Lawrence "Larry" Gene David (b. July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor and television producer. David started his Saturday Night Live career as a writer for part of the show's tenth season. David would later ascend to fame as the creator of the sitcom Seinfeld with Jerry Seinfeld, which included SNL alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus (whom David met while at SNL). His SNL experiences would serve as fodder for the show; in particular, an episode showing character George Castanza (played by Jason Alexander) quitting and returning to work as though nothing had happened was based upon an actual incident that took place between David and then-executive producer Dick Ebersol. He later created the series Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which he starred as a fictionalized version of himself.
David's work on Seinfeld won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in 1993, for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series. Formerly a comedian, he went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, and writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He has been nominated for 27 Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders as the 23rd greatest comedy star ever in a 2004 British poll to select "The Comedian's Comedian",[4] and received the Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement by the Writers Guild of America in 2010.
Since 2015, he has made recurring guest appearances on Saturday Night Live, where he impersonates 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who is also his sixth cousin once removed.
David came to greater prominence at SNL during Season 41, where he made multiple cameos as the presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
He also returned to Saturday Night Live hosted for the first time, on February 6, 2016, the twelfth episode of Season 41, with musical guests The 1975.
He returned to Saturday Night Live to hosting for the 2nd and last time on November 4, 2017, the fourth episode of Season 43, with musical guest Miley Cyrus, the pop sensation.
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