Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television show Seinfeld. He has won three Emmy Awards for causing a notable controversy when his shouting of racial slurs at African American hecklers in a comedy club was broadcast worldwide in news reports.
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