Jason Alexander

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Biography

Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director and producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998. He also has had an active career on the stage, appearing in several Broadway musicals including Jerome Robbins' Broadway in 1989, for which he won the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. He appeared in the Los Angeles production of The Producers with Martin Short. He is the Artistic Director of "Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles," where he has directed several musicals. Alexander is also an avid poker player.

Known For

The Simpsons

Bourbon Verlander (voice)

Friends

Earl

Pretty Woman

Philip Stuckey

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Carl

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gargoyle Hugo (voice)

Malcolm in the Middle

Leonard

Criminal Minds

Prof. Rothchild

Two and a Half Men

Dr. Goodman

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Jimmy MOVIE	Louis B. Mayer
2025	The Gettysburg Address MOVIE	Noah Brooks (voice)
2025	LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails TV	Magneto (voice)
2025	The Bad Guys: The Series TV	Mysterious Figure (voice)
2025	The Bad Guys: The Series TV	D.B. Cougar (voice)
2025	Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words MOVIE	Self
2025	Stealing Pulp Fiction MOVIE	Dr. Mendelbaum
2025	The Electric State MOVIE	Ted / Wingman
2024	Y llegaron de noche TV	Carl Laemmle
2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic MOVIE	Self - Performer
2023	Leo MOVIE	Jayda's Dad (voice)
2023	Rock, Paper, Scissors TV	Jonathan Fartjoke (voice)
2023	History of the World: Part II TV	Maurice Cheeks
2022	The Conspiracy MOVIE	Self
2022	Killing Me Softly with His Songs MOVIE	Self
2022	Out of Office MOVIE	Self
2022	Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 MOVIE	Self
2022	Dunston Checks Out MOVIE	Jason Alexander (archival footage)
2021	Star Trek: Prodigy TV	Doctor Noum (voice)
2021	Star Trek: Prodigy TV	Counselor Noum (voice)
2021	The Problem with Jon Stewart TV	Jeff Bezos
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age MOVIE	Self
2021	History of the Sitcom TV	Self - Actor
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune TV	Self - Contestant
2020	The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream MOVIE	Narrator
2020	Faith Based MOVIE	Nicky Steele
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self - Special Guest
2020	My Boyfriend's Meds MOVIE	Dr. Sternbach
2019	The Movies That Made Us TV	Self
2019	Harley Quinn TV	Sy Borgman (voice)
2019	Mad About You TV	Jason Alexander
2018	The Conners TV	Pastor Phil
2018	The Portuguese Kid MOVIE	Barry Dragonetti
2018	Bucky and the Squirrels MOVIE	Jason Alexander
2017	Hit the Road TV	Ken Swallow
2017	Young Sheldon TV	Gene Lundy
2017	The Orville TV	Olix
2017	Kody Kapow TV	Goji (voice)
2017	The Truth Is in the Stars MOVIE	Self
2017	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel TV	Asher Friedman
2017	Dinner with Dad TV	Jason Alexander
2016	The Mark Lembeck Technique MOVIE	Mark Lembeck
2016	Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... MOVIE	Self
2016	For the Love of Spock MOVIE	Self
2016	There's Something About Romcoms MOVIE	Self
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid TV	Self
2016	Match Game TV	Self - Panelist
2016	Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz MOVIE	Mr. Bibb / The Nome King (voice)
2016	To Tell the Truth TV	Self - Panelist
2016	The Last Laugh MOVIE	Self
2015	The Grinder TV	Cliff Bemis
2015	China, Il The Musical MOVIE	Harold
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant MOVIE	Larry's Dad
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, Fl TV	Jason Alexander
