Jerry Seinfeld, star of such ad campaigns as "American Express" and "Windows Vista" is now the new face of Newcastle's Greater Building Society, a bank in Australia.

"Seinfeld was on the top of our list, but we never, ever expected him to say yes," a bank spokesman told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Seinfeld's rep, Elizabeth Clark, told Page Six, "Jerry loves the creative process of making commercials . . . He's certainly not in any financial distress . . . and he loves Australia."

But apparently not enough to go there -- the ad was shot in Cedarhurst, LI, where signs were changed to make it look like Newcastle. (Source)

So basically, Jerry Seinfeld quit his extremely popular and beloved series and has done almost no film and television work in the past decade so he could get back to his true love: The art of the television commercial? Right. You know who else isn't in any "financial distress?" Eddie Murphy. But that doesn't stop him from putting on fat suits so he can upgrade his solid gold personal jet for one made out of platinum and covered in diamonds.

With his plagiarist wife and kids at the "Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash" on June 3rd: