Jerry Seinfeld
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Seinfeld in 2011
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| Birth name | Jerome Allen Seinfeld |
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April 29, 1954 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, black comedy, political satire |
| Subject(s) | American culture, American politics, everyday life, gender differences, human behavior, social awkwardness, current events |
| Spouse | Jessica Seinfeld (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
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Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing a semifictional version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. Seinfeld was heavily involved in the Bee Movie, in which he voiced its protagonist. In 2010, he premiered a reality series called The Marriage Ref. He directed Colin Quinn in the Broadway show Long Story Short at the Helen Hayes Theater, which ran until January 2011. He is the creator and host of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. In his stand-up comedy career, Seinfeld is known for specializing in observational comedy, often ranting about relationships and embarrassing social situations.
In 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld their "12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time".
Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father Kalmen Seinfeld collected jokes he heard while serving in World War II. His mother, Betty (née Hosni; born 1914), is of Syrian-Jewish descent; her parents Selim and Salha Hosni were from Aleppo. Seinfeld grew up in Massapequa, New York, and attended Massapequa High School on Long Island. At the age of 16, he spent time volunteering in Kibbutz Sa'ar in Israel.
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