Larry David

David was born on July 2, 1947, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. His parents are Rose (née Regina Brandes) and Mortimer Julius "Morty" David, a men's clothing manufacturer, and he has an older brother, Ken.{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Benjamin |title=Why Larry David the Schmuck Was the Best Thing to Happen to Larry David the Mensch |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/larry-david-fish-in-the-dark.html |access-date=November 1, 2017 |work=New York |date=January 26, 2015 |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106170932/https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/larry-david-fish-in-the-dark.html |url-status=live }} David's family is Jewish. His American Jewish father's family moved from Germany to the U.S. during the 19th century. David's mother was born into a Polish-Jewish family in Ternopil, now in Ukraine; her mother's family name was Superfein.{{cite episode |series=Finding Your Roots |title=The Impression |season=4 |number=1 |network=PBS |date=October 3, 2017 }}

David graduated from Sheepshead Bay High School, now defunct and operating as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, in 1965. A sign with his photo is displayed in one of the complex's hallways. He then attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a brother in Tau Epsilon Phi.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-larry-david-really-like-ask-his-maryland-fraternity-brothers/2015/03/06/9a00615a-c35a-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html |title=What's Larry David really like? Ask his Maryland fraternity brothers. |first=Linda VanGrack |last=Snyder |date=March 6, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630164557/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-larry-david-really-like-ask-his-maryland-fraternity-brothers/2015/03/06/9a00615a-c35a-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html |url-status=live }} He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in history.{{cite news |title=Larry David Spotted on Campus |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-03-27/enticertainment/bal-larry-david-spotted-at-university-of-maryland-campus-20130327_1_larry-david-campus-football-team |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210073734/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-03-27/enticertainment/bal-larry-david-spotted-at-university-of-maryland-campus-20130327_1_larry-david-campus-football-team |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Some of Maryland's Distinguished Alumni |url=http://www.umterps.com/school-bio/md-alumni.html |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=April 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331015507/http://www.umterps.com/school-bio/md-alumni.html |archive-date=March 31, 2013 }} At college, he discovered that he could make people laugh simply by being himself. After college, David joined the United States Army Reserve and received training as a petroleum storage specialist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150217123755/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/opinion/my-war.html My War, by Larry David.] The New York Times via Internet Archive. Published February 15, 2004. Retrieved August 22, 2011. To avoid the final year of his six-year enlistment, he paid a psychiatrist to write a letter declaring him unfit for duty.{{Cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=9 February 2024 |title=Larry David paid psychiatrist to write him a letter to get out of Army Reserve |url=https://ew.com/larry-david-psychiatrist-letter-get-out-of-army-reserve-8574957 |access-date=2024-09-02 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902191012/https://ew.com/larry-david-psychiatrist-letter-get-out-of-army-reserve-8574957 |url-status=live }}

While a stand-up comedian, David also worked as a store clerk, limousine driver, and historian. He lived in Manhattan Plaza, a federally subsidized housing complex in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, across the hall from Kenny Kramer, the inspiration for the Cosmo Kramer character in Seinfeld.McShane, Larry. [http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/people/149555,CST-NWS-kramer26.article "The real Kramer says actor no racist: But Richards is 'paranoid,' 'very wound-up'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508103733/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/people/149555,CST-NWS-kramer26.article |date=May 8, 2020 }}, Chicago Sun-Times , November 26, 2006. Accessed August 11, 2009. "The real Kramer lived for 10 years in a Hell's Kitchen apartment across the hall from Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, and his life became the framework for Richards' quirky, bumbling Seinfeld sidekick." From 1980 to 1982, David became a writer and cast member for ABC's Fridays, where he worked with Michael Richards, who later played Kramer on Seinfeld.{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/16/style/the-great-and-wonderful-wizard-of-odds.html |title=The Great and Wonderful Wizard of Odds |work=The New York Times |date=July 16, 2000 |author=Marin, Rick |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235959/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/16/style/the-great-and-wonderful-wizard-of-odds.html |url-status=live }}

