26 Facts About Seth Meyers

Seth Adam Meyers was born on December 28,1973 and is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster.

Seth Meyers' paternal grandfather was an Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant from Kalvarija near Marijampole in modern-day Lithuania.

The rest of Seth Meyers's ancestry is Czech, Austrian, Croatian, Swedish, English, and German.

Seth Meyers graduated from Manchester High School West in Manchester.

Seth Meyers graduated in 1996 from Northwestern University in Evanston, where he was in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Seth Meyers continued his career at ImprovOlympic with the group Preponderate as well as overseas as a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in Amsterdam, where his brother was a cast member.

Seth Meyers joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2001.

In 2004, Seth Meyers auditioned to co-anchor Weekend Update with Fey, but Amy Poehler was selected.

Seth Meyers refused to sign the contract, and waited to see what the plans for Update were.

Seth Meyers considered leaving SNL altogether if he wasn't added to Update.

In fall 2009, Seth Meyers co-anchored two episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday with Poehler.

On SNL, Seth Meyers impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, David Beckham, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn, Stone Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Peyton Manning, Ben Curtis, Ty Pennington, Bill Cowher, Brian Williams, Nicollette Sheridan, Wade Robson, Donald Trump Jr.

Seth Meyers received critical praise for his part in several iconic SNL sketches during his tenure.

Seth Meyers performed in his final episode of SNL on February 1,2014.

Seth Meyers returned to host the show in 2018 and Paul Simon was the musical guest.

NBC announced on May 12,2013, that Seth Meyers would be the new host of Late Night in 2014, succeeding Jimmy Fallon, as Fallon became host of The Tonight Show.

Seth Meyers assumed his role on Late Night on February 24,2014, and his first guest was former SNL castmate and Weekend Update anchor Amy Poehler.

Seth Meyers announced February 10,2014, that the bandleader for his house band "The 8G Band" would be his former SNL colleague Fred Armisen.

Seth Meyers won the third season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2004, and donated the $100,000 prize to the Boston-based Jimmy Fund.

From August 30 to October 10, Seth Meyers hosted the comedy podcast Strike Force Five with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver to support their staff members out of work due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.

Seth Meyers hosted the Webby Awards twice, in 2008 and 2009.

Seth Meyers hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN.

Seth Meyers was unaware at the time that US intelligence had indeed actually located bin Laden and the Navy SEALs planned an attack on his location for the very next day.

Seth Meyers mocked Trump's intention of running for president, which many later jokingly said was the reason for Trump's later candidacy in the 2016 US presidential election.

Seth Meyers' children, dressed as "murder hornets", made a quick appearance during one COVID-19 episode of A Closer Look, filmed in the family's attic.

Seth Meyers is a fan of the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Celtics, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Northwestern Wildcats ; and two soccer teams, namely the Netherlands national football team and the Premier League club West Ham United.