Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Larry David (born July 2 1947) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film
director from Brooklyn, New York. David is the co-creator and
writer for the television series, Seinfeld. In
addition, he created and stars in the HBO series,
Curb Your Enthusiasm.

David, a former standup comedian, was a writer and
cast member for American Broadcasting
Company|ABC's Fridays television series from 1980
to 1982, and a writer for National Broadcasting
Company|NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1984 to
1985. During his entire time at SNL, David only
got one sketch included in the show — the
last sketch of the night (where the weaker
sketches are usually scheduled). David acted minor
parts in two Woody Allen films, Radio Days (1987)
and New York Stories|Oedipus Wrecks (1989).

In 1989, David teamed up with comedian Jerry
Seinfeld to create The Seinfeld Chronicles for
NBC. The show was later retitled simply Seinfeld,
and became one of the most successful shows in
television history. David appeared on the show as
Frank Costanza's lawyer, who wore a cape, and was
the voice of George Costanza's boss, George
Steinbrenner. Larry David was the primary
inspiration for the character of George Costanza
on Seinfeld. David left Seinfeld, on amicable
terms, after the seventh season. However, he
returned to write the series finale in 1998.
 
David wrote and directed the 1998 film Sour Grapes
(film)|Sour Grapes, about two cousins who feud
over a casino jackpot. It was not a commercial
success.

In 1999, the Home Box Office|HBO cable television
channel aired David's special, Larry David: Curb
Your Enthusiasm, a hybrid work using story
outlines and improvised dialog, shot in a
documentary style. Before it aired, HBO had
suggested that David commit to a series using the
same method. The result, entitled Curb Your
Enthusiasm, first aired in 2000. It revisits many
of the themes first brought up in Seinfeld.

In 2004, David's Curb Your Enthusiasm show was
credited with helping clear a Los Angeles man
named Juan Catalan of a death penalty murder case.
Catalan, who was arrested on suspicion of murder,
maintained his innocence, saying he was at a Los
Angeles Dodgers baseball game on May 12, 2003,
during the time of the slaying. During the game,
an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was being shot
in Dodger Stadium which contained footage of Juan
Catalan with his daughter. When told that his show
had released a wrongfully accused man, Larry David
commented in a The New Yorker|New Yorker article,
"I tell people that I've now done one decent thing
in my life. Albeit inadvertently." ref|murderclear

In 2005, David was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award in the "Best Performance By An Actor In A
Television Series — Musical Or Comedy"
category, for his work on the show. In the same
year, fellow comedians and comedy insiders, in a
poll to select The Comedian's Comedian, voted him
amongst the top fifty greatest comedy acts ever.

David graduated from the University of Maryland,
College Park (Class of 1970) with a degree in
history.

Since May 2005 he's been a contributing blogger at
The Huffington Post.

==References==
# note|murderclearWeb reference | title="Curb"
Curbs Injustice  | work=E! |
URL=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14240,00
.html | date=June 20 | year=2005

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0202970|name=Larry David
*
http://whak.com/?url=ca.geocities.com/fridaysalway
s/index.htm Picture of Larry in cast of Fridays
* http://www.kennykramer.com/LarryDavidInt.html
Larry David interview
*
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040119fa_fa
ct New Yorker Article about Larry David
*
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/opinion/15DAVI.h
tml?ex=1392181200&en=b2e2b0a395fc9eb4&ei=5007&part
ner=USERLAND My War by Larry David
*
http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?is
sue=3315&f=1 Onion A.V. Club interview of Larry
David (1998)
*
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/19/60II/mai
n593983.shtml 60 Minutes II interview with Larry
David hosted by Bob Simon which aired August 11,
2004 (there is also a link to a portion of the
video from the interview)