Robert Klein - co-star of new film BEFORE I GO
Jul 29, 2021 ·
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ROBERT KLEIN BIO Klein was born in the Bronx in a typical Jewish neighborhood. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School, Klein planned to study medicine but after graduating from...
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ROBERT KLEIN BIO
Klein was born in the Bronx in a typical Jewish neighborhood. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School, Klein planned to study medicine but after graduating from Alfred University, switched directions and went to Yale Drama School. It was there he got wind of auditions for The Second City. In a piece he wrote for the improvisational troupe's book, Klein recalled sitting in a room full of other hopefuls, including the late Fred Willard. Klein's audition consisted of an improvisation set with Willard about two guys in a nightclub, it was successful enough to get Klein and Willard hired.
He made his Broadway debut in 1967 in Mike Nichols' musical, The Apple Tree. His first television role was hosting the short-lived comedy-variety series, Comedy Tonight in 1970. The Robert Klein Radio Show, a syndicated comedy/rock program that was taped before a live audience ran for two years in the early '80s. He has been nominated for two Emmy® Awards.
With a career spanning over 50+ years, Klein has appeared in dozens of movies, a few of which include The Owl and the Pussycat, Primary Colors, Radioland Murders, Ira and Abby, One Fine Day, Two Weeks' Notice, The Safety of Objects, with Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me, and in two of the Sharknado franchise films. He had a recurring role in the TV drama series Sisters and more recently was seen, and reprised his role, in Will & Grace as Martin Adler. A myriad other TV credits include The Mysteries of Laura, Madame Secretary, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, and he has hosted Saturday NightLive twice. His latest film is the dark yet humorous feature Before I Go, where he plays the father of the complicated and depressed protagonist portrayed by Annabella Sciorra (The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Jungle Fever).
Klein is the author of The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back, his autobiography published in 2006. In September 2007 he released a new DVD compilation of his eight live HBO specials, titled Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005. He also made several albums, the most successful being his first two, Child of the Fifties (1972) and Mind Over Matter (1974). His 1990 album, Let's Not Make Love, contained many of the same routines as his 1984 HBO special, Child of the '50s, Man of the '80s, and his 1986 special, Robert Klein on Broadway.
Klein lives in New York. He is divorced from opera singer Brenda Boozer and their son, Alexander Stuart Klein, is also a comedian.
ABOUT BEFORE I GO, AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AND ON DVD NOW
Before I Go is a darkly humorous character study of one woman's deepening exploration of self and connections to her past that ultimately remind her that life is worth living. The deepening depression is viewed through the lens of others, including her father, a powerful yet distorted memory of her mother, a long ago successful music career, and potential new friends who tirelessly, humorously, try to get close.
Synopsis: A once-successful musician living in New York faces the fact that her life might never get better and considers ending it all. In a last-ditch effort to find happiness and in her own uniquely sarcastic way, she faces her dead-end job, dating apps, her childhood, and her depression head-on to come back from the edge with a vengeance.
The film stars Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU), comedian Robert Klein (The Backup Plan), Willie Garson (Sex & The City), Andrea Navedo (Jane The Virgin), and Tony® Award-winner, Craig Bierko (UnReal). Featuring SHAED lead singer Chelsea Lee.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/BeforeIGo
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Klein was born in the Bronx in a typical Jewish neighborhood. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School, Klein planned to study medicine but after graduating from Alfred University, switched directions and went to Yale Drama School. It was there he got wind of auditions for The Second City. In a piece he wrote for the improvisational troupe's book, Klein recalled sitting in a room full of other hopefuls, including the late Fred Willard. Klein's audition consisted of an improvisation set with Willard about two guys in a nightclub, it was successful enough to get Klein and Willard hired.
He made his Broadway debut in 1967 in Mike Nichols' musical, The Apple Tree. His first television role was hosting the short-lived comedy-variety series, Comedy Tonight in 1970. The Robert Klein Radio Show, a syndicated comedy/rock program that was taped before a live audience ran for two years in the early '80s. He has been nominated for two Emmy® Awards.
With a career spanning over 50+ years, Klein has appeared in dozens of movies, a few of which include The Owl and the Pussycat, Primary Colors, Radioland Murders, Ira and Abby, One Fine Day, Two Weeks' Notice, The Safety of Objects, with Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me, and in two of the Sharknado franchise films. He had a recurring role in the TV drama series Sisters and more recently was seen, and reprised his role, in Will & Grace as Martin Adler. A myriad other TV credits include The Mysteries of Laura, Madame Secretary, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, and he has hosted Saturday NightLive twice. His latest film is the dark yet humorous feature Before I Go, where he plays the father of the complicated and depressed protagonist portrayed by Annabella Sciorra (The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Jungle Fever).
Klein is the author of The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back, his autobiography published in 2006. In September 2007 he released a new DVD compilation of his eight live HBO specials, titled Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005. He also made several albums, the most successful being his first two, Child of the Fifties (1972) and Mind Over Matter (1974). His 1990 album, Let's Not Make Love, contained many of the same routines as his 1984 HBO special, Child of the '50s, Man of the '80s, and his 1986 special, Robert Klein on Broadway.
Klein lives in New York. He is divorced from opera singer Brenda Boozer and their son, Alexander Stuart Klein, is also a comedian.
ABOUT BEFORE I GO, AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AND ON DVD NOW
Before I Go is a darkly humorous character study of one woman's deepening exploration of self and connections to her past that ultimately remind her that life is worth living. The deepening depression is viewed through the lens of others, including her father, a powerful yet distorted memory of her mother, a long ago successful music career, and potential new friends who tirelessly, humorously, try to get close.
Synopsis: A once-successful musician living in New York faces the fact that her life might never get better and considers ending it all. In a last-ditch effort to find happiness and in her own uniquely sarcastic way, she faces her dead-end job, dating apps, her childhood, and her depression head-on to come back from the edge with a vengeance.
The film stars Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU), comedian Robert Klein (The Backup Plan), Willie Garson (Sex & The City), Andrea Navedo (Jane The Virgin), and Tony® Award-winner, Craig Bierko (UnReal). Featuring SHAED lead singer Chelsea Lee.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/BeforeIGo
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