Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and film director. Formerly a standup comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He was voted by other comedians the 23rd-greatest comedian of all time in the British Channel 4 The Comedians' Comedian poll.
[>>]Source: WikipediaLawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and film director. Formerly a standup comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He was voted by other comedians the 23rd-greatest comedian of all time in the British Channel 4 The Comedians' Comedian poll.
In 1989, he teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld to co-create the television series Seinfeld, where he also acted as head writer and executive producer. David's work won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. In 1999, he created the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a mostly improvised sitcom in which he stars as a fictionalised version of himself.
Biography
David was born in the neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from the University of Maryland, with a bachelor's degree in history (1969) and then in business (1970).
While a standup comedian, David worked as a limo driver and a TV repairman to pay his bills. David then became a writer for and cast member of ABC's Fridays from 1980 to 1982, and a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1984 to 1985. During his time at SNL, he was able to get only one sketch on the show, which aired at 12:50 AM, the last time slot on the show. David quit his writing job at SNL midseason, only to show up to work a few days later acting as though nothing had happened. That plot inspired a second-season episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Revenge." David met his future Seinfeld stars during that early stage of his career: He worked with Michael Richards (Kramer) on Fridays and with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) during his one-year stint on SNL. He can be heard heckling Michael McKean when McKean hosted the show in 1984, and he can be seen in the sketch "The Run, Throw, and Catch Like a Girl Olympics" when Howard Cosell hosted the season finale in 1985.
David married Laurie Lennard on March 31, 1993. They have two daughters—Cazzie and Romy—and lived in Pacific Palisades, California. Like her counterpart in Curb Your Enthusiasm—Cheryl David (played by Cheryl Hines)—Laurie is an environmental activist. From May 2005, both Larry and Laurie were contributing bloggers at The Huffington Post. On June 5, 2007, the couple announced their intention to amicably separate. Laurie David filed for divorce on July 19, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences and seeking joint custody of the couple's two daughters.
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