---
name: "Mark Jaffe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-jaffe"
fi1m_id: "mark-jaffe"
imdb_id: "nm1691039"
tmdb_id: 1223854
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:13.578855+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."
---

# Mark Jaffe

## Identity

Mark Jaffe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-jaffe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-jaffe
- **IMDb ID:** nm1691039
- **TMDB ID:** 1223854
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1691039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223854

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1691039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223854

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marc Jaffe is a writer and comedian. He was one of the first writers hired by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David for the television series *Seinfeld* (1989). He worked as a program consultant on seven episodes in 1991 and received story credits on three episodes between 1992 and 1998: "The Pick", "The Limo" and "The Bookstore".

Jaffe has also written for other projects including the 1994 video *Brushing Magic with Dudley & Dee-Dee*. He previously worked with Paul Reiser and Gary Shandling. He is the author of the book *Sleeping with Your Gynecologist* and wrote the one-man show *Side Effects May Include*, which draws on his experiences with his wife’s Parkinson’s diagnosis.

*Sources: imdb.com, seinfeldpodcast.com, michaeljfox.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mark-jaffe