1. Colin Kelly Jost is an American comedian, writer, and actor.
30 Facts About Colin Jost
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Colin Jost served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015 and later came back as one of the show's head writers in 2017 until 2022, alongside Michael Che.
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Colin Jost grew up in the Grymes Hill neighborhood of Staten Island.
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Colin Jost's mother, Kerry J Kelly, was the chief medical officer for the New York City Fire Department, and his father, Daniel A Jost, was a teacher at Staten Island Technical High School.
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Colin Jost has one younger brother, Casey Jost, a writer and a producer of Impractical Jokers; he had a role in Staten Island Summer.
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Colin Jost attended Regis High School in Manhattan, where he was the editor of the school newspaper The Owl and graduated in 2000.
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Colin Jost then studied history and literature at Harvard University.
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Colin Jost focused on Russian literature and British literature, and wrote his senior thesis on Vladimir Nabokov.
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Colin Jost was president of The Harvard Lampoon and won $5,250 on a college edition of Weakest Link, but said he did not think he deserved to win.
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Colin Jost was then hired as a writer for a short-lived Nickelodeon animated show, Kappa Mikey.
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Colin Jost was co-head writer from 2012 to 2015, and regained that status from 2017 to 2022.
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Colin Jost often collaborated with fellow SNL co-head writer Rob Klein.
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Colin Jost accepted and replaced Meyers on the March 1,2014, episode.
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Colin Jost broke Meyers' record for being the longest-serving anchor in the history of the segment with the October 23,2021, episode hosted by Jason Sudeikis.
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Colin Jost has named Norm Macdonald as a primary influence for his Update anchor work, citing Macdonald's tone as the one he grew up with in high school.
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Colin Jost later portrayed his friend Pete Buttigieg during the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and Roger Goodell during the 2021 NFL season.
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Colin Jost has performed as a stand-up comedian, appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, TBS, and HBO.
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Colin Jost was selected as a "New Face" at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival in 2009, and has since appeared at the Chicago Just for Laughs festival in 2011 and 2012 and the Montreal festival again in 2010 and 2012.
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Colin Jost has published four "Shouts and Murmurs" pieces in The New Yorker magazine and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Staten Island Advance and Radar.
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Colin Jost wrote the screenplay of and played a minor role in the 2015 comedy film Staten Island Summer, and he had a minor role as Paul in the 2016 romcom feature How to Be Single.
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In January 2016, Colin Jost opened for comedian Liam McEneaney's album recording at The Bell House in Brooklyn.
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In September 2018, Colin Jost cohosted the Primetime Emmy Awards, along with Michael Che.
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Colin Jost attempted to calm the situation by using his therapist, but Strowman chokeslammed him and eliminated the two comedians in quick succession, winning the battle royal.
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In July 2020, Colin Jost released a memoir titled A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir.
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Colin Jost made a cameo in the 2024 film Fly Me to the Moon, which starred his wife Scarlett Johansson.
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Colin Jost was dormmates with former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg while the two lived in Leverett House at Harvard.
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In 2015, Colin Jost donated money to Buttigieg's mayoral reelection campaign.
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Subsequently, during Buttigieg's presidential campaign, Colin Jost portrayed Buttigieg in the 45th season of SNL.
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Colin Jost is married to actress Scarlett Johansson, whom he met during one of her many occasions hosting SNL.
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Colin Jost is an avid surfer, and was sent to Tahiti by NBC Sports for their coverage of the surfing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics.