Larry David is an American actor and comedian who is probably best known as the co-creator (along with Jerry Seinfeld), executive producer, and frequent writer of Seinfeld. He was the inspiration for the character George Costanza. Many of the episodes stem from his personal experience doing stand-up and writing on Saturday Night Live and its early counterpart, Fridays, working with Michael Richards, Melanie Chartoff, and Bruce Mahler. At the end of Season Seven, Larry left, but he returned to write "The Finale". He did, however, voice certain characters in later seasons. After Seinfeld, he went on to create and star in another popular sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry makes many voice and appearing cameos in the shows throughout the series, most notably as the voice of George Steinbrenner. He also appears as Frank Costanza's Lawyer wearing a cape. Larry also created and voiced in the 2000 Icebox animated comedy pilot The Paula Principle. Larry appeared in the first episode of Jerry Seinfeld's 2012 comedy web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Episodes written[]
Season 1[]
- "The Seinfeld Chronicles" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Stake Out" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "Male Unbonding" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Stock Tip" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
Season 2[]
- "The Ex-Girlfriend" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Pony Remark" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Jacket" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Phone Message" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Revenge"
- "The Deal"
- "The Chinese Restaurant" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Busboy" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
Season 3[]
- "The Note"
- "The Pen"
- "The Dog"
- "The Parking Garage"
- "The Tape" (with Bob Shaw and Don McEnery)
- "The Stranded" (with Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman)
- "The Alternate Side" (with Bill Masters)
- "The Red Dot"
- "The Pez Dispenser"
- "The Boyfriend" (with Larry Levin)
- "The Letter"
- "The Parking Space" (with Greg Daniels)
Season 4[]
- "The Pitch"
- "The Ticket"
- "The Wallet"
- "The Watch"
- "The Bubble Boy" (with Larry Charles)
- "The Cheever Letters" (teleplay; story with Elaine Pope and Tom Leopold)
- "The Contest"
- "The Pick" (teleplay; story with Marc Jaffe)
- "The Shoes" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Smelly Car" (with Peter Mehlman)
- "The Handicap Spot"
- "The Pilot"
Season 5[]
- "The Mango" (teleplay with Lawrence H. Levy; story by Lawrence H. Levy)
- "The Puffy Shirt"
- "The Sniffing Accountant" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Non-Fat Yogurt"
- "The Dinner Party"
- "The Stand In"
- "The Raincoats" (with Tom Gammill and Max Pross and Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Opposite" (with Andy Cowan and Jerry Seinfeld)
Season 6[]
- "The Chaperone" (with Bill Masters and Bob Shaw)
- "The Big Salad"
- "The Couch"
- "The Race" (teleplay with Tom Gammill and Max Pross; story with Tom Gammill, Max Pross and Sam Kass)
- "The Kiss Hello" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Face Painter" (teleplay; story with Fred Stoller)
Season 7[]
- "The Engagement"
- "The Postponement"
- "The Maestro"
- "The Cadillac" (with Jerry Seinfeld)
- "The Invitations"
Season 9[]
Other cameos[]
- Neighbor observing the arrest of Kramer in The Trip, Part 2.
- Cashier who refused George's $20 because of lipstick on President Jackson's mouth in "The Gum".
- Is the The Caped Lawyer in "The Chinese Woman".
- Provided the voice of Newman in “The Revenge”.
- Space cadet on Jerry's TV set yelling about the doom of his planet (Flaming Globes of Sigmund) in “The Heart Attack”.
- Voice on TV of the referee counting down the end of a boxing match in "The Parking Space".
- Voices coming movie attractions in an episode.
- Greenpeace volunteer in a lifeboat with the former NBC president.
- Voice of one of the diners at "The Chinese Restaurant".
- When Kramer goes to California, Larry is seen in the background when Kramer is being arrested at his apartment.
- Improvisation club announcer. In one episode he is heard saying, “Tommy, you’re on.”
- Beachgoer who says, “Is anyone here a marine biologist?”
- Voices a cop while Kramer is having is mugshot taken in "The Wig Master." David's lines include, "Okay, Big Daddy. Take the hat off," as well as "I said, 'Turn,' pimp!" (Kramer was under arrest on suspicion of being a pimp.)
- Angry retiree who asks Jerry, “Who are you?” He later yells, “I’d rather have a bottle of scotch!” ("The Pen")
- Voiced one of the people who shouted at Kramer in "The Switch"; he said, "What do you say, Cosmo?"
- In "The Airport" in the plane when there is only one meal left for Elaine, a kosher one, he says off-screen, "Oh, you know what? I ordered the kosher meal."
- In "The Finale" he voices an inmate who shouts at Jerry during his improv: "I'm gonna cut you."
- and countless others.