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Most Recent Role: Various on Saturday Night Live
Birthplace: Tarzana, California
Birthday: 7-21-1957
Birth Name: Jonathan M. Lovitz
Jon Lovitz is the 44-year-old actor and former star of Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio . He has starred in Rat Race and has had many guest starring roles, including a recurring one on The Simpsons .

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Saturday Night Live
SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
Saturday 24 November 2007 on NBC

A compilation of memorable Thanksgiving and family-themed moments from SNL. Sketches include "Debbie Downer", "Paul's Monologue Worries," "The Ladies' Man," "The Bird Family," "Adam Sandler's Turkey Song," "Martha Stewart Living," "Nikey Turkey," "They Grow Up So Fast," "Fuzzy Memories," "Ed...

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Jon's father was the family physician for the Jackson family. (edit)
Lovitz once worked at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York and was almost fired for referring to himself as "the town Jew."

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He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." (edit)
Jon's hero is Willie Mays, who he considers the 'Michael Jordan' of baseball. (edit)
Jon's comedic idols are Lenny Bruce and Woody Allen. (edit)

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Jon: (On replacing Phil Hartman in Newsradio) It was a tough year. Phil was like a brother to me and it was hard to do it. Everyone on the show said that Phil would have wanted me to do it. Phil's mother thanked me for doing it. A lot of people don't know that. (edit)
Jon: I'm all about books, but mostly I read magazines. Magazines about cars, gadgets and women. (edit)
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Very funny - we need to see more of him.
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