Jason Alexander

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Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. <p>Alexander was born in Newark, New Jersey to Josh and Ruth Greenspan. He has a half-sister, Karen Van Horn, and a half-brother, Michael Greenspan. Alexander is Jewish. Alexander is a 1977 graduate of Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey. He had also attended Boston University, but abandoned his studies the summer before his senior year after getting work in New York City. He was later given an honorary degree. In September 2006 on Access Hollywood[1], he identified Robert Lampf as his favorite teacher and the teacher that most influenced and encouraged him to pursue his acting career. <p>Alexander began his acting career on the New York stage and is an accomplished singer. On Broadway, he appeared in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along,The Rink, Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, ...