Judge Reinhold
Biography
Judge Reinhold is an American actor who appeared in films such as Stripes (1981) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and played Detective Billy Rosewood in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he had a lead in Running Scared (1980). His first major film role was Brad Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Beverly Hills Cop (1984) cast him as the junior detective trailing Eddie Murphy's character, and its success led to starring roles in Head Office (1985) and Off Beat (1986). Ruthless People (1986) was a hit, and he returned for Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994). He played Dr. Neal Miller in The Santa Clause (1994), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), and was nominated for an Emmy for a Seinfeld guest role. He appeared in Swing Vote (2008) and reprised Rosewood in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024).
69years old
Turns 70 on May 21in 221 days
- Born Wilmington
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr. (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 35
- Career span
- 43 years1981 to 2024
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Big break
Reinhold's first major film role was high school senior Brad Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and he later said he expected his career to take off but Sean Penn's did instead.
Big break
Reinhold's career started to gain momentum when he took the part of Detective Billy Rosewood, a junior police detective assigned to trail Eddie Murphy's character, in Beverly Hills Cop.
Behind the camera
Reinhold sought financing for a movie adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's best-selling novel Tourist Season, but the film was never made.
A role that slipped away
Reinhold took over the role Charles Grodin had played in the Beethoven film series, appearing in two movies that went straight to video. He also appeared in Steven Spielberg's miniseries Into the West.
Beyond film
In 1992, Reinhold took the part of the male love interest in the music video for "Honestly," a song by the Canadian hard rock group Harem Scarem.
Judge Reinhold movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Lembeck directed two of these films, David Mickey Evans two. Eddie Murphy appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Eddie Murphy's page
Wendy Crewson's page
Art LaFleur's page
Tim Allen's page
Paul Reiser's page
John Ashton's page
All films by Michael Lembeck
David Mickey EvansDirector, 2 films, 2000 to 2001
All films by David Mickey Evans
Also three films together2 more actors
- Eric LloydThe Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause (1994)
- Gilbert R. HillBeverly Hills Cop III (1994), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Judge Reinhold's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.6 billion
17 of the 35 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 35 films: 17 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.
- 17Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 11Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 90% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$316M20.1% of the total
- 2$300M19.1% of the total
- 3$190M12.1% of the total
- 4$173M11.0% of the total
- 5$153M9.7% of the total
- 6$119M7.6% of the total
- 7$85M5.4% of the total
- 8$85M5.4% of the total
$151 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 10% of the total