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Lawrence Gene David, (born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) better known as Larry David, is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, television producer and film director. Formerly a stand-up comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in his own series called Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. David is one of the most respected and successful comedians of recent years. He was voted by other comedians as the 23rd greatest comedian of all time in the British Channel 4 The Comedians Comedian poll. In 1989, he teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld to co-create the television series Seinfeld, where he also acted as head writer and executive producer. His work won David a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. In 1999, he created and starred in the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, an improvised sitcom in which he plays a fictionalized version of himself.