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[[Larry David]] (born 1947) is an actor, writer, comedian and producer. He's most famous for being the co-creator and [[Show Runner]] of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', and the creator of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where he stars [[As Himself]].

He began his career as a [[Stand Up Comedy|stand-up comedian]], and was a writer for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' between 1984-85, without much success. In 1989, along with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, he created the revolutionary [[Sit ComSitcom]] ''Seinfeld'', which went on to became one of the most popular shows of [[The Nineties]]. ''Seinfeld'' was so successful, that pretty much everything about it [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|was copied]]. David based the character George Costanza, probably the biggest jerk in [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|a show about jerks]], on himself. He [[Descended Creator|had many bit parts on the show]] (usually offscreen voices), the most memorable being the voice of [[The Faceless|George Steinbrenner]]. He left ''Seinfeld'' after the seventh season, but [[Back for Thethe Finale|returned to write the finale]].

In 1998, he wrote and directed a movie called ''Sour Grapes'', which was a failure. In 1999, he made a one-hour long special for [[HBO]], called ''Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm''. The special was a [[Faux Documentary]] about him preparing for an HBO special, and eventually weaseling out of it. It was originally envisioned as a one-time project, but it was so successful, that in 2000, David created ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where he plays himself as a selfish, annoying, neurotic [[Jerkass]]. As of 2012, ''Curb'' had eight seasons, with [[British Brevity|ten episodes each]], due to David writing all the episodes. In 2009, he played the main role, a misantrophicmisanthropic [[Lemony Narrator]], in the [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Whatever Works]]''.