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Michael Eisner
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born March 7, 1942 (82 years)
Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) is an American businessman.
Eisner was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was President and CEO of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC.
Eisner was born to an affluent, secular Jewish family in Mount Kisco, New York. He was raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. His mother, Margaret (née Dammann), whose family founded the American Safety Razor Company, was the president of the Irvington Institute, a hospital that treated children with rheumatic fever. His father, Lester Eisner, Jr., was a lawyer and regional administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. His great-grandfather, Sigmund Eisner, established a very successful clothing company that was one of the first uniform suppliers to the Boy Scouts of America, and his great-grandmother, Bertha Weiss, belonged to an immigrant family that established the town of Red Bank, New Jersey.
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Eisner was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was President and CEO of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC.
Eisner was born to an affluent, secular Jewish family in Mount Kisco, New York. He was raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. His mother, Margaret (née Dammann), whose family founded the American Safety Razor Company, was the president of the Irvington Institute, a hospital that treated children with rheumatic fever. His father, Lester Eisner, Jr., was a lawyer and regional administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. His great-grandfather, Sigmund Eisner, established a very successful clothing company that was one of the first uniform suppliers to the Boy Scouts of America, and his great-grandmother, Bertha Weiss, belonged to an immigrant family that established the town of Red Bank, New Jersey.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Jim Henson: Idea Man · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Wahl Street (TV Series) · as Self - Former Chairman & Ceo Of The Walt Disney Company |
| 2020 | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall · as Self |
| 2019 | Red Penguins · as Self |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | On Broadway · as Self |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson · as Self - Former Ceo, Walt Disney Company |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Self - Former Ceo, Walt Disney Company |
| 2012 | Shadows of Liberty · as Self - Ceo, Disney |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self |
| 2007 | Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic · as Self - Former Ceo, The Walt Disney Company |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Sketches of Frank Gehry · as Self |
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Michael Moore Hates America · as Self |
| 2002 | Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' · as Self - Chairman |
| 1998 | Junket Whore · as Self |
| 1998 | The Real Ellen Story · as Self - Ceo, The Walt Disney Company |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Himself - Host |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland · as Himself |
| 1994 | |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special · as Self - Host |
| 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World · as Himself |
| 1990 | Arata Isozaki II · as Self |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Making of 'Captain Eo' · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1980 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self - Chairman, The Walt Disney Company |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest - Chairman & Ceo Of Walt Disney Productions |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Ceo, Walt Disney Company (segment "taking On Disney") |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self - Host |