Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander, born Jay Scott Greenspan in Newark, New Jersey, on 23 September 1959, is an American actor and comedian who is best known as George Costanza, the neurotic best friend of the lead character in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which ran from 1989 to 1998. The part brought him a Screen Actors Guild Award and seven consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations, along with four Golden Globe nominations. He trained in theater at Boston University and began on the New York stage, making his Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in 1981 and winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Jerome Robbins' Broadway. Beyond television he has appeared in films such as Pretty Woman, Jacob's Ladder, Coneheads and Shallow Hal, voiced the gargoyle Hugo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the title role in the animated series Duckman, and has directed plays, including the 2023 Broadway production of The Cottage.