Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander was born as Jay Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey. His interest in the performing arts began at an early age and he would entertain his fellow school students by doing impressions and reciting movie dialogue or comedy albums from memory in order to make them refrain from teasing him about his chubbiness. While at school, he took singing and dancing lessons and even notes his Bar Mitzvah as his "first paid gig". When he was seventeen, he was spotted in a children's theatre group, resulting in his first professional job, a performance on "The Pushcart Players: Feelings and Friends", a local New York children's program. Jason went on to study drama at Boston University, graduating with an MA and the Harold C. Case Award for scholarship and service. During his studies, he won his first film role in the horror flick, "The Burning".
In the following years, Jason appeared in several films and theatrical productions, making his Broadway debut in "Merrily We Roll Along". He continued to perform in shows on and off Broadway, including a role in "The Rink" with Liza Minelli, before starring in "Jerome Robbins' Broadway", for which he won the 1989 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Jason also wrote narration for the show, which went on to win Best Musical. The same year, Jason filmed a pilot for a new television sitcom called "The Seinfeld Chronicles", which has since become simply "Seinfeld", one of the most successful comedy programs on television, with Jason starring as Jerry Seinfeld's best friend and neurotic loser, George Costanza, Jason's most recognizable role to date. For his performance on "Seinfeld", Jason has been showered with accolades, receiving five Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy and two Golden Globe nominations, as well as winning the 1993 American TV Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy, the 1995 Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series and two American Comedy Awards for Funniest Supporting Male, Television. On top of these awards for acting, he has also received a Director's Guild of America nomination for Best Director of a Comedy Series, for an episode of "Seinfeld" that he directed.
A New York resident most of his life, Jason was forced to move to Los Angeles with his wife of fourteen years, writer and actress, Daena Title, because of his commitments to "Seinfeld". He has since continued his movie career, while remaining on the sitcom, even making his feature film directorial debut with "For Better or Worse". In 1993, Jason and Daena welcomed their son, Gabriel, into the world and in early 1996, they had another son.
