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Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29 , 1954 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American Actor , Writer and Observational Comedian from Massapequa, New York , a Long Island hamlet. He is best-known for playing A Fictional Version Of Himself in the long-running sitcom '' Seinfeld '', which he co-created and executive produced. EARLY HISTORY Seinfeld attended the Birch Lane Elementary School and Massapequa High School. Straight from graduation at Queens College , Seinfeld tried out at an open mic night at New York 's '' Catch A Rising Star '' in 1976 . Soon after, he was appearing in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special. Seinfeld had a small recurring role as "Frankie" on the '' Benson '' Sitcom in 1979 , but was abruptly fired from the show. A few years later, in May of 1981 , Seinfeld made a highly successful appearance on Johnny Carson 's '' Tonight Show ''. Seinfeld then became a regular on similar shows, including '' Late Night With David Letterman '' and ''The Merv Griffin Show ''. ''SEINFELD'' Seinfeld created ''The Seinfeld Chronicles'' with Larry David in 1989 for NBC . The show was later renamed '' Seinfeld '' and, by its fourth season, became one of the most popular and successful Sitcom s on American television. The show left the air in 1998 . As Of 2006 , the show is still receiving heavy airplay in Syndication . The show also starred '' Saturday Night Live '' veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus , as well as Michael Richards and Jason Alexander . On the show, Seinfeld played a caricature of Himself . He has said that his show was inspired by the classic 1950s sitcom The Abbott And Costello Show . POST-''SEINFELD'' In 1998 , Seinfeld went on tour and recorded a comedy special entitled '' I'm Telling You For The Last Time ''. An album of the same name was also released that year, and it featured samples of his stand-up performance. After his sitcom went off the air, Seinfeld returned to Stand-up Comedy . The process of developing and performing new material at clubs around the world was chronicled in a 2002 documentary, '' Comedian '', directed by Christian Charles . His stand-up routine is highly acclaimed and Jerry was ranked #12 in Comedy Central 's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. Jerry Seinfeld has written a few books, mostly archives of past routines. Seinfeld also appeared in two commercial ' Credit Cards in which he appeared together with an animated rendering of Superman , voiced by Patrick Warburton (who had portrayed David Puddy on ''Seinfeld''). The webisodes were aired in 2004 and directed by Barry Levinson . BOOKS Seinfeld is also a bestselling author, most notably for his book ''Seinlanguage''. Released in 1993 , the book went onto become a number one New York Times bestseller. The book, written at the height of his television show, deals with Seinfeld's musings on trivial events such as shushing in a movie theater. More recently, he wrote a children's book titled ''Halloween'' (2002). The book was illustrated by James Bennett. He completed the forewords to Ted L. Nancy 's ''Letters From A Nut'' series of books and Ed Broth 's ''Stories From A Moron''. Both authors are rumored to be pseudonyms for Seinfeld or a friend of his. Neither Nancy or Broth have been seen publicly, although Seinfeld is heavily involved in pitching their books for television. In promoting Broth's book, Seinfeld hosted a toast in the author's honor, although Broth did not arrive to the event. {Link without Title} . Seinfeld also wrote the foreword to the '' Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook,'' from his favorite sandwich shop in New York City. FAMILY He was born to a Jewish family of a Syria n mother and a Hungarian father. His most famous pre-marriage dalliance was with , 2000 ), son Julian Kal (born March 1 , 2003 ) and son Shepherd Kellen (born August 22 , 2005 ). COMPENSATION Seinfeld received $267 million , ''Seinfeld'' still generates more revenue, through syndication, than most current shows. TRIVIA
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