--- name: "Jason Alexander" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jason-alexander" fi1m_id: "jason-alexander" imdb_id: "nm0004517" tmdb_id: 1206 wikidata_id: "Q311754" roles: ["Actor","Director"] born: "23 September 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-09-24T12:38:23.290219+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jason Alexander ## Identity Jason Alexander - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jason-alexander - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jason-alexander - **IMDb ID:** nm0004517 - **TMDB ID:** 1206 - **Wikidata ID:** Q311754 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Alexander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206 Actor and director. Born 23 September 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor, Director - **Born:** 23 September 1959, Newark, New Jersey, USA - **Active:** 1989–present - **Also known as:** Jason Scott Greenspan , جیسون الکساندر, Jay Scott Greenspan - **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 6 acting, 3 directing - **Frequently works with:** [Oz Scott](https://film.one/person/oz-scott.md), [Richard Gere](https://film.one/person/richard-gere.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 1990s 80 (4), 2000s 67 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 67 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Family 2, Romance 2, Animation 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,003m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Alexander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206 ## Coming up - *Jimmy* (2026-11-06), as Louis B. Mayer ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Everybody Hates Chris*](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) (80), [*The Hunchback of Notre Dame*](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md) (70) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Jacob's Ladder*](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md) (80), [*Hachi: A Dog's Tale*](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md) (73) - **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90) - **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jason Alexander > Jason Alexander makes injured pride funny by showing the labour behind every excuse. We rate him highly when the writing lets us see the insecurity; handing him a succession of cruel jokes wastes his skill. George Costanza has prepared an excuse, and Jason Alexander makes sure we notice the effort. In *Seinfeld* (1989–1998), the slightest objection produces a pause of injured disbelief. We laughed at those pauses because Alexander makes George seem personally affronted that anyone should question him. The aggression stays close to humiliation, so even his nastiest behaviour has something painfully recognisable behind it. He wants to appear reasonable and cannot quite conceal how hard he is trying. The control of voice and movement owes something to musical theatre, with *Merrily We Roll Along* (1981) and *Jerome Robbins’ Broadway* (1989) preceding the television fame. Larry David, *Seinfeld*’s co-creator and a partial model for George, gave that precision a useful subject: a man forever justifying himself. Alexander’s performance deserves its place beside Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards in an ensemble we would readily spend another evening with. His Philip Stuckey, the smarmy lawyer in *Pretty Woman* (1990), also put his capacity for unpleasantness to work on film. *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996) finds a less useful place for his comic delivery. Alexander voices Hugo alongside Charles Kimbrough’s Victor and Mary Wickes’s Laverne, the three gargoyles whose interruptions keep breaking the film’s serious mood. Their music-hall cheerfulness feels imposed on a story that has earned the right to be frightening. We still recommend the film with reservations, but the comic relief is one of them. In *Shallow Hal* (2001), the problem becomes harder to overlook. Mauricio Wilson is given nearly every fat joke, leaving Jack Black’s Hal free to seem kinder while the film continues to enjoy the cruelty. Alexander supplies the sneer, but the writing gives him little of George’s exposed insecurity to complicate it. The early nightclub scenes work better: both men are certain the crowd is failing them, and their shared lack of self-awareness briefly gives the comedy something worth observing. George remains the part against which the others tend to be measured, and the weaker films do Alexander few favours. We would rather see his characters allowed to defend themselves at length than employed to make somebody else look decent. For the clearest account of what he can do, start with *Seinfeld* and pay attention when somebody tells George he is wrong. ## Biography Jason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and director. Born Jay Scott Greenspan on 23 September 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, he trained at Boston University before leaving to pursue acting in New York. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1989 for *Jerome Robbins' Broadway*. Alexander is best known for playing George Costanza in the NBC sitcom *Seinfeld* from 1989 to 1998. He also directed three episodes of the series, including "The Good Samaritan." His other notable screen credits include Philip Stuckey in *Pretty Woman* (1990) and voice roles in animated features such as *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996). He has received an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, along with multiple Golden Globe nominations. