע, בהם "מאיזה כוכב אתה?" (אותו גם כתב והפיק), "משחקי חברה", "זולנדר", "איירון מן 2", "הדיקטטור" ו"ספר הג'ונגל".

חיים אישיים שנדלינג מעולם לא נישא. החל משנת 1987 ניהל מערכת יחסים עם השחקנית לינדה דוסט, אשר לימים גילמה את דרלין בסדרה "המופע של לארי סנדרס". השניים אף התארסו, אך נפרדו בשנת 1994. לאחר פרידתם, דוסט פוטרה מהסדרה ואף הגישה תביעה נגד שנדלינג.

פטירתו גארי שנדלינג נפטר ב-24 במרץ 2016 בבית חולים בלוס אנג'לס, כתוצאה מהתקף לב,[2] בגיל 66.

בסוף מרץ 2018, במלאת שנתיים למותו, שודר ברשת HBO הסרט התיעודי "יומני הזן של גארי שנדלינג", המבוסס על יומנים מפורטים אשר כתב שנדלינג במהלך חייו. את הסרט בן שני חלקים ביים חברו הקרוב של שנדלינג, הבמאי והקומיקאי ג'אד אפאטו.

פילמוגרפיה נבחרת קולנוע שנה שם הסרט תפקיד הערות 1993 The Night We Never Met מר ורטיסי 1994 Love Affair קיפ דה מאי 1994 Mixed Nuts סטנלי 1998 Dr. Dolittle יונה (דיבוב) 1998 Hurlyburly ארטי 2000 מאיזה כוכב אתה? הרולד אנדרסון וגם: מפיק, תסריטאי 2001 Town & Country גריפין מוריס 2001 זולנדר בתפקיד עצמו הופעת קמאו 2002 !‏Run Ronnie Run בתפקיד עצמו הופעת קמאו 2005 Trust the Man ד"ר ביקמן 2006 מעבר ליער ורן (דיבוב) 2006 Hammy's Boomerang Adventure ורן (דיבוב) סרט קצר 2010 איירון מן 2 הסנטור סטרן 2011 The Brain Storm גארי שנדלינג סרט קצר 2012 הדיקטטור מפקח הופעת קמאו 2014 קפטן אמריקה: חייל החורף הסנטור סטרן 2016 ספר הג'ונגל[3] איקי (דיבוב) טלוויזיה שנה שם התוכנית תפקיד הערות 1984 Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas בתפקיד עצמו תוכנית ספיישל 1985 Michael Nesmith in Television Parts בתפקיד עצמו מערכונים בשני פרקים 1986 The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special גארי שנדלינג פרודיה על The Tonight Show עם ג'וני קרסון 1986–1987 The Tonight Show עם ג'וני קרסון בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה אורח) 7 פרקים 1986–1990 התוכנית של גארי שנדלינג גארי שנדלינג 72 פרקים; וגם: יוצר, מפיק, תסריטאי 1987 סאטרדיי נייט לייב בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) הפרק: "Garry Shandling/Los Lobos" 1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme ג'ק סרט טלוויזיה 1990 טקס הגראמי ה-32 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 1991 טקס הגראמי ה-33 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 1991 Garry Shandling: Stand-Up בתפקיד עצמו תוכנית ספיישל 1992 The Ben Stiller Show גארי שנדלינג הפרק: "With Garry Shandling" 1992–1998 המופע של לארי סנדרס לארי סנדרס 89 פרקים; וגם: יוצר, מפקיר, תסריטאי, במאי 1993 טקס הגראמי ה-35 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 1994 טקס הגראמי ה-36 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 1996 ד"ר כץ, מטפל מקצועי גארי (דיבוב) הפרק: "Sticky Notes" 1998 קרוליין בעיר סטיב הפרק: "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Part 2" 2000 תיקים באפלה בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) הפרק: "Hollywood A.D." 2000 טקס פרס אמי לבידור בפריים טיים ה-52 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 2002 My Adventures in Television בתפקיד עצמו הפרק: "Death Be Not Pre-Empted" 2004 טקס פרס אמי לבידור בפריים טיים ה-56 בתפקיד עצמו (מנחה) תוכנית ספיישל 2006 Tom Goes to the Mayor קפטן פט לוואן (דיבוב) הפרק: "Couple's Therapy" קישורים חיצוניים ויקישיתוף מדיה וקבצים בנושא גארי שנדלינג בוויקישיתוף Green globe.svg אתר האינטרנט הרשמי

