Jason Alexander

Birthday: 23 September 1959, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name: Jason Scott Greenspan

Height: 163 cm

Jason Greenspan adopted the stage name Jason Alexander while still in high school in New Jersey. He was soon appearing in Broadway plays and movies, then in the hit TV series, Seinfeld (1989), from 19 ...Show More

But one set of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I h Show more But one set of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker. Hide

The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners Show more The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific for actors to play in. Hide

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind Show more You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island. Hide

Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey. Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy. I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that Show more The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny. Hide

I'm not really bald. I shave my head to keep in character with George. I'm not really bald. I shave my head to keep in character with George.

I still don't know much about directing a movie. I still don't know much about directing a movie.

But I didn't know much about directing a movie. But I didn't know much about directing a movie.

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny. I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work. The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

Jason Alexander's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (424) as Creator (1)

The Grand

The Simpsons - Season 30

The Simpsons - Season 24

Reading Rainbow - Season 11

The Nanny - Season 3

Mad About You - Season 8

Two and a Half Men - Season 7

Young Sheldon - Season 3

The Simpsons - Season 21

Comedy Central Roasts - Season 1