jerome allen seinfeld (born april 29, 1954) is an american stand-up comedian, writer and producer. he began playing new york open-mic nights, including catch a rising star, and in 1986 appeared in rodney dangerfield's stand-up special "it's not easy bein' me". he had a recurring role on the sitcom benson in 1980, and after a may 6, 1981 appearance on the tonight show starring johnny carson he became a frequent late-night guest, also appearing on late night with david letterman. his first stand-up special, stand-up confidential, aired on hbo on september 5, 1987, recorded at the improv in los angeles.
with larry david he created the seinfeld chronicles for nbc in 1988; renamed seinfeld, it ran from july 5, 1989 to may 14, 1998, nine seasons and 180 episodes, produced by west/shapiro productions and castle rock entertainment. seinfeld played a version of himself and wrote the show with david and a staff. nbc offered a reported $110 million for a tenth season, which he declined.
he returned to touring and filmed the hbo special i'm telling you for the last time in 1998; the building of his new act was documented in the 2002 film comedian. he co-wrote and voiced the lead in the dreamworks animation film bee movie (2007), directed by simon j. smith and steve hickner, and created and hosted the panel series the marriage ref (2010-2011).
comedians in cars getting coffee, his interview series with fellow comedians, premiered on crackle in 2012 and later moved to netflix. he followed it with the stand-up specials jerry before seinfeld (2017) and 23 hours to kill (2020), and co-wrote and starred in the netflix comedy unfrosted (2024).
related profiles; Dick Cavett, Dave Chappelle, Barry Diller
sources; wikipedia: jerry seinfeld, wikipedia: seinfeld, wikipedia: comedians in cars getting coffee, wikipedia: bee movie, wikipedia: stand-up confidential, wikipedia: tonight show episodes (1981)
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