Michael Richards

Michael Richards is one of the prolific actors in Hollywood whose appearance in film and television had raised eyebrows from audience and critics as well. The actor was nominated for the American Comedy Award for ’Funniest Supporting Actor’ for his outstanding comedian performance in movie 'Unstrung Heroes' (1995). This stand-up comedian artist made his acting debut in 1979 by appearing in maverick actor and director Billy Crystal's first cable TV special.

As he was a veteran stand-up comedian he appeared in many American comedy movies and his film credits include his appearance in movies like 'So I Married an Axe Murderer'(1993), 'Airheads’ (1994), 'Young Doctors in Love' (1982) etc where he appeared in supporting roles. But it was in 1997 that he was offered a lead role in an American romantic comedy movie ‘Trial and Error’ where he played the role of a partner in a law firm. The actor got extreme popularity by appearing in TV series such as 'Seinfeld’ which ran for nine seasons on NBC channel from 1989 to 1998.

The serial was crafted by actor Jerry Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld was born on April 29 1954 in New Yo >> Read More... and Larry David, and the actor Michael Richards played the role of Jerry's "wacky neighbor”. The character that Michael portrayed was a naive person and inexplicably influential person who are exaggeratedly successful in social life. The actor also became very popular with American audience for appearing in ABC's weekly late-night live comedy shows 'Fridays' (April 1980- April 1982). For this series, he was the writer and even actor. The actor had signed a deal while appearing in 'Fridays' that no part of this series could be released in any video format. He also appeared in television movies such as 'Herndon' (1983), 'At Your Service'(1984), 'The Ratings Game' (1984),'Slickers' (1985) etc. Recently, he appeared in an American sitcom 'Kirstie' playing the role of a driver for actress Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley is a US based actress. She is a vers >> Read More... for 12 episodes.

Michael Richards was married earlier to Cathleen Lyons, a family therapist, Out of this marriage they have a daughter Sophia born to them in 1975. After a long 18 years long association, he divorced her in 2010 and got married once again to his girlfriend Beth Skipp. The couple now has a son Antonio Baz out of this marriage. The actor was born on July 24, 1949, in California.