Jerry Seinfeld Biography

Jerry Seinfeld	Jerome Seinfeld Born: 1954-04-29 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Race: White Religion: Jewish Political Party: Democratic Field: Actor Famous for: Seinfeld
Field: Actor

Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld is a Jewish American actor, writer and comedian from Massapequa, New York, a Long Island, New York town. Seinfeld attended the Birch Lane Elementary School and Massapequa High School.

Straight from graduation at Queens College, Seinfeld tried out at an open mic night at New York's Catch A Rising Star in 1976. Soon after, he was appearing in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.

Seinfeld had a small recurring role as "Frankie" on the Benson sitcom in 1979, but was abruptly fired from the show.

A few years later, in May of 1981, Seinfeld made a highly successful appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Seinfeld then became a regular on similar shows, including Late Night with David Letterman and the Merv Griffin Show.

For a time in his life Seinfeld was a Scientologist and he still speaks highly of his time as a Scientologist. In an interview he did reported in Playboy Magazine in October 1993 he said, "I learned a lot and I had a good experience with it."