Jerry Seinfeld is a character and a real person. The character appeared on the show Seinfeld and is a fictionalized version of the real Jerry Seinfeld. The character lives in New York City and works as a rather successful stand up comedian, often on the road. His close friends are Cosmo Kramer, who is also his next door neighbor, Elaine Benes, whom he used to date, but became good friends with, and George Costanza, a down and out neurotic loser, yet lovable best friend since high school.Jerry enjoys dating, which he does a lot of, going to the cafe, and seeing his parents as infrequently as possible. He has an arch-enemy called Newman, a portly mail worker who wouldn't eat steamed broccoli, even if it was deep fried in chocolate sauce . Every time they see one another they engage in a cat like ritual hello ........NEWMAN , hello .....JERRY and stare intently before going on with their business.Jerry never found love, and along with Kramer, Elaine and George. eventually got jailed for failing to help a fat man getting robbed.This fictionalized version of Jerry Seinfeld should be distinguished from the fictionalized version of Jerry Seinfeld who appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm. In Curb Your Enthusiasm, both Seinfeld and the character of Jerry Seinfeld who appeared in it were recognized as fictional. The real Jerry Seinfeld played a fictionalized version of himself, a character also named Jerry Seinfeld, who helped the fictionalized version of Larry David develop a Seinfeld reunion special and starred in it, reprising the character Jerry Seinfeld. The characters Jerry Seinfeld from Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm should also be distinguished from other portrayals of Jerry Seinfeld on shows like 30 Rock, in which Jerry Seinfeld played a fictionalized version of himself who recognized that the characters Jerry Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld were characters he played. So, Jerry Seinfeld has played a character called Jerry Seinfeld who played a character called Jerry Seinfeld who played a character called Jerry Seinfeld in a show called Seinfeld. Show less «