From 1984 to 1985, David was a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) and met Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who also worked on the show during this period.{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111102037.html |title='SNL in the '80s': The Last Laugh On a Trying Decade |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 12, 2005 |author=Shales, Tom |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151928/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111102037.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/03/garden/a-visit-with-julia-louis-dreyfus-she-who-gives-seinfeld-estrogen.html |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus: She Who Gives 'Seinfeld' Estrogen |work=The New York Times |date=June 3, 1993 |last=Kolbert |first=Elizabeth |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410124900/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/03/garden/a-visit-with-julia-louis-dreyfus-she-who-gives-seinfeld-estrogen.html |url-status=live }} During his time at SNL, he was able to get only one sketch on the air, which aired at 12:50 am, the show's last time slot.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/going-up/n9294 |title=Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Going Up - NBC.com |work=NBC.com |publisher=NBC |access-date=2021-10-26 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026013435/https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/going-up/n9294 |url-status=live }} David quit his job at SNL in the first season, angrily disparaging the quality of the show to producer Dick Ebersol, only to show up to work two days later as if nothing had happened.{{cite AV media |people=O'Brien, Conan; David, Larry |date=2024-08-22 |title=Larry David [FULL EPISODE] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMzCHX2ONA |work=Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend |time=24:44|access-date=2025-01-23}} That event inspired the second-season Seinfeld episode "The Revenge".{{cite video|title=Seinfeld Seasons 1 & 2: Audio Commentary – "The Revenge"|medium=DVD|publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|date=November 3, 2004|people=Louis-Dreyfus, Julia; Richards, Michael; Alexander, Jason}}{{cite news|title=Side-splitting 'Seinfeld' finally arrives on DVD|page=C7|author=Horiuchi, Vince|date=November 22, 2004|work=Salt Lake Tribune}} He can be heard heckling Michael McKean when McKean hosted SNL in 1984, and can be seen in the sketch "The Run, Throw, and Catch Like a Girl Olympics" when Howard Cosell hosted the season finale in 1985.{{cite web|access-date=April 21, 2008 |url=http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/show/365/episode_guide.html?season=10 |title=Saturday Night Live |website=TV.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227052119/http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/show/365/episode_guide.html?season=10 |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84dmono.phtml Transcript of Michael McKean's monologue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923190632/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84dmono.phtml |date=September 23, 2013 }}, voice of audience member: Larry David In 1987, David was a writer and performer for Way Off Broadway, a variety talk show on Lifetime hosted by Joy Behar.{{cite web |last=Radenhausen |first=Jim |title=Joy Behar to give her 'View,' bring comedy and laughs to Mt. Airy |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/24/joy-behar-to-give-her/22486088007/ |website=Pocono Record |date=April 26, 2015 |language=en |access-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216185846/https://amp.poconorecord.com/amp/22486088007 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last=Levine |first=Josh |title=Pretty, pretty, pretty good : Larry David and the making of Seinfeld and Curb your enthusiasm |date=2010 |publisher=ECW Press |location=Toronto |page=25 |isbn=978-1550229479}}

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In 1989, David teamed up with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to create a pilot for NBC called The Seinfeld Chronicles, which became the basis for Seinfeld, one of the most successful shows in history,{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/26/us/seinfeld-says-it-s-all-over-and-it-s-no-joke-for-nbc.html |title=Seinfeld Says It's All Over, And It's No Joke for NBC |work=The New York Times |date=December 26, 1997 |author=Carter, Bill |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216074902/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/26/us/seinfeld-says-it-s-all-over-and-it-s-no-joke-for-nbc.html |url-status=live }} reaching the top of TV Guide{{'s}} list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time. Entertainment Weekly ranked it the third-best US TV show of all time. David made occasional uncredited appearances on the show, playing such roles as Frank Costanza's cape-wearing lawyer and the voice of George Steinbrenner. He was also the primary inspiration for the show's character George Costanza.{{cite news|access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/26/seinfeld/index.html |title=The 'real' George Costanza sues Seinfeld for $100 million |work=CNN|date=October 26, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619064459/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/26/seinfeld/index.html |archive-date=June 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }} David left Seinfeld amicably after the show's seventh season and returned two years later to write the series finale in 1998.{{cite web |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=http://www.sacbee.com/747/story/471870.html |title=DVD Review: 'Seinfeld: Season 9' wraps up all the hilarious nothingness |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=November 5, 2007 |author=Dancis, Bruce |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080116220709/http://www.sacbee.com/747/story/471870.html |archive-date = January 16, 2008}} He also continued to voice Steinbrenner.{{cite news |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |title=Still ... seventh-season DVD shines |date=November 21, 2006}}

