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Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz is a versatile comedic actor who became an audience and critical favorite as a cast member of TV's Saturday Night Live, Lovitz created such popular characters as Tommy Flanagan of Liars Anonymous, Master Thespian and the Devil.

Among his early film credits were Last Resort, Jurnpin' Jack Flash and Three Amigos! but his role as the fast-talking baseball recruiter Ernie Cappy Capadino in Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own in 1992 earned him widespread acclaim. Subsequent film credits include Mom and Dad Save the World, City Slickers II, The Wedding Singer, Happiness, Rat Race and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.

Lovitz has provided a voice for the animated features The Brave Little Toaster, An American Tail: Revel Goes West and Cats & Dogs, and was heard as Jay Prescott Sherman and Woody Allen on the animated series The Critic. He has also provided a guest voice on The Simpsons.

Lovitz grew up in Tarzana, California and graduated from the University of California, Irvine.


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Jon Lovitz Facts

Birth Name Jonathan M. Lovitz
OccupationActor
BirthdayJuly 21, 1957 (54)
SignCancer
BirthplaceTarzana, California, USA
Height5' 10" (1m78)  How tall is Jon Lovitz compared to you?

Selected Filmography

A League Of Their Own
The Producers
The Brave Little Toaster
Matilda
Southland Tales
Benchwarmers, The
¡Three Amigos!
Three Amigos
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
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