Jon Lovitz Net Worth 2024

What is Jon Lovitz’s Net Worth?

Jon Lovitz is an American comedian, actor, and producer who has a net worth of $12 million. Jon Lovitz is finest recognized for being a forged member of “Saturday Night Live” (1985–1990), taking part in characters comparable to Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar, who used the catchphrase “Yeah! That’s the ticket!”

Jon has greater than 120 appearing credit to his identify, together with the movies “Big” (1988), “A League of Their Own” (1992), “Trapped in Paradise” (1994), and “The Wedding Singer” (1998) and the tv sequence “NewsRadio” (1997–1999), “Friends” (1995; 2003), and “Mr. Box Office” (2012–2015). He has voiced Jay Sherman on “The Critic” (1994–1995) and quite a few characters on “The Simpsons” (1991–current), and he has served as a producer on “The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special” (1992), “Jon Lovitz Presents” (2011), “Lovitz or Leavitz with Jon Lovitz” (2013), and “Globetrotter” (2014). Lovitz has additionally appeared on Broadway, taking part in Albert Donay in Neil Simon’s “The Dinner Party” in 2001. From 2009 to 2014, he owned The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club (later often known as the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club & Podcast Theatre) on Universal CityStroll at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Early Life

Jon Lovitz was born Jonathan Michael Lovitz on July 21, 1957, in Tarzana, California. He grew up in a Jewish family with mom Barbara, father Robert (an anesthesiologist), and twin sister Leslie. Jon’s paternal grandfather was named Feivel Ianculovici, however he modified his identify to Phillip Lovitz after leaving Romania for the U.S. within the early 1900s. Jon determined he needed to turn out to be a comedian after seeing the Woody Allen movie “Take the Money and Run” at age 13, and he later started studying stand-up routines by Allen and Lenny Bruce and performing them in his dorm on the University of California, Irvine. Lovitz earned a bachelor’s diploma in drama in 1979, then he started taking appearing courses on the Film Actors Workshop. He turned a member of The Groundlings in 1984 and met Phil Hartman, who would turn out to be considered one of his closest mates. The two later turned “Saturday Night Live” castmates after Jon prompt Lorne Michaels rent Phil, saying, “If you suppose I’m good, you need to see Phil. He’s even higher!”

Career

Lovitz made his tv debut in a 1984 episode of “The Paper Chase,” and from 1985 to 1986, he had an everyday position on the CBS sitcom “Foley Square.” In 1985, he joined the forged of “Saturday Night Live” and was recognized for common characters like Tommy Flanagan, Master Thespian, Hanukkah Harry, and Annoying Man. Jon’s first movie was 1986’s “Hamburger: The Motion Picture,” and that yr he additionally appeared in “Last Resort,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Ratboy,” and “Three Amigos.” He guest-starred on “Tales from the Crypt” (1991), “Married… with Children” (1991), and “The Larry Sanders Show” (1992; 1994) and co-starred with Tom Hanks, Madonna, Geena Davis, and Rosie O’Donnell in 1992’s “A League of Their Own,” which was preserved within the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2012 for being “culturally, traditionally, or aesthetically important.” Lovitz then appeared within the movies “Mom and Dad Save the World” (1992), “Loaded Weapon 1” (1993), “Coneheads” (1993), and “City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold” (1994) and co-starred with Dana Carvey and Nicolas Cage in 1994’s “Trapped in Paradise.”

Jon appeared on “Seinfeld” (1995) and “The Naked Truth” (1997), and from 1997 to 1999, he guest-starred on “NewsRadio” twice, then joined the forged as Max Lewis throughout the present’s ultimate season as a substitute for Phil Hartman’s Bill McNeal. Though Lovitz was initially not sure about taking the “NewsRadio” position, when the information was introduced, he acknowledged “I’m doing this for Phil. There’s nothing extra to say.” Jon performed the lead position in 1996’s “High School High,” hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1997, and had a small however memorable position within the Adam Sandler movie “The Wedding Singer” in 1998. He would work with Sandler once more in “Little Nicky” (2000), “Eight Crazy Nights” (2002), “The Benchwarmers” (2006), “Hotel Transylvania” (2012), “Grown Ups 2” (2013), “Hotel Transylvania 2” (2015), “The Ridiculous 6” (2015), and “Sandy Wexler” (2017).

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Jon appeared within the movies “Happiness” (1998), “Small Time Crooks” (2000), “The Stepford Wives” (2004), and “The Producers” (2005) and guest-starred on “Just Shoot Me!” (2003), “Las Vegas” (2004–2005), and “Two and a Half Men” (2006), then he guest-hosted “WWE Raw” in 2010. From 2011 to 2012, he appeared in 4 episodes of “Hot in Cleveland,” and he performed Bobby Gold on the syndicated sitcom “Mr. Box Office” from 2012 to 2015. Lovitz lent his voice to “A Mouse Tale” (2012), “Jungle Master” (2013), “Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie” (2013), and “Birds of Paradise” (2014), and he competed on “Sing Your Face Off” in 2014, “The $100,000 Pyramid” in 2016 and 2018, and “The New Celebrity Apprentice” in 2017. In latest years, Jon has appeared within the movies “Mother’s Day” (2016) and “Killing Hasselhoff” (2017) and guest-starred on “Insatiable” (2018), “The Goldbergs” (2019), “The Cool Kids” (2019), and “A.P. Bio” (2020).

Personal Life

Jon’s life was touched by tragedy in May 1998 when his good good friend Phil Hartman was killed by his spouse, Brynn, in a stunning murder-suicide. Lovitz, who has stated that Hartman “was like [his] older brother,” partly blamed “NewsRadio” star Andy Dick for Phil’s heartbreaking dying as a result of Dick had allegedly given Brynn Hartman cocaine at a 1997 Christmas celebration, main the recovering addict to start utilizing medication once more. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, Brynn had cocaine, alcohol, and an anti-depressant in her system when she murdered her husband.

When Lovitz joined the forged of “NewsRadio,” Dick informed him, “You should not be right here,” to which Jon replied, “Well, I would not be right here if you happen to hadn’t given Brynn coke within the first place.” Lovitz later apologized for the comment, however in 2007, the 2 bumped into one another at a restaurant, and Dick acknowledged, “I put the Phil Hartman hex on you—you are the subsequent to die.” A number of months later, they obtained into an altercation on the Laugh Factory after Dick refused to apologize for his earlier remark. Jon later acknowledged in an interview with Dennis Miller:

“I simply misplaced it so I grabbed him by the shirt and I pushed him in opposition to the wall. And he is simply smiling at me, after which I spotted ‘oooh, this is my probability.’ So I grabbed him by his shirt and pushed him actually laborious and I smashed his again and his head into the bar. And I did it once more. I might have saved going, however the doorman broke it up.“

Awards and Nominations

“Saturday Night Live” earned Lovitz Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 1986 and 1987, and he acquired an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for “A League of Their Own” in 1993. Jon and his “Happiness” co-stars received a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble in 1998, and the “Hotel Transylvania” forged was nominated for a Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film in 2013.

Real Estate

In 1990 John paid $1.9 million for a house in Beverly Hills, Ca. Real property data present that he nonetheless owns this property and it is seemingly value $6-8 million.