Jon Lovitz

Birthplace: Tarzana, California
Birthday: July 21, 1957

A pear-shaped, somewhat froggy-faced comedic character player, Jon Lovitz gained initial fame as a regular on NBC's "Saturday Night Live". Lacking the mimetic virtuosity of some of his colleagues, Lovitz nonetheless emerged as one of the show's stars thanks to a number of hilariously broad characters including Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous, the great Shakespearean ham Master Thespian, the Devil himself and a memorable impression of actor-playwright Harvey Fierstein ("I just want to be loved! Is that so wrong?"). Prior to "SNL",…more

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2007
Signed a contract to appear at the Laugh Factory every Wednesday night for the rest of his life
2006
Played an eccentric billionaire in the comedy "The Benchwarmers" starring Jon Heder, David Spade and Rob Schneider
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
2004
Starred opposite Bette Midler in the remake of ''The Stepford Wives,'' Bryan Forbes' 1975 cult classic
2001
Appeared as one of the contestants out to win $2 million in the comedy "Rat Race", directed by Jerry Zucker