JON LOVITZ
Name: Jonathan Lovitz
Born: 21 July 1957 Los Angeles, California
Jonathan M. Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian
perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and the voice of Jay
Sherman in The Critic.
Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California. His father was an internist in
Encino, California . He attended Harvard-Westlake School and studied theater
at the University of California at Irvine and graduated in 1979. He studied
acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He became a member of The
Groundlings comedy troupe where he befriended Phil Hartman. His father's parents
were immigrants from Romania who settled in Jacksonville, Florida. His mother's
mother was an immigrant from Hungary. His mother's father was born in Chicago,
but his family were immigrants from Russia.
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 his first two years on Saturday Night Live. One of his
most notable SNL characters was "Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar" that
generated the catch phrase, "Yeah! That's the ticket!" Some of his other
recurring characters included Master Thespian, Tonto, Mephistopheles, Hanukkah
Harry, and Michael Dukakis. In a 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live he played a
virgin Trekkie, who was scripted to hang his head when asked by William Shatner
if he had ever kissed a girl.
Lovitz has lent his voice to several cartoons and films. In the series The
Critic he played the title character of Jay Sherman. On The Simpsons he played
Marge's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, theater director Llewellyn Sinclair (and his
sister, who runs a daycare center) on the season four episode "A Streetcar Named
Marge", Jay Sherman from The Critic in the Season 6 crossover episode "A Star Is
Burns", and paparazzo Enrico Irritazio in the season eighteen episode "Homerazzi".
He also played Professor Lombardo and Aristotle Amadopolous. He also was the
voice behind the radio, on the Disney movie, "The Brave Little Toaster"
In the late 1990s, Lovitz was "the man who wrote the Yellow Pages", in a series
of commercials and print ads for the American Yellow Pages industry. He has also
appeared for ads for Subway.
He also had an uncredited cameo as a rival crooner to Adam Sandler in the movie
The Wedding Singer, and had a small role in another of Sandler's movies, Little
Nicky.
Lovitz has also appeared on Friends twice. He first appeared in the Season 1
episode "The One with the Stoned Guy" as a restaurateur who gets stoned on
marijuana trip just prior to interviewing Monica Geller for a job. He reappeared
years later in the Season 9 episode "The One with the Blind Dates", where it is
revealed that he lost his restaurant due to a drug problem.
He also appeared on Seinfeld as Gary Fogel, a man who lies about having cancer
("The Scofflaw") and later dies in a car accident.
In 1991, Lovitz appeared in the season seven episode of Married With Children
entitled "Kelly Does Hollywood part 2" as sleazy hollywood producer Mr.
Littlehead.
In 1998, Lovitz made a dramatic turn when he appeared in a small but pivotal
role in Todd Solondz's film Happiness as a depressed man who attacks his date
for thinking of him as nothing. His insults set the tone for her character
throughout the film.
Lovitz guest-starred twice on Newsradio as two separate characters before
becoming a cast member in the show's final season (playing a third character).
He appeared on Two and a Half Men in 2006 as a jingle writer named Archie.
He has also had multiple guest appearances on the TV show Las Vegas
Name: Jonathan Lovitz
Born: 21 July 1957 Los Angeles, California
Jonathan M. Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian
perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and the voice of Jay
Sherman in The Critic.
Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California. His father was an internist in
Encino, California . He attended Harvard-Westlake School and studied theater
at the University of California at Irvine and graduated in 1979. He studied
acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He became a member of The
Groundlings comedy troupe where he befriended Phil Hartman. His father's parents
were immigrants from Romania who settled in Jacksonville, Florida. His mother's
mother was an immigrant from Hungary. His mother's father was born in Chicago,
but his family were immigrants from Russia.
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 his first two years on Saturday Night Live. One of his
most notable SNL characters was "Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar" that
generated the catch phrase, "Yeah! That's the ticket!" Some of his other
recurring characters included Master Thespian, Tonto, Mephistopheles, Hanukkah
Harry, and Michael Dukakis. In a 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live he played a
virgin Trekkie, who was scripted to hang his head when asked by William Shatner
if he had ever kissed a girl.
Lovitz has lent his voice to several cartoons and films. In the series The
Critic he played the title character of Jay Sherman. On The Simpsons he played
Marge's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, theater director Llewellyn Sinclair (and his
sister, who runs a daycare center) on the season four episode "A Streetcar Named
Marge", Jay Sherman from The Critic in the Season 6 crossover episode "A Star Is
Burns", and paparazzo Enrico Irritazio in the season eighteen episode "Homerazzi".
He also played Professor Lombardo and Aristotle Amadopolous. He also was the
voice behind the radio, on the Disney movie, "The Brave Little Toaster"
In the late 1990s, Lovitz was "the man who wrote the Yellow Pages", in a series
of commercials and print ads for the American Yellow Pages industry. He has also
appeared for ads for Subway.
He also had an uncredited cameo as a rival crooner to Adam Sandler in the movie
The Wedding Singer, and had a small role in another of Sandler's movies, Little
Nicky.
Lovitz has also appeared on Friends twice. He first appeared in the Season 1
episode "The One with the Stoned Guy" as a restaurateur who gets stoned on
marijuana trip just prior to interviewing Monica Geller for a job. He reappeared
years later in the Season 9 episode "The One with the Blind Dates", where it is
revealed that he lost his restaurant due to a drug problem.
He also appeared on Seinfeld as Gary Fogel, a man who lies about having cancer
("The Scofflaw") and later dies in a car accident.
In 1991, Lovitz appeared in the season seven episode of Married With Children
entitled "Kelly Does Hollywood part 2" as sleazy hollywood producer Mr.
Littlehead.
In 1998, Lovitz made a dramatic turn when he appeared in a small but pivotal
role in Todd Solondz's film Happiness as a depressed man who attacks his date
for thinking of him as nothing. His insults set the tone for her character
throughout the film.
Lovitz guest-starred twice on Newsradio as two separate characters before
becoming a cast member in the show's final season (playing a third character).
He appeared on Two and a Half Men in 2006 as a jingle writer named Archie.
He has also had multiple guest appearances on the TV show Las Vegas