David wrote 62 Seinfeld episodes, including 1992's "The Contest", for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and which TV Guide ranked as episode {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on its list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time"."TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time" TV Guide; June 15, 2009; Pages 34–49 He has also been involved in other films and television series. David wrote and directed the 1998 film Sour Grapes, about two cousins who feud over a casino jackpot. It was neither a commercial nor a critical success.{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourgrapes.htm |title=Sour Grapes |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218171504/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourgrapes.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sour_grapes/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |title=Sour Grapes |date=June 22, 1999 |archive-date=March 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317225116/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sour_grapes/ |url-status=live }} He has also appeared in bit roles in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and New York Stories (1989).{{cite magazine |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html |title=Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood to star in Woody Allen's next movie |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 6, 2008 |author=Sperling, Nicole |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215060041/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html |archive-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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The HBO cable television channel aired David's one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, on October 17, 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/curb-your-enthusiasm/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-69591/|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm|website=TV.com|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114232618/http://www.tv.com/shows/curb-your-enthusiasm/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-69591/|url-status=dead}} This was followed by Curb Your Enthusiasm, an HBO television series whose first episode aired on October 15, 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/curb-your-enthusiasm/tv-listings/100103/|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm|magazine=TV Guide|language=en|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419200801/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/curb-your-enthusiasm/tv-listings/100103/|url-status=live}} The show revisits many of the themes of Seinfeld{{cite magazine |access-date=April 19, 2008 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26533172_ITM |title=COMEDY CLUB.(Jerry Seinfeld: a film 'Comedian,' and his influence on the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' TV show) |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 28, 2002 |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002172844/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26533172_ITM |url-status=live }} and is improvised from a story outline only several pages long written by David (and, from the fifth season onward, additional writers).{{cite magazine |access-date=July 25, 2011 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/curb-your-enthusiasm-and-seinfeld-writers-talk-about-the-legend-of-larry-david-20110720 |title='Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' Writers Talk About the Legend of Larry David |magazine=RollingStone |date=July 20, 2011 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724064741/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/curb-your-enthusiasm-and-seinfeld-writers-talk-about-the-legend-of-larry-david-20110720 |url-status=live }}

The actors improvise their dialogue based on the outline and direction. David has said that his character in the show, a fictionalized version of himself, is what he would be like in real life if he lacked social awareness and sensitivity.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/larry-david-talks-dating-post-divorce-seinfeld-and-wealth-20110720|title=Larry David Talks Dating Post-Divorce, 'Seinfeld' and Wealth|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 20, 2011|access-date=July 27, 2011|archive-date=July 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081439/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/larry-david-talks-dating-post-divorce-seinfeld-and-wealth-20110720|url-status=live}} The character's numerous and frequent social faux pas, misunderstandings, and ironic coincidences are the basis of much of the show's comedy and have led to the entry into the American pop culture lexicon of the expression "Larry David moment", meaning an inadvertently created socially awkward situation. Curb Your Enthusiasm has been described as depicting "the things nobody wants to say, but wish they could".{{cite news|title='Yeah, I'm available for Woody Allen'|author=David Brinn|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=October 8, 2009 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Yeah-Im-available-for-Woody-Allen }}

The show is based on David's life following the fortune he earned from Seinfeld; semi-retired, he strives to live a fulfilled life. Alongside David is his wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), his manager and best friend Jeff (Jeff Garlin), and Jeff's wife Susie (Susie Essman). Celebrities, including comedians Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, and Bob Einstein, appeared on the show regularly. Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen have had recurring roles as themselves.{{cite web|title=Once Upon A Time In Mexico Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment DVD |url=http://www.rickmcginnis.com/dvd/069.htm |work=Life with Blog: Father |publisher=Rick McGinnis |access-date=August 24, 2012 |first=Rick |last=McGinnis |author-link=Rick McGinnis |year=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614140331/http://www.rickmcginnis.com/dvd/069.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2008}}

