Editing Jason Alexander (section)

{{short description|American actor (born 1959)}}
{{About|the American actor|other people named Jason Alexander|Jason Alexander (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Jason Alexander
| image              = Jason Alexander - 2009 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = Jason Alexander
| caption            = Alexander in 2009
| birth_name         = Jay Scott Greenspan
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1959|9|23}}
| birth_place        = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|director|podcaster|presenter}}
| years_active       = 1981–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Daena Title|1982}}
| children           = 2
| relatives          = 
| module             = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename= Jason Alexander thanks Cantor Jack for teaching him. (320kbps).ogg |title= Alexander's speaking voice |type= speech |description=Celebrating the retirement of Cantor Jack of [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey]]{{'s}} Adath Shalom.}}
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'''Jay Scott Greenspan'''<ref name="kevinpollakschatshow">{{Citation|last=kevinpollakschatshow|title=KPCS: Jason Alexander #86|date=January 13, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8WD9zDing| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-w8WD9zDing| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Jason Alexander Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168|title=Jason Alexander Biography: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian (1959–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV channel)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|date=September 23, 1959|access-date=February 13, 2011|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143003/https://networthfree.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021433/bio|title=Jason Alexander |publisher = [[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Movies]]| archive-date=January 14, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120114172847/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021433/bio}}</ref> (born September 23, 1959),<ref name="Jason Alexander Biography"/> known professionally as '''Jason Alexander''', is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career he has received an [[Emmy Award]] and a [[Tony Award]] as well as nominations for four [[Golden Globe Awards]]. He gained stardom for his role as [[George Costanza]] in the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (1989–1998), for which he won a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series]] and was nominated for seven consecutive [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] and four [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in Television]].

Alexander made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut originating the role of Joe in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' in 1981. He remained active on Broadway acting in the musicals ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' in 1984 and the [[Neil Simon]] play ''[[Broadway Bound]]'' in 1986. He then starred in ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]'' in 1989, for which he won the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]]. His subsequent theatre roles include the touring production of ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' from 2003 to 2004 and replacing [[Larry David]] in the original 2015 Broadway production of ''[[Fish in the Dark]]''. He has also directed several plays such as the original 2023 Broadway production of ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''.

His film roles include ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' (1990), ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' (1990), ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]'' (1992), ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' (1994), ''[[Dunston Checks In]]'' (1996), ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' (2001), and ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]'' (2009). He voiced the [[gargoyle]] Hugo in the Disney film ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1996) and the titular role in ''[[Duckman]]'' (1994–1997). He was the narrator for the documentary film [[Sideshow: Alive on the Inside|''Sideshow: Alive on the Inside'']] (1999). For his role in ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' (1994) he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]].