Larry David

Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', of which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for creating and writing the HBO series ''Curb Your Enthusiasm,'' in which he also stars as a fictionalized version of himself. David's work on ''Seinfeld'' won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in 1993, for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series; he was nominated 17 other times.

Formerly a comedian, he went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's ''Fridays'', and writing briefly for ''Saturday Night Live''. He has been nominated for 27 Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fellow comedians and comedy insiders voted him the 23rd-greatest comedy star ever in a 2004 British poll to select "The Comedian's Comedian", and he received the Writers Guild of America's Laurel Award in 2010. He made his Broadway debut writing and starring in the comedic play ''Fish in the Dark'' (2015). Since 2015 he has made recurring guest appearances on ''Saturday Night Live'', where he impersonates 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who is also his sixth cousin once removed. Provided by Wikipedia