Jon Lovitz Biography

Fast Facts

• Signed on to be a spokesperson for Subway's Fresh Fit Campaign in the mid-2000s
• Opened his own comedy club in San Diego in 2007 named The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club
• Born in Los Angeles, he would go on to graduate from the University of California at Irvin with a theater degree in 1979
• Quote: "I like getting up in front of an audience․ It's fun when you go to a baseball game, and the crowd is cheering you․ I can't deny it․"
• Quote: "At a certain point, if you work really hard, and you get good, and people like your work, you do deserve the fame -- but you shouldn't take it for granted․"
• Became a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1985 to 1990 after years of stand-up work, but he would later gravitate toward voiceover work in cartoons
• Began his professional comedy career after graduating college and joined The Groundlings comedy troupe
• States that his father wanted him to become an opera singer, as listening to opera music was one of his favorite past times
• Once worked at the New York Renaissance Faire and avoided being fired for constantly calling himself 'the town Jew'
• Sang a duet with British pop singer Robbie Williams in the song titled "Well, Did You Evah?"