25 Facts About Colin Quinn

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Colin Edward Quinn was born on June 6,1959 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.

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Colin Quinn has become known for his comedic one-man shows that offer his unique takes on history and growing up in New York City.

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Colin Quinn was born on June 6,1959, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, where he was raised, the son of teachers.

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Colin Quinn attended Stony Brook University, in Stony Brook, Long Island, but did not graduate.

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Colin Quinn stopped drinking in the early 1980s after several bad experiences with alcohol, including blackouts and arrests.

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Colin Quinn first achieved fame in 1987 as the sidekick announcer of the MTV game show Remote Control, which lasted five seasons.

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Colin Quinn wrote for In Living Color, and co-wrote and produced the movie Celtic Pride, which starred Damon Wayans and Dan Aykroyd.

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Colin Quinn began hosting "Weekend Update" in January 1998 after Norm Macdonald was fired, and anchored the segment until his departure from SNL in 2000.

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Colin Quinn has called the role, which was ultimately played by Seth Green, the only project he has regretted turning down.

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Quinn had greater success with his subsequent show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, which ran on weekdays on Comedy Central from 2002 to 2004.

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Colin Quinn's stand-up was used in the animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

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In 2005, Colin Quinn participated in a USO tour of American military bases around the world, performing stand-up to entertain the troops.

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Colin Quinn played Dickie Bailey, the childhood rival to Lenny Feder in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2.

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Colin Quinn had a recurring role as Hermie on the HBO series Girls.

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Colin Quinn had a supporting role in Amy Schumer's film debut, Trainwreck, as her character's father.

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In 2009, Colin Quinn premiered his second one-man show, My Two Cents, which covers the economic crumbling of the American empire.

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Colin Quinn recorded a special performance of the show that aired on HBO on April 9,2011.

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In 2013, Colin Quinn premiered another one-man show on historical themes, Unconstitutional, which covers the United States Constitution, its creation, and its impact on the American psyche.

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Colin Quinn starred in his fifth one-man show, The New York Story, in July and August 2015 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

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In early 2019, Colin Quinn premiered his sixth one-man show, Red State Blue State, at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

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In conversation with Judd Apatow in 2015 for the David Lynch Foundation Trainwreck tour, Colin Quinn said he had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for five years.

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On February 14,2018, Colin Quinn suffered a heart attack in New York.

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On June 8,2019, Colin Quinn married Late Night with Seth Meyers producer Jen Sochko.

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In 2004, Colin Quinn was named No 56 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.

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Colin Quinn was named one of the Top 100 Irish Americans of the year in 2004 and 2011 by the magazine Irish America.