Jason Alexander — actor (seinfeld) with roots in the Russian Empire
Jason Alexander is an American actor, comedian, and director best known for playing George Costanza in Seinfeld (NBC, 1989–1998) — one of the most celebrated comedic performances in television history. He is also an accomplished Broadway performer, winning a Tony Award for Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
Tracing the roots — Russia (Jewish)
Born Jay Scott Greenspan in Newark, New Jersey in 1959, his parents Minnie (née Simon) and Alexander Greenspan had Russian-Jewish roots from the Russian Empire's Pale of Settlement. The anxious, self-sabotaging, status-obsessed George Costanza — a masterpiece of Jewish neurotic comedy — is the cultural grandchild of those immigrant generations.
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Russia (Jewish). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"George Costanza is my greatest gift to humanity. I mean that sincerely."