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Lovejoy

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{{short description|British television comedy drama series (1986–1994)}}
{{for-multi|the series of novels upon which the television series is based|Lovejoy (novel series)|the British indie rock band|Lovejoy (band)|other uses}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Lovejoy-cast.jpg
| caption = The main cast from the series 1 to 5 (from left), [[Dudley Sutton]], [[Ian McShane]], [[Chris Jury]], and [[Phyllis Logan]].
| genre = [[Comedy drama]], [[mystery fiction|mystery]]
| runtime = 50 minutes
| creator = {{Plainlist |* [[John Grant (Lovejoy)|John Grant]]
*[[Ian La Frenais]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ian-mcshane-i-dont-even-like-antiques-2099558.html|title=Ian McShane: 'I don't even like antiques'|date=9 October 2010|work=[[The Independent]].|publisher=Independent Print Limited|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>}}
| starring = {{Plainlist |*[[Ian McShane]]
*[[Chris Jury]]
*[[Phyllis Logan]]
*[[Dudley Sutton]]
}}
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| company = [[BBC]] Tamariska Productions [[WitzEnd Productions]]
| network = [[BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1986|1|10|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1986|3|14|df=y}}
| first_aired2 = {{start date|1991|1|6|df=y}}
| last_aired2 = {{end date|1994|12|4|df=y}}
| num_series = 6
| num_episodes = 71<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/lovejoy-remake-1202640899/|title=Ian McShane's Classic British Drama 'Lovejoy' Set For Reboot After Blue Sky Pictures Options Original Novels|first=Peter|last=White|date=2 July 2019|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref>
| list_episodes = List of Lovejoy episodes
}}
'''''Lovejoy''''' is a British television [[comedy-drama]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] series, based on the [[Lovejoy (novel series)|novel]]s by [[John Grant (Lovejoy)|John Grant]] under the pen name Jonathan Gash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/21326015.memories-lovejoy-east-anglias-tv-classic/|title=Memories of Lovejoy: East Anglia's TV classic|date=14 January 2021|website=East Anglian Daily Times|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref> The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, though there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by [[Ian La Frenais]].

==Overview==
{{Main|List of Lovejoy episodes}}

The series concerns the adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a roguish [[antiques dealer]] based in [[East Anglia]], and was filmed around [[Long Melford]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cranford |first1=Helen |title=In Constable country |work=The Times |issue=68010 |date=28 February 2004 |page=171|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Within the trade, he has a reputation as a "divvy",<ref>{{cite web | url=https://televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/lovejoy | title=Lovejoy }}</ref> a person with almost unnatural powers of recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antiques from fakes or forgeries.

==Characters==
* Lovejoy, played by [[Ian McShane]], a less than scrupulous, yet likeable rogue antique dealer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/reviews/dvd-a-blu-ray/lovejoy-the-complete-collection-dvd-review|title='Lovejoy': The Complete Collection DVD review|first=Nick|last=Aldwinckle|date=15 August 2011|website=CultBox|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref>
* Eric Catchpole, played by [[Chris Jury]] (series 1–5; guest, series 6), Lovejoy's younger, enthusiastic, but ever so slightly dim, assistant
* Tinker Dill, played by [[Dudley Sutton]], "barker" and tout who is friends with Lovejoy
* Lady Jane Felsham, played by [[Phyllis Logan]] (series 1–5; guest, series 6), has a friendly, flirtatious relationship with Lovejoy, often helping him with his deals
* Charlie Gimbert, played by [[Malcolm Tierney]] (series 1, 4–5), Lovejoy's landlord and the owner of a local [[auction house]], he is also Lovejoy's nemesis and rival within the antiques trade
* Beth Taylor, played by [[Diane Parish]] (series 5–6), Lovejoy's new apprentice following the departure of Eric Catchpole
* Charlotte Cavendish, played by [[Caroline Langrishe]] (series 5–6), an auctioneer who becomes Lovejoy's love interest

==Broadcast history==
The series was notable for its style and pace. Lovejoy would frequently break the [[fourth wall]], revealing his thoughts and motives by addressing the audience directly. The first series was shown on BBC1 in the first half of 1986. It concluded with a two-part special.

Despite the first series being a moderate ratings success, ''Lovejoy'' was not brought back until January 1991. The original four cast members returned for the next two series between 1991 and 1992. With the start of the fourth series in 1993, [[Malcolm Tierney]] reprised his first series role as Charlie Gimbert.

During the fifth series, several cast changes were made. Phyllis Logan left the show in the second episode and Chris Jury departed in the sixth episode, although both characters returned for the sixth series finale. Two new regular characters were added: Lovejoy's new apprentice, Beth Taylor, and Charlotte Cavendish, who ran a local antiques auction house.

The sixth and final series of ten episodes was broadcast between October and December 1994. Two ninety-minute ''Lovejoy'' specials for Christmas were shown in 1992 and 1993. The theme tune used in the opening and end credits, as well as the incidental music for each episode, was composed by [[Denis King]].

==Releases==
In the United States, the series was first broadcast on the [[A&E Network]]. It was marketed as ''The Lovejoy Mysteries'' on [[VHS]] in the United States. The [[DVD]] release of the entire series has returned to the title of ''Lovejoy''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39060/lovejoy-the-complete-collection/|title=Lovejoy: The Complete Collection|website=[[DVD Talk]]|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0090477}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnFg7GAZSE Ian McShane talks about Lovejoy part one], 2004 video
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/lovejoy/index.html ''Lovejoy''] at British TV Resources
*{{Epguides|Lovejoy}}
*[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=205621095266899684813.0004b71bd629a1e7e9f4a&msa=0 Filming locations]
*[http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/552531/Lovejoy-TV-show-makes-a-comeback Lovejoy TV show makes a comeback]

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Carlos Alazraqui

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'''Carlos Jaime Alazraqui''' (born July 20, 1962)<ref name="Voice">{{cite web|date=July 20, 2014|title=Happy Birthday To Yonker's Carlos Jaime Alazraqui|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/yonkers/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-yonkers-carlos-jaime-alazraqui/474012/|access-date=February 22, 2021|publisher=[[Daily Voice (U.S. hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]]}}</ref> is an American actor. His voice acting roles include the original voice of [[Spyro (character)|Spyro]] from ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'', the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in the [[Taco Bell]] commercials, [[Rocko]] on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Denzel Crocker on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Lazlo and Clam on ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'', Puma Loco on ''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera]]'', Rikochet on ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]'', Felipe on ''[[Handy Manny]]'', Walden on ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'', Paco on ''[[Maya & Miguel]]'', Scissors on ''[[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)| Rock Paper Scissors]]'', and the [[Disney]] character [[Panchito Pistoles]] since 2001. He is a weekly contributor on ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]''. In live action, Alazraqui is known for playing Deputy James Garcia on ''[[Reno 911!]]''

==Early life==
Carlos Jaime Alazraqui was born in [[Yonkers, New York]] on July 20, 1962, to [[Argentines|Argentine]] parents.<ref name=AlazraquiCSUS/><ref name="Voice" /> He has [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] heritage from his father.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=996477063593844736|user=carlosalazraqui|title=@RavMABAY @charlie_adler Thank you, from this person who's of Sephardic Jewish origin on my father's side!!!|date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> His mother was a [[Methodism|Methodist]] priest.<ref>{{cite web |first=Carlos |last=Aguilar |url=https://sovas.org/carlosalazraqui/|title=Argentine-American Actor Carlos Alazraqui On Voicing the Taco Bell Chihuahua & 'Rocko's Modern Life' |publisher=[[Society of Voice Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> He moved with his family to [[Concord, California]], at an early age.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Young |first1=Susan |date=November 7, 2007 |title='Reno' big fish just a guppie at home |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/11/07/reno-big-fish-just-a-guppie-at-home/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |newspaper=[[East Bay Times]]}}</ref> Alazraqui graduated from [[Concord High School (California)|Concord High School]].<ref>{{cite web | title=”Reno 911” character keeps laughs coming | website=Times Herald Online | date=2006-10-06 | url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2006/10/06/reno-911-character-keeps-laughs-coming/ | access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> He attended college at [[California State University, Sacramento]] from 1982 to 1986, where he began competing in open mic contests.<ref name=AlazraquiCSUS>{{cite web|url=http://37prime.com/news/2017/07/28/carlos-alazraqui-qa-birthplace-video/|title=Carlos Alazraqui Q&A: Birthplace (Video)|date=December 2009|publisher=37prime.news|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
*a "...then attended school, college in Sacramento after two years of junior college playing soccer and running track. I decided to do four years at Sacramento State from 82-86." — 00:58-01:08.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Basofin|first=Pete|url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/sac_history_happenings/2012/03/in-historys-spotlight-carlos-alazraqui.html|title=Sac History Happenings: In History's Spotlight: Carlos Alazraqui|access-date=2013-12-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040328/http://blogs.sacbee.com/sac_history_happenings/2012/03/in-historys-spotlight-carlos-alazraqui.html|archive-date=January 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After winning in his fourth year, Alazraqui took his prize money and moved to [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com/Pages/WholeCarlos.html|title=Carlos Alazraqui profile|publisher=San Francisco Comedy Competition|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
===Stand-up comedy===
Alazraqui originally began his career in stand-up comedy, he was the winner of the [[San Francisco Comedy Competition]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com/about-the-competition/past-winners/|title=Past Winners}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/general-news/20061006/reno-911-character-keeps-laughs-coming|title="Reno 911" character keeps laughs coming|date=October 6, 2006}}</ref> He beat out fellow comedians [[Marc Maron]] and [[Patton Oswalt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2020/07/27/episode-307-carlos-alazraqui/|title=Episode #307: Carlos Alazraqui|date=July 27, 2020 }}</ref>

In addition, Alazraqui joined Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour in 2014, playing some of the dates with Jim Ward and he has a semi-regular segment on Miller's radio show ''Coffee with Carlos''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://freespeech.org/stories/the-stephanie-miller-show-august-5-2015/ |title=The Stephanie Miller Show - August 5, 2015 - Free Speech TV |work=Free Speech TV |access-date=December 3, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Alazraqui is known for his live-action work in ''[[Reno 911!]]'', in which he portrayed Deputy James Garcia for five seasons (2003–2008). He played the same role in the series' 2007 spinoff film ''[[Reno 911! Miami]]''. As a nod to this role, he also played a "bumbling" Reno cop in the ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' episode "[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9)#ep186|Let it Bleed]]". He has been a celebrity on the [[Tom Bergeron]] version of ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1281666/ |title="Hollywood Squares" - Episode dated 28 December 1998 |website=IMDB |date=December 28, 1998 |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

Alazraqui also wrote and starred in ''[[The Last White Dishwasher]]'', a short film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spotlightonentertainment.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/pedro-almodovars-broken-embraces-opens-the-los-angeles-latino-film-festival/|title=Pedro Almodovar's 'Broken Embraces' opens the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival - Spotlight on Entertainment|work=Spotlight on Entertainment|date=October 2, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2020, Alazraqui reprised his role as Deputy James Oswaldo Garcia in the seventh season of ''Reno 911!'' which aired on [[Quibi]]. He also appeared in the 2021 [[Paramount+]] movie, ''Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon''. The eighth season of the series, now titled ''Reno 911! Defunded'', premiered on [[The Roku Channel]] in February 2022.

He reprised his role as Denzel Crocker in ''[[The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder]]'', a live-action sequel to ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', which premiered on Paramount+ in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Timothy |title=The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Exclusive Clip Reveals the Return of Mr. Crocker |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-fairly-oddparents-fairly-odder-mr-crocker-return-clip/ |website=ComicBook |access-date=March 28, 2022 |date=March 28, 2022}}</ref>

===Voice acting===
Alazraqui has performed several voices for [[Nickelodeon]] cartoons, including [[Rocko]] on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', as well as [[List of The Fairly OddParents characters#Denzel Crocker|Denzel Crocker]] and [[Juandissimo Magnifico]] on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Winslow T. Oddfellow and Lube on ''[[CatDog]]'', Scooter on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', and Scissors on [[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)|''Rock, Paper, Scissors'']]. He also voiced several additional voices for the Cartoon Network shows, ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'', ''Kidscity: The Village Dome of Kids'', and ''[[I Am Weasel]]'' during their runs in the mid-late 1990s. He also voiced Spyro in ''[[Spyro the Dragon (video game)|Spyro the Dragon]]''. He was later replaced by [[Tom Kenny]] as Spyro in ''[[Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!]], [[Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'' and ''[[Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly]]''. In 1997, he voiced [[Crash Bandicoot]] in promotional trailers for the game ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'',<ref>{{cite tweet|number=900762317624795136|user=carlosalazraqui|title=#TBT to the Crash Bandicoot and Taco Bell days... #90s|accessdate=June 12, 2019|language=en|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> also switching out live performances as him with Tom Kenny at [[E3#Events|E3 1997]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1733903169070272956|user=carlosalazraqui|title=We both interchanged during those years at the conference. Not sure about 97|accessdate=February 16, 2024|language=en|date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> He also voiced the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in the [[Taco Bell]] commercials,<ref>{{cite web| last = David| first = Long| title = Taco Bell Dog Story| url = http://www.everwonder.com/david/tacobell/story.html}}</ref> [[List of ¡Mucha Lucha! characters|Rikochet]] in the first two seasons of ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]'' and [[Mr. Weed]] (the head of the "Happy Go Lucky" toy factory) on ''[[Family Guy]]''. It is mentioned in the DVD commentary track that Alazraqui was reluctant to leave ''Family Guy''. In particular, [[Seth MacFarlane]] suggests that the death of Alazraqui's character took the actor by surprise. He also voiced Dr. [[Julius No]] in ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''.

