Jason Alexander is most famous for playing the bumbling George Costanza on Seinfeld, which earned him multiple Emmy nominations. Unknown to many, he portrayed a contrasting character in Criminal Minds as serial killer Henry Grace, who sports long gray curly hair.
Fans of Jason raved about his role on X and costume in the “Masterpiece” episode of season 4. Social media users were shocked to see a whole new Jason, different from the goofy bald-headed one they have been accustomed to.
Reactions to Jason Alexander starring in ‘Criminal Minds’
It is not Jason’s first time shocking his fans with an unusual role, as he had a dream part as an alien on Star Trek: Voyager; nonetheless, they could not hold back excitement on this one. “I’m watching criminal minds and George Costanza just showed up in the most insane hair job I’ve ever seen,” poster @uncledoomer wrote alongside three shots of Jason in action as Grace.
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The post went viral with over 5.6 million views and thousands of comments commending Jason’s unsung talent and range. “Holy shit he’s gorgeous,” someone gushed, while another noted that people must have a hard time seeing him as anyone but Costanza. “I feel bad for Jason Alexander sometimes. Classically trained artist with great pride in the craft of acting. He was just too good as George Costanza,” they wrote.
Before and after ‘Seinfeld’
Before Seinfeld, Jason was a professional singer and dancer and a Broadway actor with credits in productions like Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Kander & Ebb’s The Rink, Accomplice, and 1989’s Broadway by Jerome Robbins, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
In the same year as winning a Tony, he landed the popular part as Costanza in Seinfeld while also showing up in ‘90s hits like Pretty Woman, Jacob’s Ladder, The Last Supper, and Dunston Checks In. In the early 2000s, he appeared on TV shows, comedy classics, and more sitcoms, plus a return to theater. More recently, he directed a Broadway production, The Cottage, for the first time last July, and now co-hosts the Really? No, Really? podcast with Peter Tilden.