Jerry Seinfeld

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Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld in 2011

Birth name

Jerome Allen Seinfeld

Born

April 29, 1954 (age 62)

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Medium

Film, television, stand-up

Years active 1976present

Genres

Observational comedy, black comedy, political satire

Subject(s)

American culture, American politics, everyday

life, gender differences, human behavior, social

awkwardness, current events

Influences

George Wallace, Don Rickles, Jean Shepherd,[1] Bill

Cosby,[2]George Carlin,[3] Jay Leno,[4]Robert Klein,
[3]

Abbott and Costello,[5] Ricardo Montalban[6]Larry

David

Influenced

Judd Apatow,[7] Kevin Hart,[7]Dennis Miller[8]

Spouse

Jessica Seinfeld (m. 1999)

Children

Signature

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954)[9] is an American comedian, actor, director,
writer, and producer.
Seinfeld is best known for portraying a semifictional version of himself in the sitcom, Seinfeld (1989
1998), which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David. For the final two seasons, Seinfeld and
David were co-executive producers.
Seinfeld co-wrote and co-produced the 2007 animated film, Bee Movie, in which he voiced
the protagonist. In 2010, he premiered a reality series called The Marriage Ref. He directed Colin
Quinn in the Broadway show Long Story Short at the Helen Hayes Theater, which ran until January
2011. He is the creator and host of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
In his stand-up comedy career, Seinfeld is known for specializing in observational comedy, often
ranting about relationships and embarrassing social situations.
In 2005 Comedy Central named him the 12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time.[10]
Contents
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1Early life

2Career
o

2.1Early career

2.2Seinfeld

2.3Post-Seinfeld

2.4Books

3Personal life
o

3.1Wealth

3.1.1Car collection

4Filmography
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4.1Film

4.2Television

4.2.1Writing credits for Seinfeld

5References

6External links

Early life[edit]
Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Kalmen Seinfeld (19181985), was born to a
Jewish immigrant from Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.[11][12] His mother, Betty (ne Hosni; born
1914),[13] is of Syrian-Jewish descent; her parents Selim and Salha Hosni [14] were from Aleppo.
[15]
Seinfeld grew up in Massapequa, New York, and attended Massapequa High School on Long
Island.[16][17] At the age of 16, he spent time volunteering in Kibbutz Sa'ar in Israel.[18]
He later attended State University of New York at Oswego; after his second year, he transferred
to Queens College, City University of New York, graduating with a degree in communications and
theater.[12]

Career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Seinfeld developed an interest in standup comedy after brief stints in college productions. [19] In 1976,
after graduation from Queens College, he tried out at an open-microphone night at New York
City's Catch a Rising Star, which led to an appearance in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.
[12]
Seinfeld appeared on open mic nights at Budd Friedman's Improv Club while attending Queens
College. In 1979 he had a small recurring role on the sitcom Benson, playing Frankie, a mail delivery
boy who had comedy routines that no one wanted to hear. However, Seinfeld was abruptly fired from
the show due to creative differences.[12] Seinfeld has said that he was not actually told he had been
fired until he turned up for the read-through session for an episode, and found that there was no
script for him.[20]
In May 1981, Seinfeld made a successful appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
impressing Carson and the audience and leading to frequent appearances on that show and others,
including Late Night with David Letterman.[12]

Seinfeld[edit]
Main article: Seinfeld

Seinfeld with Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the 1997 Emmy Awards

Seinfeld created The Seinfeld Chronicles with Larry David in 1988 for NBC. The show was later
renamed Seinfeld to avoid confusion with the short-lived teen sitcom The Marshall Chronicles. By its
fourth season, it had become the most popular and successful sitcom on American television. The
final episode aired in 1998, and the show has been a popular syndicated re-run.
Along with Seinfeld, the show starred Saturday Night Live veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus and
experienced actors Michael Richards and Jason Alexander. Alexander played George, a caricature
of Larry David. Seinfeld holds the distinction of being the only actor to appear in every episode of the
show.[21]
Seinfeld has said that his show was influenced by the 1950s sitcom The Abbott and Costello Show.
In the "Seinfeld Season 6" DVD set, commenting on the episode "The Gymnast", Seinfeld cited Jean
Shepherd as an influence, saying, "He really formed my entire comedic sensibilityI learned how to
do comedy from Jean Shepherd."
From 2004 to 2007, the former Seinfeld cast and crew recorded audio commentaries for episodes of
the DVD releases of the show. Seinfeld himself provided commentary for multiple episodes.

