Tim Kazurinsky Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for "My Beautiful Son" in 2003
• Started out as a member of the improv and sketch comedy troupe Second City in Chicago
• Worked in advertising at Leo Burnett before deciding to accept a position at Second City
• Best known as a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and as Carl Sweetchuck in the "Police Academy" series
• Has done impersonations of Ozzy Osbourne, Franklin Roosevelt, Billie Jean King and Deng Xiaoping, among others
• Didn't audition for Second City or "Saturday Night Live;" in both cases he was seen performing by a producer and offered a job
• Got involved with the "Police Academy" series when the "Saturday Night Live" writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield offered him a bit part in "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment․"
• His character in "Police Academy" was made into an action figure