Jerry Springer

Birthday: Feb 13, 1944

Bio: Best-known for his long-running and infamously trashy TV talk show, U.K.-born Jerry Springer first entered the public eye as a politician, running a failed congressional campaign and later serving briefly as the mayor of Cincinnati, OH. Springer segued into TV news in the 1980s with a series of on-air editorials before becoming Cincinnati's most-watched anchor on… More Bio: Best-known for his long-running and infamously trashy TV talk show, U.K.-born Jerry Springer first entered the public eye as a politician, running a failed congressional campaign and later serving briefly as the mayor of Cincinnati, OH. Springer segued into TV news in the 1980s with a series of on-air editorials before becoming Cincinnati's most-watched anchor on the local NBC affiliate, a gig he held on to until 1993.The Jerry Springer Show premiered in 1991 and was at first a straight-forward political and current-event show. However, before long, Springer upped the sensational aspects of the show in an attempt to boost ratings. And while he garnered plenty of criticism for the lowest-common-denominator antics, the show did indeed become a hit. In 1998, Springer lampooned himself and his show in Ringmaster, a feature film that was met with low box-office performance and unanimous critical panning. He also played himself in a brief appearance in the hit film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.In 2007, after an unsuccessful stab at liberal talk radio, Springer appeared on the fourth season of ABC's hit reality competition Dancing with the Stars. While he was declared one of the season's worst dancers, Springer stuck with the genre, taking over for Regis Philbin later that year as host of the reality talent show America's Got Talent. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Most Popular

Dumbstruck

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Undertaking Betty (Plots with a View)

The Good Night

Filmography

Dumbstruck (2011)
- Participant
- 71%
And the Winner is... (2009)
- Actor
Swing State (2008)
- Actor
The Good Night (2007)
- Gary's Neighbor
- 31%
Last Stop Kew Gardens (2007)
- Actor
Last Stop Kew Gardens (2007)
- Actor
Redneck Comedy Roundup 2 (2006)
- Actor
The Defender (2004)
- The President
Citizen Verdict (2003)
- Marty Rockman
Undertaking Betty (Plots with a View) (2003)
- Actor
- 40%
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Himself
- 51%
A Fare to Remember (1999)
- Actor
Ringmaster (1998)
- Jerry Farrelly
- 25%
Jerry Springer - Too Hot for TV (1997)
- Actor
Redneck Comedy Roundup 2 (1982)
- Actor
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Jerry Springer Videos
                        
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me1 minutes 57 seconds

Last Stop Kew Gardens1 minutes 43 seconds

Dumbstruck2 minutes 28 seconds

The Good Night3 minutes 37 seconds

Ringmaster1 minutes 4 seconds