Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning comedian, actor and writer Jerry Seinfeld hails from New York. Often described as an observational comedian, he is world-renowned for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the long-running sitcom Seinfeld, which he co-created and executive produced.
Jerry Seinfeld began his career in 1976, when, after graduating from Queens College, he tried out for an open mic night at New York's 'Catch a Rising Star'. Soon after this, he appeared in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.
A few years later, in 1981, Seinfeld made a hugely successful appearance on The Tonight Show and became a regular on shows such as Late Night with David Letterman and The Merv Griffin Show.
Seinfeld created The Seinfeld Chronicles with Larry David in 1989 for NBC. The show was later renamed Seinfeld and, by its fourth season, became the most popular and successful sitcom on American television.
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.