Everything about David's first 20 years in show business implied that his success lay behind the scenes. He embarked on a stand-up career in the '70s, which led to a mediocre gig as a writer/performer on the late-night sketch show
Fridays. After a handful of small film roles and a fruitless one-year stint as a
Saturday Night Live writer, David cocreated one of the most beloved and influential sitcoms of all time,
Seinfeld, in 1990. After leaving the show, the disgruntled humorist wrote and directed the notoriously unfunny film
Sour Grapes before wisely returning to his small-screen roots with the 1999 HBO special
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show was so successful it spawned an offbeat, semi-improvised, wince-inducing series that turned the fiftysomething, balding neurotic into an on-camera star.
Larry David Fast Facts:
- Started as a stand-up comedian, performing primarily in the New York area, in the mid-'70s.
- Claims only one of his sketches made it to air when he worked as a writer for the 1984-85 season of Saturday Night Live
- As the co-producer, co-creator and writer of Seinfeld, he based the character of George Costanza on himself.
- Made cameo appearances on Seinfeld from time to time, and provided the voice of George Steinbrenner (George Costanza's boss).
- Won Writers Guild of America awards in 1994 and 1995 for Seinfeld episodes "The Contest" and "The Mango."
- Although he had left Seinfeld in 1996, he returned in 1998 to write the series finale.
- Larry David Relationships:
- Cazzie Laurel David - Daughter
- Laurie David - Ex-wife
- Romy March David - Daughter
- Larry David Awards:
- 1992 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1992 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1994 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1994 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1993 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series - Winner
- 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2003 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
- 2005 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
- 2006 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
- 1992 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1993 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Winner
- 1994 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1995 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1996 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2002 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- College:
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD
