Kevin Nealon (/ˈniË lÉ™n/; born November 18, 1953) is an American
comedian and actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from
1986 to 1995, acted in several of the Happy Madison films, played Doug
Wilson on the Showtime series Weeds, and provided the voice of the
title character, Glenn Martin, on Glenn Martin, DDS.Nealon was born on
November 18, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, one of five children of
Kathleen M. (née Kimball; 1928-2020) and Emmett F. Nealon
(1925â€"2018), an aircraft company executive. A few months after he
was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut; when he was
six, they moved to Germany for four years. He is of Irish descent, and
was raised Catholic. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in
Trumbull, Connecticut, in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in
marketing from Sacred Heart University. He then took night courses at
Fairfield University, where he played quarterback on the football
team.Nealon played in bands in high school and gravitated to comedy in
college. In 1977 he moved to San Diego and then to Los Angeles, where
he learned his craft at the Improv while tending bar there for a
living. He had been doing stand-up for six years when he made his
network television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in
1984. He later became a regular there and on Late Night with David
Letterman.In 1986, Saturday Night Live recruited his friend Dana
Carvey, and Carvey in turn recommended Nealon. Both joined the cast
that year, and Nealon became a full-time performer in the 1987â€"1988
season, and remained for nine seasons. Nealon's SNL characters include
Mr. Subliminal (which also became known as the "Subliminal Editorial"
when Nealon was promoted to Weekend Update anchorman), Frank Gannon,
P.I.P.I. (for Politically Incorrect Private Investigator), Bob Waltman
(a male Barbara Walters), and Franz (of Hans and Franz) along with
Carvey. He also anchored Weekend Update from 1991 to 1994. He stayed
on SNL for one more season, and left in 1995, after a then record nine
seasons. (His record was later surpassed by Tim Meadows, Darrell
Hammond, and Kenan Thompson).
comedian and actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from
1986 to 1995, acted in several of the Happy Madison films, played Doug
Wilson on the Showtime series Weeds, and provided the voice of the
title character, Glenn Martin, on Glenn Martin, DDS.Nealon was born on
November 18, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, one of five children of
Kathleen M. (née Kimball; 1928-2020) and Emmett F. Nealon
(1925â€"2018), an aircraft company executive. A few months after he
was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut; when he was
six, they moved to Germany for four years. He is of Irish descent, and
was raised Catholic. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in
Trumbull, Connecticut, in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in
marketing from Sacred Heart University. He then took night courses at
Fairfield University, where he played quarterback on the football
team.Nealon played in bands in high school and gravitated to comedy in
college. In 1977 he moved to San Diego and then to Los Angeles, where
he learned his craft at the Improv while tending bar there for a
living. He had been doing stand-up for six years when he made his
network television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in
1984. He later became a regular there and on Late Night with David
Letterman.In 1986, Saturday Night Live recruited his friend Dana
Carvey, and Carvey in turn recommended Nealon. Both joined the cast
that year, and Nealon became a full-time performer in the 1987â€"1988
season, and remained for nine seasons. Nealon's SNL characters include
Mr. Subliminal (which also became known as the "Subliminal Editorial"
when Nealon was promoted to Weekend Update anchorman), Frank Gannon,
P.I.P.I. (for Politically Incorrect Private Investigator), Bob Waltman
(a male Barbara Walters), and Franz (of Hans and Franz) along with
Carvey. He also anchored Weekend Update from 1991 to 1994. He stayed
on SNL for one more season, and left in 1995, after a then record nine
seasons. (His record was later surpassed by Tim Meadows, Darrell
Hammond, and Kenan Thompson).
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