Jason Alexander

Another actor in the Seinfeld family was the lovable Jason Alexander, playing the quirky, hot-headed George Costanza. The show really launched Alexander’s career, offering him more acting opportunities afterwards.

What makes the arrangement strange is while the actors were paid handsomely when they were working on the show, the royalties were a mere $250 per rerun. In its last season, the actors demanded $1 million per episode, knowing how big the show had become.