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Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL).

Before SNL, Meyers was a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in AmsterdamBiography from the NBC website. He was also a member of the Northwestern improv sketch group Mee-Ow.

Meyers joined SNL in 2001. In 2005, he was promoted to writing supervisor, and in January 2006, he became co-head writer, sharing the role with Tina Fey and Andrew SteeleSNL undergoing another generational shift, an AP article from The Arizona Republic website. With Fey's departure, Meyers became head writer for the 2006-2007 season.Fey, Dratch Give Up Saturday Night, an E! Online news article.

Also for the 2006-2007 season, he became co-anchor of Weekend Update with Amy Poehler. [1]

He is currently writing (and will star in) a movie based on an SNL sketch, Key Party.

Personal life

He was raised in Bedford, New Hampshire and attended West High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, the crosstown rival of Adam Sandler's alma mater, Central High School (Sandler and Meyers did not concurrently attend high school, however). He graduated from Northwestern University. Seth is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

Meyers was in a relationship with actress Rashida Jones.

Impersonations and characters

On SNL, he has impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Prince Charles, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn, Stone Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Ben Curtis (also known as the Dell Dude), Ty Pennington, and Wade Robson.

He has played characters such as the Appalachian receptionist (named Nerod on the Matt Dillon/Arctic Monkeys episode), Brad Scheinwald, David Klinger, Ian Gerard, Jonathan Feinstein, William Fitzpatrick, Zack Ricky, and Dan Needler.

Winners of the Celebrity Poker Showdown Championship Table

References

See also

• Official SNL cast biography

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