Post-Seinfeld[edit]
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After he ended his sitcom, Seinfeld returned to New York City to make a comeback with his stand-up
comedy rather than stay in Los Angeles and continue his acting career. In 1998 he went on tour and
recorded a comedy special, entitled I'm Telling You for the Last Time. The process of developing and
performing new material at clubs around the world was chronicled in a 2002
documentary, Comedian, which also featured fellow comic Orny Adams and was directed by
Christian Charles. Seinfeld has written several books, mostly archives of past routines.
In the late 1990s, Apple Computer came up with the advertising slogan "Think different" and
produced a 60-second commercial to promote the slogan. This commercial showed people who
were able to "think differently", such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and many others. It was later cut short to 30 seconds and altered such that Seinfeld was included at
the end, whereas he had not been in the original cut. This shorter version of the commercial aired
only once, during the series finale of Seinfeld.[22]

Seinfeld at the 1997 Emmy Awards

In 2004 Seinfeld also appeared in two commercial webisodes promoting American Express,
titled The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman.[23] In these, Seinfeld appeared with a cartoon
rendering of Superman, who was referenced in numerous episodes of Seinfeld as Seinfeld's hero,
voiced by Patrick Warburton (character David Puddy on Seinfeld). The webisodes were directed
by Barry Levinson and aired briefly on television. Seinfeld and "Superman" were also interviewed
by Matt Lauer in a specially recorded interview for the Today show.
On November 18, 2004, Seinfeld appeared at the National Museum of American History to donate
the "Puffy Shirt" he wore in the famous Seinfeldepisode of the same name. He also gave a speech
when presenting the "Puffy Shirt", saying humorously that "This is the most embarrassing moment of
my life."
On May 13, 2006, Seinfeld had a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live as host Julia LouisDreyfus' assassin. Louis-Dreyfus in her opening monologue mentioned the "Seinfeld curse". While
talking about how ridiculous the "curse" was, a stage light suddenly fell next to her. The camera
moved to a catwalk above the stage where Seinfeld was standing, holding a large pair of bolt
cutters. He angrily muttered, "Damn it!" upset that it did not hit her. Louis-Dreyfus then continued to
say that she is indeed not cursed.
On February 25, 2007, Seinfeld appeared at the 79th Academy Awards as the presenter for "Best
Documentary". Before announcing the nominations, he did a short stand-up comedy routine about
the unspoken agreement between movie theater owners and movie patrons. ("In movie theaters
now, theyre trying to get you to pick up the garbage around your seat. Im picking nothing up. Im the
one who threw it down. How many different jobs do I have to do?) [24]
On October 4, 2007, Seinfeld made a brief return to NBC, guest-starring as himself in the 30
Rock episode "SeinfeldVision".[25]
On February 24, 2008, at the 80th Academy Awards, Seinfeld appeared as the voice of his Bee
Movie animated character Barry, presenting "Best Animated Short". Before announcing the
nominees, he showed a montage of film clips featuring bees, saying that they were some of his early
work (as Barry).
On June 2, 2008, amidst his spring 2008 tour, Seinfeld performed in his hometown of New York
City for a one-night-only show at the Hammerstein Ballroom to benefit Stand Up for a Cure, a charity
aiding lung cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

