Larry Charles (born February 20, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines. He also directed the films Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Religulous and Brüno.
Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, Charles performed stand-up comedy in the 1970s until he ...
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Larry Charles (born February 20, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines. He also directed the films Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Religulous and Brüno.
Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, Charles performed stand-up comedy in the 1970s until he was hired to write for the short-lived sketch comedy show Fridays (where he worked with Larry David, who would later give him a job as a writer on Seinfeld and director on Curb Your Enthusiasm). This began a career in television writing which included The Arsenio Hall Show and eventually Seinfeld.
Although series co-creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld wrote the bulk of the show's episodes during the first five seasons, Charles was their second in command during this period. Charles had met Seinfeld co-creator Larry David when he was part...
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