Jon Lovitz
Gender: Male
Born: 21st July 1957 (currently 54 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: NewsRadio, The Critic, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Foley Square
Movies: ¡Three Amigos!, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Happiness, High School High, Rat Race, The Benchwarmers, The Great White Hype, The Wedding Singer, The Producers, The Stepford Wives, Southland Tales, Farce of the Penguins, Cats & Dogs, Good Advice, 3000 Miles to Graceland, My Stepmother Is an Alien, Mr. Destiny, Eight Crazy Nights, The Brave Little Toaster, I Could Never Be Your Woman, Trapped in Paradise, Mom and Dad Save The World, North, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Temptation Waits, Wave of Mutilation, Memory Gospel, Matilda, Comic Relief: The Greatest... And the Latest, Small Time Crooks, Big, Bailey's Billion$, A League of Their Own, Sand, Last Resort, Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored Extended, Little Nicky, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Casino Jack, Loaded Weapon 1, Last Resort, Heckler, Robbie Williams: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Sleight of Hand, Jewtopia
Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) 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.
Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California to Jewish parents of Hungarian, Romanian and Russian descent. His father was a successful physician and was the family doctor for the Jackson family of musical fame. He graduated with a theater degree in 1979 from the University of California at Irvine and then studied acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He became a member of The Groundlings comedy troupe where he befriended his future SNL fellow Phil Hartman.
Lovitz was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. He later said in an interview for the book Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live that his time on SNL was the most memorable in his career. He went from having no money to being offered a $500,000 movie contract. He was nominated for an Emmy Award his first two years on Saturday Night Live. One of his most notable SNL characters was "Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar" who used the old catchphrase, "Yeah! That's the ticket!" as he,
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