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shandling

Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He was best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Shandling is unmarried and has divulged little about his personal life. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family he grew up in Tucson, Arizona, the son of Muriel, a pet store proprietor, and Irving Shandling, a print shop owner. He had an older brother, Barry, who died of cystic fibrosis when Garry was 10. Shandling attended Palo Verde High School. After graduation, he attended the University of Arizona, at first majoring in electrical engineering, but eventually completing a degree in marketing and pursuing a year of postgraduate studies in creative writing.

In 1973, Shandling moved to Los Angeles, California. He worked at an advertising agency for a time, and then sold a script for the popular NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. Shandling's script became the November 21, 1975 episode titled "Sanford and the Rising Son," in which Ah Chew (played by Pat Morita) turned junkyard owner Fred Sanford's (played by Redd Foxx) house into a Japanese restaurant. Shandling also wrote the script for the Sanford and Son episode, "The Committee Man", in which Fred Sanford represents the community of Watts on the Los Angeles Mayor's Committee. In addition to Sanford and Son, Shandling wrote scripts for the sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter and Three's Company.

In 1977, Shandling was involved in an auto accident in Beverly Hills that left him in critical condition for two days. He later turned the accident into part of his comedy, performing his first stand-up routine at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles in 1978.

His persona was an anxiety-ridden, grimacing, guarded, confused man on the verge of losing control. After a couple of years on the road, a talent scout from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson caught his act and booked him to appear as a guest on March 18, 1981. Shandling began substituting for Carson on a regular basis, along with Joan Rivers, until 1985.

In 1984, he performed his first stand-up special, Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas, for Showtime, followed by a second televised special in 1986, The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special, also for Showtime. In 1991, a third special, Garry Shandling: Stand-Up, was part of the HBO Comedy Hour.

Shandling still performs stand-up comedy and tours the U.S. each year. He also continues to perform on various television talk shows. Some of his stand-up performances can be viewed on YouTube, including his first appearance on The Tonight Show and some of his Comic Relief act.

Shandling and co-writer Alan Zweibel went on to create the surreal comedy series It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1985. It ran for 72 episodes on the Showtime cable television network through 1990. The edited reruns played on the Fox network beginning in 1988. Shandling wrote 15 episodes of the show.

The series subverted the standard sitcom format by having its characters openly acknowledge that they were all part of a TV show. Building on a concept that harked back to The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, in which George Burns would frequently break the "fourth wall" and speak directly to the audience, Shandling's show went so far as to incorporate the audience and elements of the studio itself into the storylines, calling attention to the artifice of the show.

The show was nominated for four Emmy awards including one for Shandling. He won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performance in a Series, and won four CableACE awards, two for Best Comedy Series. The show also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy in the Television Critics Association Awards.

On October 20, 2009, Shout! Factory released It's Garry Shandling's Show: The Complete Series on DVD. The 16-disc set features extensive bonus features including featurettes, commentaries and outtakes. The first season was released individually on April 15, 2010.

The Larry Sanders Show In 1992, Shandling launched another critical and commercial success by creating the mock behind-the-scenes talk show sitcom The Larry Sanders Show. It ran for 89 episodes through 1998 on the cable network HBO. It garnered 56 Emmy Award nominations and three wins. In an interview, he stated that he based the show on his experiences guest hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[citation needed]

The show was a behind-the-scenes look at the world of Larry Sanders, fictional host of a talk show entitled The Larry Sanders Show. It sardonically depicted the talk-show business as a den of vipers, with egomaniacal celebrities, clueless network executives, drug addiction, broken marriages, cutthroat competition and comedic camaraderie.

In 1993, NBC offered Shandling $5 million to take over the late-night talk show Late Night when host David Letterman announced his highly publicized move to CBS, but Shandling declined. The Larry Sanders Show later spoofed the network's efforts to find a Letterman successor, making it appear to be Tom Snyder.

