Larry Charles

Biography

Larry Charles (born February 20, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld for its first 5 seasons, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines. He has also directed the films Borat, Religulous, Brüno, and The Dictator. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Charles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. The Dictator (2012) — Director
2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) — Director
3. Brüno (2009) — Director
4. New Girl (2011) — Director
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Director
6. Religulous (2008) — Director
7. Army of One (2016) — Director
8. Dicks: The Musical (2023) — Director
9. Masked and Anonymous (2003) — Director
10. Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy (2019) — Director
11. A Little Inappropriate (2008) — Director
12. Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek (2024) — Director
13. The Larry David Story — Director

Also appeared in

1. Seinfeld (1989) — Unresponsive Man
2. Religulous (2008) — Self
3. Entourage (2004) — Audition Producer
4. Army of One (2016) — Interviewer
5. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
6. The View (1997) — Self
7. Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999) — Self
8. The Nineties (2017) — Self
9. The Last Laugh (2016) — Self
10. Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy (2019) — Himself
11. Seinfeld: How It Began (2004)
12. The History of Comedy (2017) — Self
13. From Darkness to Light (2025) — Self (archive footage)
14. Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek (2024)
15. The Larry David Story — Self