Michael Richards
Michael Anthony Richards ( born July 24, 1949 in Culver City, Los Angeles ) is an American actor and former stand-up comedian.
Career
In 1989 he played in Weird Al Yankovic's first feature film " UHF " the role of " Stanley Spadowski ," a clumsy plaster man who rescues a small TV station with his clown show in the children's program. In 1989 he took over the role of " Cosmo Kramer " in Seinfeld, one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, an eccentric and life artist who noticed among others by his clothing style - thrift and always a size too big.
At a gig as a stand- up comedian in the comedy club Laugh Factory in West Hollywood Richards berated in November 2006 during a performance a heckler during a long Wutausbruchs as " nigger ". A bystander filmed the situation. Later, Richards apologized on the Late Show with David Letterman and ended his career as a comedian.
After this scandal got Richards longer time hardly role offers. His first major project since then has starred in the sitcom broadcast from December 2013 with Kirstie Kirstie Alley.
Richards was married from 1974 to 1992 with Cathleen Lyons, with whom he has a daughter.