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Jon Lovitz
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American actor and comedian
Film & TV
Tarzana, California, USA
Jonathan "Jon" Lovitz is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990.
Known for
- Don't Say Good Luck — Lenny2026
- Lost & Found in Cleveland — Mayor of Cleveland2025
- A Tooth Fairy Tale — Webster (voice)2025
- Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self2025
- Happy Gilmore 2 — Dapper Man2025
- Downey Wrote That — Self2025
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- The Paper — Todd Dumph2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Michael Lovitz , ( 1957-07-21 ) July 21, 1957 (age 68) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Irvine ( BA )
- Occupations
- Comedian actor
- Years active
- 1984–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tarzana
- Occupation
- comedian
- Educated at
- The Groundlings
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- jonlovitz.com
- Image
- JonLovitz08.jpg
- Residence
- Beverly Hills
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- influenced by
- Woody Allen
- Commons category
- Jon Lovitz
- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1957-07-21
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 127397
- medical condition
- psoriasis
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Michael Lovitz (/ˈlʌvɪts/ LUV-its; born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Outside of SNL, he starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic (1994–1995), has played various roles on The Simpsons (1991–), and has acted in numerous television shows such as Seinfeld, Friends, and NewsRadio. From 2012 to 2015, he starred in the sitcom Mr. Box Office.
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