| Jon Lovitz  Born: 21-Jul-1957
Birthplace: Tarzana, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic, Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yeaaaah, that's the ticket! Jon Lovitz is a famous comedian and actor, a tubby white guy with a nasal, whining voice. His father had always dreamed of a career singing opera, but regretted never pursuing it. He encouraged Jon to pursue whatever career interested him. The young Lovitz broke into comedy in 1982 with the Groundlings improv troupe in Los Angeles, and met Phil Hartman there in 1984. They became fast friends, and when Lovitz was hired for Saturday Night Live, he nagged producer Lorne Michaels to give Hartman an audition, too.
Lovitz performs with "an almost melodic mix of pomposity and self-doubt", and his SNL characters included Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous, the Devil, and Master Thespian (the latter reportedly based on a pompous professor Lovitz knew from college).
He had small roles in Jumpin' Jack Flash, the spectacularly bizarre Ratboy, Big, and A League of their Own. He was the evil Emperor in Mom and Dad Save the World, taught in High School High, and was Bette Midler's husband in The Stepford Wives. He later provided the voice of Jay Prescott Sherman, for the acerbic animated sit-com The Critic. When his friend Hartman was murdered, Lovitz succeeded Hartman on the last season of the sit-com NewsRadio.
The film Bad Boys, starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, was originally proposed as a vehicle for Lovitz and Dana Carvey.
Father: (doctor)
Sister: (three older sisters, one twin sister)
Wife: (divorced)
Girlfriend: Janice Dickinson
University: BA, University of California at Irvine
Groundlings 1980's
Endorsement of American Express
Endorsement of Subway
TELEVISION
Saturday Night Live
NewsRadio
The Critic
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
I Could Never Be Your Woman (11-May-2007)
Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) [VOICE]
Southland Tales (21-May-2006)
The Benchwarmers (7-Apr-2006)
The Producers (16-Dec-2005)
The Stepford Wives (6-Jun-2004)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (03-Sep-2003)
Eight Crazy Nights (27-Nov-2002) [VOICE]
Good Advice (6-Sep-2001)
Rat Race (30-Jul-2001)
Cats & Dogs (23-Jun-2001) [VOICE]
3000 Miles to Graceland (20-Feb-2001)
Sand (27-Nov-2000)
Little Nicky (2-Nov-2000)
Small Time Crooks (19-May-2000)
Lost & Found (23-Apr-1999)
Happiness (15-May-1998)
High School High (25-Oct-1996)
The Great White Hype (3-May-1996)
Trapped in Paradise (02-Dec-1994)
North (22-Jul-1994)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (10-Jun-1994)
Loaded Weapon 1 (5-Feb-1993)
Mom and Dad Save the World (24-Jul-1992)
A League of Their Own (1-Jul-1992)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (21-Nov-1991) [VOICE]
Mr. Destiny (12-Oct-1990)
My Stepmother is an Alien (9-Dec-1988)
Big (3-Jun-1988)
The Brave Little Toaster (10-Jul-1987) [VOICE]
¡Three Amigos! (12-Dec-1986)
Ratboy (17-Oct-1986)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (10-Oct-1986)
Hamburger... The Movie (01-May-1986)
Last Resort (May-1986)
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications
| 
