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Newman is a fictional character portrayed by Wayne Knight in the TV series Seinfeld.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Suicide (season 3), they were 36 years old.
They appear in 44 episodes out of a total of 173 aired and have accumulated 11428 positive votes.
The character of Newman is mainly associated with Cosmo Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza.

Newman

by Wayne Knight

character

Episodes44

  • 7.5
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    The Suicide

    episode S3.E15 january 1992
    After a suicide attempt by Jerry's neighbor lands him in a coma, Jerry begins a relationship with his girlfriend. George visits a psychic who predicts trouble on his upcoming trip. Elaine agonizes over having to fast before surgery.
  • 8.6
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    The Boyfriend

    episode S3.E17 february 1992
    Elaine and Keith are hitting it off until he pulls out a cigarette; Keith wants Jerry to help him move, leading Jerry along with Elaine to breakup with Keith.
  • 8.2
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    The Parking Space

    episode S3.E21 april 1992
    Coming from an outing to a flea market in Westchester, Elaine and George damage Jerry's car when George drives over a large pothole. When they get to his apartment they conveniently find a parking space right in front of Jerry's building. As George tries to back in however, someone tries to take the spot by driving in nose-first. Neither car is able to park, and an all-day argument ensues.. Meanwhile, Elaine must come up with a story about the damage to the car.
  • 8.2
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    The Keys

    episode S3.E22 may 1992
    Jerry is fed up with Kramer's coming into his apartment any time he feels like it and asks him to return his spare set of keys. Kramer begrudgingly complies but then lets it be known that he's leaving for California. As for the others, the one key swap leads to multiple exchanges on pretty well everyone's part. When Jerry forgets his keys, he gets George to let him into Elaine's apartment so he can get his spare set. What they find interests them.
  • 8.6
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    The Pitch

    episode S4.E3 september 1992
    NBC executives ask Jerry to come up with an idea for a TV series. George decides he can be a sitcom writer and comes up with "nothing." Kramer trades a radar detector for a helmet, and later Newman receives a speeding ticket.
  • 8.2
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    The Ticket

    episode S4.E4 september 1992
    Newman uses Kramer as his witness when the former refuses to pay for a speeding ticket.
  • 8.5
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    The Pick

    episode S4.E13 december 1992
    George has decided he's made a terrible mistake in breaking up with Susan. He moans and groans and is generally driving everybody crazy. Against everyone's advice he decides to tell her he made a mistake . No sooner are they back together than he decides he's the one who made the mistake. Elaine decides to put her picture on her Christmas cards and Kramer agrees to be the photographer. Only problem is that she exposes just a little too much of herself. Jerry meanwhile is dating the model he recently met on a flight and things seem to be going nicely....until she sees him picking his nose, or so she thinks at any rate.
  • 8
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    The Old Man

    episode S4.E18 february 1993
    Elaine gets the gang to volunteer visiting the elderly, each "adopting" an old person. She gets freaked out by hers, George gets fired by his guy, and Jerry loses his. Kramer and Newman scheme to sell records to a vintage music store and steal the records from Jerry's old guy.
  • 8.6
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    The Pilot

    episode S4.E23 may 1993
    "Jerry," the television pilot, gets cast and finally airs. Elaine tries to discourage Dalrymple's romantic pursuit.
  • 8.1
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    The Sniffing Accountant

    episode S5.E4 october 1993
    The gang gets suspicious of their accountant.
  • 8.4
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    The Lip Reader

    episode S5.E6 october 1993
    George decides to use Jerry's girlfriend to spy on his friends by having her read their lips. Kramer claims he can also read lips and tries to prove it.
  • 8.3
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    The Non-Fat Yogurt

    episode S5.E7 november 1993
    Kramer invests in a new non-fat yogurt store.
  • 8.3
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    The Barber

    episode S5.E8 november 1993
    Jerry regrets giving his longtime barber the heave-ho after he gets a ridiculous-looking haircut. George gets a job interview but the boss leaves him with a very cryptic ending. Kramer begs Elaine to let him take part in her charity bachelor auction.
  • 9.2
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    The Marine Biologist

