Jerry Seinfeld este un stand-up comedian, actor şi scriitor american. Probabil cel mai cunoscut comediant observaţional. A intrat în mentalitatea românilor prin rolul semi-auto-biografic din serialul Seinfeld.

Născut la data de 29 Aprilie 1954.
Născut în Brooklyn, New York - Statele Unite ale Americii.

Cariera:
Debutul: Jerome Seinfeld a debutat în stand-up comedy în anul 1976 în clubul newyorkez Catch a Rising Star.
Evenimente notabile: Jerry Seinfeld a apărut la The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson în mai 1981, ca apoi să devină o prezenţă constantă la talkshow-urile de noapte. Alături de Larry David, a creat în 1989 un pilot pentru un serial de televiziune numit The Seinfeld Chronicles, care apoi a fost redenumit în Seinfeld.

Premii şi nominalizări:
Locul 12 in topul "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time." ("Cele mai bune 100 prestaţii de stand-up") de la Comedy Central (2004)
"Seinlanguage" (carte bazată pe materialul de stand-up şi serialul Seinfeld) - ajunge pe lista New York Times Best Seller (1993)

Filmografie:
* Bee Movie (2007) ca vocea lui Barry Bee Benson
* A Uniform Used to Mean Something (2004)
* Hindsight Is 20/20 (2004)
* Comedian (2002)
* Pros & Cons (1999) ca omul din închisoare #2
* The Ratings Game (1984) în rolul reprezentantului postului tv

Citate:
* "Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night? The only difference between a date and a job interview is that in not many job interviews is there a chance you'll end up naked at the end of it. 'Well, Bill, the boss thinks you're the man for the job. Why don't you strip down and meet some of the people you'll be working with?' What would the world be like if people said whatever they were thinking, all the time, whenever it came to them? How long would a blind date last? About 13 seconds, I think. 'Oh, sorry, your rear end is too big." "That's ok, your breath stinks anyway. See you later.'"
* "Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
* "I once had a leather jacket that got ruined in the rain. Why does moisture ruin leather? Aren't cows outside a lot of the time? When it's raining, do cows go up to the farmhouse, 'Let us in! We're all wearing leather! Open the door! We're going to ruin the whole outfit here!'"
* "I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything."
* "You can measure distance by time. 'How far away is it?' 'Oh about 20 minutes." But it doesn't work the other way. 'When do you get off work?' 'Around 3 miles.'"
* "The Chalk Outline guy's got a good job. Not too dangerous, the criminals are long gone. I guess these are people who wanted to be sketch artists but they couldn't draw very well. 'Uh, listen, Jon, forget the sketches, do you think if we left the dead body right there on the sidewalk you could manage to trace around it?' How does that help them solve the crime? They look at the thing on the ground, 'Oh, his arm was like that when he hit the pavement....the killer must have been...Jim.'"
* "The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever see that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews, Bottle openers. 'Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off. I've got the toe clippers right here.'"
* "You know what I never get with the limo? The tinted windows. Is that so people don't see you? Yeah, what a better way not to have people notice you than taking a thirty foot Cadillac with a TV antenna and a uniformed driver. How discreet. Nobody cares who's in the limo. You see a limo go by, you know it's either some rich jerk or fifty prom kids with $1.75 each."
* "Dogs have no money. Isn't that amazing? They're broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? No pockets."
* "The big advantage of a book is it's very easy to rewind. Close it and you're right back at the beginning."
* "Why do they call it a 'building'? It looks like they're finished. Why isn't it a 'built'?"
* "According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy."
* "There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, 'I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.'"
* "That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me."
* "I was the best man at the wedding. If I'm the best man, why is she marrying him?"
* "Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom."
* "It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper."

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