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) ### Performed in (6) — the average rests on these - *Hachi: A Dog's Tale* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Carl — [page](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md) - *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, as Mauricio Wilson — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Gargoyle Hugo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md) - *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, as Jason Alexander — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) - *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Geary — [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md) - *Pretty Woman* (1990), Fi1m 77, as Philip Stuckey — [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md) ### Directed (3) - *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) - *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Principal Edwards — [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) - *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, as George Costanza — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) ## Complete filmography (148) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Jimmy* (2026), as Louis B. Mayer - *To Kill a Nazi* (2026), as Narrator - *Mating Season* (2026), series, as Alan (voice) - *The Gettysburg Address* (2025), as Noah Brooks (voice) - *LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails* (2025), series, as Magneto (voice) - *The Bad Guys: The Series* (2025), series, as Mysterious Figure (voice), D.B. Cougar (voice) - *Stealing Pulp Fiction* (2025), as Dr. Mendelbaum - *The Electric State* (2025), as Ted / Wingman - *Y llegaron de noche* (2024), series, as Carl Laemmle - *Rock, Paper, Scissors* (2024), series, as Jonathan Fartjoke (voice) - *Leo* (2023), as Jayda's Dad (voice) - *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, as Maurice Cheeks - *The Conspiracy* (2022), Actor - *Out of Office* (2022), Actor - *Dunston Checks Out* (2022), as Jason Alexander (archival footage) - *Star Trek: Prodigy* (2021), series, as Doctor Noum (voice), Counselor Noum (voice) - *The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream* (2020), as Narrator - *Faith Based* (2020), as Nicky Steele - *My Boyfriend's Meds* (2020), as Dr. Sternbach - *Harley Quinn* (2019), series, as Sy Borgman (voice) - *Mad About You* (2019), series, as Jason Alexander - *The Conners* (2018), series, as Pastor Phil - *The Portuguese Kid* (2018), as Barry Dragonetti - *Bucky and the Squirrels* (2018), as Jason Alexander - *Hit the Road* (2017), series, as Ken Swallow - *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Gene Lundy · Director - *The Orville* (2017), series, as Olix - *Kody Kapow* (2017), series, as Goji (voice) - *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), series, as Asher Friedman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md) - *Dinner with Dad* (2017), series, as Jason Alexander · Writer - *The Mark Lembeck Technique* (2016), as Mark Lembeck · Consulting Producer - *Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz* (2016), as Mr. Bibb / The Nome King (voice) - *The Grinder* (2015), series, as Cliff Bemis - *China, Il The Musical* (2015), as Harold - *Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant* (2015), as Larry's Dad - *Big Time in Hollywood, Fl* (2015), series, as Jason Alexander - *Wild Card* (2015), as Pinky - *Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero* (2014), series, as Coach Wallace (voice) - *How Murray Saved Christmas* (2014), as Doc Holiday (voice) - *Lucky Stiff* (2014), as Vinnie Di Ruzzio - *The Tom and Jerry Show* (2014), series, as Rick (voice) - *TripTank* (2014), series, as Doctor (voice) - *Kirstie* (2013), series, as Stanford Temple - *Stars in Shorts* (2012), as Sid Rosenthal - *The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle* (2011), as Eugene (voice) - *China, IL* (2011), series, as Harold (voice) - *Dora the Explorer: Dora's Enchanted Forest Adventures* (2011), as Owl (voice) - *A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!* (2011), as Cosmo - *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Carter Lang - *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Richard Cross - *Not Your Time* (2010), as Sid Rosenthal - *Mike & Molly* (2010), series, Director - *Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey* (2010), as Moronic (voice) - *Fish Hooks* (2010), series, as Mr. Nibbles, Mr. Nibbles (voice) - *Rock Slyde* (2010), as Mailman Stan - *The Cleveland Show* (2009), series, Actor - *Community* (2009), series, as Mountain Man — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md) - *Meteor* (2009), series, as Dr. Chetwyn - *Hachi: A Dog's Tale* (2009), as Carl — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md) - *Step It Up and Dance* (2008), series, Actor - *The Grand* (2007), as Dr. Yakov Achmed - *Farce of the Penguins* (2006), as Penguin on Belly (voice) - *How to Go Out on a Date in Queens* (2006), as Johnny - *Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror* (2006), as British Record Mogul - *Ira & Abby* (2006), as Dr. Morris Saperstein - *Where My Dogs At?* (2006), series, Actor - *The New Adventures of Old Christine* (2006), series, as Dr. Palmer - *Campus Ladies* (2006), series, Director - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Prof. Rothchild · Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) - *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, as Principal Edwards · Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) - *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Krampus (voice) - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Mr. Orlando (voice), Sal (voice) - *A Christmas Carol* (2004), as Jacob Marley / Marley's Ghost - *Listen Up!