1. Jonathan Paul Katz was born on December 1,1946 and is an American actor and comedian best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr Katz, Professional Therapist as Dr Katz.
12 Facts About Jonathan Katz
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Jonathan Katz produces a podcast titled Hey, We're Back and can be heard on Explosion Bus.
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Jonathan Katz's father, Sidney Roosevelt Katz, was a secretary-treasurer for the AFL-CIO, and his mother, Julia, died at a relatively young age.
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Jonathan Katz has said that his father was not a particularly comedic man, but did tell a couple of jokes on occasion, which Jonathan Katz has adapted into his comedy routine.
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Jonathan Katz is a close friend of playwright David Mamet, with whom he attended Goddard College.
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Jonathan Katz co-wrote House of Games with Mamet and had small roles in the Mamet-directed films Things Change, Homicide, The Spanish Prisoner and State and Main.
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Originally a musician and songwriter, Jonathan Katz fronted a rhythm and blues group called "Jonathan Katz and Jammers" before serving as the musical director for Robin Williams' 1979 standup tour.
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Dr Jonathan Katz originally aired on Comedy Central from 1995 to 2002, and starred Jonathan Katz as a professional therapist whose patients were chiefly other comedians and actors.
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Jonathan Katz received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the show in 1995 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.
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Jonathan Katz has created the show Raising Dad in 2001.
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In 2007, Jonathan Katz joked to Blast Magazine entertainment editor Bessie King about the success of his Comedy Central show and the recent release of the full series on DVD.
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On September 3,2014, Jonathan Katz appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast.