Jon Lovitz Biography (1957-)

Full name, Jonathan M. Lovitz; born July 21, 1957, in Tarzana, CA; father, adoctor. Addresses: Agent: Adam Venit, Endeavor Talent Agency, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (personal appearances) Jackie Miller, Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, LosAngeles, CA 90069.; Manager: Marc Gurvitz, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Jonas Public Relations, 240 26th St., Suite 3, Santa Monica, CA 90402.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, comedian, writer
Birth Details: July 21, 1957; Tarzana, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Bartender, The Last Resort (also known as She KnewNo Other Way), Concorde/Cinema Group/Trinity, 1986
Security guard, Hamburger ... the Motion Picture (also known as Hamburger U.), 1986
Doug, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
Morty, Three Amigos!, Orion, 1986
Party guest, Ratboy, Warner Bros., 1986
Voice of the radio, The Brave Little Toaster (animated), Hyperion/Kushner-Locke, 1987
Scotty Brennen, Big, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Ron Mills, My Stepmother Is an Alien, Weintraub Entertainment Group, 1988
Right brain, Cranium Command, 1989
Clip Metzler, Mr. Destiny, Buena Vista, 1990
Voice of T. R. Chula, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (animated), Universal, 1991
Emperor Tod Spengo, Mom and Dad Save the World, Warner Bros., 1992
Ernie Capadino, A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
The Buzz, 1992
Becker, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (also known as Loaded Weapon I), New Line Cinema, 1993
Dr. Rudolph, Coneheads, Paramount, 1993
Glen Robbins, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (also known as City Slickers: The Legend of Curly's Gold and City SlickersII), Columbia, 1994
Dave Firpo, Trapped in Paradise, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
Arthur Belt, North, New Line Cinema, 1994
Sol, The Great White Hype, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Million Dollar Sticky Host, Matilda (also known as Roald Dahl'sMatilda), 1996
Richard Clark, High School High, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
Andy Kornbluth, Happiness, Good Machine, 1998
Jimmie Moore, The Wedding Singer, New Line Cinema, 1998
Uncle Harry Epstein, Lost & Found, Warner Bros., 1999
Benny Borkowshi, Small Time Crooks, DreamWorks, 2000
Peeper, Little Nicky, New Line Cinema, 2000
Kirby, Sand (also known as Sandstorm), Showcase Entertainment, 2000
Jay Peterson, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Warner Bros., 2001
Voice of Calico, Cats & Dogs, Warner Bros., 2001
Randall "Randy" Pear, Rat Race, Paramount, 2001
Voice of Tom Baltezor, Eight Crazy Nights (also known as Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights), Columbia TriStar, 2002
Sidney, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Paramount, 2003
Television Appearances
Series
Mole, a recurring role, Foley Square, CBS, 1985-1986
Cast member, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's SaturdayNight, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL,and SNL 25), NBC, 1985-1990
Voice of Jay Prescott Sherman, The Critic (animated), ABC, 1993-1994 Fox, 1994-1995
Max Louis, NewsRadio (also known as The Station), NBC, 1998-1999
Voice of Jay Prescott Sherman, The Critic (animated), 2000
Episodic
(Television debut) Law student, The Paper Chase, CBS, 1984
Dolly's date, Dolly, ABC, 1987
Late Night with David Letterman, multiple episodes, beginning 1988
Barry Blye, "Top Billing," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1991
Voices of Artie Ziff and Mr. Seckofsky, "The Way We Was," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1991
Voice of Professor Dean Lombardo, "Brush with Greatness," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1991
Voice of Aristotle Amadopoulis, "Homer Defined," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1991
Jeff Littlehead, "Kelly Does Hollywood, Part 2," Married ... with Children, Fox, 1991
Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, multiple appearances, beginning 1991
Himself, "The Spider Episode," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992
Voice of Llewellyn Sinclair, "A Streetcar Named Marge," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1992
Ernie "Cappy" Capadino, "Dottie's Back," A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993

