Portrait of Gene Shalit

Gene Shalit

Acting

Biography

Eugene Shalit (born March 25, 1926) is an American retired journalist, television personality, film and book critic, and author. After starting to work part-time on NBC's The Today Show in 1970, he filled those roles from January 15, 1973, until retiring on November 11, 2010. He is known for his frequent use of puns, his oversized handlebar moustache and fuzzy hair, and for wearing colorful bow ties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Shalit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: March 25, 1926

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

1994
The Critic

as Gene Shalit (voice)

1986
1986
1982
Tootsie

as Self (uncredited)