Trivia

Was the first recipient of the American Express Black Card.

Bought Billy Joel's house in Amagansett village in the Hamptons (Long Island, NY) for then record-setting price of $32 million in March, 2000.

Is a Porsche collector. Paparazzi have seen him in at least 20 different ones.

Has a collection of more than 500 sneakers. They are all white.

Lives in Manhattan's renowned Beresford apartment building, northwest corner of 81st St. and Central Park West, just down the street from the address of "129 W. 81st," just west of Columbus Avenue where sitcom Jerry lived. He then named his production company "Columbus 81.".

His first child with wife Jessica Seinfeld (aka Jessica Sklar), a daughter named Sascha, was born in New York City on November 7, 2000. Comedian George Wallace was the best man at the wedding. The Seinfelds later had a son, Julian Kal, born March 1, 2003. Welcomed son, Shepherd Kellen Seinfeld, on August 22, 2005.

Is a fan of the comic book character Superman, as was shown in many episodes of the Seinfeld (1989) TV series.

Stated in an interview that one of the highlights of his career was when he had a two-hour conversation with President Bill Clinton in the White House kitchen.

His first time ever on stage at a comedy club, he looked out at the audience, froze and was eventually jeered and booed off of the stage. He knew he could do it, so he went back the next night, completed his set to laughter and applause, and the rest is history.

Used to appear frequently on "The Howard Stern Radio Show", but had a falling out when Howard Stern and his crew made fun of his relationship with Shoshanna Gruss. He maintained his friendship with Stern and returned to the show in 2010.

Has practiced meditation for 37 years, as he stated in 2013 in a promotional tape appearing on the website of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace.

Opened for Anne Murray when she went on tour for a period of four years. Murray saw him perform on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) and said she had to have him as her opening act.

He was the original choice to host Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), but he turned it down in order to focus on Seinfeld (1989).

Had a compulsive habit of throwing out the clothes he had traveled with after each road trip.

Jerry Seinfeld won 6 consecutive Emmy nominations for best actor in a leading role in a comedy series (1992-97) but never won the Emmy.

Growing up watching and loving Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on TV, He says he still reveres the comedy duo for their perfection and the "musical math" evident in the comic timing of their iconic 'Who's On First?' routine. In tribute, Seinfeld appeared in an MLB Network special about the routine in July 2012. Also, as he told the NY Times, his brief comedy stand-up that used to open early episodes of Seinfeld (1989) was an homage to the comedians, as was his own playing the Abbott-like straight man to the other characters in the sitcom, as well as building on the physical contrast between Kramer's tall leanness and Newman's short chubbiness. Even more, character George Costanza's middle name, Louis, was yet another tribute to Costello's memory.

Announced his engagement to Jessica Sklar (born Nina Sklar on September 12, 1971 in Oyster Bay, New York). They began dating after they met at the Reebok Sport Club in 1998, even though she had just married Eric Nederlander, a scion of the Broadway theater-owning family. At one point, it was reported that Nederlander planned to sue Seinfeld for "alienation of affection" for contributing to the demise of his marriage. No legal action materialized. (10 November 1999)

Raised in Massapequa,New York (on Long Island), Seinfeld later graduated from Queens College (New York City). His sister, Carolyn Liebling, was his manager.

In 2007 Forbes Magazine reported his earnings to be approximately $60 million.

Some of the cars he has owned include: 1949 Porsche 356/2, 1952 VW beetle, 1953 Porsche 550-03, 1955 Porsche 550 spyder, 1957 Porsche 356 type A speedster, 1957 Fiat 500, 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT carrera speedster, 1958 Porsche 597 jagdwagen, 1959 Porsche 718 RSK, 1960 VW beetle, 1962 VW bus, 1963 Porsche 356 B 2000 GS carrera 2 coupé, 1963 VW karmann ghia, 1964 Porsche 911, 1964 VW camper, 1966 Porsche 356 SC cabriolet "Polizei", 1966 Porsche 911, 1970 Porsche 911S "Henri", 1973 Porsche 911 carrera RS, 1973 Porsche 917/30 can-am spyder, 1974 Porsche 911 carrera 3.0 IROC RSR, 1986 Porsche 959, 1989 Porsche 911 speedster, 1990 Porsche 962C, 1994 Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 S flachbau, 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo S, 1998 Porsche 993 3.8 cup RSR, 2000 Porsche Carrera GT prototype, 2004 Porsche Carrera GT, 2011 Porsche 997 speedster, 2012 Porsche 997 GT3 4.0 cup "Brumos commemorative edition". Seinfeld bought (from Manhattan Motors) the first Porsche 911 ever built.; it was light blue.

Announced signing of deal with Miramax in April 2002 to distribute documentary about his recent travels back on the comedy circuit doing stand-up. For more than a year, Seinfeld has been followed on cross-country gigs with production crew headed by Christian Charles and Gary Streiner, who worked on his American Express commercials.

Headlined Colonials Weekend 2006 at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where his former girlfriend Shoshanna Gruss attended before transferring to UCLA in 1994.

Born on exactly the same date as Gavan O'Herlihy (of "Willow" and "Never Say Never Again" fame).