Larry David

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Larry David (2009)

Lawrence Gene "Larry" David (born July 2, 1947 in New York City ) is an American comedian , screenwriter and actor . He became known for his participation in the series Seinfeld and Lass es, Larry! .

life and work

David was born in Sheepshead Bay , a neighborhood in Brooklyn . He attended the University of Maryland after high school , where he earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1970 and a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1971.

He then moved back to Brooklyn, where he worked as a bra salesman, legal assistant and private chauffeur, among other things, before devoting himself to stand-up comedy .

His stand-up appearances were not particularly successful, and so he worked on the side as a writer for television series such as Fridays , where he met Michael Richards , who later played the character of Kramer in Seinfeld .

From 1984 to 1985 he worked for a season as a writer for the well-known comedy series Saturday Night Live , where only one sketch he had written made it into the program. There he met Julia Louis-Dreyfus , who later played Elaine in Seinfeld .

His field

During his time as a stand-up comedian, he met Jerry Seinfeld , who was also - much more successfully - working as a comedian at the time. When Jerry Seinfeld got an offer from NBC in 1988 to develop a sitcom , the latter turned to Larry David, and together they wrote the concept for The Seinfeld Chronicles , later renamed Seinfeld .

When Seinfeld went into production, David shared creative control with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry Charles as producer and screenwriter on the series . He also had short appearances and took over the voice of the character George Steinbrenner. In addition, the character of George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander ) was partly built on the personality of David, and various events from David's life found their way into the plot of the series. He once quit his job at Saturday Night Live , whereupon his neighbor Kramer (the role model for the Seinfeld figure) suggested that he just come back there and pretend nothing had happened.

For his work on Seinfeld he won an Emmy in 1993 , for which he was nominated five times. Seinfeld was one of the most financially successful comedy series and made David and Seinfeld multimillionaires. After the seventh season, David left the series to write the screenplay for Sour Grapes (English Jackpot - noise in Atlantic City ), which he also directed. In 1998, however, he returned to write the Seinfeld series finale .

Leave it, Larry!

In 1999, the American pay-TV broadcaster HBO broadcast a one-hour special in the style of a mockumentary entitled Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm , which documents David's preparations for a comeback as a stand-up comedian .
Based on the concept of the special, the series Lass es, Larry! (Original title: Curb Your Enthusiasm ), which documents David's life as a multimillionaire and partly still an active producer. The plot is purely fictional, but is often inspired by events from David's real life. Although the storyline is dictated by the script, most of the dialogues are improvised during the shoot. His wife is portrayed by actress Cheryl Hines .

After an interruption of around six years, the series is running in its tenth season (as of March 2020). A season has ten episodes.

Other work

In the 1980s he made short appearances in a number of feature films, including two Woody Allen films - Radio Days in 1987 and Allen's segment of the episodic New York Stories in 1989 . In 2009 he played the main male role in Allen's Whatever Works - love yourself who can .

After leaving Seinfeld , he wrote the screenplay and directed the 1998 film Jackpot - Krach in Atlantic City ( Sour Grapes ). The comedy flopped at the box office and was panned by critics .

He had guest appearances in the series Entourage and Hannah Montana .

He co-wrote the script for Barry Levinson's comedy Envy (2004).

Private

David was married to environmental activist and producer Laurie Lennard from 1993 to 2007 and has two daughters with her. On July 19, 2007, divorce was filed.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Larry David  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview in the New Yorker on January 19, 2004 , accessed on July 12, 2007
  2. ↑ Article ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Independent , accessed July 12, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / news.independent.co.uk
  3. ↑ Article on SouthCoastToday.com, accessed July 12, 2007.
  4. ↑ Box office results for Sour Grapes in imdb , accessed on July 12, 2007
  5. ↑ Entry for Sour Grapes on Rotten Tomatoes , accessed July 12, 2007
  6. ^ Larry David's Wife Files for Divorce
personal data
SURNAME David, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES David, Lawrence Gene (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comedian, screenwriter, and actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City