[[File:Carlos Alazraqui 2005.png|thumb|upright|Alazraqui in 2005]]
In 2004, he voiced Paco the Parrot on the [[PBS Kids]] series ''[[Maya & Miguel]]'' and in 2005, he added the voices for two [[Cartoon Network]] series: ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' where he played Monroe, a guardian dog with a [[Scottish English|Scottish accent]] and three characters in ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'': [[List of Camp Lazlo characters#Lazlo|Lazlo]], Clam and Chef McMuesli. In 2006, he added Salty Mike from ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'' and Walden in ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' on Nick Jr. to his credits. He played Wisk in Glen Hill's 2000 film version of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''[[The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus]]''. He also provided the voice of Nestor in the ''[[Happy Feet]]'' films. He has also voiced the [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters [[Baba Looey]], [[The Funky Phantom|Mudsy the Funky Phantom]], and [[Loopy De Loop]] in modern appearances.

[[Jeff "Swampy" Marsh]], a storyboard writer for ''Rocko's Modern Life'', described Alazraqui's normal voice as bearing "no accent at all". Marsh describes Alazraqui's "Scottish accent" as "one of the best" and that he performs his other accents as "all very well". According to Marsh, Alazraqui uses various accents in his comedy routines.<ref>[http://www.title14.com/rocko/contributors/interview.html Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh], ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''</ref> He had worked for the [[Disney Channel]] on ''[[Handy Manny]]'', where he provided the voice for Felipe, the bilingual [[List of screw drives#Phillips|Phillips-head screwdriver]] and for Abuelito, Manny's grandfather. He was the original "voice guy" on the ''[[Stephanie Miller Show]],'' later being replaced by [[Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward]], who had previously substituted for him. In January 2008, Alazraqui returned to fill in briefly while Ward recovered from surgery. In 2014, he voiced Mesmo and Torts in ''[[Mixels]]''. He voices Tio Tortuga in ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2769458/ ''Sheriff Callie's Wild West''] on IMDb</ref>

In 2023, Alazraqui joined the cast of ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby,'' a noir parody podcast produced by Shipwrecked Comedy, playing a [[singing cowboy]] actor in 1940s Hollywood.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29056881/ ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby''] on IMDb.com</ref> The show also features his ''Fairly Odder'' co-stars [[Lesli Margherita]] and [[Mary Kate Wiles]] (Wiles is also a producer). The show premiered on July 26, 2023.<ref>[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-case-of-the-greater-gatsby/id1697174591 ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby''] on Apple Podcasts</ref>

===Web===
In 2009, he collaborated with [[Ted Nicolaou]] on the web series ''The Club'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theclubontheweb.com/ |title=The Club on The Web |publisher=The Club on The Web |access-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912183057/http://theclubontheweb.com/ |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which was released in November 2010. The series features [[Jill-Michele Meleán]], [[Debra Wilson]], [[Johnny A. Sanchez]], [[Lori Alan]], and [[Daran Norris]].

In 2013, Alazraqui starred as a drug dealer<ref>{{cite web|title=brand new episode up today starring Carlos Alazraqui!|date=August 13, 2013 |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/46624141/romantic-encounters-with-melinda-hill/posts/568623|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> in one episode of the Melinda Hill web series ''Romantic Encounters''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|title=Melinda Hill Seeking 'Romantic Encounters' On My Damn Channel Network|date=June 26, 2013|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/06/26/romantic-encounters-my-damn-channel-comedy-network-melinda-hill/|publisher=Tubefilter|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alazraqui resides in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], with his wife and two daughters.<ref name="collider.com">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Sheila |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Gabriel Igelsias and Carlos Alazraqui Talk Disney's PLANES, Voicing Their Characters, Voice-Over vs Stand-Up, Improv, and Their Upcoming Projects |url=http://collider.com/gabriel-iglesias-carlos-alazraqui-planes-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> One daughter, Rylee, is a voice actor as well. Rylee is the voice of Rohk-Tahk in the Paramount+ series ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''.

==Filmography==
{{Main|Carlos Alazraqui filmography}}

==Awards and nominations==
* '''2012''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2015''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2016''' – [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2017''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show]]: Ponce de León - ''Won''
* '''2022''' – [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Television Movie]] - Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon - ''Nominated''
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==References==
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Jason Alexander

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{{short description|American actor (born 1959)}}
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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]].

==Early life and education==
[[File:Jason-Alexander-1977.jpg|thumb|Alexander as a senior at [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]] in 1977]]
Greenspan was born on September 23, 1959, in [[Newark, New Jersey]] to a [[Jewish]] family, the son of Ruth Minnie (née Simon), a nurse and health care administrator, and Alexander B. Greenspan, an accounting manager. Greenspan later borrowed his father's first name to create his stage name, Jason Alexander.<ref name="kevinpollakschatshow"/>

Alexander grew up in [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]] and [[Livingston, New Jersey]], and is a 1977 graduate of [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]].<ref>Weinraub, Bernard. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D81039F931A15753C1A96F958260 "At the Movies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502175354/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D81039F931A15753C1A96F958260 |date=May 2, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 22, 1999. Retrieved February 24, 2011. "I was born in 1959 and grew up in [[Livingston, New Jersey]], but I felt I knew these people very well"</ref> Interested in magic from an early age, he initially hoped to be a magician, but while attending a magic camp was told that his hands were too small for card magic. He became interested in theater, eventually realizing, "Wait a minute—the whole thing's an illusion. Nothing up there is real" and that theater itself was "a magic trick". He then decided to pursue a theater career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Alexander discusses how he got into acting and his early career- EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYhEp_sAfKE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/dYhEp_sAfKE| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After high school, he studied theater at [[Boston University]]. He wanted to pursue classical acting, but a professor redirected him toward comedy after noticing his physique, remarking, "I know your heart and soul are [[Hamlet]], but you will never play Hamlet."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laskowski|first1=Amy|title=Seinfeld's Costanza Gives Master Class in Acting at CFA|journal=Bostonia|date=February 2015|page=4|publisher=Boston University}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Master Class with Alumnus Jason Alexander | date=October 9, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d-Ga2Ro1Y |access-date=2023-07-17 |language=en |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717185058/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d-Ga2Ro1Y |url-status=live }}</ref> Alexander left Boston University without a degree after his third year to take a full-time acting job in New York City. The university awarded him an honorary degree in 1995.

==Career==
===1980–1999: Broadway debut and ''Seinfeld'' ===
Alexander began his acting career on the New York stage and is an accomplished singer and dancer. Alexander made his film debut in 1981 in the summer camp [[slasher film]] ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''. On [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] he appeared in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' in 1981, [[John Kander|Kander]] & [[Fred Ebb|Ebb]]'s ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' in 1984, [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Broadway Bound]]'' in 1986, ''Accomplice'' in 1990, and ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]'' in 1989, for which he garnered the 1989 [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]]. [[Frank Rich]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote of his performance "Jason Alexander, the evening's delightful narrator, accomplishes the seemingly impossible: he banishes the memory of [[Zero Mostel]] from the role of [[Pseudolus]] in ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/27/theater/review-theater-from-jerome-robbins-20-years-of-broadway-the-way-it-was.html|title= Review/Theater; From Jerome Robbins, 20 Years of Broadway the Way It Was|work= The New York Times|date= February 27, 1989|accessdate= June 8, 2024|last1= Rich|first1= Frank}}</ref>

In addition to his roles as an insensitive, money-hungry lawyer in ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' in 1990, Alexander has appeared in ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' in 1990, ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]'' in 1993, ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' and ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' in 1994, ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' in 1995, ''[[Dunston Checks In]]'' in 1996, ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)|Love! Valour! Compassion!]]'' in 1997, ''[[Denial (1998 film)|Denial]]'' in 1998, and ''[[Love and Action in Chicago (film)|Love and Action in Chicago]]'' in 1999. Alexander starred in several commercials during the 1980s. Among them were commercials for [[Hershey's Kiss]]; Delta Gold [[potato chips]]; [[Miller Lite]] beer; [[McDonald's]] [[McDLT]] hamburger; [[Pabst Blue Ribbon]] beer; [[Levi's]] 501 jeans; [[Sony Watchman]] TV; and [[Western Union]] wire transfer.<ref>{{cite web | last = Efrem | first = Maia | url = https://forward.com/schmooze/346229/jason-alexander-had-hair-when-he-starred-in-these-8-hilarious-80s-commercia/ | title = Jason Alexander Had Hair When He Starred in These 8 Hilarious '80's Commercials | via = Forward.com | date = July 27, 2016 | access-date = July 15, 2020 | archive-date = July 16, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200716034830/https://forward.com/schmooze/346229/jason-alexander-had-hair-when-he-starred-in-these-8-hilarious-80s-commercia/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Before ''Seinfeld'', Alexander appeared in commercials for John Deere and McDonald's and in the short-lived [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Everything's Relative (1987 TV series)|Everything's Relative]]'' (1987).

Alexander is best known as one of the key cast members of the award-winning television sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'', where he played the bumbling [[George Costanza]] ([[Jerry Seinfeld]]'s character's best friend since childhood). He was nominated for seven [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and four [[Golden Globe Awards]] for the role, but did not win any, mainly due to his co-star [[Michael Richards]] winning for his role as [[Cosmo Kramer]]. He did, however, win the 1995 [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=sagawards.org|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231454/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000598/1995/1/|title = Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)|publisher = IMDb|access-date = March 28, 2020|archive-date = August 18, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200818031908/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000598/1995/1/|url-status = live}}</ref>

Concurrently with his ''Seinfeld'' role, he had a part in the ABC sitcom ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' as Al "Sexual" Harris (who frequently engaged in [[sexual harassment]]) as well as other characters from 1991 to 1994. For his role in an episode of ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', Alexander was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 1994. Alexander voiced the lead character in the animated series ''[[Duckman]]'' (1994–1997) and voiced [[Catbert]], the evil director of human resources, in the short-lived animated series ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]'' from 1999 to 2000, based on the then-popular comic strip.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilbert (1999-2000) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118984/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|access-date=June 20, 2020|publisher=IMDb|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024350/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118984/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Catbert|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dilbert/Catbert/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004153918/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dilbert/Catbert/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1995, he did a commercial for [[Rold Gold]] pretzels to be broadcast during the [[Super Bowl]]. The commercial depicts him with ''[[Frasier]]'' dog Eddie jumping out of an airplane with a parachute over the stadium. After the commercial, the audience is brought back to a supposedly live feed of the playing field hearing startled sports commentators as Alexander and the dog land in the field to wild applause.

Alexander appeared in the 1995 TV version of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1995 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'', as Conrad Birdie's agent, Albert Peterson. He guest-starred in episode 8 of the 1996 variety show ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/muppets-tonight/season-1/episode-8-jason-alexander|title=Muppets Tonight|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818092638/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/muppets-tonight/season-1/episode-8-jason-alexander|url-status=live}}</ref> He voiced the [[gargoyle]] Hugo in [[Disney]]'s 1996 [[animated film]] ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' and its direct-to-video sequel, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''. Alexander voiced the character [[List of Aladdin characters#Abis Mal|Abis Mal]] in the 1994 film ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' and the 1994-1995 [[Aladdin (animated TV series)|TV series]] based on the 1992 film ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.

In 1997, he appeared in ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'', a remake of ''Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella,'' alongside [[Whitney Houston]], [[Brandy Norwood]], and [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. His other Disney voice work includes ''[[House of Mouse]]'' in 2001 and the 2012 video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/SPgIW.jpg|title=Jason Alexander to debut in ''Kingdom Hearts''|publisher=I.imgur.com|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110101411/http://i.imgur.com/SPgIW.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> He has dabbled in directing, starting with 1996's ''[[For Better or Worse (film)|For Better or Worse]]'' and 1999's ''[[Just Looking]]''. In 1999, Alexander presided over the ''New York Friars Club Roast'' event honoring [[Jerry Stiller]], who played his father on ''Seinfeld''; it featured appearances by [[Kevin James]] and [[Patton Oswalt]], both Stiller's costars on ''[[The King of Queens]]''. Alexander appeared in the 1999 ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[Think Tank (Star Trek: Voyager)|Think Tank]]" as Kurros, a genius alien trying to get [[Seven of Nine]] to serve on his ship.

