31 Facts About Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr is known for playing film producer Peter Dragon in the TV comedy series Action in 1999, Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer from 2006 to 2008 and the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried from 2008 to 2010.

Jay Mohr was a featured cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1993 to 1995.

Jay Mohr left Fox Sports Radio in January 2016 to pursue acting ventures.

Jay Mohr was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as the inaugural host and executive producer of Last Comic Standing.

Jay Mohr was born in Verona, New Jersey, to Iva Jean, a nurse, and Jon Wood Jay Mohr, a marketing executive.

Jay Mohr was raised Presbyterian, but later converted to Roman Catholicism.

Jay Mohr later credited his SNL co-star Sarah Silverman with saving his life by helping him treat the problem.

Jay Mohr was under a cloud of suspicion due to his admitted plagiarism of jokes during the season and his multi-year contract with NBC did not allow him to unilaterally quit.

Jay Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthy's brother, Wayne.

In 1999, Jay Mohr starred in the television series Action, in which he played sleazy film producer Peter Dragon.

Jay Mohr was the voice-over artist for Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory.

Jay Mohr was offered a late night talk show job by Michael Eisner, but he declined, instead convincing Eisner to let him host a talk show on ESPN, Jay Mohr Sports, which ran briefly in 2001 before being cancelled.

In 2003 and 2004, Jay Mohr created, hosted, and was executive producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program.

Jay Mohr was very vocal toward NBC concerning its cancellation and did not return for the show's fourth season in 2006.

Jay Mohr was replaced with new host Anthony Clark, but was credited as a consultant.

Jay Mohr's recurring role on the TV series Ghost Whisperer developed into a regular role.

Jay Mohr appeared in "My Own Private Practice Guy", a 2003 episode of the sitcom Scrubs, and in three episodes of The West Wing in 2004 in the recurring role of Taylor Reid.

Parts of Jay Mohr's stand up was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

Jay Mohr starred as newly divorced father Gary Brooks, the title character, for two seasons on the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried.

Jay Mohr has an upcoming starring role alongside Tom Blyth in the comedy Discussion Materials adapted from Bill Keenan's memoir of the same name.

Jay Mohr has contributed frequently to The Jim Rome Show and often guest-hosted the program.

Jay Mohr finished in 7th place in the 2007 Smack-Off, 6th place in the 2008 Smack-Off, 10th place in the 2009 Smack-Off, 6th place in the 2010 Smack-Off, and 6th place in the 2011 Smack-Off.

Jay Mohr is known to do "drive-by" call-ins to the show, typically to promote one of his stand-up shows or live events.

Jay Mohr has since begun hosting Mohr Stories on his own network, Fake Mustache Studios.

Jay Mohr has hosted the NASCAR Cup Series Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas since 2013.

In 2016, Jay Mohr became the host of the Los Angeles Rams pregame show airing Saturday evenings after college football on KABC-TV.

Jay Mohr was replaced as the host in November 2016 with no explanation.

In December 2008, he filed legal papers requesting a legal name change to Jon Ferguson Cox Jay Mohr, adding his wife's surname.

On May 16,2017, Jay Mohr confirmed during The Adam Carolla Show that he and Cox were "in the middle" of a divorce.

In 2021, Jay Mohr entered a rehabilitation facility to address an addiction to Adderall.

Jay Mohr began dating Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss in 2017.