Screen Actors Guild Awards". Daily Press. Newport News, VA. February 27, 1995. p.A2. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014 . Retrieved March 15, 2012. His original job when the series starts is as a real estate agent; he ends up quitting and getting re-hired, but fired immediately afterward for drugging his boss. He always wanted to be an architect or least "pretend to be an architect". He first mentions this desire in " The Stake Out", and claims in " The Race" that he had designed "the new addition to the Guggenheim". George is very bad at meeting women and even worse at maintaining his romantic relationships and, as a result, his relationships usually end badly. [36] [37] Professional life [ edit ] Seinfeld co-creator Larry David based George largely on himself. [22] [23] Seinfeld and David created the character as a foil to Seinfeld's character. [24] In the first draft of the show's pilot script, called Stand-Up at the time, George's name was "Bennett" and he, like Jerry, was a comedian. [22] In that same draft, the scene in the pilot in which George and Jerry discuss a woman Jerry met earlier, instead saw George and Jerry discussing their stand-up act. [22] His name was changed to George, and he became a real estate broker instead. [22] George's last name comes from Michael Costanza, a college classmate of Seinfeld. [25] "Louis", George's middle name is a homage to Lou Costello, whose 1950s television series The Abbott and Costello Show inspired Seinfeld. [26] Although he is often asked whether he wanted to play the character, Larry David has said that he was only interested in writing the show, and doubted that NBC would have approved of his being cast. [24] The character was based on Seinfeld co-creator Larry David but is surnamed after Jerry Seinfeld's real-life New York friend, Michael Costanza. Alexander reprised his role in an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, reuniting with Jerry Seinfeld and Wayne Knight (also reprising their roles as Jerry and Newman, respectively).

Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Recipients". Screen Actors Guild. March 8, 1998. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008 . Retrieved October 16, 2009.Writer: Goldman, Matt; Director: Cherones, Tom (June 7, 1990). " The Robbery". Seinfeld. Season 1. Episode 3. NBC. Tuma, Debbie (May 4, 1998). "Seinfeld Book by Real Character". New York Daily News . Retrieved August 3, 2009. [ permanent dead link] Writer: Charles, Larry; Director: White, Joshua (October 16, 1991). " The Library". Seinfeld. Season 3. Episode 5. NBC.

Writer: Daniels, Greg; David, Larry; Director: Cherones, Tom (April 22, 1992). " The Parking Space". Seinfeld. Season 3. Episode 22. NBC. George is a son of Frank, an Italian-American, and Estelle Costanza, who is Jewish. George twice mentions that he has a brother. Lloyd Braun is a childhood nemesis who George feels was the son his parents always wanted. [3] [4] George's best friend Jerry Seinfeld described Frank and Estelle as " psychopaths", [5] and said in " The Chinese Woman" that, if they had divorced when George was young, he "could have been normal". [6] Germain, David (November 6, 2007). "What 'Seinfeld' fans have been waiting for". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p.42. Writer: Kavet, Gregg; Robin, Andy; Koren, Steve; O'Keefe, Dan; Director: White, Joshua (April 23, 1998). " The Frogger". Seinfeld. Season 9. Episode 18. NBC. Meyers, Kate (December 1, 1995). " "Bye" George". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009 . Retrieved August 3, 2009.

Writer: David, Larry; Director: Cherones, Tom (November 18, 1992). " The Contest". Seinfeld. Season 4. Episode 11. NBC. Writer: Robin, Andy; Director: Cherones, Tom (March 18, 1993). " The Junior Mint". Seinfeld. Season 4. Episode 20. NBC.

Vandelay Industries is a fictional company that George Costanza claims to have been interviewed for as a latex salesman in when applying for an extension at the unemployment office in the Season Three episode, “ The Boyfriend, Part 1”. Seinfeld - NOW PLAYING". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013 . Retrieved November 15, 2008.Bushell, Gary (August 31, 2003). "Bushell on the Box: 100 Greatest TV Characters". The People. London, England.

a b c d e f g h i j Seinfeld Seasons 1 & 2: How it Began: The Making of Seinfeld, Part 1 (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Margulies, Lee (January 6, 2001). "Morning Report; Arts and Entertainment Reports from the Times, News Services and the Nation's Press". Los Angeles Times. p.F2.Writer: Charles, Larry; Director: Cherones, Tom (February 11, 1993). " The Betrayal". Seinfeld. Season 9. Episode 8. NBC.