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Facts

Also Known As Michael Anthony Richards
Born July 24, 1949 (age 77) • Culver City • California
Awards And Honors Emmy Award (1997) • Emmy Award (1994) • Emmy Award (1993)

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Michael Richards, wearing a light suit and green shirt, smiles while sitting in the driver's seat of a white convertible with storefronts visible in the background.
Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld stands indoors, gesturing toward a large painted portrait of himself in a similar pose and expression.
Seinfeld
Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer, Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes, and Jerry Seinfeld as himself pose together in front of a blue background with the Seinfeld logo.
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Bryan Cranston wearing a black suit, white shirt, and striped tie, smiling at the camera at the Argo premiere in London.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus smiling and looking over her shoulder on a gold carpet with a patterned background at the Wall Street Journal Magazine 2023 Innovator Awards.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
American actress
James Hong
James Hong
American actor and director
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Susan Sarandon as Louise and Geena Davis as Thelma sit in a turquoise convertible in a desert setting in a scene from the film Thelma and Louise.
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Patton Oswalt and Jerry Stiller in a kitchen scene from The King of Queens, with Stiller speaking animatedly and Oswalt looking away.
Jerry Stiller
American actor and comedian
Jason Alexander poses with arms crossed, wearing glasses, a gray polo shirt, and a wristwatch, against a mottled gray studio backdrop.
Jason Alexander
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Larry David wearing glasses, a gray shirt, striped tie, and dark suit jacket, smiling at the camera.
Larry David
American comedian, writer, and actor
Marlee Matlin smiling at an event in 2016, wearing a sleeveless black dress with colorful floral embroidery.
Marlee Matlin
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Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
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Sydney Pollack
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