It was a show about nothing, but its cast certainly became something thanks to its runaway success.
Each had their ups and downs, trying to capitalize on that stardom after the show ended.
However, at least one successfully broke that “curse” all these years later.
From left: Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards.Credit: George Lange/NBC/Getty Images
Seinfeld has been married to his wife Jessica, a cookbook author and philanthropist, since 1999.
They share three children.
She won six consecutiveEmmysfor Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Selina Meyer onHBO’sVeep.
Jerry Seinfeld.Joey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images; Douglas Gorenstein/Getty Images
She will reprise the role forThunderboltsin 2025, the film slated to close out Phase 5 of the MCU.
Louis-Dreyfus likened the end ofVeepto that ofSeinfeldwhen it was wrapping up in 2019.
It was “really tough,” shetold EW.
Elaine Benes; Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Joey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
After first meeting while at Northwestern University, Louis-Dreyfus married filmmaker Brad Hall in 1987.
They have two sons.
Alexander toldthe Observerin 2017.
George Costanza; Jason Alexander.NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images; Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
“Not that losing didnt matter, but winning was never vital to my sense of accomplishment.”
The Tony award-winning actor has been married to Daena Title since May 1982 and they have two sons.
However, Richards' post-Seinfeldcareer was marred bya racist rantat a comedy club in 2006.
Cosmo Kramer; Michael Richards.Wayne Williams/NBCU Photo Bank; Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Richardstold Charlie Rosein 1997 how he developed Kramer’s iconic entrances.
It got a laugh," he said.
“I felt that that represented Kramer.
Newman; Wayne Knight.Gary Null/NBC/Getty Images; Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic
That was the essence of the character because I felt that’s how the character steps into life.
He just comes into things.”
Richards shares a daughter with his first wife, to whom he was married to for 18 years.
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He has been married to Beth Skipp since 2010 and they have one son.
In addition to those onscreen credits, Knight alsoreprised hisSeinfeldrole in a 2020 anti-Trump ad.
“Ironically,Seinfeldended all that,” KnighttoldVicein 2015.
David Puddy; Patrick Warburton.Joey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank; Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Knight shares a son with his second wife, Clare de Chenu.
She was last seen on screen as Olivia Maxwell onHawthoRNein 2010.
She picked up the instrument for a role and began playing seriously shortly after.
J. Peterman; John O’Hurley.Joseph Delvalle/NBC/Getty Images; Bill McCay/Getty Images
People who thought theyre not musical say they dont know how realize I can play anything I want.
Its such an incredible moment.
She was married to Philip Holahan from 1994 until 2019 and has two daughters from that relationship.
Tim Whatley; Bryan Cranston.NBC; Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Despite a boatload of credits, he still countedSeinfeldamong his favorites more than a decade after the show ended.
“Thats my favorite show.
After first meeting in college, Warburton has been married to Cathy Jennings since 1991.
Mickey; Danny Woodburn.NBC; Paul Redmond/Getty Images
The couple shares three sons and one daughter.
OHurley has been married to his second wife, Lisa Mesloh, since August 2004.
They have one son together.
Frank Costanza; Jerry Stiller.Everett Collection; Shahar Azran/WireImage
In 2022, he reprised that role on the spinoff seriesBetter Call Saul.
He then scoredthe lead role as Michael DesiatoonShowtime’sYour Honor.
However, Cranston has also conquered the big screen with features likeGodzilla(2014),Why Him?
Estelle Costanza; Estelle Harris.Chris Haston/NBC/Getty Images; David Livingston/Getty Images
On stage, Cranston has earnedTonysfor his work in Broadway’sAll the Wayand the National Theatre transfer ofNetwork.
Cranston shares a daughter with his second wife, Robin Dearden.
The actor also voiced Splinter in the 2014big-screen remakeofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesand joined formerSeinfeldcostar Jason Alexander in 2020’sFaith Based.
Morty Seinfeld; Barney Martin.Michael Yarish/NBCU Photo Bank; Shahar Azran/WireImage
“The offers definitely started coming in,” hetoldPhiladelphia Magazinein a 1999 interview.
“In 1993, I was selling cowboy boots in Studio City.
After my firstSeinfeldepisode in 1994, I never had another day job.”
Helen Seinfeld; Liz Sheridan.NBC; Albert L. Ortega/WireImage
The actor has been married to writer-actor Amy Buchwald since 1998.
He then spent a year voicing Principal Sticker on the TV seriesFish Hooks.
Stiller also popped up in several films likeZoolander(2001),Hairspray(2007), andZoolander No.
2(2016) beforehe died of natural causesin 2020 at age 92.
Stiller wasn’t the first actor to play Frank on the show.
He was offered the role but didn’t take it.
Stillersaid in a Pioneers of Television interviewyears later.
“I said, Well, I am in a Broadway show.
I am about to rehearse.
[They said] What?!
I dont want to do it.”
Fortunately, Larry David came back to him after the Broadway show closed.
Stiller was married to fellow comedian and actor Anne Meara from 1954 until her death in 2015.
They shared two children, daughter Amy andson Ben.
Potato Head in theToy Storyfilms.
She also appeared as Muriel onThe Suite Life of Zack and Codyand Nana onGreetings From Home.
The actressdied from natural causesin 2022 at age 93.
Harris was married to her husband, Sy, from 1953 until his death in 2021.
They are survived by three children.
In 2005, hedied of cancerat age 82.
Martin later said that the show’s success made it hard to land other roles.
he told EW forThe Ultimate Guide to Seinfeld.
Martin was married to his wife, Catherine, from 1942 until his death.
She also starred in the 2009 Marc Fienberg film,Play the Game.
Sheridandied from natural causesin 2022 at age 93.
“People yell at me going by in cars.
I love that, and any actor who tells you they don’t is lying.”
TheSeinfeldmatriarch was married to Dale Wales from 1985 until his death in 2003.
