Where are the cast members of 90s sitcom Seinfeld today? From Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix stand-up specials and Bryan Cranston’s notable role in Breaking Bad, to Julia Louis-Dreyfus joining the MCU
- Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards both went back to stand-up comedy after the show ended, but the latter had a hiatus after a controversy around racist remarks while the former had a few Netflix specials
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ role in HBO’s Veep earned her a record-setting six consecutive Emmys, while Jason Alexander went back to theatre acting – but did you know Wayne Knight once worked as a PI in NYC?
First aired in 1989, NBC’s Seinfeld followed the misadventures of friends living in New York – five years before a similarly successful sitcom Friends went on air. Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander have continued acting while recurring cast members like Bryan Cranston and Patrick Warburton also found success on hit shows.
Here’s a then-and-now comparison of how far these celebs have come 35 years later.
1. Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld played the titular character and portrayed a semi-fictionalised version of his life as a stand-up comedian on the sitcom. Before that, he had a short-lived, recurring role as mail-delivery boy Frankie on the ABC sitcom Benson.
In 2012, he created the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which featured himself and high-profile guests like Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman and then-president Barack Obama riding around in vintage cars before stopping to chat over coffee. The series became so popular that it was picked up by streaming giant Netflix.
The streamer also struck a deal with Seinfeld for two stand-up specials and the development of scripted and unscripted comedy programming. Jerry Before Seinfeld was released on September 19, 2017, and 23 Hours to Kill – his first original stand-up special in 22 years – premiered on May 5, 2020.