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self
2015	Misery Loves Comedy MOVIE	Self
2015	Wild Card MOVIE	Pinky
2014	How Murray Saved Christmas MOVIE	Doc Holiday (voice)
2014	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero TV	Coach Wallace (voice)
2014	Lucky Stiff MOVIE	Vinnie Di Ruzzio
2014	The Tom and Jerry Show TV	Rick (voice)
2014	TripTank TV	Doctor (voice)
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2013	Kirstie TV	Stanford Temple
2013	Hollywood Game Night TV	Self
2013	Drunk History TV	William Tweed
2012	Stars in Shorts MOVIE	Sid Rosenthal
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee TV	Self
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang! TV	Inspector Gantlet
2012	National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2012	Say It Ain't Solo MOVIE	Self
2011	The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle MOVIE	Eugene (voice)
2011	Talking Dead TV	Self
2011	China, IL TV	Harold (voice)
2011	Dora the Explorer: Dora's Enchanted Forest Adventures MOVIE	Owl (voice)
2011	A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! MOVIE	Cosmo
2011	Franklin & Bash TV	Carter Lang
2011	Harry's Law TV	Richard Cross
2010	Not Your Time MOVIE	Sid Rosenthal
2010	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey MOVIE	Moronic (voice)
2010	Fish Hooks TV	Mr. Nibbles
2010	Fish Hooks TV	Mr. Nibbles (voice)
2010	Rock Slyde MOVIE	Mailman Stan
2010	The Marriage Ref TV	Self - Panelist
2009	The Cleveland Show TV	Self
2009	Community TV	Mountain Man
2009	Meteor TV	Dr. Chetwyn
2009	Hachi: A Dog's Tale MOVIE	Carl
2008	Shatner's Raw Nerve TV	Self
2008	Step It Up and Dance TV	Self
2007	Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain MOVIE	Self
2007	The Grand MOVIE	Dr. Yakov Achmed
2007	Thank God You're Here TV	Self
2006	Farce of the Penguins MOVIE	Penguin on Belly (voz)
2006	Rachael Ray TV	Self - Guest
2006	Talkshow with Spike Feresten TV	Self
2006	Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner MOVIE	Self - Roastmaster
2006	How to Go Out on a Date in Queens MOVIE	Johnny
2006	Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror MOVIE	British Record Mogul
2006	Ira & Abby MOVIE	Dr. Morris Saperstein
2006	Where My Dogs At? TV	Self
2006	The New Adventures of Old Christine TV	Dr. Palmer
2005	Earth to America MOVIE	self
2005	Everybody Hates Chris TV	Principal Edwards
2005	Criminal Minds TV	Prof. Rothchild
2005	The Aristocrats MOVIE	Self
2005	Robot Chicken TV	Krampus (voice)
2005	American Dad! TV	Mr. Orlando (voice)
2005	American Dad! TV	Sal (voice)
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2004	A Christmas Carol MOVIE	Jacob Marley / Marley's Ghost
2004	The Seinfeld Story MOVIE	Self
2004	Seinfeld: How It Began MOVIE	Self/George Costanza
2004	Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo MOVIE	Self
2004	Listen Up! TV	Tony Kleinman
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self - Guest
2003	Two and a Half Men TV	Dr. Goodman
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure MOVIE	Lightning (voice)
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	The Man Who Saved Christmas MOVIE	A.C. Gilbert
2002	The Twilight Zone TV	Patient
2002	Monk TV	Marty Eels
2002	The Hunchback of Notre Dame II MOVIE	Gargoyle Hugo (voice)
2001	Being 'Shallow Hal' MOVIE	Self
2001	Shallow Hal MOVIE	Mauricio Wilson
2001	Bob Patterson TV	Bob Patterson
2001	Good Day Live TV	Self
2001	The Legend of Tarzan TV	Zutho (voice)
2001	Primetime Glick TV	Self
2001	On Edge MOVIE	Zamboni Phil
2001	The Trumpet of the Swan MOVIE	Father (voice)
2001	Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller MOVIE	Self
2001	Critics Choice Awards TV	Self
2001	Disney's House of Mouse TV	Self
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm TV	Jason Alexander
2000	The Huntress TV	Self
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle MOVIE	Boris
2000	Son of the Beach TV	Self
2000	Let's Rap Fire Safety MOVIE	Self
2000	Malcolm in the Middle TV	Leonard
1999	Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments MOVIE	Host
1999	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller MOVIE	Self - Roastmaster
1999	Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm MOVIE	Self
1999	Love and Action in Chicago MOVIE	Frank Bonner
1999	Madeline: Lost in Paris MOVIE	Uncle Horst / Henri (voice)
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1999	Sideshow: Alive on the Inside MOVIE	Narrator
1999	Dilbert TV	Catbert (voice)
1999	Jingle Bells MOVIE	Elf (Voice)
1998	Hollywood Squares TV	Self - Panelist
1998	Hercules TV	Poseidon
1998	Hercules TV	Poseidon (voice)
1998	Denial MOVIE	Art Witz
1998	Titey MOVIE	Titey (voice)
1997	Cinderella MOVIE	Lionel
1997	Love! Valour! Compassion! MOVIE	Buzz Hauser
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame MOVIE	Gargoyle Hugo (voice)
1996	The Making of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame MOVIE	Self
1996	Muppets Tonight TV	Self
1996	Remember WENN TV	Alan Ballinger
1996	Dunston Checks In MOVIE	Robert Grant
1995	Bye Bye Birdie MOVIE	Albert J. Peterson
1995	The Last Supper MOVIE	Anti-Enviroment
1995	For Better or Worse MOVIE	Michael Makeshift
1995	Star Trek: Voyager TV	Kurros
1995	A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim MOVIE	Self
1994	The Return of Jafar MOVIE	Abis Mal - the Chief of the Thieves (voice)
1994	Friends TV	Earl
1994	Blankman MOVIE	Mr. Stone
1994	North MOVIE	North's Dad
1994	Down on the Waterfront MOVIE	Self
1994	The Paper MOVIE	Marion Sandusky
1994	Duckman TV	Duckman (voice)
1994	Aladdin TV	Abis Mal (voice)
1994	Aladdin TV	Captain Albatross (voice)
1994	Aladdin TV	Abis Mal / Abnor Mal (voice)
1993	The Nanny TV	Jack
1993	Coneheads MOVIE	Larry Farber
1993	Sexual Healing MOVIE	Frank
1993	For Goodness Sake MOVIE	Electronics Store Customer
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Jason Alexander
1992	I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore MOVIE	Bernie Fishbine
1991	Dinosaurs TV	Grown Baby (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	Stu (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	The Job Wizard (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	Gus Molehill (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	Sexual Harris (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	General H. Norman Conquest (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs TV	UFO! Host / Announcer (voice)
1990	Jacob's Ladder MOVIE	Geary
1990	White Palace MOVIE	Neil
1990	Dream On TV	Randall Townsend
1990	Pretty Woman MOVIE	Philip Stuckey
1989	The Simpsons TV	Bourbon Verlander (voice)
1989	Seinfeld TV	George Costanza
1988	Favorite Son TV	Chris Van Allen
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1987	Everything's Relative TV	Julian Beeby
1986	Brighton Beach Memoirs MOVIE	Pool Player #1
1986	The Mosquito Coast MOVIE	Hardware Clerk
1986	Rockabye MOVIE	Lt. Ernest Foy
1984	E/R TV	Harold Stickley
1984	E/R TV	Self
1984	Jeopardy! TV	Self
1983	Reading Rainbow TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1982	Newhart TV	Self
1982	Late Night with David Letterman TV	Self
1981	Senior Trip MOVIE	Pete
1981	The Burning MOVIE	Dave
1980	A Capitol Fourth TV	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self - Host
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1949	The Emmy Awards TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
	Broadway: The Next Generation MOVIE	Self
	The Sisters Rosensweig MOVIE	Mervyn
	Leo 2 MOVIE	Self
	Saturday TV Funhouse TV	Titey (voice)

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