In 1999, he provided narration for the documentary film ''[[Sideshow: Alive on the Inside]].''<ref>{{Citation |last=Dougherty |first=Lynn |title=Sideshow: Alive on the Inside |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1934391/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |others=Percilla Bejano, Ronnie Galyon, Donnie Galyon}}</ref>

===2000–2009: Solo-lead sitcoms and return to theatre ===
Despite a successful career in film and stage, Alexander did not repeat his ''Seinfeld''-level of success in television. The year 2001 marked his appearance as inept womanizer Mauricio in ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' and his first post-''Seinfeld'' return to prime-time television: the heavily promoted but short-lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]'', which was canceled after five episodes. Alexander partially blames the show's failure on the country's mood after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]].<ref name=parade>{{cite news | title = In Step With: Jason Alexander | work = Parade Magazine | date = April 3, 2005 | url = http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_04-03-2005/in_step_with_0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322095902/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_04-03-2005/in_step_with_0 | archive-date=March 22, 2006}}</ref> Alexander made cameo appearances as himself in 2001 in the second season of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', and he appeared in the show's seventh season with his three principal ''[[Seinfeld]]'' co-stars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html |author=Rice, Lynette |title=Exclusive: 'Seinfeld' cast to appear on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 5, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703123616/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html |archive-date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> He was featured in the ''[[Friends]]'' 2001 episode "[[The One Where Rosita Dies]]" as Earl, a suicidal [[Procurement#Roles in procurement|supply manager]]. [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]] calls him trying to sell him [[toner (printing)|toner]], learns about his problem, and tries to persuade him not to commit suicide. This is referenced in an episode of ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' where Alexander appears as Leonard, a neurotic and critical loner. He describes himself as "free" and says he makes money "selling toner over the phone". Later in the episode, he is repeatedly harassed by a man named George.

He appeared in "[[One Night at Mercy]]", the first episode of the short-lived [[The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|2002 revival of ''The Twilight Zone'']], playing [[Personifications of death|Death]]. He played the toymaker [[A.C. Gilbert]] in the 2002 film ''[[The Man Who Saved Christmas (film)|The Man Who Saved Christmas]]''. He appeared in [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] (KFC) commercials in 2002, including one with [[Barry Bonds]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] and another with [[Trista Rehn]] of ''[[The Bachelorette (American TV series)|The Bachelorette]]''. It was rumored that he quit doing these commercials due to KFC suppliers and [[slaughterhouse]]s' alleged [[cruelty to animals]], but he denied that in an interview with ''[[Adweek]]'', saying, "That's [[PETA]] bullcrap. I loved working for KFC. I was targeted by PETA to broker something between them. I think KFC really stepped up to the plate; unfortunately PETA did not." In 2007, Alexander appeared in a commercial for the [[ASPCA]] that aired on cable TV stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCP75iz22M| title = Logan, a victim of animal cruelty| via = YouTube| access-date = December 30, 2010| archive-date = July 30, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130730122850/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCP75iz22M| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2018, Alexander portrayed [[Colonel Sanders]] in commercials for [[Kentucky Fried Chicken|KFC]], reprising his role from the 2002 campaign.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/jason-alexander-is-latest-kfc-celebrity-col-sanders-imitator-in-new-ads-1202442231/ | title=Jason Alexander Is Latest KFC Celebrity Col. Sanders Imitator in New Ads | first=Bruce | last=Haring | date=August 7, 2018 | work=Deadline Hollywood | access-date=September 3, 2018 | archive-date=August 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828015126/https://deadline.com/2018/08/jason-alexander-is-latest-kfc-celebrity-col-sanders-imitator-in-new-ads-1202442231/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2003, he was cast opposite [[Martin Short]] in the Los Angeles production of [[Mel Brooks]]'s ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118 |work=Playbill |date=July 17, 2002 |title=Mel Brooks Gets Jason Alexander and Martin Short for L.A. ''Producers'', Starting May 2, 2003 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402002028/https://www.playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118 |url-status=live }}</ref> He appeared with [[Kelsey Grammer]] in the 2004 [[A Christmas Carol (2004 film)|musical adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', as [[Jacob Marley]]. He voiced Lil' Lightning in ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'' (2003), which went on to become one of his most signature roles. Alexander's second chance as a TV series lead, the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Listen Up (TV series)|Listen Up]]'' (2004–05), also fell short of a second season. Alexander was the principal executive producer of the series, based very loosely on the life of the popular sports-media personality [[Tony Kornheiser]]. He performed on the ''[[Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' 2005 album. Alexander continued to appear in live stage shows, including [[Barbra Streisand]]'s memorable birthday party in 2005 for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, where he performed selections from ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' with [[Angela Lansbury]].<ref name="Gallo 2005">{{cite web | last1=Gallo | first1=Phil | title=Stephen Sondheim's 75th: The Concert | website=Variety | date=2005-07-10 | url=https://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/stephen-sondheim-s-75th-the-concert-1200524633/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> He featured in the 2005 ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' episode "[[Mr. Monk and the Other Detective]]" as Monk's rival, [[Marty Eels]].

[[File:Jason Alexander Fourth of July (cropped).jpg|thumb|Alexander in 2006]]

In a 2006 appearance on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', Alexander demonstrated several self-defense techniques. Also that year, he hosted the [[PBS]] "A Capitol Fourth" celebrations in Washington, D.C., singing, dancing, and playing tuned drums. Alexander was featured as a recurring cast member in the second season of ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''. He hosted the [[Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner]]. He was the artistic director of Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles from 2007 until it went defunct in 2013,<ref name="Ng 2013">{{cite web | last=Ng | first=David | title=Jason Alexander on the end of Reprise Theatre Company | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2013-06-28 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2013-jun-28-la-et-cm-reprise-jason-alexander-20130628-story.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> where he previously directed ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'', and directed its 2007 revival of ''[[Damn Yankees]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Reprise! ''Damn Yankees'', with Derricks, Gillentine, Page, Taylor and White, Begins Nov. 6|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/reprise-damn-yankees-with-derricks-gillentine-page-taylor-and-white-begins-nov-6-com-145140|date=2007-11-06|website=Playbill|access-date=2021-01-02|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809235617/https://www.playbill.com/article/reprise-damn-yankees-with-derricks-gillentine-page-taylor-and-white-begins-nov-6-com-145140|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Alexander was a guest star in the third episode of the [[improv comedy]] series ''[[Thank God You're Here (US TV series)|Thank God You're Here]]''.

He has been a frequent guest and panelist on [[Bill Maher]]'s ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' in 1995, 1997 and 2000<ref name="Mann 1997">{{cite web | last=Mann | first=Bill | title=Maher makes the correct move | website=SFGATE | date=1997-01-01 | url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/maher-makes-the-correct-move-3143822.php | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> and ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher|Real Time]]'' in 2006, 2009 and 2012;<ref name="Guthrie 2012">{{cite web | last1=Guthrie | first1=Marisa | title=HBO's Bill Maher Pulls in Largest Audience in Eight Years Amid Presidential Conventions | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2012-09-05 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-bill-maher-presidential-convention-368124/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' in 1999, 2002 and 2004;<ref name="Wang 2022">{{cite web | last=Wang | first=Jessica | title=Jason Alexander, Jon Stewart, Jennifer Tilly, and more remember Gilbert Gottfried: 'What a gift' | website=Yahoo News | date=2022-04-12 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/jason-alexander-jon-stewart-jennifer-214536057.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> the ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|Late Late Show]]'' in 2003, 2012, 2014 and 2015, with [[Craig Kilborn]], [[Craig Ferguson]], and [[James Corden]];<ref name="Playbill 2003">{{cite web | title=Talk Show Watch: "Camp" on "Letterman," Jason Alexander on "Kilborn," Melanie Griffith on "The View" | website=Playbill | date=2003-08-03 | url=https://playbill.com/article/talk-show-watch-camp-on-letterman-jason-alexander-on-kilborn-melanie-griffith-on-the-view-com-114613 | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Rahman 2012">{{cite web | last=Rahman | first=Ray | title=Jason Alexander apologizes for calling cricket a 'gay sport' on 'The Late Late Show' | website=EW.com | date=2012-06-03 | url=https://ew.com/article/2012/06/03/jason-alexander-gay-cricket-apology/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Levin 2014">{{cite web | last=Levin | first=Sydney | title=Jason Alexander defends his very obvious toupee | website=Yahoo News | date=2014-02-12 | url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2014-02-12-jason-alexander-defends-his-very-obvious-toupee-20828457.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' in 1989, 2000, and 2002; ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' in 2015;<ref name="Fierberg 2017">{{cite web | last=Fierberg | first=Ruthie | title=Jason Alexander Shares the Time He Got in Trouble With Stephen Sondheim | website=Playbill | date=2017-10-03 | url=https://playbill.com/article/jason-alexander-shares-the-time-he-got-in-trouble-with-stephen-sondheim | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' in 2015.<ref name="Gorenstein 2015">{{cite web | last=Gorenstein | first=Colin | title=Watch Larry David and Jason Alexander gang up on Jimmy Fallon during "Tonight Show" appearance | website=Salon | date=2015-06-09 | url=https://www.salon.com/2015/06/09/watch_larry_david_and_jason_alexander_gang_up_on_jimmy_fallon_during_tonight_show_appearance/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Fox 2015 q152">{{cite web | last=Fox | first=Jesse David | title=Larry David and Jason Alexander Appeared on Fallon Together: Imagine Seinfeld With Two Georges | website=Vulture | date=June 9, 2015 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/david-alexander-appeared-on-fallon-together.html | access-date=January 31, 2024}}</ref> In 2008, Alexander guest-starred in the [[List of Criminal Minds episodes (season 4)|season four]] episode "Masterpiece" of the [[CBS]] show ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' as Professor Rothschild,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256105/|title="Criminal Minds" Masterpiece|year=2008|publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=April 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430235910/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256105/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds-2008/episode-8-season-4/masterpiece/192244 |title=Criminal Minds Episode Guide 2008 Season 4 – Masterpiece, Episode 8 |work=TV Guide |access-date=February 13, 2011 |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303065611/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds-2008/episode-8-season-4/masterpiece/192244 |url-status=live }}</ref> a well-educated [[serial killer]] obsessed with the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci sequence]] who sends the team into a race against time to save his last victims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-guest-starred-on-criminal-minds-2019-1|title=21 celebrities you forgot guest starred on 'Criminal Minds'|first=Jillian|last=Selzer|website=Insider|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811105007/https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-guest-starred-on-criminal-minds-2019-1|url-status=live}}</ref> He returned in the same season to direct the episode "Conflicted", featuring the actor [[Jackson Rathbone]].

Alexander hosted the LOL Sudbury opening night gala in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Ontario, Canada in 2008, which was simulcast throughout Canada at 60 Cineplex theaters, a first for any comedy festival. He has lent his voice to several episodes of the ''[[The Twilight Zone (radio series)|Twilight Zone Radio Dramas]]''. In 2008 and again in 2009, Alexander fronted ''Jason Alexander's Comedy Spectacular'', a routine exclusive to Australia. The show consists of stand-up and improvisation and incorporates Alexander's musical talent. He is backed up by several well-known Australian comedians. His first time performing a similar show of this nature was in 2006's ''Jason Alexander's Comedy Christmas''. In February/March 2010, Alexander starred in his show, ''The Donny Clay Experience'', at the [[Planet Hollywood Resort]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. Donny Clay, whom he has portrayed in a tour of the United States and Orillia, Ontario, is a [[self-help]] guru in a similar mold to his ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]'' character. In 2009, he played [[Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph]] in the [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] audio Bible production ''The Word of Promise''. The project featured a large ensemble of actors, including [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Lou Gossett Jr.]], [[John Rhys-Davies]], [[Jon Voight]], [[Gary Sinise]], [[Christopher McDonald]], [[Marisa Tomei]], and [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Resource Site For WORD OF PROMISE | url = http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029002922/http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |archive-date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-16-me-beliefs16-story.html |title=BELIEFS : Stars lined up for elaborate audio Bible : Michael York, Jason Alexander and many others gave voice to a 79-CD reading of Old and New Testaments |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Martha |last=Groves |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214194441/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/16/local/me-beliefs16 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, Alexander had a small role in the film ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]'' as a train station manager.

===2010–present===
[[File:AlanHornJasonAlexanderMay10.jpg|thumb|Alexander with [[Alan F. Horn]] in May 2010]]
He starred as [[Cosmo and Wanda|Cosmo]] in the 2011 live action film ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]''. In 2011, Alexander was the guest star in an episode of ''[[Harry's Law]]'', playing a high school teacher bringing a wrongful dismissal suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044305/|title=Harry's Law|publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403073744/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044305/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2011/08/25/tvline-items-jason-alexander-harrys-law-elvira-ringer/|title=TVLine Items: Seinfeld Vet to Harry's Law, Tim Allen Meets Elvira, Y&R Star to Ringer and More|first1=Megan|last1=Masters|date=August 25, 2011|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818091206/https://tvline.com/2011/08/25/tvline-items-jason-alexander-harrys-law-elvira-ringer/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he replaced [[Larry David]] as the lead in David's [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] play ''[[Fish in the Dark]].''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/jason-alexander-will-succeed-larry-david-in-fish-in-the-dark/|title= Jason Alexander Will Succeed Larry David in 'Fish in the Dark'|website= The New York Times|date= March 26, 2015|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref> He co-starred opposite [[Sherie Rene Scott]] in the 2017 world premiere of [[John Patrick Shanley]]'s ''The Portuguese Kid'' at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://manhattantheatreclub.com/2017-18-season/|title=Manhattan Theatre Club – 2017–18 Season|website=Manhattan Theatre Club|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505180448/https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2017-18-season/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Alexander played Olix the bartender in ''[[The Orville]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587318/fullcredits|title="The Orville" Ja'loja (TV Episode 2018)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329065325/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587318/fullcredits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2019/01/11/wild-and-interesting-guest-stars-orville|title=The wild and interesting guest stars of 'The Orville'|date=January 11, 2019|website=Guide|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818091206/https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2019/01/11/wild-and-interesting-guest-stars-orville|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, he portrayed Gene Lundy, a drama teacher, on two episodes of ''[[Young Sheldon]]''. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, he reprised the role of Gene Lundy on one episode.

