He has appeared in numerous films, including “Big”, “A League of Their Own”, “The Wedding Singer”, “High School High”, “Small Time Crooks”, “Rat Race”, “The Producers”, “Eight Crazy Nights”, “The Benchwarmers”, and “Grown Ups 2”, among many others. While on SNL, he became known for his characters “Tommy Flanagan of the Pathological Liars Anonymous” (“Year, that’s the ticket”), “Master Thespian”, “Hanukkah Harry”, and “the Devil”. He was nominated for an Emmy his first two years on “Saturday Night Live”. Following the introduction of this persona, Jon got an agent, and booked a movie, a series, a voice over for a cartoon, and “Saturday Night Live”. On March 28, 1985, “The Groundlings” appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” where Jon premiered his character “Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous”. The next three years – nothing!!! Then, in September of 1984, he was accepted into the main company at “The Groundlings”. Thinking he was on his way, he promptly quit his job at a clothing store…and became a messenger. One year later, after being accepted into “The Sunday Company”, Jon got his first acting job on the television show “The Paper Chase: the Second Year”. He began taking classes with the famous improv comedy group, “The Groundlings” in 1982. At the advice of Tony Barr, Jon decided to concentrate solely on comedy.

He also studied acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He got his start acting in High School plays and developing his skills at the University of California, Irvine where he earned a B.A. Jon Lovitz has been one of the best known comedians for the last thirty five years.

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