    episode S5.E14 february 1994
    George starts dating a college friend who, thanks to Jerry, thinks George is now a marine biologist. Elaine's electronic organizer injures a person after being launched from a limo by a Russian novelist. Kramer decides to golf on the beach.
  • 8.4
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    The Raincoats

    episode S5.E18 april 1994
    Jerry and his latest girlfriend finally get alone time when they go on a date to see "Schindler's List", where Newman oversees them making out.
  • 8.1
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    The Big Salad

    episode S6.E2 september 1994
    George gets upset when he buys a large salad for Elaine but his girlfriend Julie gets the thanks for it. Elaine can't believe that he raises the subject with her and gets back to Julie, which doesn't bode well with George. Jerry reassesses his feelings for his new girlfriend when he learns that she went out with Newman--and he dumped her. Kramer gets into an argument with his golfing partner, a former baseball player, who later loses his temper and is sought by the police. Kramer, sure that he caused it all, rushes to his buddy's aid.
  • 8.9
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    The Switch

    episode S6.E11 january 1995
    Jerry wants to switch from dating a non-laughing woman to dating her roommate; Elaine has difficulty retrieving a tennis racket she loaned out; George enlists Kramer's mother to spy on his seemingly bulimic girlfriend.
  • 8.5
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    The Label Maker

    episode S6.E12 january 1995
    Tim Whatley gives Jerry a label maker as a thank you for his Super Bowl tickets. George is uncomfortable with his girlfriend's male roommate. Kramer and Newman play a game of Risk.
  • 8
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    The Scofflaw

    episode S6.E13 january 1995
    When George learns that their friend Gary never had cancer as he claimed, he promises to keep it secret from Jerry--of course, George can keep a secret for about two seconds. Elaine gets all tied up in knots when she learns that someone said hi to her ex-boyfriend on her behalf. She goes out of her way to let him know otherwise, which seems to defeat the purpose. Kramer has a run-in with the local beat cop, who tells him that someone in the neighborhood has amassed parking tickets for years, and Kramer figures out just who it is.
  • 8.2
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    The Doodle

    episode S6.E19 april 1995
    George dates a girl from Elaine's art class and wonders whether or not her humorous caricature of him is a sign that she likes him or not. Thanks to Newman's fleas, Jerry's visiting parents are forced to stay in Elaine's luxury hotel room. Elaine gets a potential job offer but accidentally leaves the manuscript in Jerry's flea-infested apartment.
  • 8.1
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    The Diplomat's Club

    episode S6.E21 may 1995
    Jerry's simple airport meeting turns into a nightmare thanks to his incompetent agent; Kramer gets into hot water when he gambled with a rich Texan.
  • 8.6
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    The Engagement

    episode S7.E1 september 1995
    While sitting in the coffee shop, Jerry and George resolve to grow up and take life more seriously. Jerry decides to call the woman he recently broke up with - because she shushed him. For his part, George has been thinking a lot about his former girlfriend Susan. After imagining the ideal life they could have together, he goes to her apartment and proposes. She accepts and George almost immediately begins to have second thoughts, especially after Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend a second time. Elaine meanwhile is having trouble with a neighbor's barking dog and enlists the help of two professionals to get rid of the problem: Kramer and Newman.
  • 9.5
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    The Soup Nazi

    episode S7.E6 november 1995
    A soup stand owner obsesses about his customers' ordering procedure, but his soup is so good that people line up down the block for it anyway.
  • 8.3
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    The Pool Guy

    episode S7.E8 november 1995
    Jerry has a hard time telling the pool guy at his new health club that there isn't room for a 5th member of the group. George's worlds collide when Elaine starts hanging out with Susan. Kramer discovers that his phone number is one digit off from that of a popular movie-finding service and offers help to those that mistakenly call his number.
  • 8.1
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    The Seven

    episode S7.E13 february 1996
    George becomes upset when Susan's cousin names her baby with the name he planned to use for his first child; Jerry questions his girlfriend's style.
  • 8.4
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    The Shower Head