In August 2008, the Associated Press reported that Jerry Seinfeld would be the pitchman
for Windows Vista, as part of a $300-million advertising campaign by Microsoft. The ads, which were
intended to create buzz for Windows in support of the subsequent "I'm a PC" advertisements, began
airing in mid-September 2008. They were cut from television after just three installments; Microsoft
opted to continue with the "I'm a PC" advertisements[26] and run the Seinfeld ads on the Microsoft
website as a series of longer advertisements.[27]
In March 2009, it was announced that Seinfeld and the entire cast of Seinfeld would be appearing for
a reunion in Larry David's HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. The fictional reunion took place in
the seventh season's finale.
Seinfeld appeared on an episode of the Starz original series Head Case. As was the case in many of
his previous guest appearances on sitcoms, he played himself.
In Australia, Seinfeld appeared on a series of advertisements for the Greater Building Society,
a building society based in New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.[28] His appearance in
these ads was highly publicized and considered a coup for the society, being only the third time
Seinfeld had appeared in a television commercial.[29] The advertisements were filmed in
Cedarhurst, Long Island, with the street designed to emulate Beaumont Street in Hamilton, where
the Greater's head offices are located.[30]Seinfeld also wrote the scripts for the 15 advertisements that
were filmed. The ads largely aired in the Northern New South Wales television market, where the
society has most of its branches.
Seinfeld was the first guest on Jay Leno's talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which premiered on
September 14, 2009.
Seinfeld was featured on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update sketch to do the "Really!?!"
segment with Seth Meyers. He executive produced and occasionally starred as a panelist in The
Marriage Ref. On August 30, 2010, Seinfeld made a notable surprise guest appearance on The
Howard Stern Show, mending the feud the two had in the early '90s.
Seinfeld toured the U.S. in 2011 and made his first stand-up appearance in the UK in 13 years. In
July 2011, he was a surprise guest on The Daily Show, helping Jon Stewart to suppress his urge to
tell "cheap" "Michele Bachmann's husband acts gay" jokes.[31] Seinfeld also launched a personal
archives website at JerrySeinfeld.com and appeared in the HBO special Talking Funny with fellow
comedians Chris Rock, Louis C.K., and Ricky Gervais in the same year.
In 2012 Seinfeld started a Web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, in which he would pick up
a fellow comedian in a different car each episode and take him or her out for coffee and
conversation. The initial series consisted of ten 7- to 25-minute episodes. Season 2 (2013) had six
episodes, with guests including Don Rickles and David Letterman.[32]
In 2013 Seinfeld was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the series.[33] When criticized in
early 2014 for the lack of women and non-white comedians in the series, he responded, "Who
cares? ... You're funny, I'm interested. You're not funny, I'm not."[34]
In 2013 Seinfeld was reportedly working with rapper Wale on his fourth studio album, The Album
About Nothing.[35] In June 2013, he appeared on rapper Wale's album The Gifted, on the song "Outro
About Nothing".[36]
During a January 2014 interview, on the "Boomer and Carton" show on radio station WFAN, Seinfeld
revealed that a Seinfeld project was in development, in which Alexander will play George Costanza
alongside other Seinfeld characters. Rumors of a potential reunion were triggered by a photograph
that appeared on Twitter, in which Seinfeld and Alexander are walking into "Tom's Restaurant", the
famous diner from the Seinfeld series.[37]
Seinfeld received coverage for his speech at the 2014 Clio Awards ceremony, where he received an
honorary award, as media reporters said that he "mocked" and "ripped apart" the advertising
industry; his statement of "I love advertising because I love lying" received particular attention. [38][39]

On February 15, 2015, Seinfeld made a special appearance as a presenter on "SNL 40," the 40th
anniversary special of Saturday Night Live.[40]

Books[edit]
Seinfeld wrote the book Seinlanguage, released in 1993. Written as his television show was first
rising in popularity, it is primarily an adaptation of the comedian's stand-up material. The title comes
from an article in Entertainment Weekly listing the numerous catch-phrases for which the show was
responsible.[41]
In 2002 he wrote the children's book Halloween. The book was illustrated by James Bennett.[42]
Seinfeld wrote the forewords to Ted L. Nancy's Letters from a Nut series of books and Ed
Broth's Stories from a Moron.[43] Seinfeld also wrote the foreword to the Peanut Butter &
Co. Cookbook.

Personal life[edit]

Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld in 2010

Years before Seinfeld was created, Seinfeld dated Carol Leifer,[44][45] a fellow comedian and one of the
inspirations for the Seinfeldcharacter of Elaine.[46][47] On national TV with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, he
explained how, in 1984, he was engaged but called it off.[48] When he was in his late 30s, Seinfeld
began a four-year romantic relationship with then-17-year-old high school student Shoshanna
Lonstein.[49]
In August 1998, Seinfeld met Jessica Sklar at the Reebok Sports Club and they began dating. Sklar,
a public relations executive for Tommy Hilfiger, had just returned from a three-week honeymoon
in Italy with Eric Nederlander, a theatrical producer and scion of a theater-owning family. Sklar
divorced Nederlandershe explained in a 2007 interview that they had been engaged in couples
therapy sessions prior to their marriageand married Seinfeld on December 25, 1999. [50]
[51]
Comedian George Wallace was the best man at the wedding.[52]
After the nuptials, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld bought Billy Joel's house in Amagansett, Long Island,
for US$32 million after news of the couple's interest in the property became public in 2000. [53][54]
The Seinfelds have one daughter and two sons. Their daughter Sascha was born on November 7,
2000;[55] their first son Julian Kal was born on March 1, 2003;[56] and their second son Shepherd
Kellen was born on August 22, 2005all in New York City.[57][58] Julian's middle name, Kal, is the first
name of Seinfeld's father and also the first name of Seinfeld's hero Superman, aka Kal-El.
Among Seinfeld's best friends are fellow comedians George Wallace, Larry Miller, and Mario Joyner.
[59]

In 2000, Jessica Seinfeld launched Baby Buggy, a charity that provides clothing and gear for
underprivileged women and children. She is also the author of the best-seller Deceptively Delicious:
Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food, released by HarperCollins in October 2007.[60]

Seinfeld has made several political contributions, including George W. Bush's and Al Gore's
presidential campaigns in 2000, and subsequently to four Democratic Party primary candidates in
2000 and 2004.[61]
Seinfeld stated that he dabbled in Scientology during his 20s,[62] although he says he was never in
the organization.[63][64] The association came to light in 1992.[63]
A fan of the New York Mets, Seinfeld periodically calls Steve Somers' show on WFAN-AM, a sports
talk radio station, as "Jerry from Queens".[65] Seinfeld called four innings of a Mets game
on SportsNet New York on June 23, 2010, reuniting with analyst Keith Hernandez, who appeared in
the Seinfeld two-part episode, "The Boyfriend".[66]
In December 2012, Seinfeld said that he had been practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM) for 40
years. He promoted the use of the technique in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder with
Bob Roth of the David Lynch Foundation in December 2012 on the Good Morning America television
show,[67] and also appeared at a 2009 David Lynch Foundation benefit for TM, at which
former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr appeared.[68]
In November 2014, Seinfeld said he suspected he was on the autism spectrum, citing difficulties with
social engagement and reading body language. [69] Almost two weeks later, he told Access Hollywood,
"I don't have autism. I'm not on the spectrum. I was just watching this play about it and I related to
it on some level."[70]
On November 5, 2015, the David Lynch Foundation organised another benefit concert at New York
City's Carnegie Hall called "Change Begins Within" to promote transcendental meditation for stress
control. "It's been the greatest companion technique of living that I've ever come across, and I'm
thrilled to be part of this movement that seems to have really been reinvigorated by Bob [Roth] and
David Lynch," Seinfeld said. "I would do anything that I could to promote it in the world, because I
think it's the greatest thing as a life tool, as a work tool and just making things make sense." [71]

Wealth[edit]
According to Forbes magazine, Seinfeld's annual earning from Seinfeld in 2004 was $267 million,
placing him at the top of the celebrity "money rank" that year.[72] He reportedly turned down $5 million
per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the show for a tenth season. [73]
Seinfeld earned $100 million from syndication deals and stand-up performances in 2005 and $60
million in 2006.[74][75] He also earned $10 million for appearing with Bill Gates in Microsoft's 2008
advertisements for Windows.[76]
Between June 2008 and June 2009, Seinfeld earned $85 million, making him the world's highestpaid comedian during that 12-month period.[77] In 2013, Forbes documented Seinfeld's annual income
as $32 million.[78] In mid-2013, Seinfeld disputed Forbes' claims regarding his income and net worth
on the radio show of Howard Stern.[79]
Seinfeld was listed number 1 in the Forbes Highest-Paid Comedians for 2015.[80]
Car collection[edit]
Seinfeld, an automobile enthusiast and avid collector, owns a large Porsche collection.[81] He rented a
hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, in Santa Monica, California, for an extended period of time
during the 1990s for storage of some of the vehicles in the collection. [82] In 2002 Seinfeld purchased
property on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City where he built a $1.4 million dollar
two story garage to store part of his Porsche collection on the East Coast. [83][84]
One tally has Seinfeld owning 46 Porsches.[85] Paul Bannister has written that Seinfeld's collection
includes Porsche 911s from various years, 10 Porsche Boxsters each painted a different color, and
the famous 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, the same model and pearl-grey color that actor James
Dean was driving when he crashed and died.[86]

