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 Jonathan Michael Lovitz is a American comedian and actor from Tarzana who is known for voicing Jay Sherman from The Critic and for being a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1990s. He acted in a lot of Adam Sandler films such as The Wedding Singer, Little Nicky, Hotel Transylvania, Grown Ups 2 and Eight Crazy Nights.
Bio:
Jonathan Michael Lovitz is a American comedian and actor from Tarzana who is known for voicing Jay Sherman from The Critic and for being a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1990s. He acted in a lot of Adam Sandler films such as The Wedding Singer, Little Nicky, Hotel Transylvania, Grown Ups 2 and Eight Crazy Nights.
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Penny Marshall let him live at her house when he was first starting out in show business.Met Phil Hartman at the Groudlings in 1984. Suggested and encouraged Saturday Night Live (1975) creator Lorne Michaels to hire Hartman for the show, telling Lorne, "If you think I'm good, you should see Phil. He's even better!" He and Phil helped each other get acting jobs through the rest of Phil's life.Was originally considered for the role of Marcus Burnette in Bad Boys (1995), with Dana Carvey as Mike Lowrey. Director Michael Bay today says it would have ruined their careers.Has a twin sister named Leslie.His paternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. His mother's family was Hungarian Jewish.Encouraged and was supportive with actresses Lisa Kudrow and Maeve Quinlan in pursuing acting careers.Once worked at the New York Renaissance Faire (in Tuxedo, NY) and was almost fired for referring to himself as "the town Jew."Worked various jobs while pursuing an acting career. He was a waiter, worked in a clothing store, was a messenger, worked in a copy shop, shoe store, and as a hospital orderly.Father loved opera and wished he had pursued a career in it. He encouraged Jon to pursue whatever career he wanted.Owner of the "Jon Lovitz Theater".His Saturday Night Live (1975) character "Master Thespian" is an imitation of a professor he had at the University of California-Irvine.In the 1990s was featured as the "Author of the Yellow Pages" in comedic print ads and commercials.Sang with British pop star Robbie Williams in the song "Well, Did You Evah?" on Williams' album "Swing When You're Winning".B.A. from University of California Irvine. (1979)Began acting in plays in high school.Shares his July 21 birthday with fellow actor and comedian Robin Williams.Father was a doctor.Had two guest appearances on the popular sitcom Friends (1994). His first appearance, as successful restaurant owner with a drug abuse problem and Phoebe's massage client Steve, in Season One was intended to be a one-time appearance, but he returned as Steve in Season Nine, set up with Rachel by Phoebe on what was an intentionally torturous blind date, In this appearance it was revealed in the eight years in between his first appearance, Steve had lost his restaurant to his addiction, was now silk screening shirts and had developed low self-esteem due to his weight gain and recent impotence.Was in love with a woman older than he when he was a teenager. His heart was broken when this woman married someone else.His cousin, Dr. Robert Lovitz, is an anesthesiologist located in Portland, Oregon. |
| Name: |
Jon Lovitz |
Type: |
Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
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Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:01:31 |
| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Jonathan Michael Lovitz is a American comedian and actor from Tarzana who is known for voicing Jay Sherman from The Critic and for being a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1990s. He acted in a lot of Adam Sandler films such as The Wedding Singe |
| Trivia: |
Penny Marshall let him live at her house when he was first starting out in show business.Met Phil Hartman at the Groudlings in 1984. Suggested and encouraged Saturday Night Live (1975) creator Lorne Michaels to hire Hartman for the show, telling Lorne, "If you think I'm good, you should see Phil. He's even better!" He and Phil helped each other get acting jobs through the rest of Phil's life.Was originally considered for the role of Marcus Burnette in Bad Boys (1995), with Dana Carvey as Mike Lowrey. Director Michael Bay today says it would have ruined their careers.Has a twin sister named Leslie.His paternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. His mother's family was Hungarian Jewish.Encouraged and was supportive with actresses Lisa Kudrow and Maeve Quinlan in pursuing acting careers.Once worked at the New York Renaissance Faire (in Tuxedo, NY) and was almost fired for referring to himself as "the town Jew."Worked various jobs while pursuing an acting career. He was a waiter, worked in a clothing store, was a messenger, worked in a copy shop, shoe store, and as a hospital orderly.Father loved opera and wished he had pursued a career in it. He encouraged Jon to pursue whatever career he wanted.Owner of the "Jon Lovitz Theater".His Saturday Night Live (1975) character "Master Thespian" is an imitation of a professor he had at the University of California-Irvine.In the 1990s was featured as the "Author of the Yellow Pages" in comedic print ads and commercials.Sang with British pop star Robbie Williams in the song "Well, Did You Evah?" on Williams' album "Swing When You're Winning".B.A. from University of California Irvine. (1979)Began acting in plays in high school.Shares his July 21 birthday with fellow actor and comedian Robin Williams.Father was a doctor.Had two guest appearances on the popular sitcom Friends (1994). His first appearance, as successful restaurant owner with a drug abuse problem and Phoebe's massage client Steve, in Season One was intended to be a one-time appearance, but he returned as Steve in Season Nine, set up with Rachel by Phoebe on what was an intentionally torturous blind date, In this appearance it was revealed in the eight years in between his first appearance, Steve had lost his restaurant to his addiction, was now silk screening shirts and had developed low self-esteem due to his weight gain and recent impotence.Was in love with a woman older than he when he was a teenager. His heart was broken when this woman married someone else.His cousin, Dr. Robert Lovitz, is an anesthesiologist located in Portland, Oregon. |
| Trademarks: |
1920s era narrative radio voice |
| Quotes: |
[To Conan O'Brien] I heard you call me immature earlier. Well, you're just a big poop-head.
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[about his portrayal of Harvey Fierstein on Saturday Night Live (1975), and Fierstein's response to it] I did Harvey Fierstein. He didn't like it. He came in to the show to complain about it. His point was that he was getting more famous as me than as him . . . He came in to talk about it and, watching him, I realized that I was doing him quite well. He thought I was doing a gay stereotype.
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At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame -- but you shouldn't take it for granted.
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I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.
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(2010, on Tales from the Crypt in the episode "Top Billing") That was really fun. John Astin and Bruce Boxleitner were in it. I remember Joel Silver was producing the series and he asked me to do it. I had the lead, and when you have the lead, it's fun. I was playing a struggling actor, and it wasn't that long after I'd been struggling-maybe five years. I remember thinking, "I have to lose some weight. I'm too fat! I don't look like a struggling actor." I weighed 145 in high school; when I was in New York, when I was 24, I weighed 136 pounds. I didn't have much money to eat. |
| Salaries: |
Three Amigos! (1986) - $500,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(1999) TV commercial: Yellow Pages.
(1995) TV/radio commercials: Bud Ice beer (voice of the "Doobie Doobie Doo" penguin).
(1994) Reprises role of "Jay Sherman" for a series of Shockwave internet shorts based on The Critic (1994) (voi |
| Relatives: |
Leslie (Sibling) |
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