In 2019, Alexander appeared on ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]'' as Asher Friedman, a blacklisted Broadway playwright who is an old friend of Midge Maisel's father Abe Weissman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smail|first=Gretchen|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/jason-alexanders-mrs-maisel-character-helps-to-set-abe-on-a-new-career-path-19431871|title='Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Season 3 Includes A Surprising Cameo From A 'Seinfeld' Favorite|website=Bustle|language=en|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207124315/https://www.bustle.com/p/jason-alexanders-mrs-maisel-character-helps-to-set-abe-on-a-new-career-path-19431871|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Original Song for "The Bad Guys?" on ''Brainwashed By Toons'' (2020). In 2020, Alexander hosted the ''[[Saturday Night Seder]]'', an online Passover Seder that featured many celebrities and benefited the [[CDC Foundation]].

From February 2023 he co-presented ''[[Really? No, Really?]]'', a weekly podcast in which he, co-host Peter Tilden, and their guests attempt to find answers "to life’s most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/11/30/52182/curb_stars_to_make_a_new_podcast_about_the_show|title=Curb stars to make a new podcast about the show|publisher=Chortle|date=30 November 2022|accessdate=20 December 2022|archive-date=December 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220003420/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/11/30/52182/curb_stars_to_make_a_new_podcast_about_the_show|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2023, he made his Broadway directing debut with Sandy Rustin's comedy ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''. The cast includes [[Eric McCormack]], [[Laura Bell Bundy]] and [[Lilli Cooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jason-alexander-broadway-the-cottage-eric-mccormack-laura-bell-bundy-lilli-cooper-1235261889/|title=Jason Alexander Sets Broadway Directing Debut With 'The Cottage' Starring Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy & Lilli Cooper|publisher=Deadline|date=16 February 2023|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306142846/https://deadline.com/2023/02/jason-alexander-broadway-the-cottage-eric-mccormack-laura-bell-bundy-lilli-cooper-1235261889/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, on the December 21 primetime CBS special ''Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic'', Alexander performed two songs in conjunction with dance-performers and closed the show with a spoken tribute to Van Dyke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solzman |first=Danielle |date=December 21, 2023 |title=dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs |url=https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2023/12/21/dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228164217/https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2023/12/21/dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs/ |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alexander has been married to Daena E. Title, cousin of director [[Stacy Title]], since May 31, 1982.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wallace |first=Amy |title=Director Stacy Title's Mission to Make 'Walking Time Bomb' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/stacy-title-director-walking-time-bomb.html |website=Vulture |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514151256/https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/stacy-title-director-walking-time-bomb.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Biography.com">{{cite news | url=http://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168#personal-life&awesm=~oBHYuHajasoqYd | work=[[The Biography Channel]] | title=Jason Alexander Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story – Biography.com | access-date=April 17, 2014 | archive-date=March 21, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143003/https://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168#personal-life&awesm=~oBHYuHajasoqYd | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Jason Alexander Biography"/> They have two sons, Gabriel<ref name="Biography.com" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/alexander.s-son-unimpressed-with-seinfeld|title=Alexander's Son Unimpressed With Seinfeld|date=November 26, 2004|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> and Noah.<ref name="Biography.com" />

Alexander performed a [[mentalism]] and magic act at [[The Magic Castle]] in Hollywood, California, from April 24 to 30, 2006, and he was later named The Academy of Magical Arts Parlor Magician of the Year for this act. He won the academy's Junior Achievement Award in 1989.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/|title=Hall of Fame|website=The Academy of Magical Arts|date=July 2, 2014 |access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215304/http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charity ===
Alexander was the national spokesman for the [[Scleroderma]] Foundation, a leading organization dedicated to raising awareness of the disease and assisting those who are afflicted.<ref>{{cite news | first=Gina | last=DiNunno | title=Jason Alexander Becomes Jenny Craig Spokesperson | date=January 6, 2010 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/jason-alexander-jenny-1013433/ | work=TV Guide | access-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-date=April 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402002028/https://www.tvguide.com/news/jason-alexander-jenny-1013433/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In summer 2005, he appeared with [[Lee Iacocca]] in ads for [[DaimlerChrysler]]. Iacocca did the ads as part of a way to raise money for [[Denise Faustman]]'s research on [[autoimmunity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faustmanlab.org/ |title=faustmanlab.org |publisher=faustmanlab.org |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329012104/http://www.faustmanlab.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Iacocca and Alexander both have loved ones whose lives have been adversely affected by autoimmunity.

Alexander competed on televised poker shows and in various tournaments. He appeared twice on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] ''[[Celebrity Poker Showdown]]'', winning the final table of the 8th season. Alexander won the $500,000 prize for the charity of his choice, The [[United Way of America]], to help benefit the New Orleans area. Alexander played in the [[2007 World Series of Poker]] main event, but he was eliminated on the second day. He returned in 2009, making it to day 3 of the event and finishing in the top 30% of the field. Alexander has appeared on NBC's ''[[Poker After Dark]]'' in the "Celebrities and Mentors" episode, finishing in 6th place after being eliminated by professional poker player [[Gavin Smith (poker player)|Gavin Smith]]. He signed with [[PokerStars]], where he plays under the screen name "J. Alexander". In 2021, Alexander competed in a virtual National Poker Tournament, hosted by the [[Children's Tumor Foundation]], to raise money for [[Neurofibromatosis]] research.

===Political views===
Alexander has been a prominent public supporter of the [[OneVoice Movement|OneVoice]] initiative, which seeks out opinions from moderate [[Israelis]] and [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] who want to achieve a mutual peace agreement, through what it states is the silent majority of Israelis and Palestinians. On ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', he said he had visited [[Israel]] many times and spoke about progress toward peace he had observed.

On December 6, 2012 Alexander emceed his third<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kamaras |first=Jacob |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Millions raised, Stevie Wonder absence, Jason Alexander encore mark IDF gala |url=https://www.jns.org/millions-raised-stevie-wonder-absence-jason-alexander-encore-mark-idf-gala/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241004235416/https://www.jns.org/millions-raised-stevie-wonder-absence-jason-alexander-encore-mark-idf-gala/ |archive-date=4 October 2024 |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=Jewish News Syndicate}}</ref> gala event for non-profit group [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], a charity supporting the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name=":1" /> Musician [[Stevie Wonder]] canceled his performance at the event following a recommendation from the UN,<ref name=":1" /> and a public petition from [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) requesting that he not attend the event.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Abunimah |first=Ali |date=2013-01-16 |title=Israeli fake peace group One Voice reveals its anti-Palestinian bigotry in Facebook graphics |url=https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israeli-fake-peace-group-one-voice-reveals-its-anti-palestinian-bigotry-facebook |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=The Electronic Intifada |language=en}}</ref>{{bsn|date=December 2024}} Alexander, who was interviewed at the event by Jewish News Syndicate, stated he supported the [[OneVoice Movement]], and acknowledged an occupation of Palestine and called for a two-state solution,<ref name=":1" /> which was later criticized by Roz Rothstein, CEO of the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs.<ref name=":1" /> When asked about the IDF, Alexander stated that they were humane and noble, stating "some of the finest, most humane, most admirable, most noble-serving soldiers that I've ever seen" and that "there can never be any doubt that I am also an advocate for Israel".<ref name=":1" /> When asked about why he had repeatedly emceed the event, Alexander stated, "They don't understand first of all what [FIDF] is, and they see it as just a blanket support for Israeli military, and they don't understand how I can say that I'm an advocate for both sides. And given the fact that there are eyes on this event tonight, I thought it was important to get up and say, 'This is why I can advocate for this group and I can advocate for Israel, and I'm not blind to the fact that we're in conflict, and I hold everyone equally accountable, and I hold everyone equally to my heart.'"<ref name=":1" /> On November 6, 2015 he again emceed an event at [[The Beverly Hilton|The Beverly Hilton Hotel]] in California, which raised $31 million for "provid[ing] educational, cultural and recreational programs and facilities for IDF soldiers."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-07 |title=IN PICTURES: Star-studded LA fundraiser rakes in $31 million for IDF |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/star-studded-la-fundraiser-rakes-in-31-million-for-idf-432285 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref>

