Larry Pine facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Larry Pine
Pine in 2016
Born	(1945-03-03) March 3, 1945 (age 79) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Education	University of North Texas (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	Margaret Rachlin ​ (m. 1969)​
Children	1

Larry Pine (born March 3, 1945) is an American actor.

A veteran of the Broadway stage, he began his career playing the role of Fop in the 1968 production of Cyrano de Bergerac. He has since starred in film and television, with recurring roles in television shows such as As the World Turns, One Life to Live, All My Children, Hostages, House of Cards, and Succession. He has also appeared in films such as Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Tim Robbins's Dead Man Walking (1995), Before and After (1996), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), and Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021).

Career

Pine began his professional acting career Off-Broadway, then in 1968 appeared as Fop in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. A founding member of the avant-garde theater company the Manhattan Project, he appeared in its 1968 production of Alice in Wonderland, directed by Andre Gregory.

In 1978, he made his film debut in James Ivory's Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures, which was made for television but later released theatrically. Since then, he has performed in Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street and Woody Allen's Celebrity, Small Time Crooks, and Melinda and Melinda, among other films. Pine appears in the book Are You Dave Gorman? as the first actor the writer encounters to have played a fictional Dave Gorman (in The Ice Storm). In both The Royal Tenenbaums and The Door in the Floor, he appears as a Charlie Rose-type interviewer, conducting a one-on-one interview in a dark studio. From 1997 to 1999, Pine portrayed Barry Shire on All My Children.

Personal life

Pine was born in Tucson, Arizona. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Texas, and went on to graduate from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1968 with a Master of Fine Arts degree. Since 1969, he has been married to composer and sound designer Margaret Pine (née Rachlin). The couple have one son, Jacob (born 1972).

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures	Clark Haven	Television film
1986	As the World Turns	Tad Channing	Recurring role
1986	Tales from the Darkside	Uncle Richard	Episode: "The Geezenstacks"
1987	ABC Afterschool Special	Elmo Grady	Episode: "Read Between the Lines"
1988	Miami Vice	Tom Pierce	Episode: "Vote of Confidence"
1988–1992	One Life to Live	Roger Gordon	Unknown episodes
1989	The Justice Game	Wendell Fergusson	3 episodes
1991	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Bennett Casey	Episode: "Here's How to Break the Other Leg"
1994	Law & Order	Edward St. John	Episode: "Scoundrels"
1994	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Dr. Burt Looper	Episode: "The Call"
1997–1999	All My Children	Barry Shire #1	6 episodes
1998	A Will of Their Own	Charles Steward	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1998	New York Undercover	Leonard	Episode: "Spare Parts"
1999	Law & Order	Dr. Jacob Weiss	Episode: "Harm"
1999–2003	Oz	Arnie Zelman	8 episodes
2001	The Dave Gorman Collection	Himself/Dave Gorman	Episode #1.3
2001	The $treet	Sam Gibson	Episode: "Past Performance"
2001	100 Centre Street	Warren Bennington	Episode: "Daughters"
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Bingham Post	Episode: "Consumed"
2004–2005	Gilmore Girls	Simon McLane	2 episodes
2005	Empire Falls	Otto Mayer	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Attorney Van Allen	Episode: "Clock"
2008	Canterbury's Law	Wallace Warren	Episode: "What Goes Around"
2011	Person of Interest	Wernick	Episode: "Foe"
2011–2012	Homeland	Richard Halsted	2 episodes
2012	Blue Bloods	NYPD Chief Surgeon	Episode: "Mother's Day"
2013	The Good Wife	Paul Lampard	Episode: "The Seven Day Rule"
2013–2014	Hostages	Burton Delaney	10 episodes
2013–2017	House of Cards	Bob Birch	23 episodes
2014	Unforgettable	Stanton Ward	Episode: "Til Death"
2015	Madam Secretary	Sean Williams	Episode: "Catch and Release"
2015	Chicago Med	Tom Donovan	Episode: "iNO"
2017–2018	Gotham	Mayor Burke	3 episodes
2018–2023	Succession	Sandy Furness	11 episodes
2024	Manhunt	William H. Seward	Completed

Stage

Awards and nominations