Seth Adam Meyers was born on December 28,1973 and is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, writer, and producer.
27 Facts About Seth Meyers
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Seth Meyers was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was raised in Okemos, Michigan, from four to ten years of age, and Bedford, New Hampshire, after that.
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Seth Meyers's mother, Hilary Claire, was a French teacher, and his father, Laurence Seth Meyers Jr.
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Seth Meyers's younger brother, Josh Meyers, is an actor and comedian.
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Seth Meyers's paternal grandfather was an Ashkenazi Jewish emigrant from Kalvarija near Marijampole in modern-day Lithuania.
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Seth Meyers discovered on the show Finding Your Roots that his family's original surname, Trakianski, was changed by his great-grandfather to Seth Meyers, after his own father Mejer Trakianski.
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Seth Meyers graduated from Manchester High School West in New Hampshire.
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Seth Meyers graduated in 1996 from Northwestern University in Evanston, where he became a member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta.
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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.
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In fall 2009, Seth Meyers co-anchored two episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday with Poehler.
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On SNL, Seth Meyers impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, 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.
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Seth Meyers received critical praise for his part in several iconic SNL sketches during his tenure.
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Seth Meyers performed in his final episode of SNL February 1,2014.
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Seth Meyers returned to host the show in 2018, with Paul Simon as the musical guest.
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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.
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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.
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Seth Meyers announced February 10,2014, that the bandleader for his house band "The 8G Band" would be his former SNL colleague Fred Armisen.
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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.
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Seth Meyers has hosted the Webby Awards twice, in 2008 and 2009.
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In 2009, Seth Meyers hosted the Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco Field in Seattle.
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Seth Meyers hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN.
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Seth Meyers was unaware that US intelligence had located bin Laden and the Navy SEALs planned an attack on his location for the next day.
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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.
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Seth Meyers became engaged to his girlfriend of five years, attorney Alexi Ashe, in July 2013.
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Seth Meyers has since joined Sanctuary for Families as an advocate for victims of gender violence.
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Seth Meyers's children, dressed as "murder hornets", made a quick appearance during one COVID-19 episode of A Closer Look, filmed in the family's attic.
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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.