15 Facts About Mikey Day

Mikey Day was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live before its 39th season in 2013.

Mikey Day was then promoted to on-air cast status and became a featured player during the show's 42nd season in 2016, later being promoted to repertory status beginning with the 44th season in 2018.

Michael William Mikey Day was born March 20,1980, in Orange, California.

Mikey Day attended Panorama Elementary School and later graduated from El Modena High School.

Mikey Day wrote comedic sketches for monthly assemblies and made the theme for his homecoming "Batman".

Mikey Day graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in theater in 2002.

Mikey Day was an original cast member on the improvisational comedy series Wild 'n Out on MTV.

Mikey Day played various characters in the Groundling stage show Groundlings, In The Study, With The Candlestick in early 2009 and directed Groundlings Space Camp.

Mikey Day hosted a recurring segment parodying TMZ from 2010 to 2013 on The Jay Leno Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Mikey Day served as one of the show's co-head writers.

Mikey Day was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 2013 for its 39th season.

Mikey Day was recommended for the job by Nasim Pedrad, who had worked with him before and was a cast member of SNL at the time, appearing in her fifth and final season on the show.

Mikey Day was promoted to featured player for season 42 and was promoted to a repertory player in the beginning of season 44.

Bobby Moynihan, Streeter Seidell, and Mikey Day wrote the sketch "Haunted Elevator" for the October 22,2016 episode of SNL.

Mikey Day married his long-term partner, actress Paula Christensen, in 2024.