Jon Lovitz
Milestones
- Birthplace: Tarzana, California
- Birthday: July 21, 1957
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2007
Signed a contract to appear at the Laugh Factory every Wednesday night for the rest of his life
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2006
Played an eccentric billionaire in the comedy The Benchwarmers starring Jon Heder, David Spade and Rob Schneider
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2005
Played Leo s boss, Mr. Marks in the movie musical The Producers, based on the stage musical by Mel Brooks and starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick
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2004
Starred opposite Bette Midler in the remake of The Stepford Wives, Bryan Forbes 1975 cult classic
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2001
Appeared as one of the contestants out to win $2 million in the comedy Rat Race , directed by Jerry Zucker
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2001
Replaced Henry Winkler as one of the leads of the Neil Simon Broadway comedy The Dinner Party
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2000
Appeared in Woody Allen s comedy Small Time Crooks
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1998
Acted in small role in Happiness
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1998
Joined cast of the NBC sitcom NewsRadio
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1996
Appeared in High School High
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1992
Executive produced, created and starred in Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special , a live comedy pilot which was aired as a Fox-TV special
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1992
Offered amusing turn as a baseball scout in A League of Their Own
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1986
Film acting debut in The Last Resort
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1985 to 1986
Cast in a recurring role on Foley Square , a CBS comedy set among lawyers
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1984
TV acting debut in a guest role on an episode of The Paper Chase
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1983
Performed with Groundlings main company when they presented Chick Hazard: Olympic Trials at the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival
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1983
Voted into the Groundlings Sunday Company; performed with them for a year
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Provided the voice for the animated sitcom The Critic (first on ABC, later Fox)
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Was a regular performer on Saturday Night Live
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Will co-star with Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Cheri Oteri in Richard Kelly s Southland Tales (lensed 2005)