    episode S7.E15 february 1996
    Peterman wants Elaine to go to Africa, but when Elaine tests positive for Opium in her physical, that means no dice. George tries to convince his parents to move to Florida so that he finally gets his "buffer zone", but they have problems with Jerry's parents. Kramer and Newman scheme to buy black market shower heads when the building switches to low-flow ones.
  • 8.7
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    The Calzone

    episode S7.E19 april 1996
    George gets Steinbrenner hooked on eggplant calzones from a local Italian restaurant. But George gets banned from the restaurant when he's accused of stealing from the tip jar. He then asks Kramer to pick up the calzones, but Kramer gets kicked out when he tries to pay with pennies. George's last resort in getting the calzones is Newman who wants a cut of every delivery. Meanwhile, Kramer will only wear clothing if it's straight from the dryer.
  • 8.6
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    The Bottle Deposit

    episode S7.E20 may 1996
    A garage mechanic steals Jerry's car. Elaine tries to win J. Peterman JFK's presidential golf clubs at an auction. George is asked to work on a mysterious assignment. Kramer and Newman run a recycling scam.
  • 8
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    The Soul Mate

    episode S8.E2 september 1996
    George thinks the Board of Directors are talking behind his back. Kramer has a crush on Jerry's new girlfriend. Elaine doesn't see the big deal in having a baby.
  • 8.6
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    The Package

    episode S8.E5 october 1996
    A mysterious package arrives for Jerry. Elaine is curious about what the doctors are writing in her records. George tries to hit on the cute girl at the "One Hour Photo" place.
  • 8.9
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    The Chicken Roaster

    episode S8.E8 november 1996
    Kenny Rogers' Roasters sets up shop across the street from Jerry and Kramer's apartments. Unfortunately, their unusually large chicken sign causes problems for everybody. Kramer and Jerry wind up switching apartments--and personalities--because of it. Jerry is freaked out by a wooden doll in Kramer's apartment, and Newman gets Kramer hooked on Kenny Roger's chicken. Elaine gets comfortable in her position as president of the catalog but is quickly accused of abusing the company credit card, especially when she buys George an expensive hat and George purposefully leaves it at his girlfriend's apartment in hopes that it will score another date. Meanwhile, Jerry's old college friend has lunch with him and winds up getting fired; he takes a new job at the Chicken Roaster's.
  • 8.4
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    The Andrea Doria

    episode S8.E10 december 1996
    A survivor of a shipwreck beats George out of an apartment, so George decides to tell the landlords the tragedies of his life in hopes of getting it back based on pity.
  • 8.6
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    The Pothole

    episode S8.E16 february 1997
    Jerry accidentally knocks his girlfriend's toothbrush in the toilet. George drops his keys in a pothole that is paved over. A restaurant refuses to deliver food to Elaine's address. Kramer adopts a highway.
  • 8
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    The Millennium

    episode S8.E20 may 1997
    Kramer and Newman compete during the early planning of each of their millenium parties.
  • 8.4
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    The Muffin Tops

    episode S8.E21 may 1997
    Elaine opens a new bakery that sells only the tops of the muffins.
  • 8.4
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    The Butter Shave

    episode S9.E1 september 1997
    Kramer discovers the amazing yet unknown uses of butter, but accidentally fries himself after using it as sunscreen.
  • 8.1
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    The Blood

    episode S9.E4 october 1997
    Jerry's parents hire their friend Izzy Mandelbaum to become Jerry's personal trainer while George decides to associate food and television with his love life.
  • 8
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    The Junk Mail

    episode S9.E5 october 1997
    Kramer is annoyed with the catalogs he keeps getting in the mail. Elaine falls in love with a guy because of his smile. George's parents are avoiding him. Jerry can't find it in his heart to reject a gift from an old school friend.
  • 9
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    episode S9.E6 november 1997
    George runs over a flock of pigeons. Jerry's girlfriend has a vintage toy collection she won't let him touch. A new co-worker is freaking Elaine out. Kramer rebuilds the set of "The Merv Griffin Show" in his apartment.
  • 8.9
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    The Betrayal

    episode S9.E8 november 1997
    Elaine and the gang head to India to attend a wedding; Jerry betrays George by having sex with his prospective girlfriend; Kramer grapples with a malignant wish.
  • 8.2
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    The Reverse Peephole