Alexander is a supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="twitter.com">{{Cite tweet|number=1314089877848219648|user=ijasonalexander|title=Once again, I am proud to stand with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the slate of Democratic candidates for House and Senate. The lies, the cheating, the corruption and the destruction of our nation, institutions and citizens must end.#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica|first=Jason|last=Alexander|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> Alexander supports [[same-sex marriage]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-24 |title=New York Gay Marriage Ruling: What Hollywood Is Saying on Twitter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/new-york-gay-marriage-ruling-205558/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130053847/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/new-york-gay-marriage-ruling-205558/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and an [[Assault weapons ban (USA)|assault weapons ban]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-23 |title=Jason Alexander's amazing gun rant |url=https://www.salon.com/2012/07/22/jason_alexanders_amazing_gun_rant/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Salon |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130053847/https://www.salon.com/2012/07/22/jason_alexanders_amazing_gun_rant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, he campaigned for the [[Texas Democratic Party|Texas Democrats]] with former ''Seinfeld'' colleagues [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] and Larry David.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strause |first=Jackie |date=2020-10-20 |title=A 'Fundraiser About Something': 'Seinfeld' Stars to Reunite for Texas Democrats |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/a-fundraiser-about-something-seinfeld-stars-to-reunite-for-texas-democrats-4079472/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001858/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/a-fundraiser-about-something-seinfeld-stars-to-reunite-for-texas-democrats-4079472/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-21 |title=Obama Receives a Celebrity Endorsement at FSU |url=https://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Obama-Receives-a-Celebrity-Endorsement-at-FSU-173577571.html |access-date=2022-04-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143004/https://networthfree.com/|archive-date=21 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].<ref name="twitter.com"/> Alexander has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-22 |title='Seinfeld' Alum Jason Alexander Spars With Trump Supporters Over Gen. McMaster's George Costanza Reference |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jason-alexander-seinfeld-trump-general-mcmaster/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001857/https://www.thewrap.com/jason-alexander-seinfeld-trump-general-mcmaster/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="twitter.com"/> and he has ridiculed [[Donald Trump]] over his dancing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=2020-10-18 |title=Jason Alexander Compares Trump's Dance Moves to Those of Elaine Benes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jason-alexander-compares-trumps-dance-moves-to-those-of-elaine-benes-4078752/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001857/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jason-alexander-compares-trumps-dance-moves-to-those-of-elaine-benes-4078752/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has called [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] senator [[Ted Cruz]] a jerk from the "jerk store" in reference to a joke from ''Seinfeld''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.ccn.com/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-slams-jerk-ted-cruz-2020-presidential-burn/|title = Seinfeld Actor Jason Alexander Slams 'Jerk' Ted Cruz in 2020 Presidential Burn|date = May 7, 2019|newspaper = CCN.com|access-date = November 24, 2020|archive-date = November 8, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000455/https://www.ccn.com/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-slams-jerk-ted-cruz-2020-presidential-burn/|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''
| Dave
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[The Mosquito Coast (film)|The Mosquito Coast]]''
| Clerk
|
|
|-
| ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)|Brighton Beach Memoirs]]''
| Pool Player
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| ''[[Pretty Woman]]''
| Philip Stuckey
|
|
|-
| ''[[White Palace (film)|White Palace]]''
| Neil
|
|
|-
| ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]''
| Mr. Geary
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore]]''
| Bernie Fishbine
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Sexual Healing (film)|Sexual Healing]]''
| Frank
| Short subject
|
|-
| ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]''
| Larry Farber
|
|
|-
| ''[[For Goodness Sake]]''
| VCR Customer
| Short subject
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1994
| ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]''
| Marion Sandusky
|
|
|-
| ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]''
| North's Father
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Return of Jafar]]''
| [[List of Aladdin characters#Abis Mal|Abis Mal]]
| Voice; [[direct-to-video]]
|
|-
| ''[[Blankman]]''
| Larry Stone
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[For Better or Worse (film)|For Better or Worse]]''
| Michael Makeshift
| Also director
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]''
| The Anti-Environmentalist
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Dunston Checks In]]''
| Robert Grant
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Hugo
|Voice
| <ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Jason Alexander (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jason-Alexander/ |access-date=November 17, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)|Love! Valour! Compassion!]]''
| Buzz Hauser
|
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Denial (1998 film)|Denial]]''
| Art Witz
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''[[Madeline: Lost in Paris]]''
| Henri / Uncle Horst
| Voice; direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Love and Action in Chicago]]''
| Frank Bonner
|
|
|-
| ''[[Just Looking]]''
|Radio Announcer
| Voice, uncredited; also director
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''
| [[Boris Badenov]]
|
|
|-
| ''Let's Rap Fire Safety''
| Smoke Detector
| Voice; short subject
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[The Trumpet of the Swan (film)|The Trumpet of the Swan]]''
| Father
|Voice
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''On Edge''
| Zamboni Phil
|
|
|-
| ''[[Shallow Hal]]''
| Mauricio Wilson
|
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''
| Hugo
| Voice, direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]''
| Lil' Lightning
| Voice, direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| ''[[Ira & Abby]]''
| Dr. Morris Saperstein
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hood of Horror]]''
| British Record Mogul
|
|
|-
| ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens''
| Johnny
|
|
|-
| ''[[Farce of the Penguins]]''
| Penguin on Belly
| Voice, direct-to-video
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Grand (film)|The Grand]]''
| Dr. Yakov Achmed
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Rock Slyde]]''
| Mailman Stan
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]''
| Carl Bollins
|
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey]]''
| Major Moron
|Voice
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Doctor Dolittle#Adaptations|The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle]]''
| Eugene
| Voice; direct-to-video
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Stars in Shorts]]''
| Sid Rosenthal
|
|
|-
|''[[Delhi Safari]]''
|Male Flamingo, Hyena Cook
|Voice; English dub
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Lucky Stiff (2014 film)|Lucky Stiff]]''
| Vinnie DiRuzzio
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Wild Card (2015 film)|Wild Card]]''
| Pinchus "Pinky" Zion
|
|
|-
| ''[[Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant]]''
| Mr. Gaye
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz]]''
| Mr. Bibb / The [[Nome King]]
| Voice; direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[My Boyfriend's Meds]]''
| Dr. Sternbach
|
|
|-
| ''[[Faith Based (film)|Faith Based]]''
| Nicky Steele
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Leo (2023 American film)|Leo]]''
| Jayda's Dad
| Voice
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2023|title=Everything You Need to Know About ''Leo'' |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/leo-adam-sandler-release-date-photos |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=[[Tudum]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Stealing Pulp Fiction]]''
| Dr. Mendelbaum
|
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]''
| Ted Finister
|
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Senior Trip (1981 film)|Senior Trip]]''
| Pete
| Television film
|
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''[[E/R]]''
| Harold Stickley
| 15 episodes
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Rockabye (1986 film)|Rockabye]]''
| Lt. Ernest Foy
| Television film
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Everything's Relative (1987 TV series)|Everything's Relative]]''
| Julian Beeby
| 10 episodes
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Newhart]]''
| Ramming
| Episode: "Courtin' Disaster"
|
|-
| 1989–1998
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| [[George Costanza]]
| Main role; 178 episodes
|
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''
| Various voices
| Recurring role; 7 episodes
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''
| Randall Townsend
| Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape"
|
|-
|1993–1998
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1994–1997
| ''[[Duckman]]''
| Eric Duckman (voice)
| Main role; 70 episodes
|
|-
| 1994, 1998
| ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]''
| Abis Mal (voice)
| Recurring role; 14 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1995 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
| Albert Peterson
| Television film
|
|-
| ''[[47th Primetime Emmy Awards]]''
| Himself (co-host)
| Television special
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Jason Alexander"
|
|-
| ''[[The Nanny]]''
| Jack
| Episode: "The Tart with Heart"
|
|-
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
| Himself
| Episode 3557
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Remember WENN]]''
| Alan Ballinger
| Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
|
|-
| ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]''
| Lionel
| Television film
|
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]''
| [[Poseidon]] (voice)
| Recurring role; 7 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''Jingle Bells''
| Elf
| Voice; Television film
|
|-
| ''Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments''
| Captain [[James T. Kirk]]
|Television special
|
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
| Kurros
| Episode: "[[Think Tank (Star Trek: Voyager)|Think Tank]]"
|
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]''
| [[Catbert]] (voice)
| Main role; 9 episodes
|
|-
| 2001, 2009
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Himself
| Recurring role; 5 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[Friends]]''
| Earl
| Episode: "The One Where Rosita Dies"
|
|-
| ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]''
| Bob Patterson
| Main role; 10 episodes; also executive producer
|
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)|The Legend of Tarzan]]''
| Zutho
| Voice, episode: "Tarzan and the Face from the Past"
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[Son of the Beach]]''
| Tex Finklestein
| Episode: "Penetration Island"
|
|-
| ''[[House of Mouse]]''
| Hugo
| Voice; Episode: "Donald Wants to Fly"
|
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| [[Personifications of death|Death]]
| Episode: "One Night at Mercy"
|
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Saved Christmas]]''
| [[A.C. Gilbert]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
| Leonard
| Episode: "Future Malcolm"
|
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Listen Up (TV series)|Listen Up]]''
| Tony Kleinman
| Main role; also producer
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (2004 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| [[Jacob Marley]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| Marty Eels
| Episode: "[[Mr. Monk and the Other Detective]]"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Odd Job Jack]]''
| Don
| Voice; episode: "Twenty-One You're Dead"
|
|-
| ''[[Campus Ladies]]''
| Professor
| Episode: "A Very Special Episode"
|
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| Principal Edwards
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]''
| Dr. Palmer
| Episode: "One and a Half Men"
|
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Prof. Rothchild
| Episode: "Masterpiece"
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Meteor (miniseries)|Meteor]]''
| Dr. Chetwyn
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010–2013
| ''[[Fish Hooks]]''
| Mr. Nibbles
| Voice; 3 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| Saul Friedman
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2010, 2023
| ''[[American Dad!]]''
| Sal / Mr. Orlando
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2011
| ''[[Glenn Martin, DDS]]''
| Brandon
| Voice; episode: "GlenHog Day"
|
|-
| ''[[Franklin & Bash]]''
| Carter Lang
| Episode: "Big Fish"
|
|-
| ''[[Harry's Law]]''
| Richard Cross
| Episode: "Bad to Worse"
|
|-
| ''[[China, IL]]''
| Harold
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]''
| Human Cosmo
| Television film
|
|-
| 2011–2012
| ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]''
| Owl
| Voice; 3 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
| Dr. Goodman
| Episode: "The Straw in My Donut Hole"
|
|-
| ''Clipaholics''
| Narrator
| Voice; main role
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''
| Mountain Man
| Episode: "[[Intro to Felt Surrogacy]]"
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''
| George Costanza
| Episode: "George Costanza: The Over-Cheer"
|
|-
| ''[[Kirstie (TV series)|Kirstie]]''
| Stanford Temple
| Episode: "Maddie's Agent"
|
|-
| ''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
| Inspector Gantlet
| Episode: "[[Jenna Fischer]] Wears a Floral Blouse & Black Heels"
|
|-
| ''[[How Murray Saved Christmas]]''
| Doc Holiday
| Voice; Television film
|
|-
| 2014–2017
| ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]''
| Rick (voice)
| Voice; 11 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| ''[[Big Time in Hollywood, FL]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "The Hand That Feeds"
|
|-
| ''[[Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero]]''
| Coach Wallace
| Voice; episode: "Ultrahyperball"
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Drunk History]]''
| [[William M. Tweed|William "Boss" Tweed]]
| Episode: "Journalism"
|
|-
| ''League of Legends with Videogamedunkey''
| Himself
| Episode: "Brucer Zin Zow"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015–2016
| ''[[The Grinder (TV series)|The Grinder]]''
| Cliff Bemis
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[TripTank]]''
|Various voices
|6 episodes
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2016
| ''The Mark Lembeck Technique''
| Mark Lembeck
| Pilot
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[Animals.]]''
| Algae
| Voice, episode: "Rats"
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Bourbon Verlander
| Voice; episode: "[[The Caper Chase]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Hit the Road (TV series)|Hit the Road]]''
| Ken Swallow
| Main role; also co-creator, writer and executive producer
|
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''Kody Kapow''
| Goji
| Voice; recurring role
|
|-
| 2017, 2019
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| [[Krampus]]
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2018–2022
| ''[[Young Sheldon]]''
| Gene Lundy
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age''
| Himself
| Documentary
|
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[The Orville]]''
| Olix
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| ''The Bug Diaries''
| Cicada
| Voice; episode: "Worm's New Digs"
|
|-
| ''Richard Lovely''
| Mr. Mouse
| Voice; Pilot
|
|-
| ''[[Pinky Malinky]]''
| Mayor Hop
| Voice; recurring role
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Mad About You]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Real Estate for Beginners"
|
|-
| 2019–present
| ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''
| [[Sy Borgman]]
| Voice, 13 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2019–2022
| ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]''
| Asher Friedman
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| ''[[The Conners]]''
| Pastor Phil
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[The Problem with Jon Stewart]]''
|[[Jeff Bezos]]
|Episode: "Working-Class Economy"
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Out of Office]]''
| Eliza's Dad
| Television film
|
|-
| 2022–2024
| ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''
| Doctor Noum
| Voice; 23 episodes
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[History of the World, Part II]]''
| Maurice Cheeks
| Episode: "VI"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)|Rock, Paper, Scissors]]''
| Jonathan Fartjoke
| Voice; Episode: "Potato/The Fart Joke Debate"
|
|-
| ''[[Y llegaron de noche]]''
| [[Carl Laemmle]]
| 4 episodes
|
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class=unsortable| {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''
| Joe Josephson
| [[Neil Simon Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/merrily-we-roll-along-alvin-theatre-vault-0000000877|title= Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway, 1981)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Forbidden Broadway]]''
| Performer
| [[Stage 72]], Off-Broadway
| <ref name=stagecredits>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jason-Alexander/|title=Jason Alexander Theatre Broadway and Theatre Credits|website=broadwayworld|access-date=January 25, 2020|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218140503/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jason-Alexander/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]''
| Lino/Lenny/Punk/Uncle Fausto
| [[Al Hirschfeld Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-rink-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008222|title= The Rink (Broadway, 1984)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1985–1986
| ''[[Personals (musical)|Personals]]''
| Louis/Others
| [[Minetta Lane Theatre]], Off-Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iobdb.com/production/1834|title= Personals|website= IOBDB|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1986–1988
| ''[[Broadway Bound]]''
| Stanley Jerome
| [[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/broadway-bound-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002012|title= Broadway Bound (Broadway, 1986)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1989–1990
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| Narrator
| [[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/jerome-robbins-broadway-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006034|title= Jerome Robbins' Broadway|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''Accomplice''
| Performer
| [[Richard Rodgers Theater]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/accomplice-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000003084|title= Accomplice (Broadway, 1990)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Light Up the Sky (play)|Light Up the Sky]]''
| Sidney Black
| [[Union Square Theatre]], Off-Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iobdb.com/Production/5137|title= Light Up the Sky|website= IOBDB|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| ''Defiled''
| Harry Mendelssohn
| [[Geffen Playhouse]], Los Angeles
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/jason-alexander-and-peter-falk-to-be-defiled-in-geffen-world-preem-may-23-com-88463|title= Jason Alexander and Peter Falk To Be Defiled in Geffen World Preem May 23|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2003–2004
| ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]''
| [[Max Bialystock]]
| National Tour
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118|title= Mel Brooks Gets Jason Alexander and Martin Short for L.A. Producers, Starting May 2, 2003|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The God of Hell]]''
| Director only
| Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/tv-stars-head-la-debut-of-the-god-of-hell-directed-by-jason-alexander-june-20-com-133287|title= TV Stars Head L.A. Debut of The God of Hell Directed by Jason Alexander, June 20|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]''
| Oscar Madison
| Stage Reading
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/reprise-may-do-odd-couple-reading-with-jason-alexander-com-141665|title= Reprise! May Do Odd Couple Reading with Jason Alexander|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Finding Neverland (musical)|Finding Neverland]]''
| [[Charles Frohman]]
| Workshop
| <ref>Healy, Patrick. [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/weinstein-lands-a-big-name-executive-producer-for-finding-neverland/?ref=theater&_r=0 "Weinstein Lands a Big-Name Executive Producer for ‘Finding Neverland’ "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328232234/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/weinstein-lands-a-big-name-executive-producer-for-finding-neverland/?ref=theater&_r=0 |date=March 28, 2014 }} ''The New York Times'' (artsbeat.blogs), 4 September 2013</ref>
|-
| ''[[Broadway Bound]]''
| Director only
| Odyssey Theatre
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Fish in the Dark]]''
| Norman Drexel (replacement) 
| [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Portuguese Kid]]''
| Barry Dragonetti
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Last Five Years]]''
| rowspan="2" | Director only
| [[Syracuse Stage]]
|<ref>{{cite news |title='Last Five Years' at Syracuse Stage a unique, gorgeous and innovative production (Review) |last=Lowen |first=Linda |date=June 2, 2019 |work=Syracuse Post-Standard |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2019/06/last-five-years-at-syracuse-stage-a-unique-gorgeous-and-innovative-production-review.html |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607203107/https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2019/06/last-five-years-at-syracuse-stage-a-unique-gorgeous-and-innovative-production-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''
| [[Helen Hayes Theater]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|<ref>[https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway ''Fox5NY Alexander Directs''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724040546/https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway |date=July 24, 2023 }}accessed 07/24/23</ref>
|-
|''[[Gutenberg! The Musical!]]''
|Producer (one night only) 
|James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Matt |date=2023-12-18 |title=Surprise celebrity appearances at 'Gutenberg' on Broadway: Get tickets |url=https://nypost.com/2023/12/18/ticket-sales/surprise-celebrity-appearances-at-gutenberg-on-broadway-get-tickets/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Judgment Day (Ulin play)|Judgment Day]]''
| Sammy Campo
| [[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://abc7chicago.com/post/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-stars-with-daniel-breaker-in-judgement-day-at-the-yard-chicago-shakespeare-theater/14790663/|title= Jason Alexander stars in 'Judgment Day' at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater|website= ABC7|date= May 9, 2024|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''
|[[Tevye]]
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Jennifer |date=2022-05-27 |title=Fiddler on the Roof |url=https://lamiradatheatre.com/current_events/fiddler/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=La Mirada Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!Artist
! Role
! class=unsortable|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 2007 || "[[Celebrity (Brad Paisley song)|Celebrity]]"
| rowspan="2" |[[Brad Paisley]]|| Himself || rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/n/jason-alexander|title=Jason Alexander|website=IMVDb|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125145751/https://imvdb.com/n/jason-alexander|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || "[[Online (Brad Paisley song)|Online]]" || Geek; also director
|-
| 2012 || "[[Trying Not to Love You]]"
|[[Nickelback]]|| Bud
|-
|2021
|"''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'' Medley"
|[[Todrick Hall]] & [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
|Lionel
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Todrick Hall Join Brandy & More to Pay Tribute to Cinderella with Delightful Medley |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200387/watch-todrick-hall-join-brandy-more-to-pay-tribute-to-cinderella-with-delightful-medley/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Games]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| Episode: "[[The Good Samaritan (Seinfeld)|The Good Samaritan]]"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Campus Ladies]]''
| Episode: "A Very Special Episode"
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Episode: "Conflicted"
|-
| 2010
| ''[['Til Death]]''
| Episode: "Snore Loser"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Franklin & Bash]]''
| Episode: "Last Dance"
|-
| ''[[Mike & Molly]]''
| Episode: "Vince Takes a Bath"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Young Sheldon]]''
| Episode: "A Frat Party, a Sleepover and the Mother of All Blisters"
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Performance
! Result
! class=unsortable|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[47th Daytime Emmy Awards|2020]]
| rowspan=2|[[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| Outstanding Original Song
| rowspan=2|''Brainwashed By Toons''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/awards|title=Jason Alexander|publisher=IMDb|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920020720/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1986
| rowspan=2|[[Drama Desk Award]]s
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Personals (musical)|Personals]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Alexander |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/jason-alexander-vault-0000026044 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|[[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|1992]] || rowspan=8|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Note (Seinfeld)|The Note]]" + "[[The Tape]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992|title= Nominees / Winners 1992 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Contest]]" + "[[The Outing (Seinfeld)|The Outing]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1993|title= Nominees / Winners 1993 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|1994]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Hamptons (Seinfeld)|The Hamptons]]" + "[[The Opposite]]") || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994|title= Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' (episode: "Oral Sex, Lies, and Videotape") || {{nom}}
|-
|[[47th Primetime Emmy Awards|1995]] || rowspan=4|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Gymnast (Seinfeld)|The Gymnast]]" + "[[The Race (Seinfeld)|The Race]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995|title= Nominees / Winners 1995 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[48th Primetime Emmy Awards|1996]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Pool Guy]]" + "[[The Invitations]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996|title= Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[49th Primetime Emmy Awards|1997]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Comeback (Seinfeld)|The Comeback]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997|title= Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[50th Primetime Emmy Awards|1998]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Strike (Seinfeld)|The Strike]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998|title= Nominees / Winners 1998 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|1992]] || rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Awards]] || rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Television]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 3|season 3]]) || {{nom}} ||rowspan=4|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[51st Golden Globe Awards|1993]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 4|season 4]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| [[52nd Golden Globe Awards|1994]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 5|season 5]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|1997]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 8|season 8]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|1994]] || rowspan=9|[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || rowspan=9|''[[Seinfeld]]'' || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1995]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1996]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/3rd-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1997]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1998]] ||[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]]|| {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/5th-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[43rd Tony Awards|1989]]
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Jason%20Alexander%20|title=Jason Alexander Tony Awards Info - Browse by Nominee|website=broadwayworld|access-date=January 25, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611162704/https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Jason%20Alexander%20|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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Wienerschnitzel

