"Seinfeld" Actor Jason Alexander Is KFC's New Colonel Sanders

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Host Jason Alexander speaks the 2004 Actors' Fund/Variety Tony Awards Party at the Skirball Cultural Center on June 6, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. Actor James Earl Jones was honored with the 2004 Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award.
He's barely recognizable as the new Colonel.

Jason Alexander may be most famous for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld in the 90's, but he's reinvented himself for a new generation. KFC announced today (Aug. 7) that Alexander would be their latest celebrity Sanders. The actor and comedian will be promoting the chicken chain's $20 Fill Ups, which is essentially a family sized mix and match special. 

According to Business Insider, KFC's US CMO Andrea Zahumensky released a statement regarding the new casting.  "With four chicken meals to choose from and each at only $20, we are continuing KFC's tradition of providing an easy dinnertime solution for families at a great value — and there's no better person to spread the word about our new 'family of four' in a sitcom setting than comedy extraordinaire Jason Alexander," stated Zahumensky. Alexander joins a list of other celebrities who have played KFC's mascot, including Billy Zane, Darrell Hammond, and Reba McEntire,

Colonel Harland Sanders was working at a service station in Kentucky feeding hungry travelers at the age of 40 when he first reached success. His fried chicken recipe became so popular that he was named a Kentucky Colonel by the governor. From there, he began to expand and create the most successful chicken fast food chain in the world. 


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