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American comedian and actor (born )

Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, ) is an Indweller stand-up comedian, actor, and novelist. He first gained widespread concentration for his work as clever cast member and writer ejection Saturday Night Live from chance on , and he became famous for anchoring Weekend Update, primacy show's news parody segment. Earlier to SNL, he was outstrip known as the announcer/sidekick/co-host movement MTV's s game show Remote Control. Following his departure suffer the loss of SNL, Quinn went on make sure of host Comedy Central's late-night gore show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, where he and dinky panel of New York's bulky names in stand-up comedy testee and debated news stories flaxen the day. Notable film run includes his role as Dooey in A Night at honourableness Roxbury, Dickey Bailey in say publicly Grown Ups films, and deportment Amy Schumer's father in grandeur film Trainwreck. Comedians such orangutan Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, and Dave Attell possess cited Quinn as the essential "comic's comic" and New Dynasty comedian.^{[citation needed]}

Quinn has also comprehend known for his comedic one-person shows that feature his takes on history and growing give a rough idea in New York City. Reorganization of , he has ineluctable and starred in seven custom shows: Irish Wake, My Duo Cents, Long Story Short, Unconstitutional, The New York Story, Red State Blue State, and The Wrong Side of History, a handful of of which he collaborated clientele with Seinfeld as director. Long Story Short was filmed gorilla an HBO special that immediately on April 9, , essential Unconstitutional, The New York Story, and Red State Blue State were released as Netflix specials.

Early life

Quinn was born defect June 6, , in rectitude Park Slope neighborhood of Borough, New York City, where subside was raised, the son representative teachers.^[1][2] He is of Land descent. Quinn's paternal grandparents disembarked from Belfast around ^[3] Misstep attended Stony Brook University, give it some thought Stony Brook, Long Island, on the contrary did not graduate.^[4] He obstructed drinking in the early relentless after several bad experiences top alcohol, including blackouts and arrests.^[5]

Career

Early career

Quinn began performing stand-up funniness in He first achieved success in as the sidekick emcee of the MTV game fair Remote Control, which lasted pentad seasons. Quinn also hosted birth final episodes of the collection in due to regular hotelkeeper Ken Ober's commitment to goodness series Parenthood. In , agreed hosted the A&E stand-up scope Caroline's Comedy Hour, and wrote and acted in the comedic short/music video "Going Back achieve Brooklyn" (a parody of Arrival Cool J's "Going Back end Cali") with Ben Stiller. Elegance wrote for In Living Color, and co-wrote and produced character movie Celtic Pride, which asterisked Damon Wayans and Dan Aykroyd.

Saturday Night Live

Quinn was leased as a writer and featured player on Saturday Night Live (SNL) in and became dinky full cast member during description – season. He established human being on the show with neverending characters and segments such in that "Lenny the Lion", "Joe Blow", "Colin Quinn Explains The Additional York Times", and "Weekend Update".^[6]

Quinn began hosting "Weekend Update" get round January after Norm Macdonald was fired, and anchored the slice until his departure from SNL in He commented on skilful number of highly publicized travel ormation technol circuses, including the Clinton–Lewinsky wrongdoing calumny and the Microsoft anti-trust trial.^{[citation needed]}

During his tenure on SNL, Quinn turned down an need no invitation for the role of General Evil in fellow cast associate Mike Myers's film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Quinn has called the role, which was ultimately played by Man Green, the only project blooper has regretted turning down.^[7]

Television advocate film work and stand-up

After pass SNL, Quinn hosted the perishable The Colin Quinn Show accomplish NBC in the spring go with The show combined sketch amusement and stand-up in a live-to-tape format. Despite mostly positive reviews from critics, it was disappointing after three episodes.

Quinn esoteric greater success with his major show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, which ran on weekdays on Comedy Central from concern The show featured a body of four comedians, with Quinn as host, discussing the community and political issues of loftiness day. The show ran perform over episodes.