The show is critically acclaimed and has been nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Awards, with one win, as well as a Golden Globe win. In the first six seasons, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander appear in several episodes, and Jerry Seinfeld has a cameo. In season 7, the cast of Seinfeld, including Michael Richards, return in a story arc involving David's attempt to organize a Seinfeld reunion special. On June 2, 2010, the series premiered on the TV Guide Network, its network television debut. TV Guide Network also produced a series of related discussions with high-profile guest stars, media pundits, and prominent social figures called "Curb: The Discussion" debating the moral implications of each episode. David is quoted as saying "Finally, thanks to the TV Guide Network, I'll get a chance to watch actual, intelligent people discuss and debate the issues addressed on 'Curb'. Now if only someone could tell me where this alleged 'Network' is, I might even watch it."{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100322005537&newsLang=en |title=TV Guide Network Teams-up with Legendary Show Creator Larry David to Launch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Exclusive Extras Hosted by Series Regular Susie Essman |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703073515/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100322005537&newsLang=en |url-status=live }} The show's 12th and final season premiered in January 2024.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020 |date=January 8, 2020 |title=The Incredibly Happy Life of Larry David, TV's Favorite Grouch |first=Brett |last=Martin |magazine=GQ |access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111113936/https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020 |url-status=live }}

David played the leading role in Woody Allen's 2009 comedy film Whatever Works alongside Evan Rachel Wood.{{cite magazine |last1=Nicole |first1=Sperling |title=Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood to star in Woody Allen's next movie |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/07/larry-david-to/ |access-date=October 21, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 7, 2008 |language=en |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021213622/https://ew.com/article/2008/02/07/larry-david-to/ |url-status=live }} He had a cameo appearance on the HBO series Entourage as a client of Ari Gold, and because his daughters were Hannah Montana fans, David and his daughters guest-starred as themselves in the episode "My Best Friend's Boyfriend", in which they wait for a table at a fancy restaurant.{{cite news |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/09/entourage-every-celebrity-cameo-ranked/larry-david |title=Ranking Every Single Celebrity Cameo in 'Entourage' |work=Complex |date=September 11, 2019 |first=JR |last=Hickey |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202173527/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/09/entourage-every-celebrity-cameo-ranked/larry-david |url-status=live }} David appeared as a panelist on the NBC series The Marriage Ref and also played Sister Mary-Mengele in the 2012 reboot of The Three Stooges.{{cite web |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/05/03/larry-david-three-stooges-hunger-games-casting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505032028/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/05/03/larry-david-three-stooges-hunger-games-casting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |title=Larry David Torments 'The Three Stooges' And 'Hunger Games' Finds More Tributes In Today's Casting Call |website=MTV Movies Blog |access-date=June 13, 2011}} He co-wrote and starred in the 2013 HBO television film Clear History. David wrote and starred in the Broadway play Fish in the Dark. Also appearing were Rita Wilson, Jayne Houdyshell, and Rosie Perez. The play centers on the death of a family patriarch. It opened on March 5, 2015. Jason Alexander took over David's role in July. The play closed in August.{{cite web |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url=http://www.fishinthedark.com/ |title=Fish In The Dark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113080156/http://www.fishinthedark.com/ |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite news|last1=Zinoman|first1=Jason|title=Enthusiasm, Entirely Uncurbed: Larry David's 'Fish in the Dark' Comes to Broadway|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/theater/larry-davids-fish-in-the-dark-comes-to-broadway.html|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129035412/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/theater/larry-davids-fish-in-the-dark-comes-to-broadway.html|url-status=live}} As of February 1, 2015, its advance sale of $13.5 million had broken records for a Broadway show.

Since 2015, David has made multiple guest appearances portraying 2016 and 2020 United States presidential election candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday Night Live; he also hosted the show on February 6, 2016, with musical guest The 1975 and a cameo by Sanders himself, and on November 4, 2017, with musical guest Miley Cyrus.

In 2017, PBS's Finding Your Roots discovered through genealogical research that David and Sanders are distantly related. Sanders told David the news. "I was very happy about that," David said, according to Variety. "I thought there must have been some connection." The comedian explained that Sanders is "a third cousin or something".{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bernie-sanders-is-related-to-snl-doppelganger-larry-david-122355/ |title=Bernie Sanders Is Related to 'SNL' Doppelganger Larry David |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Joyce |last=Chen |date=July 27, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195244/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bernie-sanders-is-related-to-snl-doppelganger-larry-david-122355/ |url-status=live }} He is in fact David's sixth cousin once removed.{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/snl-larry-david-returns-bernie-sanders-campaign-postmortem/ |title= 'SNL': Larry David Returns as Bernie Sanders for a Campaign Postmortem From His Living Room |website= TheWrap |date= April 11, 2020 |access-date= May 20, 2020 |archive-date= June 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200601200136/https://www.thewrap.com/snl-larry-david-returns-bernie-sanders-campaign-postmortem/ |url-status= live }}

