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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