‘Seinfeld’ fan needs only Kramer to complete odd collection of tattoos signed by the show’s stars

Who needs reruns?

A die-hard “Seinfeld” fan takes the smash-hit sitcom’s cast along wherever he goes, with pricey and perfectly inked tattoos of Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer inked on his left arm.

For good measure, Gavin Steffen added likenesses of show co-creator Larry David and his old Manhattan neighbor Kenny Kramer — the inspiration for the character who shares his name.

“My arm is more famous than me,” the 39-year-old Brooklyn man acknowledged. “When I’m on the subway, people come up to ask ‘Can I take a picture of your ‘Seinfeld’ sleeve?’”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Or this — the inking process took a full 36 hours.

The tattoos are just the first part of his very odd odyssey: Steffen later managed to convince David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus to autograph his arm alongside their images over the last seven years.

His most recent conquest was Dreyfus, who signed on while attending a Brooklyn protest sparked by the leak of a supposed Supreme Court overturn of Roe V. Wade earlier this month.

Steffen saw that she was going on Dreyfus’s Instagram page and turned up at the rally site two hours early, wandering around and hoping for the best.

“And there she is, talking to a young lady,” he recalls. “Nobody’s paying any mind. So I take off my jacket and show her the arm.”

Dreyfus signed and then posed for a photo with Steffen. She even posted a video of the impromptu arm-signing visit on Instagram, where Steffen’s inked-up image drew 145,224 likes.

“It’s his body, his choice,” said Dreyfus, keeping with the day’s theme.

His first cast signature came in 2015, when “Seinfeld” co-creator David was performing on Broadway. He waited outside the theater’s exit, made his pitch and got the autograph above the tattooed David.

He still recalls David’s reaction: “Wow. Oh wow.”

No. 2 was Jason Alexander, followed by Jerry Seinfeld and Dreyfus, all using a black Sharpie. Steffen then rushes to tattoo artist Stefano Alcantara — who inks over the autograph to make it permanent.

“The most excruciating time,” explained Steffen, a longtime employee at Lowe’s. “You’re so worried about smudging.”

Alexander, who took over for David in the Broadway production, said he’d actually heard from David about the tattooed man — and then signed up himself.

It was 2018 when he landed the big fish: Seinfeld. His first attempt to get Jerry on board was three years earlier was a failure, but the mission was finally completed at the Gotham Comedy Club.

“Thanks for letting me complete this amazing art piece, Gavin,” Seinfeld wrote on Instagram. “It was fun.”

Steffen was a North Carolina resident who always dreamed of moving to New York, and he landed in Brooklyn on April 17, 2013. The tattoos started about a month later, and took a full 36 hours to complete.

His “Seinfeld” mania included 8 trips on Kramer’s “Reality Tour,” a bus trip through well-known Manhattan spots linked to the show. Kramer saw Steffen so many times he finally let him ride for free.

“When I first met him, it was a little strange — this guy with all tattoos from the show,” Kramer said. “But he turned out to be smart, gentle, a really nice guy. He’s one of a kind.”

Steffen’s great white whale remains Michael Richards, who of course played Jerry’s neighbor Kramer during the smash hit show’s 9-year run.

“It’s going to be tough,” he acknowledged. “But honestly, realistically, I’m so far away. He’s 72. He’s no spring chicken.”