JEFF GARLIN’S talent encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and performing stand-up comedy. He both co-stars and executive-produces the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, starring Seinfeld creator Larry David. The unique comedy features Garlin as David‘s loyal manager. The critically acclaimed series has won the Golden Globe® for Best Comedy, The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America and the AFI Comedy Series of the Year Award.
The Chicago native studied filmmaking and began performing stand-up comedy while at the University of Miami. A Second City Theatre alumnus, Garlin has toured the country as a stand-up comedian. His first film as a director, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, was released in 2007 to critical acclaim. He has extensive experience on television and in film, voicing The Captain in the Oscar®-winning Pixar movie WALL•E.
Curb Your Enthusiasm aired its seventh season on HBO. Garlin‘s first-ever stand-up comedy special, Young & Handsome: A Night with Jeff Garlin, aired on Comedy Central. In 2010, he appeared in Columbia Pictures‘ comedy The Bounty Hunter starring opposite Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Garlin‘s book, My Footprint, was released by Simon Spotlight on February 23, 2010.
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