On January 8, 2020, David joked on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, "I would say, I would beg him [Bernie] to drop out so I don't have to keep flying in from Los Angeles to do SNL. I thought when he had the heart attack that would be it, I wouldn't have to fly in from Los Angeles. But, you know, he's indestructible. Nothing stops this man!" He later added, "If he wins, do you know what that's going to do to my life? Do you have any idea? I mean, it will be great for the country—great for the country, terrible for me."{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-david-tells-colbert-president-bernie-sanders-would-be-great-for-the-country-terrible-for-me|title=Larry David: President Bernie Sanders Would Be 'Great for the Country, Terrible for Me'|work=The Daily Beast|first=Matt|last=Wilstein|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=March 4, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308120727/https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-david-tells-colbert-president-bernie-sanders-would-be-great-for-the-country-terrible-for-me|url-status=live}}

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On April 21, 2025, The New York Times published an opinion essay by David titled "My Dinner With Adolf".{{Cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=2025-04-21 |title=Opinion {{!}} Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Framed as a fictional 1939 dinner between the narrator and Adolf Hitler, the satirical piece uses dark humor to explore how personal charm can dangerously obscure the true nature of monstrous people. Without directly naming any contemporary figures, the essay mirrors the language Bill Maher used when describing his dinner with Donald Trump. Despite being a longtime critic of Trump, Maher characterized Trump as "gracious and measured" in private.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=KiMi |title=Bill Maher's full monologue on his Donald Trump meeting: Read the transcript |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/04/12/bill-maher-donald-trump-full-monologue/83055277007/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

David has named Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Phil Silvers, Abbott and Costello, Jackie Mason, Alan King, Don Rickles, and Mad magazine as influences.{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020|title=The Incredibly Happy Life of Larry David, TV's Favorite Grouch|website=GQ|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403081535/https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2011/07/09/curb-your-enthusiasms-larry-david-discusses-his-roots-his-comedy/#5f848885bfc2|title= Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David Discusses His Roots, His Comedy|website= Forbes|access-date= April 5, 2020|archive-date= June 14, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200614071721/https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2011/07/09/curb-your-enthusiasms-larry-david-discusses-his-roots-his-comedy/#5f848885bfc2|url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/11/phil-silvers-the-comedy-genius-who-was-sergeant-bilko/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/11/phil-silvers-the-comedy-genius-who-was-sergeant-bilko/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= Phil Silvers: the comedy genius who was Sergeant Bilko| website= The Telegraph|date=May 11, 2016 |access-date= April 5, 2020|last1=Chilton |first1=Martin }}{{cbignore}}

David lives in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He was married to Laurie Lennard from 1993 to 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/07_davids_divorce_wm_01.pdf|title=Laurie Ellen David v. Lawrence Gene David Petition for Dissolution of Marriage|publisher=Los Angeles Superior Court|date=July 13, 2007|via=TMZ.com|access-date=March 7, 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703200357/http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/07_davids_divorce_wm_01.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b55681_divorcing_larry_david.html |title=Divorcing Larry David |website=E! |date=July 19, 2008 |last=Finn |first=Natalie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113093009/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b55681_divorcing_larry_david.html |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |url-status=dead}} They have two daughters, Cazzie David and Romy David. Larry and Laurie became contributing bloggers at The Huffington Post in 2005.{{cite news |access-date=November 24, 2009 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david |title=Laurie David's Huffington Post blogger page |archive-date=December 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203215354/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |access-date=November 24, 2009 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-david |title=Larry David's Huffington Post blogger page |archive-date=December 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220090252/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-david |url-status=live }} In 2017, David was introduced to producer Ashley Underwood at a birthday party for Sacha Baron Cohen. They married in 2020.{{Cite web|last1=Corinthios|first1=Aurelie|last2=Leonard|first2=Elizabeth|date=October 8, 2020|title=Larry David Marries Girlfriend Ashley Underwood|url=https://people.com/tv/larry-david-marries-ashley-underwood/|website=People|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127021232/https://people.com/tv/larry-david-marries-ashley-underwood/|url-status=live}} David's niece is actress Julie Claire, who appears in Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2uKPbIA-5I&list=TLPQMDEwNDIwMjSs0SSF8bC-ww&index=2 |title=S1 Ep. 8 - "BELOVED AUNT" {{!}} The History of Curb Your Enthusiasm |language=en |access-date=2024-04-01 |via=www.youtube.com |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401041015/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2uKPbIA-5I&list=TLPQMDEwNDIwMjSs0SSF8bC-ww&index=2 |url-status=live }}

