29 years old! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BKU7m2PXQ (10m)
11/16/1958 " World of Suzie Wong." with William Shatner, France Nuyen, & cast members from the Broadway show. All rights go to Andrew Solt and SOFA Entertainment.
Jason Alexander idolized William Shatner. Not very hard to detect the influence.
Jason Alexander, who plays Jerry's obnoxious best friend George on "Seinfeld," said he owes his career to none other than Capt. James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise.
"I know it sounds like a joke. I became an actor because I wanted to be William Shatner commanding the Enterprise," Alexander said. "And before I had any training or lessons or anything, I would basically do William Shatner."A rather odd choice, because despite his great success on "Star Trek" Shatner isn't generally recognized as one of the world's finest acting talents. But that didn't stop Alexander from imitating Shat-ner's staccato delivery.
"I just thought if you - broke - sentences down - that you could play any - role," he said, mimicking Shatner. "It worked for many years. I did Shakespeare as William Shatner. I once played Nathan Detroit in `Guys and Dolls' as William Shatner.
"Who knew? I thought that was great acting."