Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Infobox actor
name = Seth Meyers


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caption = Seth Meyers, 2007
birthname = Seth Adam Meyers
birthdate = birth date and age|1973|12|28
birthplace = Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.
yearsactive = 1995 - present
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Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian best known for being a cast member and the current head writer for "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL").

Personal life

Meyers, Jewish, was born and raised in Bedford, New Hampshire, attending West High School in Manchester, New Hampshire. He went on to graduate from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Seth is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Steelers (his father is from Pittsburgh, PA). At the end of the March 1, 2008 episode of Weekend Update he reached under his desk for a terrible towel to wave in honor of the late Myron Cope. He is the older brother of Josh Meyers who was a cast member of "MADtv" and "That '70s Show."

Meyers won the third season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and donated the $100,000 prize to the Boston-based Jimmy Fund. [ [http://nhmagazine.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NHM25/70824020 NH Magazine's It List ] ]

Career

Before "SNL", Meyers got his improv comedy start as a member of the Northwestern University improv sketch group Mee-Ow, based outside of Chicago. He continued his career at ImprovOlympic with the group Preponderate as well as overseas as a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in Amsterdam, where his brother was also a cast member. [http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/bios/Seth_Meyers.shtml Biography] from the NBC website]

Meyers joined the "SNL" cast in 2001. In 2005, he was promoted to writing supervisorFact|date=February 2007, and in January 2006, he became co-head writer, sharing the role with Tina Fey and Andrew Steele. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0204snl0204.html "SNL" undergoing another generational shift] , an AP article from "The Arizona Republic" website] With Fey's departure, Meyers became head writer for the 2006-2007 season and also took on the role of Weekend Update co-anchor with Amy Poehler. [cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b1b31fb1-7238-4341-9348-425c793c0853 |title=Fey, Dratch Give Up Saturday Night |date=2006-07-24 |accessdate=2007-11-03 |publisher="E! Online)", eonline.com] [cite news|url=http://www.tv.com/story/6449.html |title=Seth Meyers will coanchor Weekend Update |date=2006-09-22 |accessdate=2007-11-03 |publisher=tv.com)]

Meyers appeared with Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem in the 2008 3D film "Journey to the Center of the Earth". He is currently writing (and will star in) a movie based on an "SNL" sketch, "Key Party". [imdb name|id=1024878|name=Seth Meyers]

Impersonations and characters

On "SNL", he has impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn, Stone Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Peyton Manning, Ben Curtis (also known as the Dell Dude), Ty Pennington, Brian Williams, and Wade Robson. His recurring characters include Zach Ricky (the host of the kids' hidden camera show "Pranksters"), Nerod (the receptionist in the recurring sketch "Appalachian Emergency Room"), David Clinger (a scientist who often insults his fellow workers), DJ Johnathan Feinstein (the DJ on the webcam show "Jarett's Room"), and William Fitzpatrick (from the Irish talk show "Top O' The Morning").

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1024878|name=Seth Meyers
* [http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/bios/Seth_Meyers.shtml Official SNL cast biography]

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