Robert King (born 1959) is an American film and television writer and producer. He is married to Michelle King, who is also his writing and producing partner; the two are best known as the creators and showrunners of the legal drama series ''

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'' (2009–16), its

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The Good Fight ''The Good Fight'' is an American legal drama television series produced for CBS's streaming service CBS All Access (later Paramount+). It was the platform's first original scripted series. The series, created by Robert King, Michelle King ...

'' (2017–22) and '' Elsbeth'' (2024–present), and the supernatural drama ''

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'' (2019–24). The two are also the founders of their own production company, King Size Productions. Prior to his television work with his wife, King had worked extensively as a film screenwriter for a wide variety of genres. His credits include ''

Cutthroat Island ''Cutthroat Island'' is a 1995 adventure swashbuckler film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman from a story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans, and Raynold Gideon. It stars Geena Davis, M ...

'', which is regarded as one of the biggest box-office bombs in film history.

Personal life

King attended

Archbishop Mitty High School Archbishop Mitty High School affectionately known as Mitty by its staff, students and alumni is a private Catholic high school located in San Jose, California, United States. The school is named for John Joseph Mitty, the fourth Archbishop of S ...

and

Westmont College Westmont College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Montecito, California, United States. It was founded in 1937. History Ruth Kerr, owner and CEO of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company, established the school as the Bible Missiona ...

. King is of Irish and Italian descent. King met Michelle Stern in 1983 when as a senior at

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she worked part-time at FrontRunners athletic shoe store. The couple married in 1987. They have one daughter, Sophia. A

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, he often attends Mass with ''The Good Fight'' lead actress

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Career

King began his career writing the science fiction horror film '' The Nest'' (1988), and co-wrote '' Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge'', ''

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'' and '' Bloodfist'' (all 1989).Profile
imdb.com; accessed May 4, 2014. King continued to write feature films throughout the 1990s, including '' Clean Slate'', '' Speechless'', ''

'' and '' Red Corner''. He directed the comedy film '' Principal Takes a Holiday'' in 1998. He co-wrote and directed '' Angels in the Infield'' (2000). He co-wrote and produced '' Vertical Limit''. Robert and Michelle King co-created and co-produced the short-lived drama series ''

In Justice ''In Justice'' is an American legal drama television series created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006, on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, Janu ...

'' in 2006. They co-created a second, far more successful, legal drama series, ''

'', which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2016 on

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. Aside from the pilot episode, they co-wrote the episodes "Stripped", "Unorthodox", "Hi", and twelve other episodes. King and the writing staff were nominated for a

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for Best New Series for ''The Good Wife''. Robert and Michelle King also created and produced the comedy thriller drama series ''

BrainDead ''BrainDead'' is an American political satire science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King. The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for h ...

'', which aired on

on June 13, 2016 through October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled. The couple then returned to their ''The Good Wife'' spin-off ''

'' as showrunners. More recently, the King Size Productions company signed an overall deal with CBS Studios.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

King has been nominated for a

for Best New Series for ''The Good Wife''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Robert Living people American showrunners American television producers American male television writers American television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Westmont College alumni Writers Guild of America Award winners 1955 births American Roman Catholics Archbishop Mitty High School alumni