Late Show with David Letterman, multiple episodes, beginning 1993
Himself, "Larry Loses a Friend," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1994
Gary Fogel, "The Scofflaw," Seinfeld, NBC, 1995
Voice of Jay Sherman, "Hurricane Neddy," The Simpsons (animated),Fox, 1995
Steve, "The One with the Stoned Guy," Friends, NBC, 1995
Voice of Jay Sherman, "A Star Is Burns," The Simpsons (animated),Fox, 1996
Acer Predburn, "The Scoop," The Naked Truth, ABC, 1997
Fred, "Our Fiftieth Episode," NewsRadio, NBC, 1997
Mike Johnson, "Jumper," NewsRadio, NBC, 1997
Dennis Miller Live, multiple episodes, beginning 1997
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ABC, 2000
"Polterguest," Bette!, CBS, 2001
Voice of Artie Ziff, "Half-Decent Proposal," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 2002
Father of B. J.'s baby, "Bad News, Mr. Johnson," Son of the Beach,USA Network, 2002
Primetime Glick, 2002
Steve, "The One with the Blind Dates," Friends, NBC, 2003
Appeared as guest host, Talk Soup, E! The Entertainment Channel; in "Liars, Windbags, and Blowhards," an episode of Turn Ben Stein On; as voice of Jay Sherman for Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: Stop Digimon!; and voice for "King of the Hill," an episode of Toon Survivor: Hawaii.
Specials
Injun Larry, "I'll Do It Guy's Way," Cinemax Comedy Experiment, Cinemax, 1987
Comic Relief, HBO, 1987
Comic Relief II, HBO, 1987
Host, Coca-Cola Presents Live: The Hard Rock (also known as Live: The Hard Rock), NBC, 1988
Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary, NBC, 1989
Voices That Care, Fox, 1991
Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial, NBC, 1991
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (also known as The JonLovitz Show and Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Show), Fox, 1992
The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame, NBC, 1994
Canned Ham: High School High, Comedy Central, 1996
Catch a Rising Star 50th Anniversary--Give or Take 26 Years, CBS,1996
Comic Relief's 10th Anniversary, HBO, 1996
I Am Your Child, ABC, 1997
Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, PBS, 1997
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th, CBS, 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman, NBC, 1998
Host, Billboard 40 Top Forty Singles (1959-1998), VH1, 1999
The 27th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman (also known as The American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman), ABC, 1999
Michael Dukakis and other characters, Saturday Night Live: The Best ofDana Carvey, NBC, 1999
Opera man's brother, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler, NBC, 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (also known as Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special), NBC, 1999
The Rock to Erase MS Concert, VH1, 1999
NFL All-Star Comedy Blitz, CBS, 1999
Michael Dukakis and Caspar Weinberger (in archive footage), Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000, NBC, 2000
One Night with Robbie Williams, BBC (England), 2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002
Presenter, Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute, TNT, 2002
Awards Presentations
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1988
The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1991
The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1992
MTV Music Awards, MTV, 1993
Presenter, 1993 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1993
Presenter, The 65th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1993
Presenter, VH1 Honors, VH1, 1994
Presenter, 1994 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1994
Presenter, 1994 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1994
Host, The 1995 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1995
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, UPN, 1996
Presenter, The 50th Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998
Other
Barry Sherman, Good Advice (movie), HBO, 2001
Leave Me Alone (pilot), NBC, 2002
Television Work
Creator and executive producer, The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (special; also known as The Jon Lovitz Show and Please Watchthe Jon Lovitz Show), Fox, 1992
Additional voices, The Critic (animated series), ABC, 1993-1994 Fox, 1994-1995
Stage Appearances
Chick Hazzard: Olympic Trials, Groundlings Sunday Company, Los Angeles Olympic Art Festival, Los Angeles, 1983
Very Warm for May, Weill Recital Hall, New York City, 1994
The Dinner Party, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2001
RECORDINGS
Videos
Master thespian, Saturday Night Live Christmas, Trimark Video, 1999
Wild Desk Ride (also known as Conan O'Brien's Wild Desk Ride), 2001
Making "Rat Race," Fireworks Pictures/Paramount, 2001
Appeared in "Voices That Care."
Albums
(Contributor) Robbie Williams, Swing When You're Winning, 2001
Performed for the single "Voices That Care."
WRITINGS
Television Series
(With others) Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's SaturdayNight, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL,and SNL 25), NBC, 1985-1990
Television Specials
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (also known as The JonLovitz Show and Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Show), Fox, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, February 11, 1994, pp. 26-27; August 17, 2001, pp. 40-42
Mediaweek, February 17, 1997, p.3; July 13, 1998, p. 25
People Weekly, November 4, 1996, p. 30
Playboy, July, 1997, pp. 138-42
Starlog, March, 1992

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