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3	->''"The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work."''
4	-->--'''Jason Alexander''', summing up his time on ''Seinfeld''
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6	Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), otherwise known as [[StageName Jason Alexander]], is an American actor known to the world as the one and only George Costanza from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
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8	In actuality, the man is an accomplished performer on the stage, having won a Tony Award for his singing contributions. However, it would be his role as George Costanza, {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire and [[HeterosexualLifePartners best]] [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat friend]] to main character Jerry Seinfeld that would make Alexander a true household name. Being named "the greatest sitcom character of all time" by none other than Creator/RickyGervais, Alexander's accolades for the role included Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, as well as a win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. One could say that, along with Michael Richards as Kramer, he became a BreakoutCharacter on the show.
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10	His son Gabriel Greenspan is also an accomplished actor.
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12	He's also an expert poker player.
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14	!!Filmography:
15	!!!Film:
16	* ''Film/TheBurning'' (1981) as Dave
17	* ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast'' (1986) as a Clerk
18	* ''Film/PrettyWoman'' (1990) as Philip Stuckey
19	* ''Film/JacobsLadder'' (1990) as Geary
20	* ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'' (1993) as Larry Farber
21	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' (1994) as the voice of Abis Mal
22	* ''Film/{{North}}'' (1994) as North's father
23	* ''Film/DunstonChecksIn'' (1996) as the dad and hotel manager
24	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' (1996) as the voice of Hugo
25	* ''Film/LoveValourCompassion'' (1997) as Buzz Hauser
26	* ''Film/ShallowHal'' (2001) as Mauricio Wilson
27	* ''Film/FarceOfThePenguins'' (2007) as Penguin on Belly
28	* ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' (2011) as Cosmo (TV Movie)
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30	!!!TV:
31	* ''Series/EverythingsRelative1987'' as Julian Beeby
32	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1990-1998) as George Costanza
33	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' (1994-1995) as the voice of Abis Mal
34	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' (1994-1997) as the voice of Duckman
35	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E19ThinkTank Think Tank]]", (1999), as Kurros
36	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' (1999-2000) as the voice of Catbert
37	* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' (2001, 2009) as himself
38	* ''Listen Up'' (2004-2005) as Tony Kleinman
39	* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' (2006-2007) as Principal Edwards
40	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'' (2018, 2020-) as Gene Lundy
41	* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' (2019-2020) as Sy Borgman
42	* ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'' (2024) as Jonathan Fartjoke
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44	!!!Theatre:
45	* ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'' (1981) as Joe
46	* ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' (1989) as the narrator - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
47	* ''Theatre/TheProducers'' (2003 Los Angeles production) as Max Bialystock
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49	!!Tropes associated with Jason Alexander include:
50	* TheCastShowOff: He's a former Tony-winning Broadway actor with a great singing voice and occasionally shows it off. Inverted in Seinfeld, where for George's answering machine message where he was told to sing offkey and had to do some retakes before properly singing the song crappily enough.
51	* TwoFirstNames: His StageName, Jason Alexander.

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