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Jon Lovitz was born on 21 July, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, United States, is an Actor from the United States. Discover Jon Lovitz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Jonathan Michael Lovitz
Occupation Actor · comedian
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 21 July, 1957
Birthday 21 July
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Jon Lovitz Height, Weight & Measurements

At 66 years old, Jon Lovitz height is 1.78 m .

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Jon Lovitz Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jon Lovitz worth at the age of 66 years old? Jon Lovitz’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Jon Lovitz's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2019

"When I was 13, I saw Woody Allen’s movie, ‘Take The Money and Run’ and I wanted to be a comedian. Then when I was 16, I saw the movie ‘Lenny,’ about Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. I thought the movie was so great and I’d never heard of Lenny, so I went to the record store, because I wanted to hear the real guy. Then I saw that Woody Allen had a record. I didn’t know he had been a standup. So I bought ‘Woody Allen: The Nightclub Years, ‘64-’68.’ I learned their routines and performed them at my college dorm. That was at U.C. Irvine. I was a drama major there. In imitating their routines, I learned a lot about writing. You learn how to write a joke. I was influenced by them a lot, the way I say something, the timing or whatever. Or Jack Benny, sometimes, I’ll go, ‘Well...."

2015

On February 15, 2015, on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, he was named by Steve Martin as one of the many SNL cast members who had died over the years, with the camera cutting to show Lovitz's reaction. Later, his image was seen in a montage of deceased SNL members, with the camera once again cutting to his now "outraged" reaction.

2011

Lovitz was a contestant on The New Celebrity Apprentice (also known as Celebrity Apprentice 8), playing for the charity St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He was the 6th contestant fired, finishing in 11th place and raising $50,000 for his charity.

On May 29, 2011, the name was changed to the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club & Podcast Theatre. A premiere event called Podammit was held, in which Kevin Smith hosted a variety of six podcasts, including Plus One 3D with his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach, Hollywood Babble-On with Ralph Garman and Jay & Silent Bob Get Old with Jason Mewes, as well as The ABCs of SNL with Lovitz himself, a 6-episode 'This Is Your Life' style biographical interview about Lovitz's life and career. The Club periodically hosted other podcasts such as Rob Paulsen's Talkin' Toons (which subsequently left in October 2013). The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club & Podcast Theater closed on November 5, 2014.

2009

In 2009, The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club location on Universal CityWalk in Universal Studios Hollywood opened. A comic short film starring Ken Davitian ('Borat') and featuring Lovitz was filmed there, directed by Brent Roske and written by Aaron Davitian. Weekly episodes of The Adam Carolla Show, a podcast hosted by comedian Adam Carolla, have been recorded at the City Walk location since early 2011.

The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club in Universal Studios Hollywood was home to the first MMA Roasted standup comedy show in 2009.

2007

In early 2007, Dick approached Lovitz at a restaurant and said "I put the Phil Hartman hex on you — you're the next to die." On July 10, 2007, Lovitz got into a physical confrontation with Dick at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. Lovitz demanded an apology from Dick, who refused and accused Lovitz of blaming him for Hartman's death. Lovitz then smashed Dick's head into the bar.

2006

In 2006, he became the spokesman in an advertising campaign for the Subway restaurant chain.

2003

In 2003, Lovitz began his stand-up career at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.

2001

Lovitz performed a duet with Robbie Williams on Williams' album Swing When You're Winning (2001), in the song "Well, Did You Evah." He also performed on the TV series Two and a Half Men singing "Save the Orphans" and beat Charlie (Charlie Sheen) out of the award for best jingle writer.

On October 10, 2001, Lovitz sang a duet (with Robbie Williams) of the song "Well, Did You Evah!" at the Royal Albert Hall. The recording can be found on the Swing When You're Winning album.

1999

Between 1999 and 2000 Lovitz appeared in a $33 million advertising campaign that featured a series of television commercials promoting the Yellow Pages. The comic premise was to present Lovitz as the Yellow Pages' author. One of them featured Lovitz saying, "The hardest thing to do is to come up with a simple idea that is also great. And I just thought, 'Oh, the alphabet!' "

1998

Lovitz has had an ongoing dispute with former NewsRadio costar Andy Dick concerning the death of their mutual friend Phil Hartman. According to Lovitz, Dick had given Hartman's wife Brynn cocaine at a Christmas party at Hartman's house in 1997; Brynn, a recovering addict, fell back into drug use, culminating in her killing Hartman and herself on May 28, 1998. When Lovitz joined the cast of NewsRadio as Hartman's replacement, he and Dick got into an argument in which Lovitz reportedly said "I wouldn't be here if you hadn't given Brynn coke in the first place." Lovitz later apologized to Dick for the remark.

1989

Hanukkah Harry, one of Lovitz's most memorable roles, cast him in 1989 as a Jewish contemporary of Santa Claus who lives on Mount Sinai and travels the globe with a cart flown by three donkeys to give bland gifts to Jewish boys and girls. Harry is asked to fill in when Santa falls ill on Christmas Eve.

1985

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 film contract. He was nominated for an Emmy Award his first two years on Saturday Night Live. One of his most notable SNL characters was "Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar" who used an old Humphrey Bogart line "Yeah! That's the ticket!" as a catchphrase to punctuate painfully elaborated implausible lies. Other recurring characters included Annoying Man, Master Thespian, Tonto, Mephistopheles, Harvey Fierstein, and Michael Dukakis. In a 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live, he portrayed a virgin Trekkie, who was scripted to hang his head when asked by William Shatner if he had ever kissed a girl.

Lovitz' s first stint as a regular in a situation comedy was as Mole, an investigator for a New York City district attorney' s office, in the short-lived 1985–86 series Foley Square, starring Margaret Colin.

1979

Lovitz graduated with a theater degree in 1979 from the University of California at Irvine and then studied acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He became a member of the Groundlings comedy troupe, where he befriended his future SNL fellow Phil Hartman.

1957

Jonathan Michael Lovitz (/ˈ l oʊ v ɪ t s / ; born July 21, 1957) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. He starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic and has appeared in numerous other television series and films.

Lovitz was born Jonathan Michael Lovitz on July 21, 1957 in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. His father was a doctor. His family is Jewish (emigrated from Romania, Hungary, and Russia).