Ben Stiller has credited Seinfeld with reviving the career of his late father, Jerry Stiller.
In Seinfeld, the elder Stiller played the character of Frank Costanza, the curmudgeonly father of George, who was portrayed by Jason Alexander.
Speaking to The New Yorker, Stiller said: ”“I think Seinfeld really changed his life, because he was at a point in his career where the phone wasn’t really ringing.”
Seinfeld co-star Alexander wrote on Twitter: “He was perhaps the kindest man I ever had the honour to work beside.