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David Steinberg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Steinberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
From Darkness to Light
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie Self
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self
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2015
Being Canadian
Movie Self
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2013
When Jews Were Funny
Movie
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2013
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Movie Self
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2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie Self
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV show Self - Special Guest
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2012
Inside Comedy
TV show Self - Host
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2011
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup
Movie Director
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2010
Living in Your Car
TV show Director
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2006
Help Me Help You
TV show Director
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2006
Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached
Movie Director
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2006
Sons & Daughters
TV show Director
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2005
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
TV show Self - Host
More credits
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2005
Weeds
TV show Director
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2005
The Aristocrats
Movie Self
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2005
The Comeback
TV show Director
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2004
One by One
Movie Associate Producer
- 2002
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2001
What's Up, Peter Fuddy?
Movie Director
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2000
Big Sound
TV show
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2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV show Director
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2000
Even Stevens
TV show Director
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1999
Switching Goals
Movie Director
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1998
Living in Captivity
TV show Director
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1997
The Wrong Guy
Movie Outpatient
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1997
Cats Don't Dance
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
Ink
TV show Director
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1996
The Daily Show
TV show Self
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1995
The Parent 'Hood
TV show Director
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1994
Friends
TV show Director
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1993
It Had to Be You
TV show Director
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1993
Daddy Dearest
TV show Director
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1993
Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny
Movie Director
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1992
Mad About You
TV show Director
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1991
Kevin Pollak: Stop With The Kicking
Movie Director
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1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
Movie Narrator
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1990
Good Grief
TV show Producer
