George Costanza

George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the United States-based television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" (by Elaine Benes and by Costanza himself), "Lord of the Idiots" (by Costanza himself), and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time". He is friends with Jerry, Kramer and Elaine. George appears in every single episode except for "The Pen" in the third season. George is neurotic, self-loathing, and dominated by his parents, Frank and Estelle. He has been best friends with Jerry Seinfeld since their middle school years. Despite being billed at times as "slow witted", George starts out as a moderately intelligent character - in some early episodes almost as a mentor to Jerry - but gets dumber to the point at which he is too lazy to even read a book. George exhibits a number of negative character traits, among them stinginess, selfishness, dishonesty, insecurity, and... full article at wikipedia