Jimmy Fallon

About Jimmy Fallon

James Thomas Fallon, Jr. (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, and musician known for his work on Saturday Night Live. He will replace Conan O'Brien as host of NBC's Late Night in 2009.

Fallon was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Gloria and James Thomas Fallon, Sr., who was a Vietnam veteran. He grew up in Saugerties. As a child, he and his sister, Gloria, would reenact the "clean parts" of Saturday Night Live that his parents had taped for him. Fallon attended St. Mary of the Snow, a Roman Catholic parochial school, and Saugerties High School. He graduated in 1992 and attended the The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Fallon majored in Communications, dropping out 15 credits shy of a degree. Fallon was such a fan of Saturday Night Live that he made a weekly event of watching it in his dormitory.

Fallon appeared in the feature film The Scheme (originally entitled The Entrepreneurs). His one line in Father's Day was cut but he can still be seen in the background. By late 1998, Fallon was studying at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, making $7.50 a set at The Improv Theater, when he was summoned to New York to audition for the long-running late night sketch comedy show, Saturday Night Live. Fallon did his impersonations of Jerry Seinfeld, John Travolta, French Stewart, Chris Rock, Gilbert Gottfried, Kelsey Grammer, and Adam Sandler, many of which drew laughter from producer Lorne Michaels. Fallon also did musical impersonations of Eddie Vedder, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Alanis Morissette, and Robert Smith of The Cure..