Larry David

Comedian, TV Writer

1947 –

23

Who is Larry David?

Lawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian, and television producer. He was the co-creator, with Jerry Seinfeld, of the television series Seinfeld, and was its head writer and executive producer from 1989 to 1996. David has subsequently gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, also created by David, in which he stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself.

David's work won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. Formerly a standup comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as being voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders as number 23 of the greatest comedy stars ever in a British poll to select The Comedian's Comedian.

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Born
Jul 2, 1947
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • Lawrence Gene David
  • Lawrence Eugene "Larry" David
  • Mac Brandes
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Atheism
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Ashkenazi Jews
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Maryland, College Park
    History
    ( - 1969)
  • Sheepshead Bay High School
  • University of Maryland, College Park
    Business
    ( - 1970)
Employment
  • United States Army
  • Television Repairman
  • Limousine Driver
  • Store Clerk
Lived in
  • Brooklyn
  • Sheepshead Bay
  • Manhattan
  • Pacific Palisades

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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