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Larry Merchant is an American former sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, called "the greatest television boxing analyst of all time" by some, including ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael, and derided as out of touch, biased and incoherent by others.
Born
Wednesday, 11 February 1931
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Louisville Rage | Self | 2022 |
| Ron Lyle | Self | 2021 |
| Mutt | Self | 2021 |
| The Kings | Self | 2021 |
| Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston | Self | 2020 |
| Furia, las peleas de Carlos Monzon | Self | 2019 |
| I Am Durán | Himself / Self | 2019 |
| The Spy Behind Home Plate | Self | 2019 |
| Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes | Himself / Self - Sportswriter, Boxing Analyst | 2018 |
| Foreman | Himself / Self - Sportscaster | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Louisville Rage | Self | 2022 |
| Ron Lyle | Self | 2021 |
| Mutt | Self | 2021 |
| The Kings | Self | 2021 |
| Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston | Self | 2020 |
| Furia, las peleas de Carlos Monzon | Self | 2019 |
| I Am Durán | Himself / Self | 2019 |
| The Spy Behind Home Plate | Self | 2019 |
| Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes | Himself / Self - Sportswriter, Boxing Analyst | 2018 |
| Foreman | Himself / Self - Sportscaster | 2017 |
| Back in the Day | Self / Larry Merchant | 2016 |
| The Best of It | Self / as himself | 2016 |
| The Garden's Defining Moments | Self | 2015 |
| Maravilla, a Fighter Inside and Outside the Ring | Ex HBO Commentator / Boxing Analist | 2014 |
| Grudge Match | Larry Merchant | 2013 |
| El Boxeo | Self | 2013 |
| David Amram: The First 80 Years | Self | 2011 |
| Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears | Self | 2011 |
| Klitschko | Himself / Self | 2011 |
| The Fighter | Fight Announcer | 2010 |
| 30 for 30 | Self | 2009 |
| Tyson | Self | 2008 |
| Toots | Self | 2007 |
| Rocky Balboa | HBO Commentator | 2006 |
| Bud Greenspan's Reflections | Himself | 2004 |
| Undefeated | Self | 2003 |
| Legendary Nights | Self | 2003 |
| More Than Famous | 2003 | |
| I Spy | Vegas Commentator | 2002 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Self | 2001 |
| Play It to the Bone | HBO Commentator | 1999 |
| ESPN SportsCentury | Self / Self (boxing commentator) | 1999 |
| HBO Boxing After Dark | Self - Ringside Commentator | 1996 |
| Tyson | Self | 1995 |
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | Self - Correspondent (segment "Playing with Pain") | 1995 |
| 1st & Ten | Self | 1984 |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | Self | 1973 |
| HBO Boxing | Self - Ringside Commentator / Ringside Commentator / Self - Announcer / Self - Audience Member / Self - Journalist / Self - Ringside Comentator / Self -Ringside Commentator / Self | 1973 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