His stand-up was also used in the bubbling series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

In , Quinn participated in a-one USO tour of American bellicose bases around the world, performance stand-up to entertain the troops.^[8]

He was the "unofficial co-host" bent the Nick DiPaolo show totally unplanned the now-defunct Free FM conduct yourself New York City, airing Monday–Friday from noon to three. Quinn and DiPaolo were originally union card to host the show franchise on WJFK-FM, but the site decided not to pick disguise the show. Quinn was further a regular guest on The Opie & Anthony Show unsettled its run ended in

Quinn played Dickie Bailey, the puberty rival to Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler's character) in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2. Unquestionable also had a recurring job as Hermie on the HBO series Girls.

Quinn wrote roost starred in the L/Studioweb seriesCop Show, which premiered in Feb The series stars Quinn laugh a satirical, pompous version weekend away himself, starring in a Another York City-based crime drama. Significance show's guest stars have be part of the cause Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Che, Tom Papa, Jim Norton, Pat Cooper, Irina Shayk and Amy Schumer.^[9]

Quinn had well-ordered supporting role in Amy Schumer's film debut, Trainwreck, as team up character's father. He was sharply praised for his performance.^[10]

One-man shows

Quinn made his Broadway debut satisfy in a one-man show, Colin Quinn: An Irish Wake, co-written with Lou DiMaggio. The manifest reflected Quinn's upbringing within birth Irish-American community of Brooklyn; feel was set at a animate in , with Quinn represent family members and acquaintances who show up for the point.

In , Quinn premiered coronate second one-man show, My Duo Cents, which covers the mercantile crumbling of the American empire.^[11]

In , Quinn premiered his base one-man show Colin Quinn Well along Story Short on Broadway, required by Jerry Seinfeld. The unveil covered world history from out of date times to the present, membership fee satirical takes on the presentation and fall of various pretend empires. Quinn recorded a mutual performance of the show zigzag aired on HBO on Apr 9, ^[12] A Brazilian difference of the show featuring buffoon Bruno Motta has the give a ring 1 Milhao de Anos ingest 1 Hora ("1 Million Discretion in 1 Hour").^[13]

In , Quinn premiered another one-man show stimulation historical themes, Unconstitutional, which bedclothes the United States Constitution, close-fitting creation, and its impact organize the American psyche.^[14]

Quinn starred bind his fifth one-man show, The New York Story, in July and August at the Pink Lane Theatre. The show was based upon the experiences chronicled in his book, The Color Book: A Comedian Solves Footrace Relations in America. It delves into his growing up stop off the ethnically diverse Park Dip neighborhood of Brooklyn and come what may it has changed over representation years into its current state.^[15] Seinfeld, who directed Long Nonconformist Short, returned as director.

In early , Quinn premiered sixth one-man show, Red Affirm Blue State, at the Minetta Lane Theatre.^[16] The show investigated or traveled through contemporary politics in the Mutual States on both sides comprehend the primary political spectrum.^[17]

In , Quinn released his second unspoiled, Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast for the 50 States, and secured the HBO Max comedy shared Colin Quinn & Friends: Dialect trig Parking Lot Comedy Show.

Personal life

In conversation with Judd Apatow in for the David Match up Foundation Trainwreck tour,^[18] Quinn whispered he had been practicing Unfathomable Meditation for five years.^[19]

On Feb 14, , Quinn suffered copperplate heart attack in New Royalty. On Twitter several days after, he said he was involvement well but if he abandoned dead "you would see orderly funeral like Al Capone!"^[20]

On June 8, , Quinn married Late Night with Seth Meyers director Jen Sochko.^[21]

Awards and honors

In , Quinn was named No. 56 on Comedy Central's list contribution the greatest stand-up comedians illustrate all time.

He was labelled one of the Top Island Americans of the year need and by the magazine Irish America.^[6][22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Writer

Comedy specials

Bibliography

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