The Discovery Channel television show Chasing Classic Cars claims that Seinfeld owns the first and
last air-cooled Porsche 911s produced. The centerpiece is a $700,000 Porsche 959, one of only 337
built. He was not allowed to drive it, because the car was "not street legal", which is because US
emissions and crash tests were never performed for the model since Porsche refused to donate four
Porsche 959s for destruction tests. He imported the car "for exhibition purposes", on the stipulation
that it may never be driven on US roads.[86] The car was made US street legal in 1999 under the
"Show and Display" federal law.[87][88] Seinfeld wrote an article for the February 2004 issue
of Automobile, reviewing the Porsche Carrera GT.[89]
In 2008, Seinfeld was involved in a car accident when the brakes on his 1967 Fiat 500 failed and, to
avoid an intersection, he pulled the emergency brake while turning sharply, ultimately causing the
car to come to a stop on its side. Seinfeld was unhurt. [90]
In his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee web show, Seinfeld says the Lamborghini Miura is "the
most beautiful car ever designed."[91]

Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year

Title

Role

Notes

1999

Pros &
Cons

Prison Man
No. 2

Cameo

2002

Comedian

Himself

Documentary; also executive producer

2007

Bee Movie

Barry B.
Benson

Voice
Also co-writer and producer
Nominated Producers Guild of America Award for Motion Picture
Producer of the Year Award Animated
Nominated Kids Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an
Animated Movie

2014

Top Five

Himself

Uncredited cameo

Television[edit]
Year

Title

Role

Notes

1979

Benson

Frankie

2 episodes

1984

The Ratings Game

Network

Television film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Rep

1989
1998

Seinfeld

Jerry
Seinfeld

180 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive

producer
American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performer in
a TV Series (19921993)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy
Series (1993)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance
by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1994, 19961997)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series
Musical or Comedy (1993)
Nominated American Comedy Award for Funniest Male
Performer in a TV Series (1996, 1999)
Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Lead Actor Comedy Series (19921996)
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
Television Series Musical or Comedy (19941995, 1997)
Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Comedy Series[92] (1992, 19941998)
Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series(1995)

1992,
1999

Saturday Night Live

Himself
(host)

2 episodes

1993,
1998

The Larry Sanders

Show

Himself

2 episodes

1997

NewsRadio

Himself

Episode: "The Real Deal"

1998

I'm Telling You for

the Last Time

Himself

Stand-up special

1998

Mad About You

Himself

Uncredited
Episode: "Season Opener"

2000

Dilbert

Comp-U-

Voice

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Comp

Episode: "The Return"

2004

Curb Your
Enthusiasm

Himself

Uncredited
Episode: "Opening Night"

2007

30 Rock

Himself

Episode: "SeinfeldVision"

2009

Curb Your
Enthusiasm

Himself

5 episodes

2010
2011

The Marriage Ref

2012,
2014

Louie

Himself

2012
present

Comedians in Cars
Getting Coffee

Himself
(host)

2015

Inside Amy Schumer

Himself

Episode: "80s Ladies"

2016

The Jim Gaffigan

Show

Himself

Episode: "The Calling"

Creator and executive producer

2 episodes

Writing credits for Seinfeld[edit]

The list below only includes episodes mainly written by Seinfeld, as he (and Larry David in Seasons
1 through 7) rewrote the drafts for each episode.
Season 1

The Seinfeld Chronicles (with Larry David)

Male Unbonding (with Larry David)

The Stake Out (with Larry David)

The Stock Tip (with Larry David)

The Ex-Girlfriend (with Larry David)

The Pony Remark (with Larry David)

Season 2

Nominated Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a

Comedy Series (1991 Episode "The Pony Remark")

The Busboy (with Larry David)

The Jacket (with Larry David)

The Chinese Restaurant (with Larry David)

The Phone Message (with Larry David)

The Stranded (with Larry David and Matt Goldman)

The Shoes (with Larry David)

The Sniffing Accountant (with Larry David)

The Raincoats (with Larry David, Tom Gammill, and Max Pross)

The Opposite (with Larry David and Andy Cowan)

The Kiss Hello (with Larry David)

The Cadillac, Parts 1 and 2 (with Larry David)

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

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