Jerry Seinfeld

:For the character from the TV show, see Jerry Seinfeld (character)

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Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, writer and observational comedian from Massapequa, New York, a Long Island, New York town. Seinfeld attended the Birch Lane Elementary School and Massapequa High School.

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April 29 - 1954 - Brooklyn - New York - American - Actor - Writer - Observational comedian - Massapequa, New York - Long Island, New York

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Straight from graduation at Queens College, Seinfeld tried out at an open mic night at New York's Catch A Rising Star in 1976. Soon after, he was appearing in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.

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Queens College - New York - Catch A Rising Star - 1976 - Rodney Dangerfield - HBO

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Seinfeld had a small recurring role as "Frankie" on the Benson sitcom in 1979, but was abruptly fired from the show.

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Benson - Sitcom - 1979

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A few years later, in May of 1981, Seinfeld made a highly successful appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Seinfeld then became a regular on similar shows, including Late Night with David Letterman and the Merv Griffin Show.

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May - 1981 - Johnny Carson - Tonight Show - Late Night with David Letterman - Merv Griffin

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For a time in his life Seinfeld (who was raised Jewish) was a Scientologist and he still speaks highly of his time as a Scientologist. In an interview he did for Playboy Magazine in October 1993 he said, "I learned a lot and I had a good experience with it." http://home.snafu.de/tilman/faq-you/celeb.txt

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Jewish - Scientologist - Playboy Magazine

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