Michael Anthony Richards ( born July 24, 1949 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer and television producer, best known for his portrayal of the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom Seinfeld.

In 1989, he was cast as Cosmo Kramer in the NBC television series Seinfeld, which was created by fellow Fridays cast member Larry David and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

* Kenny Kramer ( born 1943 ), lived in a Hell's Kitchen apartment across the hall from Larry David and became the inspiration for the Cosmo Kramer character on Seinfeld.

Elaine's best friend is her ex-boyfriend Jerry Seinfeld, and she is also good friends with George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer.

He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, and Elaine Benes.

Festivus is introduced in the Seinfeld episode " The Strike ," which revolves around Cosmo Kramer ( Michael Richards ) returning to work at H & H Bagels.

: Cosmo Kramer: " What happened to the doll?

: Cosmo Kramer: " And is there a tree?

Cosmo Kramer twice declares a Festivus Miracle during the Festivus celebration in the Costanza household.

: Cosmo Kramer: " I told them I was just about to see you.

: Cosmo Kramer: " Another Festivus Miracle!

Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Lucille Ball, Martin Short, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Ken Berry, Chevy Chase, Dick van Dyke's character " Rob Petrie " on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ensign Charles " Chuck " Parker ( Tim Conway ) on McHale's Navy, John Ritter's character " Jack Tripper " on Three's Company, Jim Carrey's character " The Mask ", Michael Richards's character " Cosmo Kramer " on Seinfeld, Dustin Diamond's character " Samuel ' Screech ' Powers " on Saved by the Bell, Bernadette Withers ' character Ginger Farrell / Loomis / Mitchell

In the episode entitled " The Wink ," O ' Neill is approached by Cosmo Kramer in the Yankees ' locker room and is told by Kramer that he must hit two home runs in the same game so that Kramer can retrieve a birthday card signed by all the Yankees from a little boy who wasn't supposed to get it in the first place.

* Cosmo Kramer, from the American TV sitcom Seinfeld

Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply " Kramer ", is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld ( 1989 – 1998 ), played by Michael Richards.

This was later parodied in " The Pilot " when the actor that is cast to play him in Jerry and George's sitcom refuses to base the character on the real Cosmo Kramer.

Cosmo Kramer was known only as " Kramer " during the show's first five seasons ( from 1989 to 1994 ), though in the pilot, " The Seinfeld Chronicles ," Jerry referred to him as Kessler, which was his original name for the show, until they changed it to Kramer.

Despite this, most characters continued to call him Kramer for the remainder of the show's run ( although many minor characters did refer to him as " Cosmo ").

The song has been covered by numerous acts including Magna Charta ( 1990 ), Cabballero ( 1994 ), Cosmo ( 1994 ), German electro project Music Instructor ( 1995 ), Supporters ( 1997 ), The Stunned Guys ( 1998 ), Edguy ( 1999 ), DJ Jaxx ( 2000 ), Gigi D ' Agostino ( 2003 ), Lunatica ( 2004 ), Tina Cousins ( 2004 ), Polish DJ Psychophaze ( 2005 ), Mägo de Oz ( under the name " Mañana Empieza Hoy ") ( 2005 ), Raz Ohara ( 2005 ), Age Pee ( 2006 ), Trancemission ( 2006 ), Parasytic ( 2008 ), PROXIMITY ( 2010 ) and Kirlian Camera ( 2011 ).

Jessie: In the anime series, Jessie acts kind to everyone except to Akari because Akari is the daughter of Tomoe Midou, for Jessie goal is to become the next Cosmo Beauty Queen and surpass Tomoe Midou.

" Cosmo Girl magazine named TU one of the top 50 schools in the country for women in its October 2004 edition.

One powerful technique for generating digital elevation models is interferometric synthetic aperture radar: two passes of a radar satellite ( such as RADARSAT-1 or TerraSAR-X or Cosmo SkyMed ), or a single pass if the satellite is equipped with two antennas ( like the SRTM instrumentation ), suffice to generate a digital elevation map tens of kilometers on a side with a resolution of around ten meters.

Real-world stories are recounted (" Cosmo Confidential ") first-hand by survivors, safety tips for risky or dangerous situations ( such as living alone ) accompany stories of hidden risks, health myths and urban legends are debunked.

' Psycho Britta, the walking freakshow, for every Barbie with a Cosmo subscription.

In those days, Shah used to hold court for anyone interested in Sufism at a table in the Cosmo restaurant in Swiss Cottage ( North London ) every Tuesday evening.

In the 2009 movie Hotel for Dogs, Friday, one of the main characters is a Jack Russell, played by the dog actor Cosmo.

* Cosmopolitan ( magazine ), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as " Cosmo "

This led to the Cosmo 3D project that SGI was intending to build both Inventor and Performer ( now essentially API shims ) out of, as well as promote as a new and higher-level standardized API for future work on the SGI platform.

Since the name change, they introduced the mall's mascot Cosmo who is the basis for several rides in Galaxyland.

Cosmo Isle is home to a UFO and NASA space research museum, as well as theaters, ceremony halls and conference rooms for business use.

He is best known today for his role as Gene Kelly's friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin ' in the Rain ( 1952 ).

O ' Connor's role as Cosmo the piano player in Singin ' in the Rain earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical.

However, she stayed on at Hearst publishing and remained the international editor for all 59 international editions of Cosmo until her death on August 13, 2012.

He originated the role of " Cosmo " in Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney, as well as that of " Bryan " in Michael Wall's Amongst Barbarians, for which he won a Mobil Award.

As a journalist, Wallace has worked for The Scotsman, The Guardian, The Independent, Elle, Cosmo, The Times and other publications.

Since 1995, Henke has teamed with the Jefferson City, MO Cosmo Club to hold the annual Tom Henke Charity Classic Golf Tournament which raises money for the Special Learning Center, a school for handicapped children.

* Cosmopolitan ( magazine ), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as " Cosmo "

It was performed publicly, potentially for the first time, by the Quatuor Danel in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester, on 30 September 2011.

These include ITV's Cosmo And Thingy, set in prehistoric times featuring a cast of cavemen and cavewomen, and Football Crazy ( also for ITV ) which was a children's sitcom about the football team Wormwood Rovers.

In the episode, George Costanza tells Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer that his mother caught him unaware while he was masturbating.

* Michael Richards ( as Cosmo Kramer from the sitcom " Seinfeld ")

* Cosmo Kramer, a character from the American sitcom Seinfeld, usually referred to as just " Kramer "

On the show Mad About You, there is also an episode in which there is an appearance by the character Cosmo Kramer, from the sitcom Seinfeld.

Seinfeld spoofed the show in Season 9, Episode 6, “ The Merv Griffin Show ,” in which Cosmo Kramer pretends that he hosts his own talk show using the discarded set from the show, which he sets up in his apartment.

In the Seinfeld episode " The Abstinence ", Cosmo Kramer sues a tobacco company but settles out of court, his settlement being the placement of his face as that of the Marlboro Man's on a billboard in Times Square.

The election was also notable for two non-politician semi-celebrities running on third-party tickets: Bernhard Goetz, who had achieved fame in 1984 as the " subway vigilante " for shooting four youths who may have tried to rob him, on the Fusion Party ticket, and Kenny Kramer, who was the inspiration for the character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld, on the Libertarian Party ticket.

Larry David, co-creator of the sitcom Seinfeld lived in Manhattan Plaza across from comedian Kenny Kramer who provided inspiration for the character Cosmo Kramer.