2025-05-26T23:25:21Z

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{{short description|American fast-food restaurant chain}}
{{about|the restaurant chain|the Austrian dish|Wiener schnitzel}}
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Wienerschnitzel
| logo = Wienerschnitzel logo.svg
| logo_caption = Current logo designed by [[Saul Bass]] in 1978
| image = Wienerschnitzel Hot Dogs in Whittier, California.jpg
| image_caption = An older A-frame roof Wienerschnitzel restaurant in [[Whittier, California]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]] of The Galardi Group
| founder = John Galardi
| foundation = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. ({{start date and age|1961}})
| area_served = United States
| key_people = Cindy Culpepper ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]], The Galardi Group)
| industry = [[Restaurant]]s
| genre = [[Fast food]]
| products = {{flatlist|
* [[Hot dog]]s
* [[Hamburger]]s
* [[Sandwich]]es
* [[french fries]]
* [[soft drink]]s
* [[soft serve]]s
* [[milkshake]]s
* [[breakfast]]
}}
| parent = [[#The Galardi Group|The Galardi Group]]
| hq_location_city = [[Tustin, California]]
| hq_location_country = U.S
| locations = 358
| revenue = {{increase}} US$341 million (2019)<ref name="Wienerschnitzel Overview">{{cite web |url=https://wienerschnitzelfranchise.com/ |title=Wienerschnitzel Overview |date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>
| net_income =
| assets =
| equity =
| num_employees = 5,000 (2019)<ref name="Wienerschnitzel Overview"/>
| website = {{URL|wienerschnitzel.com}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Wienerschnitzel''' is an American [[fast food]] chain that specializes in [[hot dog]]s and other food products. The brand was founded in 1961 by former [[Taco Bell]] employee John Galardi and originally named '''Der Wienerschnitzel'''. Despite the name, the company does not ordinarily sell [[Wiener schnitzel]], doing so once as a promotion.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Thorn |first=Bret |date=Apr 13, 2017 |title=Wienerschnitzel finally lives up to its name |url=https://www.nrn.com/food-trends/wienerschnitzel-finally-lives-its-name |accessdate=Apr 30, 2021 |website=Nation's Restaurant News}}</ref> Wienerschnitzel locations are found predominantly in California and Texas; others are found in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska and Washington, as well as the U.S. territory of Guam.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 17, 1997 |title=El Wienerschnitzel? |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=Associated Press |location=Newport Beach |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-17-fi-33252-story.html |access-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003001018/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-17-fi-33252-story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref> Outside the United States, there are stores located in Ecuador.<ref name="qm-2015jun25">{{cite news |url=https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/wienerschnitzel-expands-panama |title=Wienerschnitzel Expands to Panama |website=QSR Magazine |date=June 25, 2015 |author=}}</ref>

The chain is most notable for the [[A-frame building|A-frame]] roofs of its older restaurants, similar to the original structures used by [[IHOP]], [[Tastee-Freez]], [[Nickerson Farms]], and [[Whataburger]]. The chain's advertising [[mascot]] is an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]] hot dog known as the Delicious One.<ref>{{cite web |first=Fielding |last=Buck |title=Five things to know about Wienerschnitzel as it hits its 60th anniversary |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/25/five-things-to-know-about-wienerschnitzel-as-it-hits-its-60th-anniversary/ |work=The Mercury News |date=2021-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://popicon.life/the-delicious-ones-comeback-how-amusement-park-made-the-wienerschnitzel-icons-return-worth-relishing/|title=The Delicious One's Comeback: How Amusement Park Made the Wienerschnitzel Icon's Return Worth Relishing|first=Heather|last=Taylor|date=Aug 16, 2018|accessdate=Apr 30, 2021}}</ref>

Wienerschnitzel sponsors the [[Wiener Nationals]], the ''[[de facto]]'' national [[dachshund racing]] championship series in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 16, 2023 |title=Wienerschnitzel race crowns fastest wiener dog in the West |work=ABC News |url=https://abc7.com/fastest-wiener-dog-in-the-west-wienerschnitzel-dachshund-races/13511697/ |access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The word ''das Wienerschnitzel'' is German and, like ''[[Jägerschnitzel]]'' and ''[[Zigeunerschnitzel]]'', was spelled as one word before the [[German orthography reform of 1996|spelling reform of 1996]].<ref>Duden. Schweizer Hochdeutsch. Bibliographisches Institut. Mannheim: 2012. Page 85.</ref> The restaurant's name is a [[Blend word|portmanteau]] of ''Wiener'' and ''Schnitzel'', meaning "[[Vienna|Viennese]]" and "[[cutlet]]" respectively.

In American English, ''wiener'' is a colloquial name for a hot dog, which is sometimes called ''Wiener Würstchen'' ("little Viennese sausage") in German.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-12 |title=Definition of Wiener |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Merriam Webster |language=en}}</ref> The specific phrase ''Wiener Schnitzel'' denotes a "Viennese breaded [[veal]] cutlet",<ref>{{cite web |last=Kasberger |first=Andre |date=13 December 2010 |title=Wiener Schnitzel – Austria's National Food |url=http://allthingsaustria.com/wienerschnitzel/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710164850/http://allthingsaustria.com/wienerschnitzel/ |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |access-date=27 March 2014 |website=All Things Austria}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Hank |date=21 December 2012 |title=Wiener Schnitzel |url=http://honest-food.net/2012/12/21/wiener-schnitzel-recipe/ |access-date=27 March 2014 |publisher=Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (blog)}}</ref> something the restaurant chain has served briefly as a limited menu item in 2017.<ref name=":0" />

The chain dropped the (in German wrong) "Der" from its name, shortening it to ''Wienerschnitzel'' in 1977, though many franchises have retained the older name on their restaurants. The restaurant paid homage to its original name in its 2009 [[Advertising slogan|marketing slogan]], using the word "DERlicious".{{Citn|date=August 2023}}

==History==
The first Wienerschnitzel was founded by former [[Taco Bell]] employee John Galardi. When Galardi came to California at the age of 19, his first job was from [[Glen Bell]], who would go on to later establish Taco Bell in 1962. Bell initially hired him on a part-time basis for 50 cents an hour at a taco store called Taco-Tia. Eventually, Galardi entered into a [[Articles of partnership|partnership agreement]] to run the store. Bell offered to sell the store to Galardi for $12,000, who later amassed enough money to make the purchase.

A couple of years later, a man wanted to recruit Galardi to start his own restaurant at a location on [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]] in [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]], next to one of Bell's taco stores. Bell encouraged him to take the offer, but wanted to have Galaradi sell another kind of food; Galardi decided to sell hot dogs. According to Galardi, his wife came up with the name when looking through a [[cookbook]]. He was initially skeptical of the name, saying, "I told my wife going home nobody in their right mind would call a company Wienerschnitzel. Three days later, I said, 'Hell, it's better than John's Hot Dogs.'"<ref>(''Orange County Business Journal''. "Wienerschnitzel's John Galardi - No Ordinary Hot Dog". March 30, 1987)</ref> The first location was opened in 1961 as a hot-dog stand at 900 West Pacific Coast Highway, east of [[Figueroa Street]], in the Los Angeles community of Wilmington.<ref name="USA_Today">{{cite news |author= |date=April 15, 2013 |title=Founder of Wienerschnitzel chain John Galardi dies |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |agency=Associated Press |location=Irving, California |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/15/wienerschnitzel-founder-dead/2083445/ |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>

In the late 1980s, Galardi converted several stores in [[Denver, Colorado]], and other [[Western United States|Western]] cities into [[Hamburger Stand]] restaurants. Wienerschnitzels now sell [[Tastee-Freez]] ice cream, another brand owned by Galardi.<ref name="USA_Today" />

Galardi died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on April 13, 2013.<ref name="USA_Today"/> His ex-wife, Cynthia Galardi-Culpepper, who previously was a [[Partnership#Silent partners|silent partner]], assumed the role as CEO and chairwoman after his death.<ref name="BNP_Paribas">{{cite news |title=Entrepreneurs: In Conversation with Cindy Galardi Culpepper |url=https://wealthmanagement.bnpparibas/en/expert-voices/in-conversation-with-cindy-galardi-culpepper.html |website=BNP Paribas Wealth Management. |date=2019-11-04|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She was the corporation's first and only woman in a managerial position, later appearing in reality television series ''[[Undercover Boss]]'' in 2016.<ref name="CBS_Shows">{{cite web | title=First Look: Cynthia Galardi-Culpepper Goes Undercover At Wienerschnitzel In Ep. 11 |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/undercover_boss/photos/1006493/first-look-cynthia-galardi-culpepper-goes-undercover-at-wienerschnitzel-in-ep-11/2/ |website=CBS Shows | publisher=ViacomCBS | date=2016 }}</ref>

In 2015, the company signed a franchise agreement with International Food Concepts Inc. to plan and open Wienerschnitzel locations in Panama.<ref name="qm-2015jun25" />[[File:Wienerschnitzelrestaurant.jpg|thumb|right|Wienerschnitzel located in [[Sunnyvale, California]], closed in July 2008]]

[[File:Wienerschnitzel Milpitas.jpg|thumb|right|Wienerschnitzel located in [[Milpitas, California]], closed in July 2014]]

[[File:Wienerschnitzel, Vancouver, WA (crop adjusted).jpg|thumb|right|Wienerschnitzel located in [[Vancouver, Washington]], closed in June 2015]]

==Logo, slogans, and advertising==
Soon after the rebrand, the current Wienerschnitzel logo was created by [[Saul Bass]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://99designs.com/blog/famous-design/saul-bass-graphic-designer-of-a-century/|access-date=2019-12-07|date=2012|first1=Alex|last1=Bigman|title=Saul Bass: The man who changed graphic design}}</ref>

==The Galardi Group==
{{Infobox company
| name = The Galardi Group
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| logo =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1970}}
| founder = John Galardi
| hq_location_city = [[Irvine, California]]
| hq_location_country = U.S
| num_locations = 379 (January 2022)
| industry = Restaurants
| subsid = {{Hlist
| Wienerschnitzel
| [[Tastee-Freez]]
| [[Hamburger Stand]]
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| key_people = JR Galardi (CEO)
| revenue = {{increase}} US$501 million (2021)
| num_employees = 8,000 (2019)
| owner = Galardi family
| website = [https://www.wienerschnitzel.com/ The Galardi Group]
}}The Galardi Group, the [[Holding company|parent company]] of Wienerschnitzel, [[Tastee-Freez]], and [[Hamburger Stand|Original Hamburger Stand]], was formed by John Galardi in 1970.