* (2004), series, as Tony Kleinman - *Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London* (2004), Executive Producer - *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, as Dr. Goodman — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) - *Agent Cody Banks* (2003), Executive Producer - *101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure* (2003), as Lightning (voice) - *The Man Who Saved Christmas* (2002), as A.C. Gilbert - *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Patient - *Monk* (2002), series, as Marty Eels - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame II* (2002), as Gargoyle Hugo (voice) - *Shallow Hal* (2001), as Mauricio Wilson — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md) - *Bob Patterson* (2001), series, as Bob Patterson · Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Creator - *The Legend of Tarzan* (2001), series, as Zutho (voice) - *On Edge* (2001), as Zamboni Phil - *The Trumpet of the Swan* (2001), as Father (voice) - *Disney's House of Mouse* (2001), series, Actor - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Jason Alexander — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) - *The Huntress* (2000), series, Actor - *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), as Boris - *Son of the Beach* (2000), series, Actor - *Let's Rap Fire Safety* (2000), Actor - *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Leonard - *Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments* (1999), as Host - *Just Looking* (1999), Director - *Love and Action in Chicago* (1999), as Frank Bonner - *Madeline: Lost in Paris* (1999), as Uncle Horst / Henri (voice) - *Sideshow: Alive on the Inside* (1999), as Narrator - *Dilbert* (1999), series, as Catbert (voice) - *Jingle Bells* (1999), as Elf (Voice) - *Hercules* (1998), series, as Poseidon, Poseidon (voice) - *Denial* (1998), as Art Witz - *Titey* (1998), as Titey (voice) - *Cinderella* (1997), as Lionel - *Love! Valour! Compassion!* (1997), as Buzz Hauser - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), as Gargoyle Hugo (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md) - *The Making of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), Actor - *Remember WENN* (1996), series, as Alan Ballinger · Director - *Dunston Checks In* (1996), as Robert Grant - *Bye Bye Birdie* (1995), as Albert J. Peterson - *The Last Supper* (1995), as Anti-Enviroment - *For Better or Worse* (1995), as Michael Makeshift · Director - *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Kurros - *A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim* (1995), Actor - *The Return of Jafar* (1994), as Abis Mal (voice) - *Friends* (1994), series, as Earl — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md) - *Blankman* (1994), as Mr. Stone - *North* (1994), as North's Dad - *Down on the Waterfront* (1994), Actor - *The Paper* (1994), as Marion Sandusky - *Duckman* (1994), series, as Duckman (voice) - *Aladdin* (1994), series, as Abis Mal (voice), Captain Albatross (voice), Abis Mal / Abnor Mal (voice) - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Jack - *Coneheads* (1993), as Larry Farber - *Sexual Healing* (1993), as Frank - *For Goodness Sake* (1993), as Electronics Store Customer - *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Jason Alexander — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) - *I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore* (1992), as Bernie Fishbine - *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, as Grown Baby (voice), Stu (voice), The Job Wizard (voice), Gus Molehill (voice), Sexual Harris (voice), General H. Norman Conquest (voice), UFO! Host / Announcer (voice) - *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), as Geary — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md) - *White Palace* (1990), as Neil - *Dream On* (1990), series, as Randall Townsend - *Pretty Woman* (1990), as Philip Stuckey — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md) - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Bourbon Verlander (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as George Costanza · Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) - *Favorite Son* (1988), series, as Chris Van Allen - *Everything's Relative* (1987), series, as Julian Beeby - *Brighton Beach Memoirs* (1986), as Pool Player #1 - *The Mosquito Coast* (1986), as Hardware Clerk - *Rockabye* (1986), as Lt. Ernest Foy - *E/R* (1984), series, as Harold Stickley - *Newhart* (1982), series, Actor - *Senior Trip* (1981), as Pete - *The Burning* (1981), as Dave - *Saturday TV Funhouse*, series, as Titey (voice) - *Leo 2*, Actor - *The Sisters Rosensweig*, as Mervyn ## Gallery - ![Jason Alexander as George Costanza in Seinfeld (1989)](https://film.one/media/title/3622/still-b2d1a05e675f.jpg) Jason Alexander as George Costanza in *Seinfeld* (1989) — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-35ed561b236d.jpg) Jason Alexander — flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Jason_Alexander_-_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alan F. Horn and Jason Alexander (cropped out of this photo) attending a ceremony for Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-9d41833a171f.jpg) Alan F. Horn and Jason Alexander (cropped out of this photo) attending a ceremony for Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May (2010) — Angela George at https://flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/AlanHorn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-ad2a7b9bf7c4.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-0e65fef7702a.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-a7e58610b3c9.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-6dee8e77f9d0.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-b090c65130f2.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB - ![Jason Alexander](https://film.one/media/person/61604/gallery-bbecceda1e77.jpg) Jason Alexander — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - New Jersey Hall of Fame 2018: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won) - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1989: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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