Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.

He was born in Verona, New Jersey. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia. He has one son, Jackson, from his six-year marriage to former model Nicole Chamberlain.

Career

Television and film

Mohr appeared as a featured player during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons of Saturday Night Live. His 2004 autobiography, Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live (ISBN 1401300065), details this tumultuous period of his life, including his battle with chronic panic attacks. Though his potential was appreciated by SNL creator/producer Lorne Michaels, Mohr was impatient with his progression to full cast member, and left the show on bad terms. He has since reconciled with Michaels.

Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthy's brother, Wayne. Then in 1999, he was the star of his own television series, Action, in which he played a sleazy film producer, Peter Dragon. His intimidating boss is memorably characterized as a thinly-veiled Barry Diller.

Mohr hosted a short-lived 2001 talk show on ESPN entitled Mohr Sports.

In 2003 and 2004, he was the host, creator, and executive producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program, one of his most visible television roles. The show aired for three seasons, but was cancelled near the end of the third season due to poor ratings. Mohr was very vocal toward NBC concerning its cancellation ^*, and did not return for the show's fourth season in 2006. Mohr was replaced with new host Anthony Clark, but he is credited as a consultant.

Listed as #86 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all-time, Mohr has also appeared in movies such as Jerry Maguire, Small Soldiers, Go and Pay it Forward.

Radio

Mohr was also one of several guest hosts of The Jim Rome Show, but was asked by the network to refrain from guest-hosting again following a very controversial appearance in 2004. Mohr (a.k.a the Slam-Man) made vulgar references to the recently-deceased Ronald Reagan and toward Muhammad Ali's battle with Parkinson's disease. Listeners and affiliates alike called Premiere to complain about Mohr's statements, and in turn, he was asked to refrain from accepting the offer to guest host the show in the future. In 2005, he was at the NASCAR Awards Banquet in New York City to make jokes, some dirty (there was only one thing I was doing that fast when I was 19, but I can't say what it was because this is a clean show. obvious reference to masturbation).

Controversy

Mohr has been accused of stealing material. His Comedy Central special is often cited, where he used a massage bit adapted from Robert Kelly, who also frequently appears on Opie and Anthony. An SNL sketch about an Irish bartender written by and starring Mohr was taken from the act of comedian Rick Shapiro, a fact Mohr confirmed in his book.

Currently

He currently writes an article for the Sports Illustrated website SI.com entitled Mohr Sports.

He is currently engaged to actress Nikki Cox. The wedding is planned for sometime in late 2006.

Mohr was featured in two Super Bowl XL commercials for Diet Pepsi, where Mohr plays the agent for Diet Pepsi (the can), making deals with Diddy and Jackie Chan.

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