In 1979, Wienerschnitzel attempted to expand its menus by adding hamburgers. With little success in the 1980s, the company established two chains in 1983, The Original Hamburger Stand and Weldon's Gourmet Hamburgers,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-07-fi-3805-story.html | title=Galardi Inc.'s New Name Cuts Link to the Past | first=John | last=O'Dell | work=Los Angeles Times | date=May 7, 1986 | access-date=May 25, 2021}}</ref> which was cast off in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/galardi-group-inc-history/ | chapter=Galardi Group | title=International Directory of Company Histories | volume=72 | publisher=St. James Press | date=2005}}</ref> Some Wienerschnitzel locations were replaced with The Original Hamburger Stands.

By 2003, The Galardi Group became a [[Franchising|franchisee]] of Tastee-Freez and made its products available in Wienerschnitzel and Original Hamburger Stand.<ref name="funding-universe">{{cite book | url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/galardi-group-inc-history/ | chapter=Galardi Group | title=International Directory of Company Histories | volume=72 | publisher=St. James Press | date=2005}}</ref> Due to increased sales, The Galardi Group later bought Tastee-Freez.<ref name="funding-universe"/><ref name="Spector">{{cite web | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_24_37/ai_103672420/ | title=Wienerschnitzel parent Galardi Group Gobbles up Tastee-Freez | first=Amy | last=Spector | date=16 June 2003 | newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228173953/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_24_37/ai_103672420/ | archive-date=28 February 2006 | publisher= Gale Group}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The [[Descendents]]' song "Wienerschnitzel" from their 1981 release [[Fat (EP)|''Fat EP'']] takes the form of a satirical skit in which the band's frontman [[Milo Aukerman]] orders a meal from the restaurant.<ref>{{Citation |title=Descendents – Weinerschnitzel |url=https://genius.com/Descendents-weinerschnitzel-lyrics |access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref>

In the Season 9 episode of [[The Simpsons]], [[The Last Temptation of Krust]], [[Krusty the Clown]] reinvents himself as a anti-capitalist, anti-consumerist and anti-commercialist comedian in the style of [[George Carlin]]. During a stand-up set criticising the use of deceased celebrities & public figures in advertising, he remarks "I do not believe [[Winston Churchill]] would eat at ‘Der Wienerschnitzel.’” <ref>{{Citation |title=Krusty the Clown – Der Weinerschnitzel |url=https://frinkiac.com/caption/S09E15/995610 |access-date=2025-05-21}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of hot dog restaurants]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.wienerschnitzel.com}}

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TDO

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'''TDO''' may refer to:

* [[Thiourea dioxide]]
* [[TDO connector]], the telephone plug used in Austria.
* [[The Delicious One]], the mascot of the [[Wienerschnitzel]] restaurant
* [[Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase]], an enzyme in the metabolism of tryptophan
* [[Tricho–dento–osseous syndrome]], a rare genetic disorder affecting hair, teeth, and bones.
* [[Teen Dance Ordinance]], a law in Seattle enacted after morality crusades against all-ages nightclubs.
* [[TDO Full form, ]], Stands for Trust Rehabilitation and Development Organization. It is a humanitarian organization in Sudan.

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Gregg Binkley

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{{short description|American actor}}
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{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}
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| birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas]], U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = (1988–present)
| spouse = Tokiko Ohniwa (m. 2003)
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| awards = Member of the [[Washburn Rural High School|WRHS]] Hall of Fame
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'''Gregg Binkley''' (born March 20, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing [[List of My Name Is Earl characters#Kenny James|Kenny James]] on ''[[My Name is Earl]]'' (2005–2009), Barney on ''[[Raising Hope]]'' (2010–2014), Harold in ''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation]]'' (1992), and Dan, the [[Del Taco]] spokesperson.

Binkley also runs his own business where he hosts acting workshops and classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-gregg-binkley-actor-acting-coach-author/ |title=Meet Gregg Binkley Actor, Acting Coach, Author |publisher=Shoutout LA |date=27 May 2024 |accessdate=20 July 2024}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Binkley grew up in [[Topeka, Kansas]], and graduated from [[Washburn Rural High School]] where he served as the class president of 1981. Upon moving to California, he was a contestant on [[Classic Concentration]] in May 1988.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

He is known for his roles as Kenny James on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' and as Dan, the [[Del Taco]] spokesperson. He has also had guest spots on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'', ''[[Yes, Dear]]'', ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'' and ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083024/ Gregg Binkley (I)]</ref>

Binkley once held a job making celebrity impersonation phone calls, posing as [[Don Knotts]]' character [[Barney Fife]]. Binkley also did this impersonation in ''[[Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedycontact.com/images/greggbinkleyfx.jpg |title=Archived copy |accessdate=July 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721183840/http://www.comedycontact.com/images/greggbinkleyfx.jpg |archivedate=July 21, 2006 }}</ref>

In January 2024, Binkley published a book on acting called ''Get Your Act Together''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-gregg-binkley-actor-acting-coach-author/ |title=Meet Gregg Binkley Actor, Acting Coach, Author |publisher=Shoutout LA |date=27 May 2024 |accessdate=20 July 2024}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He met his wife, Tokiko Ohniwa, in an acting class. They were married on May 31, 2003, and have three children. Gregg is the brother of retired news anchor Mike Binkley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.twincities.com/2013/11/09/wccos-binkleys-brother-also-a-famous-face-on-television/ |title= WCCO’s Binkley’s brother also a famous face on television |publisher=Twincities |date=6 November 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2024}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1989
|''[[C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.]]''
|Teen
|
|-
|1989
|''[[How I Got into College]]''
|Egghead
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]''
|Woodbridge
|
|-
|1998
|''Running Woman''
|Lab Technician
|
|-
|1999
|''The Moment After''
|Dr. Jason Hersch
|
|-
|1999
|[[Family Tree (1999 film)|''Family Tree'']]
|Bill Belko
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Galaxy Quest]]''
|Fan #3
|
|-
|2001
|[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|''The Man Who Wasn't There'']]
|New Man
|
|-
|2001
|''Elvis Took a Bullet''
|Dr. Jeff Wilkes
|
|-
|2006
|''Hidden Secrets''
|Harold Mirfin
|
|-
|2008
|[[Changeling (film)|''Changeling'']]
|Jury Foreman
|
|-
|2009
|[[State of Play (film)|''State of Play'']]
|Ferris
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]''
|Emcee
|
|-
|2010
|''Mob Rules''
|Charlie
|
|-
|2010
|''Holyman Undercover''
|Gregg
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Escape from Planet Earth]]''
|Ralph
|Voice; uncredited
|-
|2015
|''Too Hip for the Room''
|Commercial Auditioner
|
|-
|2016
|[[Café Society (2016 film)|''Café Society'']]
|Mike
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1988, 1990
|[[Out of This World (American TV series)|''Out of This World'']]
|Barney / Elroy Tanner
|2 episodes
|-
|1989
|''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
|Copy Boy
|Episode: "The Grand Old Lady"
|-
|1991
|[[Civil Wars (TV series)|''Civil Wars'']]
|Mark
|Episode: "A Long, Fat Frontal Presentation"
|-
|1992
|''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
|Deputy
|Episode: "Roberto!"
|-
|1992
|''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation]]''
|Harold Skolnick
|Television film
|-
|1993
|''[[Full House]]''
|Security Guard
|Episode: "The Day of the Rhino"
|-
|1994
|''[[Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love]]''
|Harold
|Television film
|-
|1994
|[[Coach (TV series)|''Coach'']]
|Production Assistant
|Episode: "Working Girl"
|-
|1996
|''Pistol Pete''
|Townperson #2
|Television film
|-
|1997
|''Night Stand''
|Rod Welner
|Episode: "Mail Order Brides"
|-
|1997
|''[[Family Matters]]''
|Lionel
|Episode: "Revenge of the Nerd"
|-
|1997
|''[[Team Knight Rider]]''
|Mike the Co-Pilot
|Episode: "K.R.O."
|-
|1997
|''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''
|James
|Episode: "That Thing You Don't"
|-
|1999
|[[Working (TV series)|''Working'']]
|Larry
|Episode: "The Other Executive"
|-
|1999
|''[[The Hughleys]]''
|Mr. Parker
|Episode: "The Curse of the Coyote Man"
|-
|1999
|[[Grown Ups (1999 TV series)|''Grown Ups'']]
|Clark
|Episode: "Vegas, a Place in the Sun"
|-
|2000
|''[[The Michael Richards Show]]''
|Dale
|Episode: "It's Only Personal"
|-
|2001
|[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'']]
|Staff Member #1
|Episode: "Hex, Lies, and No Video Tape"
|-
|2001, 2005
|''[[Yes, Dear]]''
|Mr. Berkowitz / Man
|2 episodes
|-
|2003
|''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
|Randy
|Episode: "Stereo Store"
|-
|2003
|[[Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company|''The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company'']]
|[[Don Knotts]]
|Television film
|-
|2005–2009
|''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
|Kenny James
|18 episodes
|-
|2006
|''[[Gilmore Girls]]''
|Officer Ruskin
|Episode: "Partings"
|-
|2008
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
|Street Person #3
|Episode: "Art Imitates Life"
|-
|2009
|''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
|Court Clerk
|Episode #1.5645
|-
|2009
|''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''
|Randy
|Episode: "Doll House"
|-
|2010–2014
|''[[Raising Hope]]''
|Barney
|71 episodes
|-
|2011
|''Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency''
|Bobby Deerfield
|Episode: "Bobby Deerfield"
|-
|2011
|''ACME Saturday Night''
|Guest Host
|Episode: "Gregg Binkley"
|-
|2014
|''[[The Millers]]''
|Waiter
|Episode: "Mother's Day"
|-
|2014
|[[Perception (American TV series)|''Perception'']]
|Theodore Ludlow
|Episode: "Eternity"
|-
|2014
|''[[The Legend of Korra]]''
|Kong
|Episode: "Long Live the Queen"
|-
|2014–2017
|''[[Kirby Buckets]]''
|Mr. Jenkins / Science Teacher
|16 episodes
|-
|2015
|[[Transparent (TV series)|''Transparent'']]
|Mateo
|Episode: "New World Coming"
|-
|2016
|''Hitting the Breaks''
|Bernie Beirness
|10 episodes
|-
|2017
|[[Stuck in the Middle (TV series)|''Stuck in the Middle'']]
|Chester Torvilleton
|Episode: "Stuck in the Waterpark"
|-
|2017
|''Life After First Failure''
|Bart
|Episode: "Pilot Pt. 1"
|-
|2017
|''Malibu Dan the Family Man''
|Chuck From Accounting
|2 episodes
|-
|2020
|''Finding Love in Quarantine''
|Detective Rogers / Security Guard
| rowspan="2" |7 episodes
|-
|2020–2021
|''[[Diary of a Future President]]''
|Dr. Cooper
|-
|2021
|''[[United States of Al]]''
|Tom
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2021
|''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''
|Lyndon Boyle
|Episode: "Game of Boyles"
|-
|2022
|''[[Roar (2022 TV series)|''Roar'']]''
|Clark
|Episode #1.5
|-
|2022
|''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]''
|Roy
|Season 2 Episode 4
|-
|2022
|''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
|Navy Lt. Commander Gary Hudson
|Season 13 Episode 18
|-
|2022
|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
|Bob Stivers
|Season 20 Episode 8
|-
|2023
|''[[Young Sheldon]]''
|Eric
|Season 6 Episode 19
|-
|2025
|''[[The Young & the Restless]]''
|
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0083024}}