David is an atheistDolan, Deirdre (2006). Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book. Gotham Books. p. Front Matter. and an avid sports fan. A native New Yorker, he supports the New York Jets, Yankees, Knicks, and Rangers.{{Cite news |url= https://www.golfdigest.com/story/larry-david-deserves-his-own-new-york-sports-radio-show-after-spitting-out-these-fire-takes-on-the-michael-kay-show |title= Larry David deserves his own New York Sports radio show |author= Powers, Christopher |newspaper= The Loop |date= 2020-01-08 |archive-date= November 1, 2021 |access-date= November 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211101064702/https://www.golfdigest.com/story/larry-david-deserves-his-own-new-york-sports-radio-show-after-spitting-out-these-fire-takes-on-the-michael-kay-show |url-status= live }} David is also a supporter of the Democratic Party.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/julia-louis-dreyfus-larry-david-jason-alexander-seinfeld-reunion-fundraiser-1078241/|title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Larry David, Jason Alexander to Reunite for Texas Democratic Party Fundraiser|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jon|last=Blistein|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=March 4, 2021|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117020350/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/julia-louis-dreyfus-larry-david-jason-alexander-seinfeld-reunion-fundraiser-1078241/|url-status=live}} In 2010, he wrote an article for The New York Times criticizing the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. He ended the article by sarcastically thanking then-President Barack Obama for approving the extension.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21david.html |title=Thanks for the Tax Cut! |work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 2010 |first=Larry |last=David |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134245/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21david.html |url-status=live }}

In 2013, Charlie Rose estimated David's net worth at around $500 million.{{Cite web |last=Weisman |first=Aly |date=March 3, 2015 |title=Larry David thinks reports about his massive net worth are 'absurd' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-david-net-worth-2015-3 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324194610/https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-david-net-worth-2015-3 |url-status=live }} Two years later, two other estimates put the number between $400 million{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/2020/04/01/larry-david-says-people-who-object-to-covid-19-lockdowns-are-idiots/|title=Larry David Says People Who Object to COVID-19 Lockdowns Are 'Idiots'|last=Sollum|first=Jacob|date=April 2, 2020|website=Reason.com|access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404103934/https://reason.com/2020/04/01/larry-david-says-people-who-object-to-covid-19-lockdowns-are-idiots/|url-status=live}} and $900 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-larry-david-says-he-isnt-really-worth-half-a-billion/articleshow/46449672.cms|title=Here's why Larry David says he isn't really worth half a billion |last=Weisman |first=Aly |date=March 4, 2015 |website=Business Insider|access-date=April 20, 2020}} In 2020, National Review offered an estimate of about $400 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/larry-david-jerry-seinfeld-lennon-mccartney-of-comedy/|title=The Lennon and McCartney of Comedy|last=Smith|first=Kyle|author-link=Kyle Smith (critic)|date=March 20, 2020|website=National Review|access-date=April 23, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308172028/https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/larry-david-jerry-seinfeld-lennon-mccartney-of-comedy/|url-status=live}}

Most of David's wealth originates from syndication deals of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the former having netted $3.1 billion in rerun fees as of 2013. The syndication of Seinfeld earned David an estimated $250 million in 1998 alone.{{cite news |date=January 1, 1999 |title=Who's the richest? Seinfeld |url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990308/NEWS/303089975&cid=sitesearch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004085108/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19990308%2FNEWS%2F303089975&cid=sitesearch |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=January 19, 2008 |newspaper=The Standard-Times |location=New Bedford, Massachusetts |agency=Associated Press}} In 2008, David was reported to have grossed $55 million, mostly from Seinfeld syndication and work on Curb Your Enthusiasm.{{cite magazine |date=March 6, 2009 |title=#65 Larry David – The 2009 Celebrity 100 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/53/celebrity-09_Larry-David_6ZH4.html |access-date=October 5, 2009 |magazine=Forbes |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908025403/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/53/celebrity-09_Larry-David_6ZH4.html |url-status=live }}

David's net worth was parodied in a 2001 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, "The Shrimp Incident", in which HBO executive Allan Wasserman yells at David: "If you want shrimp, take your $475 million, go buy a shrimp boat."{{Cite episode|series=Curb Your Enthusiasm |season=02 |number=04 |title=The Shrimp Incident |network=HBO |date=2001-10-14 }}

In a 2015 interview with CBS, David confirmed that his 2007 divorce reduced his wealth by half in the community property state of California. "I have a lot of money", he said, but added that the "figures out there are crazy".

