Jerome Allen Seinfeld was born on April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David.
Quick bio
- Born: 29 April 1954 (age 66 years), Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Net worth: US$950 million (2020 estimate)
- Spouse: Jessica Seinfeld (m. 1999)
- Children: Sascha Seinfeld, Shepherd Kellen Seinfeld, Julian Kal Seinfeld
- Subjects: American culture, American politics, everyday life, gender differences, human behavior, social awkwardness, pop culture, current events
Seinfeld has been ranked among the top ten best U.S. comedians of all time.
His father, Kálmán Seinfeld (1918–1985), was of Hungarian-Jewish descent, and collected jokes that he heard while serving in World War II. His mother’s name was Betty (née Hosni; 1915–2014).
Education
Seinfeld attended State University of New York at Oswego, and transferred after his second year to Queens College, City University of New York, whence he graduated with a degree in communications and theater.
Seinfeld developed an interest in stand-up comedy after brief stints in college productions. He appeared on open-mic nights at Budd Friedman’s Improv Club while attending Queens College. After graduation in 1976, he tried out at an open-mic night at New York City’s Catch a Rising Star, which led to an appearance in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.
Marriage and Children
Seinfeld began dating American author and philanthropist Jessica Sklar after they met at the Reebok Sports Club in August 1998. Together, they have 3 children: one daughter (Sascha) and two sons (Julian Kal & Shepherd Kellen).
House
Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld bought Billy Joel’s house in Amagansett, Long Island, for US$32 million after news of the couple’s interest in the property became public in 2000.
Jerry Seinfeld’s Net worth
Even though his eponymous show ended more than two decades ago, Seinfeld still draws crowds, earning over $20 million from a recent tour.
He made another $20 million from Netflix, which paid top-dollar for his new special “23 Hours to Kill.” According to Forbes magazine, the sitcom hero is still collecting on his 90s-era work: Netflix will pay $500 million for the rights to air “Seinfeld” for five years.
Jerry Seinfeld is currently worth $950 million in 2020 according to Forbes.
Cars
Seinfeld is an automobile enthusiast and collector, and he owns a collection of about 150 cars, including a large Porsche collection. He rented a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, for an extended period of time during the 1990s for storage of some of the vehicles in the collection. In 2002, Seinfeld purchased property on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City where he built a $1.4 million two-story garage to store part of his Porsche collection on the East Coast. One tally has Seinfeld owning 43 Porsches.
Paul Bannister has written that Seinfeld’s collection includes Porsche 911s from various years, 10 Porsche Boxsters each painted a different color, and the 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, the same model and pearl-grey color that actor James Dean was driving when he crashed and died.
Social
Seinfeld has an Instagram page with over 1.2 million followers and a Twitter account with over 4.3 million followers.
Quotes
“Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome – Jerry Seinfeld.”
“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’ – Jerry Seinfeld.”
“I have this old ’57 Porsche Speedster, and the way the door closes, I’ll just sit there and listen to the sound of the latch going, ‘cluh-CLICK-click. That door! I live for that door. Whatever the opposite of planned obsolescence is, that’s what I’m into – Jerry Seinfeld.”
Source: Maggrand.com
