Jerry Seinfeld

**Jerry Seinfeld** (born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian and actor.

Seinfeld is known by many people for his television show, _Seinfeld_, which he created, wrote and acted in. The show won many awards. These included the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.

Seinfeld wrote the movie _Bee Movie_. He was the voice of Barry B. Benson.

Seinfeld was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. His father, Kalmen Seinfeld (1918–1985), was of Austrian Jewish background. His mother, Betty (1915- 2014), was of Syrian Jewish descent.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|_Eddie_|Himself|Cameo||
|1996|_Good Money_|Himself|Cameo||
|1999|_Inspector Gadget|John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo-Gadget|||
|1999|_Pros & Cons_|Prison Man #2|Cameo||
|2002|_Comedian_|Himself|Documentary; executive producer||
|2005|_The Thing About My Folks_|Himself|Cameo||
|2007|_Bee Movie_|Barry B. Benson (voice)|||
|2013|_Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story_|Himself|Documentary||
|2014|_Top Five_|Himself|Uncredited cameo||
|2014|_Tom's Restaurant - A Documentary About Everything_|Himself|Documentary||
|2016|_Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg_|Himself|Documentary||
|2016|_Dying Laughing_|Himself|Documentary on stand-up||
|2017|_If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast_|Himself|Theatrical and HBO documentary on Carl Reiner||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Benson_|Frankie|3 episodes||
|1982|_Square Pegs_|Bat Mitzvah Guest|Episode: Muffy's Bat Mitzvah||
|1982|_An Evening at the Improv_|Himself|Stand-Up Special||
|1984|_The Ratings Game_|Network Rep|Television film||
|1986|_Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me_|Himself|Stand-Up Special. Released on DVD in 2006.||
|1987|_Stand-Up Confidential_|Himself|Stand-Up Special. Released on VHS in 1993.||
|1989–98|_Seinfeld_|Jerry Seinfeld|180 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer||
|1992|_Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue_|Himself|Television film||
|1992, 99|_Saturday Night Live_|Himself (host)|2 episodes||
|1993|_Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher_|Panel Guest|First Episode||
|1993|_Love & War_|Jerry Seinfeld|Episode: Let's Not Call it Love||
|1993, 96|_Rugrats_|Additional voices|5 episodes||
|1993, 98|_The Larry Sanders Show_|Himself|2 episodes||
|1994|_Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld_|Host|TV special; released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray||
|1997|_NewsRadio_|Himself|Episode: "The Real Deal"||
|1998|_I'm Telling You for the Last Time_|Himself|Comedy Special||
|1998|_Mad About You_|Himself|Uncredited; Episode: "Season Opener"||
|1999|_Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm_|Himself|Television special||
|2000|_Dilbert_|Comp-U-Comp|Voice; Episode: "The Return"||
|2001|_Hey Arnold!_|Additional voices|2 episodes||
|2004, 09|_Curb Your Enthusiasm_|Himself|6 episodes||
|2007|_30 Rock_|Himself|Episode: "SeinfeldVision"||
|2010–11|_The Marriage Ref_|Himself|9 episodes; also creator and executive producer||
|2011|_Talking Funny_|Himself|Television special, HBO||
|2012–14|_Louie_|Himself|2 episodes||
|2012– present|_Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee_|Himself (Host)|72 episodes; also creator and executive producer||
|2014|_Don Rickles: One Night Only_|Himself (host)|Television special||
|2015|_Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special_|Himself|Television Special, NBC||
|2015|_Inside Amy Schumer_|Himself|Episode: "80s Ladies"||
|2016|_The Jim Gaffigan Show_|Himself|Episode: "The Calling"||
|2016|_Maya & Marty_|Himself|Episode #1.5||
|2017|_Mystery Science Theater 3000_|Freak Masterstroke|Episode: "Starcrash"||
|2017|_Jerry Before Seinfeld_|Himself|Comedy Special/Documentary, Netflix||
|2018|_My Next Guest Needs No Introduction_|Himself (host)|Episode: "You're David Letterman, You Idiot"||
|2019|_Huge in France_|Himself|Episode: Épisode Quatre||
|2020|_23 Hours to Kill_|Himself|Comedy Special, Netflix||

### Stand-up home video appeareances

|Year|Title|Studio|Format|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001|_Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians_|Madacy Entertainment|VHS/DVD|
|2003|_Best of The Improv, Vol. 4_|Koch Vision|DVD|
|2007|_Comedy Club Greats_|Lionsgate|DVD|
|2010|_Lafflink Presents: The Platinum Comedy Series Vol. 1: Jerry Seinfeld_|Lafflink|DVD/streaming|
|2014|_Classic Comedy from An Evening at the Improv_|Somerville House|DVD/streaming|
|2015|_The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Featuring Jerry Seinfeld_ ("Featured Guest Series: Volume 5")|Carson Entertainment|DVD/streaming|

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|Publisher|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|_Bee Movie Game_|Barry B. Benson (voice)|Activision|

### Discography

**Comedy specials**
|Year|Title|Formats|Studio|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1987|_Stand-Up Confidential_|VHS (1993)|HBO|
|1998–99|_Jerry Seinfeld on Broadway: I'm Telling You for the Last Time_|CD/Cassette/Download VHS/DVD/Streaming|HBO|
|2017|_Jerry Before Seinfeld_|LP/Streaming|Netflix|
|2020|_23 Hours to Kill_|LP/Streaming|Netflix|

### Directing

|Year|Title|Studio|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2011|_Colin Quinn: Long Story Short_|HBO|
|2016|_Colin Quinn: The New York Story_|Netflix|

### Bibliography

- _SeinLanguage_ (1993)
- _Halloween_ (2002)
- _Is This Anything?_ (2020)

**Writing credits for _Seinfeld**''

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|Episode|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|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|||
|rowspan=6|Season 2|The Ex-Girlfriend|with Larry David|
|The Pony Remark|with Larry David|||
|The Busboy|with Larry David|||
|The Jacket|with Larry David|||
|The Chinese Restaurant|with Larry David|||
|The Phone Message|with Larry David|||
|Season 3|The Stranded|with Larry David and Matt Goldman||
|Season 4|The Shoes|with Larry David||
|rowspan=3|Season 5|The Sniffing Accountant|with Larry David|
|The Raincoats|with Larry David, Tom Gammill, and Max Pross|||
|The Opposite|with Larry David and Andy Cowan|||
|Season 6|The Kiss Hello|with Larry David||
|Season 7|The Cadillac|with Larry David||

## Infobox (comedian)

- **image**: Jerry Seinfeld 2016 - 2.jpg
- **caption**: Seinfeld in 2016
- **birth place**: Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **birth name**: Jerome Allen Seinfeld
- **education**: Massapequa High School
- **alma mater**: Queens College, City University of New York, Queens College (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **medium**: Stand-up comedy, Stand-up, television, movie
- **active**: 1976–present
- **genre**: Observational comedy, surreal humour, surreal humor, black comedy, cringe comedy, deadpan, satire
- **subject**: American culture, American politics, everyday life, gender differences, human behavior, social awkwardness, pop culture, current events
- **children**: 3