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Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer

Born
July 21, 1957
Age in 2026
69
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1957

About Jon Lovitz

Jonathan Michael Lovitz ( LUV-its; born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990, for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Besides SNL, he starred as Jay Sherman on the adult animation series The Critic (1994–1995), has played various roles on The Simpsons (1991–) and has acted in numerous television shows such as Seinfeld, Friends and NewsRadio. From 2012 to 2015, he starred in the sitcom Mr. Box Office. Beginning in 2017, he was a regular comedian on the game show Funny You Should Ask. Lovitz played a baseball scout in the film A League of Their Own (1992) and acted in other films such as Three Amigos (1986), Big (1988), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Coneheads (1993), Happiness (1998), Small Time Crooks (2000), Rat Race (2001), The Producers (2005) and Bula Quo! (2013). He also voiced roles in The Brave Little Toaster (1987), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). He played Alan Dershowitz on Saturday Night Live and George Santos on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Lovitz's first stint as a regular in a situation comedy was that of Mole, an investigator for a New York City district attorney's office, in the short-lived 1985–86 series Foley Square, starring Margaret Colin. He was nominated for an Emmy Award his first two years on Saturday Night Live.

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Career and life highlights

Jon Lovitz timeline

  1. Lovitz's first stint as a regular in a situation comedy was that of Mole, an investigator for a New York City district attorney's office, in the short-lived 1985–86 series Foley Square, starring Margaret Colin.
  2. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

The world when Jon Lovitz was born

Jon Lovitz was born in 1957. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1957

  • #1 song"All Shook Up" – Elvis Presley
  • Top movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Top TV showGunsmoke
  • Best-selling bookOn the Road – Jack Kerouac

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMilwaukee Braves win the World Series
  • Top headlineSoviet Union launches Sputnik — Space Race begins
  • Technology milestoneSputnik 1 becomes first artificial satellite in orbit
  • Defining fadHula hoops (early buzz)
  • Notable inventionFrisbee
  • World population2.87 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championMilwaukee Braves (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population171.2M

1957 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jon Lovitz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19572026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,200$435,000
Average income$6,700$67,500
Minimum wage$1.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.51$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population171.2M341 million

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