Jonathan Lovitz (born July 21, 1957, Tarzana, California) is an actor best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990.

He has supplied voice acting talent in several animated series including the lead character of Jay Sherman on The Critic, and animated movies. One of his most notable SNL characters was "Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar" that generated the catch phrase, "Yeah! That's the ticket!" Some of his other recurring characters included Master Thespian, Tonto, Satan, Hanukkah Harry and Michael Dukakis. He is also well known for doing an affected, poorly-conceived faux british-type regal accent for numerous characters. He most recently performed this on current Subway commercials. Lovitz succeeded Phil Hartman on the comedy series NewsRadio following Hartman's death.

Lovitz attended and studied theater at the University of California at Irvine and graduated in 1979. He became a member of The Groundlings comedy troupe where he befriended Hartman and Paul Reubens. Lovitz later said in an interview, for the book Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, that his time on SNL was the most memorable in his career. He went from having no money to being offered a $500,000 movie contract.

In 2005, Lovitz entered stand-up comedy for the first time in his career. He also appeared in the film “The Producers” as the strict accounting firm chairman, Mr. Marx.

In 2006, Lovitz became the spokesperson in an advertising campaign for the American and Canadian Subway Restaurants.

He is also a Secondary Member of The Slap Pack.

Filmography

• Three Amigos (1986)
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
• Big (1988)
• Mr. Destiny (1990)
• Fievel Goes West (1991)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Mom and Dad Save The World (1992)
• Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
• The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
• Trapped in Paradise (1994)
• The Great White Hype (1996)
• High School High (1996)
• Happiness (1998)
• The Wedding Singer (1998)
• Little Nicky (2000) (cameo)
• Small Time Crooks (2000)
• Good Advice (2001)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Former Child Star (2003)
• The Stepford Wives (2005)
• The Producers (2005)
• The Benchwarmers (2006)

External links

• Jon Lovitz on MySpace
• "Jon Lovitz's Second Act", Los Angeles CityBeat, Issue 91 (March 3, 2005)

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