Where the Seinfeld stars are now from Grammy awards, race row and cancer battle

For over thirty years, Seinfeld has remained one of the most iconic TV sitcoms of all time.

When the NBC show, created by comedy legends Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, first graced our TV screens back in 1989, it would go on to define sitcom history forever.

The witty comedy show followed four friends living in New York City, with rising comedian at the time Jerry Seinfeld playing a fictionalised version of himself.

And the show reportedly inspired fellow New York-based buddy sitcom Friends, which is still a fan favourite on Netflix.

Seinfeld’s first episode aired back on the 5 July 1989, and on went on to run for an hugely impressive nine seasons – with 180 episodes to its name – before its final episode which aired May 14 1998.

In its lifetime, the Manhattan-based show also managed to rack up a whopping 68 Emmy award nominations, and won 10 of them.

Interestingly, the origins of Seinfeld came from a time when David and Seinfeld were out food shopping, speaking about the products on the shelves.

Curb Your Enthusaism star Larry David revealed: “We both realized that this is the kind of dialogue we never really heard on television, or even movies, for that matter,”

“So that was sort of the basis — that was just the way we communicated and the things that we talked about.”

So, as it’s been 22 years since the the groundbreaking show said goodbye in its final episode on May 14 1998, we’ve decided to track down the original Seinfeld cast to find out where they went after the show.

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld was already an up-and-coming comedian when he co-created Seinfeld, but when his beloved show ended he returned to the stand-up comedy circuit in New York.

He then released a HBO special the next year, and has appeared in a string of series throughout the years having created The Marriage Ref in 2010, and starred 30 Rock as well as Seinfeld friend Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Truly a decorated comedy great, Seinfeld has now won 20 Primetime Emmy awards and four Grammy award nominations for his comedy albums.

He also bagged his own Netflix special called Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill in 2020.

And you can also find him in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee which he created in 2010, which hosts even featured Barack Obama in one particular episode.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia, who played Elaine Benes on the show (also Seinfeld’s ex-boyfriend in the comedy), has also gone on to enjoy a highly successful on-screen career.

In 2006, she took on the title character in CBS’ The New Adventures of Old Christine, which secured her an Emmy award win.

She also played Selina Meyer in HBO’s Veep in 2011 – a series which ran for seven seasons on the channel – and earned herself a dazzling six Emmy awards for her work on the political satire show.

However, Louis-Dreyfus was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, but the actress continued working while she was receiving treatment.

Luckily, though, she announced in October 2018 that she was cancer-free and now in remission.

Jason Alexander

Jason played George “Lord of the idiots” Costanza in Seinfeld, but he is also famous for his 1990 role in Pretty Woman.

Alexander has also appeared in a whole host of Broadway shows, and like his fellow Seinfeld peers, he is stranger to awards either as he bagged himself a Tony Award for his acting in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway in 1989 and even a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre album.

He also guest-starred on huge shows like Two and a Half Men and Community, adding some vocal work on American Dad to his resume.

Not just an actor, Jason also turned his hand to directing and you’ll find him on the credits of Mike & Molly, Franklin & Bash, and Criminal Minds.

Michael Richards

After his time as lovable rogue Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, Richards also returned to the stand-up comedy world before creating The Michael Richards Show which only aired for a single season.

Unfortunately, in 2006 he allegedly used racist slurs after a stand-up routine in Hollywood which forced him to apologise and step out of the public eye for an extended period of time.

But in 2013, he did return to appear in Kirstie a new sitcom, Kirstie, before it was stopped after its first season.

Richards also had a voice role in the Golden Globe winning, animated Bee Movie in 2007, which Jerry Seinfeld himself produced, co-wrote and starred in.

Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight first entered the Seinfeld cast as Newman, it was only a guest role, but fans loved him so much he in fact became a permanent character on the hit sitcom.

He then carried on from season 3 until the end of the series.

However, Knight has also starred in an array of major movies over the years, too. As well as having acted in Spielberg’s classic dinosaur film Jurassic Park, he’s worked voice roles on Toy Story 2, Kung Fu Panda, and even Seinfeld’s Bee Movie.

And more recently, Knight took his acting talents to Netflix original series Narcos, and American soap The Young and the Restless that same year.

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk