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| Birth Name(s) : Jerome Seinfeld |
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Full Jerry Seinfeld Biography
Jerry Seinfeld (born Jerome Seinfeld on April 29, 1954 in New York City, New York) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer. He is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself, Jerry Seinfeld in the long-running situation comedy Seinfeld (1989 - 1998), which he co-created, helped write and executive produced in the show's final two seasons.
Seinfeld was born in New York City. His father, Kálmán, was of Hungarian Jewish background and his mother, Betty, came from a background of Syrian Jews. He grew up in Massapequa, New York. He attended Birch Lane Elementary School and Massapequa High School. In 1971, while aged 17, he spent a short period of time volunteering in Kibbutz Sa'ar in Israel. He went to State University of New York at Oswego but transferred and graduated from Queens College, City University of New York. During his time in college, he was an amateur wrestler who called himself "The Jewish Terror". He developed an interest in stand-up comedy after brief stints in college productions. Right after graduation from Queens College, City University of New York, he tried out at an open mic night at New York City's Catch a Rising Star in 1976. Soon after, he appeared in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special. When he first started doing stand-up comedy, his mother and sister said he would never be as funny as his father.
Seinfeld had a small recurring role as "Frankie", a mail delivery boy who had comedy routines that no one wanted to hear, on the Benson sitcom in 1979 but he was abruptly fired from the show.
In May 1981, Seinfeld made a highly successful appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He then became a regular on similar shows, including Late Night with David Letterman and The Merv Griffin Show. He was known for his incredibly dedicated and devoted work ethic, it is said that he traveled in an intense snow storm to a comedy club just to find it empty. He was ranked #12 in Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
Seinfeld appeared in 180 episodes of Seinfeld (including several 2-part episodes), and holds the distinction of being the only actor to appear in every episode of the show.
Seinfeld had a special appearance on May 13, 2006 Saturday Night Live episode as Julia Louis-Dreyfus' assassin. Louis-Dreyfus was the host of that episode and in her opening monologue she 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 that Seinfeld was standing on, holding a large pair of bolt cutters. He angrily muttered something about the curse, apparently angry that Louis-Dreyfus is not cursed. Louis-Dreyfus then continued to say that she is indeed not cursed.
Seinfeld and his wife have three children, one daughter and two sons. Daughter Sascha was born on November 7, 2000, son Julian Kal on March 1, 2003 and Shepherd Kellen was born on August 22, 2005. His son Julian's middle name is Kal, which is the first name of Seinfeld's father. Kal is also the first name of Seinfeld's hero Kal-El, AKA "Superman".
In 2000, Jessica Seinfeld launched Baby Buggy, a charity that provides clothing and gear for the infants and young children of poor, abused, addicted, and homeless women. She is the author of the best-seller Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food, released by Harper Collins in October 2007 . As was reported in The New York Times, the recipes and concepts presented in Deceptively Delicious bore striking similarities with those presented in another cookbook, “The Sneaky Chef,” by Missy Chase Lapine published by Running Press (an imprint of the Perseus Books Group) in April 2007.
Seinfeld received $267 million during 1998 according to Forbes magazine, making him the highest-earning celebrity that year. Even though many believed the sitcom suffered after Larry David's departure, it continued for two more years, ending in May 1998, Seinfeld still generates more revenue than most current shows, through syndication. He reportedly turned down $5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the show beyond its final season. In 2006 he earned $60 million from syndication deals and stand-up appearances.
A current tally puts Seinfeld at 47 Porsches. Reporter Paul Bannister reports that his collection includes Porsche 911s from various years, 10 Porsche Boxsters each painted a different color and the famous, some would say infamous, 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, the same model and pearl-grey color that actor James Dean was driving when he crashed and died in September 1955 near Cholame, California. The centerpiece is a $700,000 Porsche 959, one of only 268 ever built. To his initial despair, he was not allowed to drive it as US emission and crash tests were never performed because Porsche refused to donate 4 Porsche 959s for destruction tests, rendering the car "not street legal". He imported the car "for exhibition purposes", which stipulates the car may never set rubber on American roads. The car was made street legal in 2003 / 2004. |
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