Seinfeld Bios
MICHAEL RICHARDS AS KRAMER

As the bumbling, scheming and mysterious would-be entrepreneur Kramer of Seinfeld, Michael Richards won three Emmy Awards for his performance.

A native of Los Angeles, Richard first became interested in acting when he took a drama class in eighth grade and continued aggressively pursuing theater opportunities throughout high school. He attended the California Institute of the Arts, eventually earning a degree in theater arts from Evergreen State College in Washington state. Upon graduation, Richards returned to California and worked at the prestigious San Diego Repertory Theatre, where he starred in several productions until relocating to Los Angeles in the late 1970s.

There, Richards combined his talent for acting with his natural sense of humor and found great success in stand-up comedy. Within a year, he landed a role in the late-night sketch comedy series “Fridays.” He distinguished himself among the ensemble cast through memorable and often bizarre characters such as “Battle Boy,” a demented youngster who burns toy soldiers, and the bumbling Lothario “Dick.”

Following “Fridays,” Richards resumed his acting study and made numerous appearances in such lauded series as “Cheers,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Miami Vice,” “Hill Street Blues” and “Night Court.” He also guest-starred on specials starring Billy Crystal, Bob Hope, Jonathan Winters and Andy Kaufman, and hosted the “Montreal Comedy Special” and the Aspen Comedy Festival.

Richards made his feature film debut in the Garry Marshall comedy “Young Doctors in Love,” and has also starred in Diane Keaton's critically-acclaimed “Unstrung Heroes,” “Airheads,” “So I Married an Axe Murderer,” “Coneheads,” “UHF,” “Problem Child,” and “Trial and Error.”

During the 2000-2001 season, Richards returned to series television in “The Michael Richards Show,” starring as an offbeat private investigator. That season, he also starred opposite Sally Field in a cable television adaptation of Charles Dickens' drama “David Copperfield.”