Shandling wrote 38 episodes of the show, and directed three in the show's final season. Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show; five for acting, seven for writing and six for being co-executive producer with Brad Grey. He won one Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the series finale "Flip". He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) in 1994 and 1995. He won two American Comedy Awards for Funniest Male Performance in a Comedy Series, eight CableACE awards and a BAFTA Award.

It is the most successful show Shandling has created. The show also influenced other shows such as Entourage, 30 Rock, Extras and Curb Your Enthusiasm in which guest stars play themselves in episodes of the series.

In 2002, TV Guide named The Larry Sanders Show as 38th Greatest Show of All Time. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked the show the 28th Best Show of the past 25 years. It was also included on Time magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time.

The first season was re-released in 2007 along with a Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show which are Shandling's pick of the best 23 episodes.

On November 2, 2010, Shout! Factory released The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series on DVD. The 17-disc set features extensive bonus features including featurettes, commentaries and outtakes.

Other Awards and nominations

Shandling at the 1992 Emmy awards. He has won two British Comedy Awards, eleven CableACE Awards (seven for The Larry Sanders Show and four for It's Garry Shandling's Show), a BAFTA Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for The Larry Sanders Show. He has also received three American Comedy Awards, two Satellite Award nominations, and in 2004 he was presented with the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award.

Shandling has appeared occasionally in movies, beginning with a cameo as dental patient Mr. Vertisey in The Night We Never Met. He played supporting roles in the 1994 films Love Affair and Mixed Nuts, Dr. Dolittle (1998) as the voice of a live-action pigeon, the David Rabe play adaptation Hurlyburly (1998), and Trust the Man. Shandling wrote and starred in director Mike Nichols' What Planet Are You From? (2000), and co-starred with Warren Beatty and others in Town & Country. He also appeared in a brief cameo in the comedy film Zoolander (2001). Again voicing an animal, Shandling co-starred as Verne the turtle in the computer animated comic strip adaptation Over the Hedge (2006). He appeared in Iron Man 2 (2010), as Senator Stern and reprised the role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). He appears uncredited as a health inspector in The Dictator (2012).

Shandling hosted the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 1995, and the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004. At the first Emmy hosting job, Shandling cracked up the audience by saying "I auditioned to play the Vice President on The West Wing, but they said 'No, too Jewish'", a reference to real-life Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman during the 2000 Presidential campaign. He appeared in Caroline in the City in 1998.

In 2006, comedian Ricky Gervais interviewed Shandling for a British documentary, citing him as a comic influence.[8] The reviews of British TV critics were mixed – one Guardian reviewer described it as "the uneasiest interview ever",[9] another as Gervais' most interesting but the general consensus was that it felt "awkward", a hallmark of both the artists' comedic styles.

Shandling starred as himself representing Fox Mulder alongside Téa Leoni as Dana Scully in The X-Files season 7 spoof episode "Hollywood A.D."

Shandling, along with co-author David Rensin, wrote the book Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders written in the voice of his alter ego, Larry Sanders.

Shandling is unmarried and has divulged little about his personal life. He shared an apartment with actress fiancée and onetime Playboy model Linda Doucett from 1987 until 1994; on The Larry Sanders Show, Doucett portrayed Darlene, Hank Kingsley's doting assistant.

To promote Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show, he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, where he explained that he plays a lot of basketball and has just started boxing. He has also mentioned on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that he has a pet snake. Shandling was one of only a few people to attend Farrah Fawcett's funeral.[citation needed] An avid boxing fan, Shandling co-owns the "Wildcard West Boxing Gym", along with director Peter Berg.

Film

1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Jack (of Jack and Jill) TV movie 1993 The Night We Never Met Mr. Vertisey Uncredited 1994 Love Affair Kip DeMay 1994 Mixed Nuts Stanley 1998 Dr. Dolittle Male Pigeon (voice) 1998 Hurlyburly Artie 2000 What Planet Are You From? Harold Anderson Also producer, writer 2001 Town & Country Griffin Morris 2001 Zoolander Garry Shandling 2002 Run Ronnie Run Himself 2005 Trust the Man Dr. Beekman 2006 Over the Hedge Verne (voice) 2006 Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Verne (voice) Short film 2010 Iron Man 2 Senator Stern 2011 The Brain Storm Garry Shandling Short film 2012 The Dictator Health inspector Uncredited 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Senator Stern