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Life and work
Michael Richards is an American actor and comedian. Born: 24 July 1949. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1949–
Michael Richards
Michael Richards is an American actor and comedian. Born on 24 July 1949, this profile follows Michael Richards through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Seinfeld (1989). The location trail reaches Radford Studio Center and Tom's Restaurant. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Seinfeld · Radford Studio Center
Michael Richards is credited as cast member on Seinfeld. The work’s existing location story leads to Radford Studio Center. The studio formerly known as CBS Studio Center hosted Seinfeld. Its New York Street backlot was built for the series during the 1990s.
Seinfeld — credits ↗︎Radford Studio Center: history, location and cultural connections ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 2 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Radford Studio Center ↗︎
Seinfeld
The studio formerly known as CBS Studio Center hosted Seinfeld. Its New York Street backlot was built for the series during the 1990s.
Radford Studio Center: history, location and cultural connections ↗︎
4024 Radford Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Tom's Restaurant ↗︎
Tom's Restaurant becomes Monk's Café exterior
The Broadway façade supplied the recurring exterior for fictional Monk's Café; the principal interiors were produced in Los Angeles.
Columbia University — Morningside Heights guide ↗︎Teachers College, Columbia — iconic New York filming locations ↗︎
2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1949-07-24
Born 24 July 1949
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Seinfeld
Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld ↗︎
Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
New York ↗︎
Street corners, fire escapes and subway rhythms. A city to read at walking pace.
Seinfeld ↗︎
Nothing: an empty stage you fill — say a line and the bass answers, then the nothing turns into real places in New York and Los Angeles.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Jason Alexander ↗︎
Jason Alexander is an American actor, comedian, director and television host. Born on 23 September 1959, this profile follows Jason Alexander through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Seinfeld (1989) and Pretty Woman (1990). The location trail reaches Radford Studio Center, Tom's Restaurant and Beverly Wilshire. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.