Michael Richards

Published: June 5, 2024, 7 a.m.

b'Michael Richards is a multiple Emmy and SAG Award-winning actor best known for playing the iconic character Cosmo Kramer on the classic sitcom Seinfeld. After cutting his teeth on the Los Angeles comedy circuit alongside legends like Robin Williams, Sam Kinison, and Andy Kaufman, Richards landed minor film and TV roles throughout the 1980s, including the cultish late-night sketch comedy show Fridays and Weird Al Yankovic\\u2019s oddball comedy UHF, before exploding into pop cultural consciousness as Seinfeld\\u2019s Kramer. Richards\\u2019 latest project, his newly published book Entrances and Exits, provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of his career, from his unconventional upbringing by his schizophrenic grandmother and single mother to his training as a theater actor and honing comedic instincts on stage, his time in the army during Vietnam, and his big break. With candor and humor, Richards chronicles how his private life and curiosity shaped his comedic talents, culminating in his Kramer fame before a health scare intensified a spiritual quest informing and inspiring his insightful memoir.\\n\\n------\\nThank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team:\\n\\nSquarespace\\nhttps://squarespace.com/tetra\\n------\\nLucy\\nhttps://lucy.co/tetra\\n------\\nLMNT Electrolytes\\nhttps://drinklmnt.com/tetra\\n------\\nHouse of Macadamias\\nhttps://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra'