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This page is dedicated to Seinfeld.
Here you'll find out the basic Seinfeld facts, that everyone
should know. That is who's who, who plays who and what do all
these whos actually do.
Let's not wait any longer, we'll throw ourselves at the facts.
Seinfeld is about the four friends Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine.
You get to follow them through different "adventures" in the everyday life.
Unlike some other shows the story don't have to be something big,
instead of for instance an accident the show could be about the big
question if you should drink coffeine-free or regular coffee. If you don't
think this sounds funny you should check it out yourself.
Jerry Seinfeld: (Jerry Seinfeld) is a rather successful stand-up
comedian, that has kind of a wacky neighbour.
George Costanza: (Jason Alexander) Jerry's best friend and constant
companion in whatever they might get themselves into.
Cosmo Kramer: (Michael Richards) Jerry's wacky neighbour that has as
kind of a sign to always "slide" into Jerry's apartment whenever he feels like it.
Elaine Benes: (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) Jerry's ex-girlfriend that just
like everyone else always gets into some kind of adventure.
Jerry Seinfeld: Born in Brooklyn and got fashinated by comedians when
he was 8 years old when e watch them on TV and realized that their entire job
was to make people laugh. In his youth he went to Queens college and for a while
he worked as a telephone light-bulb salesman and a jewelry street vendor. But he
always remembered his dream to become a comedian and spent the next years trying to do
this as a living. In 1987 he starred in his own HBO special "Jerry Seinfeld's Stand-up
Confidential". After this he hosted NBC's "Spy TV: How To Become Famous" and "Saturday Night Live".
In 1994 he hosted "Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld" a special show about the comedy
team that inspired Seinfeld when he was young. He has made several apperances on "The Tonight Show"
and "Late Show". Beside his comedy-career he has also written some books and one of them,
"SeinLanguage" has sold over 1.2 million copies and stayed at the New York Times
bestselling list for 33 weeks. For his work on "Seinfeld" he has won numerous awards
among them an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993 and an American Comedy Award
for Funniest Male Stand-up Comedian in 1988. He has residences in New York and Los Angeles.
His birthday is April 29.
Jason Alexander: Born and raised in New Jersey. He bagun his acting career
when he was 17, in the children's special "The Pushcart Players: Feelings and Friends".
In 1989 he won a Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway") and
has starred in several other Broadway productions, such as "Broadway Bound" and "The Rink".
Besides "Seinfeld", he has appered in NBC's "Favorite Son", the TV-movie "Rockabye" and others.
On "the Big Screen" he has appered in, for instance, "Pretty Woman", "Mosquito Coast"
and "North". He made his directing debute with "For Better or Worse" inwhich he also stars.
He has won two American Comedy Awards for Funniest Supporting Male, an American Television Award
for Best Supporting Actor and a Screen Actors Guilt Award for Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Comedy Series. He lives in L.A. and his birthday is September 23.
Michael Richards: Born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles and has a degree in theater
from the California Institute of the Arts. He has a lifelong interest in comedy and 1979 he
decided to try stand-up comedy. For nine month he appered on different clubs in Hollywood, before
he got his first "paying job" by Billy Crystal on "The Billy Crystal Special". The next two and
a half years he spent on the comedy series "Friday". He has also appered/stared in several movies
among which are "Unstrung Heroes", "Airheads" and "Young Doctors in Love". For his performance on
"Seinfeld", he has won two Emmys for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He lives in Los Angeles
and his birthday is August 24.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Born in New York but raised in Washington D.C., where she got interested
in acting at an early age. She studied theater at Northwestern University and worked as a
member in The Practical Theater Company. during on of their special revues she was asked to join
the cast of "Saturday Night Live", where she worked for two seasons. Other TV apperances are,
for instance, the comedy series "Day By Day". When it comes to movies, she has appered/stared in
"Hannah and Her Sisters", "Soul Man", "National Lampoons's Christmas Vacation", "North" and some others.
She has won an Emmy for her performance as Elaine Benes and she has also won one Golden Globe
and three American Comedy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She currently lives in L.A.
Her birthday is January 13.