Larry David is an American comedian, writer, actor, playwright, and television producer.
Formerly a stand-up comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live.
He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television series Seinfeld, for which David was head writer and executive producer from 1989 to 1997. David's work on Seinfeld won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993.
David has gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he also created, in which he stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself.