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David Steinberg

David Steinberg

Born: 1942-08-09 • Winnipeg, 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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Filmography
From Darkness to Light poster
From Darkness to Light
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind poster
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 • Self
The Last Laugh poster
The Last Laugh
2016 • Self
Being Canadian poster
Being Canadian
2015 • Self
When Jews Were Funny poster
When Jews Were Funny
2013
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story poster
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013 • Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic poster
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 • Self
The Aristocrats poster
The Aristocrats
2005 • Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour poster
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002 • Self
The One, the Only... Groucho poster
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 • Narrator
Dad's A Dog poster
Dad's A Dog
1990 • Charles Dryden
The Tommy Chong Roast poster
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy poster
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
1984 • Self
Showbiz Goes to War poster
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • Self - Host
Showbiz Ballyhoo poster
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 • Self / Host & Narrator (voice)
Nothing Personal poster
Nothing Personal
1980 • Talk Show Host
Something Short of Paradise poster
Something Short of Paradise
1979 • Harris Sloane
The End poster
The End
1978 • Marty Lieberman
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show poster
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
1977 • Self - Host
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On Location: David Steinberg
1976 • Self
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Energy Crisis
1974 • Self - Comedian
The Jews of Winnipeg poster
The Jews of Winnipeg
1973 • Himself
A Night Train to Terror poster
A Night Train to Terror
1973 • Paul
Fearless Frank poster
Fearless Frank
1969 • The Rat
The Lost Man poster
The Lost Man
1969 • Photographer
The Return of the Smothers Brothers poster
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
— • Self
No Image
Information Processing
— • Self - Host