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Carlos Alazraqui

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{{short description|American actor (born 1962)}}
{{distinguish|Carlos Alazraki}}
{{use American English|date=July 2022}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carlos Alazraqui
| image = Carlos Alazraqui at Flappers in Burbank 20190706 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Alazraqui holding a microphone
| caption = Alazraqui at Flappers in [[Burbank, California]] in 2019
| birth_name = Carlos Jaime Alazraqui
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|20}}<ref name="Voice"/>
| birth_place = [[Yonkers, New York]], U.S.<ref name=AlazraquiCSUS/>
| other_names = Carlos Jaime Alazraqui Carlos J. Alazraqui Dennis O'Connor Carlos Higgins
| education = [[California State University, Sacramento]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
*Actor
*comedian
*impressionist
*producer
*screenwriter
*director
}}
| years_active = 1982–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Laura Mala|2010}}
| children = 2
| website = {{Official URL}}
| signature = Carlos Alazraqui signature.png
| module = {{Infobox comedian|embed=yes
| medium = {{flatlist|
*[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]]
*[[film]]
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'''Carlos Jaime Alazraqui''' (born July 20, 1962)<ref name="Voice">{{cite web|date=July 20, 2014|title=Happy Birthday To Yonker's Carlos Jaime Alazraqui|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/yonkers/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-yonkers-carlos-jaime-alazraqui/474012/|access-date=February 22, 2021|publisher=[[Daily Voice (U.S. hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]]}}</ref> is an American actor. His voice acting roles include the original voice of [[Spyro (character)|Spyro]] from ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'', the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in the [[Taco Bell]] commercials, [[Rocko]] on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Denzel Crocker on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Lazlo and Clam on ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'', Puma Loco on ''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera]]'', Rikochet on ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]'', Felipe on ''[[Handy Manny]]'', Walden on ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'', Paco on ''[[Maya & Miguel]]'', Scissors on ''[[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)| Rock Paper Scissors]]'', and the [[Disney]] character [[Panchito Pistoles]] since 2001. He is a weekly contributor on ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]''. In live action, Alazraqui is known for playing Deputy James Garcia on ''[[Reno 911!]]''

==Early life==
Carlos Jaime Alazraqui was born in [[Yonkers, New York]] on July 20, 1962, to [[Argentines|Argentine]] parents.<ref name=AlazraquiCSUS/><ref name="Voice" /> He has [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] heritage from his father.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=996477063593844736|user=carlosalazraqui|title=@RavMABAY @charlie_adler Thank you, from this person who's of Sephardic Jewish origin on my father's side!!!|date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> His mother was a [[Methodism|Methodist]] priest.<ref>{{cite web |first=Carlos |last=Aguilar |url=https://sovas.org/carlosalazraqui/|title=Argentine-American Actor Carlos Alazraqui On Voicing the Taco Bell Chihuahua & 'Rocko's Modern Life' |publisher=[[Society of Voice Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> He moved with his family to [[Concord, California]], at an early age.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Young |first1=Susan |date=November 7, 2007 |title='Reno' big fish just a guppie at home |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/11/07/reno-big-fish-just-a-guppie-at-home/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |newspaper=[[East Bay Times]]}}</ref> Alazraqui graduated from [[Concord High School (California)|Concord High School]].<ref>{{cite web | title=”Reno 911” character keeps laughs coming | website=Times Herald Online | date=2006-10-06 | url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2006/10/06/reno-911-character-keeps-laughs-coming/ | access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> He attended college at [[California State University, Sacramento]] from 1982 to 1986, where he began competing in open mic contests.<ref name=AlazraquiCSUS>{{cite web|url=http://37prime.com/news/2017/07/28/carlos-alazraqui-qa-birthplace-video/|title=Carlos Alazraqui Q&A: Birthplace (Video)|date=December 2009|publisher=37prime.news|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
*a "...then attended school, college in Sacramento after two years of junior college playing soccer and running track. I decided to do four years at Sacramento State from 82-86." — 00:58-01:08.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Basofin|first=Pete|url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/sac_history_happenings/2012/03/in-historys-spotlight-carlos-alazraqui.html|title=Sac History Happenings: In History's Spotlight: Carlos Alazraqui|access-date=2013-12-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040328/http://blogs.sacbee.com/sac_history_happenings/2012/03/in-historys-spotlight-carlos-alazraqui.html|archive-date=January 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After winning in his fourth year, Alazraqui took his prize money and moved to [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com/Pages/WholeCarlos.html|title=Carlos Alazraqui profile|publisher=San Francisco Comedy Competition|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
===Stand-up comedy===
Alazraqui originally began his career in stand-up comedy, he was the winner of the [[San Francisco Comedy Competition]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com/about-the-competition/past-winners/|title=Past Winners}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/general-news/20061006/reno-911-character-keeps-laughs-coming|title="Reno 911" character keeps laughs coming|date=October 6, 2006}}</ref> He beat out fellow comedians [[Marc Maron]] and [[Patton Oswalt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2020/07/27/episode-307-carlos-alazraqui/|title=Episode #307: Carlos Alazraqui|date=July 27, 2020 }}</ref>

In addition, Alazraqui joined Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour in 2014, playing some of the dates with Jim Ward and he has a semi-regular segment on Miller's radio show ''Coffee with Carlos''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://freespeech.org/stories/the-stephanie-miller-show-august-5-2015/ |title=The Stephanie Miller Show - August 5, 2015 - Free Speech TV |work=Free Speech TV |access-date=December 3, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Alazraqui is known for his live-action work in ''[[Reno 911!]]'', in which he portrayed Deputy James Garcia for five seasons (2003–2008). He played the same role in the series' 2007 spinoff film ''[[Reno 911! Miami]]''. As a nod to this role, he also played a "bumbling" Reno cop in the ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' episode "[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9)#ep186|Let it Bleed]]". He has been a celebrity on the [[Tom Bergeron]] version of ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1281666/ |title="Hollywood Squares" - Episode dated 28 December 1998 |website=IMDB |date=December 28, 1998 |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

Alazraqui also wrote and starred in ''[[The Last White Dishwasher]]'', a short film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spotlightonentertainment.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/pedro-almodovars-broken-embraces-opens-the-los-angeles-latino-film-festival/|title=Pedro Almodovar's 'Broken Embraces' opens the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival - Spotlight on Entertainment|work=Spotlight on Entertainment|date=October 2, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2020, Alazraqui reprised his role as Deputy James Oswaldo Garcia in the seventh season of ''Reno 911!'' which aired on [[Quibi]]. He also appeared in the 2021 [[Paramount+]] movie, ''Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon''. The eighth season of the series, now titled ''Reno 911! Defunded'', premiered on [[The Roku Channel]] in February 2022.

He reprised his role as Denzel Crocker in ''[[The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder]]'', a live-action sequel to ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', which premiered on Paramount+ in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Timothy |title=The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Exclusive Clip Reveals the Return of Mr. Crocker |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-fairly-oddparents-fairly-odder-mr-crocker-return-clip/ |website=ComicBook |access-date=March 28, 2022 |date=March 28, 2022}}</ref>

===Voice acting===
Alazraqui has performed several voices for [[Nickelodeon]] cartoons, including [[Rocko]] on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', as well as [[List of The Fairly OddParents characters#Denzel Crocker|Denzel Crocker]] and [[Juandissimo Magnifico]] on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Winslow T. Oddfellow and Lube on ''[[CatDog]]'', Scooter on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', and Scissors on [[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)|''Rock, Paper, Scissors'']]. He also voiced several additional voices for the Cartoon Network shows, ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'', ''Kidscity: The Village Dome of Kids'', and ''[[I Am Weasel]]'' during their runs in the mid-late 1990s. He also voiced Spyro in ''[[Spyro the Dragon (video game)|Spyro the Dragon]]''. He was later replaced by [[Tom Kenny]] as Spyro in ''[[Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!]], [[Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'' and ''[[Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly]]''. In 1997, he voiced [[Crash Bandicoot]] in promotional trailers for the game ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'',<ref>{{cite tweet|number=900762317624795136|user=carlosalazraqui|title=#TBT to the Crash Bandicoot and Taco Bell days... #90s|accessdate=June 12, 2019|language=en|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> also switching out live performances as him with Tom Kenny at [[E3#Events|E3 1997]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1733903169070272956|user=carlosalazraqui|title=We both interchanged during those years at the conference. Not sure about 97|accessdate=February 16, 2024|language=en|date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> He also voiced the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in the [[Taco Bell]] commercials,<ref>{{cite web| last = David| first = Long| title = Taco Bell Dog Story| url = http://www.everwonder.com/david/tacobell/story.html}}</ref> [[List of ¡Mucha Lucha! characters|Rikochet]] in the first two seasons of ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]'' and [[Mr. Weed]] (the head of the "Happy Go Lucky" toy factory) on ''[[Family Guy]]''. It is mentioned in the DVD commentary track that Alazraqui was reluctant to leave ''Family Guy''. In particular, [[Seth MacFarlane]] suggests that the death of Alazraqui's character took the actor by surprise. He also voiced Dr. [[Julius No]] in ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''.

[[File:Carlos Alazraqui 2005.png|thumb|upright|Alazraqui in 2005]]
In 2004, he voiced Paco the Parrot on the [[PBS Kids]] series ''[[Maya & Miguel]]'' and in 2005, he added the voices for two [[Cartoon Network]] series: ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' where he played Monroe, a guardian dog with a [[Scottish English|Scottish accent]] and three characters in ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'': [[List of Camp Lazlo characters#Lazlo|Lazlo]], Clam and Chef McMuesli. In 2006, he added Salty Mike from ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'' and Walden in ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' on Nick Jr. to his credits. He played Wisk in Glen Hill's 2000 film version of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''[[The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus]]''. He also provided the voice of Nestor in the ''[[Happy Feet]]'' films. He has also voiced the [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters [[Baba Looey]], [[The Funky Phantom|Mudsy the Funky Phantom]], and [[Loopy De Loop]] in modern appearances.

[[Jeff "Swampy" Marsh]], a storyboard writer for ''Rocko's Modern Life'', described Alazraqui's normal voice as bearing "no accent at all". Marsh describes Alazraqui's "Scottish accent" as "one of the best" and that he performs his other accents as "all very well". According to Marsh, Alazraqui uses various accents in his comedy routines.<ref>[http://www.title14.com/rocko/contributors/interview.html Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh], ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''</ref> He had worked for the [[Disney Channel]] on ''[[Handy Manny]]'', where he provided the voice for Felipe, the bilingual [[List of screw drives#Phillips|Phillips-head screwdriver]] and for Abuelito, Manny's grandfather. He was the original "voice guy" on the ''[[Stephanie Miller Show]],'' later being replaced by [[Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward]], who had previously substituted for him. In January 2008, Alazraqui returned to fill in briefly while Ward recovered from surgery. In 2014, he voiced Mesmo and Torts in ''[[Mixels]]''. He voices Tio Tortuga in ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2769458/ ''Sheriff Callie's Wild West''] on IMDb</ref>

In 2023, Alazraqui joined the cast of ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby,'' a noir parody podcast produced by Shipwrecked Comedy, playing a [[singing cowboy]] actor in 1940s Hollywood.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29056881/ ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby''] on IMDb.com</ref> The show also features his ''Fairly Odder'' co-stars [[Lesli Margherita]] and [[Mary Kate Wiles]] (Wiles is also a producer). The show premiered on July 26, 2023.<ref>[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-case-of-the-greater-gatsby/id1697174591 ''The Case of the Greater Gatsby''] on Apple Podcasts</ref>

===Web===
In 2009, he collaborated with [[Ted Nicolaou]] on the web series ''The Club'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theclubontheweb.com/ |title=The Club on The Web |publisher=The Club on The Web |access-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912183057/http://theclubontheweb.com/ |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which was released in November 2010. The series features [[Jill-Michele Meleán]], [[Debra Wilson]], [[Johnny A. Sanchez]], [[Lori Alan]], and [[Daran Norris]].

In 2013, Alazraqui starred as a drug dealer<ref>{{cite web|title=brand new episode up today starring Carlos Alazraqui!|date=August 13, 2013 |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/46624141/romantic-encounters-with-melinda-hill/posts/568623|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> in one episode of the Melinda Hill web series ''Romantic Encounters''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|title=Melinda Hill Seeking 'Romantic Encounters' On My Damn Channel Network|date=June 26, 2013|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/06/26/romantic-encounters-my-damn-channel-comedy-network-melinda-hill/|publisher=Tubefilter|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alazraqui resides in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], with his wife and two daughters.<ref name="collider.com">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Sheila |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Gabriel Igelsias and Carlos Alazraqui Talk Disney's PLANES, Voicing Their Characters, Voice-Over vs Stand-Up, Improv, and Their Upcoming Projects |url=http://collider.com/gabriel-iglesias-carlos-alazraqui-planes-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> One daughter, Rylee, is a voice actor as well. Rylee is the voice of Rohk-Tahk in the Paramount+ series ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''.

==Filmography==
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==Awards and nominations==
* '''2012''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2015''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2016''' – [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – [[The Fairly OddParents]] - ''Nominated''
* '''2017''' – [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Voice Acting in a Television Production]] – [[The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show]]: Ponce de León - ''Won''
* '''2022''' – [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Television Movie]] - Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon - ''Nominated''
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