David was among several celebrities who appeared in commercials for the cryptocurrency exchange FTX that aired during Super Bowl LVI.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/larry-david-tom-brady-shaq-ftx-class-action-lawsuit-1234632046/|title=Larry David, Tom Brady, Shaq Among Brand Ambassadors Named in FTX Class Action Lawsuit|archive-date=December 13, 2022|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213182537/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/larry-david-tom-brady-shaq-ftx-class-action-lawsuit-1234632046/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=2022-02-14|title=Larry David Makes Commercial Debut In Super Bowl Crypto Ad|url=https://deadline.com/video/larry-david-super-bowl-ad/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214133228/https://deadline.com/video/larry-david-super-bowl-ad/|url-status=live}} In November 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy, and David, alongside other spokespeople, were sued in a class-action lawsuit.{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Travis|date=November 16, 2022|title=Tom Brady, David Ortiz among athletes sued over crypto losses in federal lawsuit filed by investor|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/metro/tom-brady-david-ortiz-among-athletes-sued-over-crypto-losses-federal-lawsuit-filed-by-investor/|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213155755/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/metro/tom-brady-david-ortiz-among-athletes-sued-over-crypto-losses-federal-lawsuit-filed-by-investor/|url-status=live}} In February 2022, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media.{{cite news|last=Lawler|first=Richard|date=February 18, 2022|title=Influencers beware: promoting the wrong crypto could mean facing a class-action lawsuit|website=The Verge|publisher=Vox Media|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22941470/bitconnect-ponzi-bitcoin-securities-act-sec-lawsuit-influencers-youtube-tiktok|access-date=July 13, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718010038/https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22941470/bitconnect-ponzi-bitcoin-securities-act-sec-lawsuit-influencers-youtube-tiktok|url-status=live}}

• {{cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=January 1, 2006 |title=Cowboys Are My Weakness | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/opinion/cowboys-are-my-weakness.html | newspaper=The New York Times | access-date=April 3, 2023}}
• {{cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=December 20, 2010 |title=Thanks for the Tax Cut! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21david.html |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2020 }}
• {{cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=July 23, 2018 |title=The Most Important Meal of the Day |url=https://nyti.ms/2LKZvGZ |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2020 }}
• {{cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=August 10, 2018 |title=What Really Happened at Trump Tower |url=https://nyti.ms/2OotQfd |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2020 }}
• {{cite magazine |last=David |first=Larry |date=November 18, 2019 |title=On the First-World Campaign Trail |department=Shouts & Murmurs |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=36 |pages=29 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/on-the-first-world-campaign-trail |access-date=February 17, 2020}}
• {{cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=November 22, 2019 |title=Imagining What Keeps Trump Up at Night |url=https://nyti.ms/2XDVSZX |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2020 }}
• {{cite magazine |last=David |first=Larry |date=November 29, 2021 |title=Larry David's Notes for His Biographer |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/larry-davids-notes-for-his-biographer |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=December 5, 2021}}
• {{cite magazine |last=David |first=Larry |date= April 21, 2025 |title= Larry David: My Dinner with Adolf |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html|newspaper= The New York Times |access-date=April 22, 2025}}{{efn|An opinion piece parodying Bill Maher's opening monologue "Mr. Maher Goes to Washington" describing his White House dinner with Donald Trump.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-22 |title=Larry David essay 'My Dinner with Adolf' skewers Bill Maher's dinner with Trump |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/larry-david-bill-maher-adolf-hitler-essay-b2737011.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}}}

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David has received numerous awards, including two Emmy Awards, three Producers Guild of America Awards, and three Writers Guild of America Awards. He has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and six Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fellow comedians and comedy insiders voted David the 23rd-greatest comedy star ever in a poll to select The Comedian's Comedian.{{cite web |access-date=June 16, 2009 |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian |title=The comedians' comedian |website=Chortle |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624140903/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian |url-status=live }}

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