David Steinberg
Known for DirectingBorn 1942-08-09Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States. He appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of many of the most successful television situation comedies of the last twenty years, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more than 35 episodes of Designing Women.
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Known for
The Aristocrats
2005 · as Self
Being Canadian
2015 · as Self
The Last Laugh
2016 · as Self
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 · as Self
The Lost Man
1969 · as Photographer
From Darkness to Light
2025 · as Self (archive footage)
The End
1978 · as Marty Lieberman
Something Short of Paradise
1979 · as Harris Sloane
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · as Self
Nothing Personal
1980 · as Talk Show Host
Dad's A Dog
1990 · as Charles Dryden
Fearless Frank
1969 · as The Rat
Energy Crisis
1974 · as Self - Comedian
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 · as Narrator
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013 · as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · as Self - Host
When Jews Were Funny
2013
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002 · as Self