    episode S9.E12 january 1998
    Elaine is embarrassed by Puddy's fur coat. Kramer tries to keep Newman from getting evicted. George carries everything in his wallet. Jerry is through with wallets.
  • 7.8
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    The Cartoon

    episode S9.E13 january 1998
    Sally Weaver makes fun of Jerry. George's new girlfriend looks just like Jerry. Kramer takes a vow of silence. Elaine gets a job drawing cartoons for the New Yorker.
  • 8.1
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    The Bookstore

    episode S9.E17 april 1998
    George is forced to buy a book he took with him into the bathroom. Jerry finds out that his Uncle Leo is a shoplifter. Elaine doesn't want to be known as the office skank. Kramer and Newman start a Hong Kong rickshaw business.
  • 7.8
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    The Finale

    episode S9.E22 may 1998
    After George and Jerry land a production deal with NBC, the four head out for Paris on NBC's private plane and are waylaid in a small Massachusetts town.

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  • 8
    /10
    67% of the votes

    The Soul Mate

    episode S8.E2 september 1996
    George thinks the Board of Directors are talking behind his back. Kramer has a crush on Jerry's new girlfriend. Elaine doesn't see the big deal in having a baby.
  • 8
    /10
    60% of the votes

    The Junk Mail

    episode S9.E5 october 1997
    Kramer is annoyed with the catalogs he keeps getting in the mail. Elaine falls in love with a guy because of his smile. George's parents are avoiding him. Jerry can't find it in his heart to reject a gift from an old school friend.
  • 8.1
    /10
    48% of the votes

    The Big Salad

    episode S6.E2 september 1994
    George gets upset when he buys a large salad for Elaine but his girlfriend Julie gets the thanks for it. Elaine can't believe that he raises the subject with her and gets back to Julie, which doesn't bode well with George. Jerry reassesses his feelings for his new girlfriend when he learns that she went out with Newman--and he dumped her. Kramer gets into an argument with his golfing partner, a former baseball player, who later loses his temper and is sought by the police. Kramer, sure that he caused it all, rushes to his buddy's aid.
  • 8.2
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    21% of the votes

    The Ticket

    episode S4.E4 september 1992
    Newman uses Kramer as his witness when the former refuses to pay for a speeding ticket.
  • 8.1
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    14% of the votes

    The Seven

    episode S7.E13 february 1996
    George becomes upset when Susan's cousin names her baby with the name he planned to use for his first child; Jerry questions his girlfriend's style.
  • 8.4
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    12% of the votes

    The Muffin Tops

    episode S8.E21 may 1997
    Elaine opens a new bakery that sells only the tops of the muffins.
  • 8.6
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    10% of the votes

    The Package

    episode S8.E5 october 1996
    A mysterious package arrives for Jerry. Elaine is curious about what the doctors are writing in her records. George tries to hit on the cute girl at the "One Hour Photo" place.
  • 8.6
    /10
    9% of the votes

    The Engagement

    episode S7.E1 september 1995
    While sitting in the coffee shop, Jerry and George resolve to grow up and take life more seriously. Jerry decides to call the woman he recently broke up with - because she shushed him. For his part, George has been thinking a lot about his former girlfriend Susan. After imagining the ideal life they could have together, he goes to her apartment and proposes. She accepts and George almost immediately begins to have second thoughts, especially after Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend a second time. Elaine meanwhile is having trouble with a neighbor's barking dog and enlists the help of two professionals to get rid of the problem: Kramer and Newman.
  • 8.3
    /10
    9% of the votes

    The Barber

    episode S5.E8 november 1993
    Jerry regrets giving his longtime barber the heave-ho after he gets a ridiculous-looking haircut. George gets a job interview but the boss leaves him with a very cryptic ending. Kramer begs Elaine to let him take part in her charity bachelor auction.
  • 8.5
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    8% of the votes

    The Label Maker

    episode S6.E12 january 1995
    Tim Whatley gives Jerry a label maker as a thank you for his Super Bowl tickets. George is uncomfortable with his girlfriend's male roommate. Kramer and Newman play a game of Risk.

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