
Larry David
Department: Writing
Biography
Larry David (born July 2, 1947) is an American producer, writer, and actor. David attended the University of Maryland and started doing stand-up comedy in New York night clubs in 1974. In 1979, he was hired to write and perform for the comedy variety show Fridays, which was modelled after Saturday Night Live. He stayed with the show until 1982 when he was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live, where he worked for a year. In 1989, David received a call from fellow New York comedian Jerry Seinfeld who was working with NBC to develop a comedy pilot. Together, they developed the legendary "show about nothing" starring Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander. Though not initially successful, Seinfeld would become one of the most successful and influential shows in television history. With a talented cast and daring story lines, the show won legions of loyal fans. According to David, the character of George Costanza was modelled after himself, a cheap, neurotic and ultimately selfish bald man. David wrote and produced Seinfeld until 1996, when he left the show to pursue feature screenwriting. He returned for the season finale in 1998 and made frequent guest appearances throughout the show's run. David also acted in bit roles in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and New York Stories (1989). In 1998, David wrote and directed the feature film Sour Grapes, an irreverent look at the pitfalls of wealth and greed. The following year, David proved his Midas touch once again when he created the hugely successful semi-scripted series Curb Your Enthusiasm for HBO. Originally airing as a special, the show featured David playing himself as a nervous stand-up comic returning to do a television special after a long absence from the stage. The popularity of the special resulted in a weekly HBO series. Partially improvised, the show proved to be another groundbreaking television experiment winning a Golden Globe in 2003 for Best Comedy Series. David married Laurie Lennard in 1993. The couple has two daughters.
Known For

Radio Days
1987

Fuel
2008

The Super Bob Einstein Movie
2021

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011

Second Thoughts
1983

Whatever Works
2009

New York Stories
1989

The Three Stooges
2012

Clear History
2013

This Emotional Life
2010

Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain
2007

The Last Laugh
2016

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
2023

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1999

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013

Earth to America
2005

Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
2019

Second Thoughts
1983

Seinfeld: How It Began
2004

Sour Grapes
1998

All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)
2016

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017

Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?
2017

Who Is the Real Martin Short?
2017

Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019

Long Shot
2017

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983

60 Spins Around the Sun
2003

Miracle on 42nd Street
2017

The Seinfeld Story
2004

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005

Seinfans Take Kramer's Reality Tour
2004

Seinfeld
1989

The Daily Show
1996

Entourage
2004

The View
1997

Inside Comedy
2012

Finding Your Roots
2012

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

60 Minutes
1968

Love & War
1992

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2005

Fridays
1980

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

MTVU Stand In
2005

The Marriage Ref
2010

The Sopranos
1999

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Ricky Gervais Meets...
2006

Saturday Night Live
1975

Maya & Marty
2016

Toast of Tinseltown
2022

The Larry David Story
—

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

The History of Comedy
2017

Seinfeld
1989

The History of Comedy
2017

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

The Nineties
2017

Seinfeld
1989

Seinfeld
1989

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Hannah Montana
2006

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Paul Reiser Show
2011

Expecting Amy
2020

Conan
2010

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
2026

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015