Jason Alexander
Milestones
- Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey
- Birthday: September 23, 1959
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2007
Cast as Jennifer Westfeldt's (Abby) therapist in "Ira and Abby” a comedy feature written and produced by Westfeldt
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2007
Named Artistic Director of the 10-year-old "Reprise! Broadway's Best" series in Los Angeles
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2006
Guest-starred on two episodes of the UPN sitcom, "Everybody Hates Chris"
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2004
Starred in the short-lived CBS comedy "Listen Up," as a character based on sportswriter Tony Kornheiser
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2003
Returned to the stage to star as Max Bialystock in the L.A. production of "The Producers"
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2003
Served as Executive Producer on the action feature "Agent Cody Banks"
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2001
Appeared as himself on episodes of "Seinfeld" creator Larry David's HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
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2001
Co-starred as the title character's best friend in "Shallow Hal"
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2001
Returned to series TV as star of the short-lived ABC fall sitcom "Bob Patterson"
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2000
Directed the coming-of-age comedy feature "Just Looking"
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2000
Portrayed Boris Badenov in the combination live action-animated "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"
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1999
Featured in the festival screened "Love in Action in Chicago"
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1999
Signed two-year exclusive deal with 20th Century-Fox with the prospect of returning to weekly series work by 2001
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1998
Directed the feature "Just Looking/Cherry Pink"; screened at the 1999 Hamptons Film Festival
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1997
AngelArk signed production agreement with Universal TV
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1997
Played an HIV-positive musical comedy-loving gay man in "Love! Valour! Compassion!"
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1996
Had leading role as the hotel manager coping with an orangutang in "Dunston Checks In"
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1996
Voiced one of the gargoyles in Disney's animated "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
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1995
Feature directorial debut, "For Better or Worse"; opened in limited release; later aired on TNT
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1994
Portrayed the parking commissioner in "The Paper"
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1994 to 1997
Supplied the voice of Duckman for the USA Network's animated series, "Duckman"
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1993
Performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC as part of its annual "Kennedy Center Honors" Lifetime Achievement Awards when Stephen Sondheim was one of the honorees
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1993
Taught "How to Break into Show Business" at the L.A. Learning Annex
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1992
Cast as Harry Truman in a revival of the one-person stage play, "Give 'Em Hell, Harry", in Los Angeles
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1992
First leading role in a feature, "I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore"
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1992
Made TV directorial debut with an episode of "Seinfeld", "The Good Samaritan", which aired on March 4; later received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for his work
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1990
Had small role in "Pretty Woman"
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1990 to 1998
Played regular role of George Costanza on the popular NBC comedy series, "Seinfeld"
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1989
Won a Tony award as the narrator and playing multiple roles in the musical revue "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"
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1988
First TV miniseries, the NBC thriller, "Favorite Son"
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1987
Starred as Julian Beeby on the short-lived CBS sitcom, "Everything's Relative"
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1986
Returned to features after five years to play a small role as a hardware store clerk in Peter Weir's "The Mosquito Coast"
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1984 to 1985
First regular TV series work, in recurring role of Harold Stickley on the CBS sitcom, "E.R.", starring Elliott Gould
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1981
Feature acting debut, "The Burning"
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1981
Made Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along"; played a Broadway producer
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1981
TV acting debut, "Senior Trip!" (CBS)
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1977
First professional acting job at age 17 in the children's theater special, "The Pushcart Players: Feelings and Friends" (date approximate)
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1974
Adopted stage name Jason Alexander at age 15
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Acted in nationally broadcast TV commercials while a student at Boston University
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Formed AngelArk Productions