'''James Thomas Fallon''', commonly referred to as '''Jimmy Fallon''' (born September 19, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish-American comedian, actor and Grammy nominated musician best known for his work on ''Saturday Night Live''.

Fallon was raised in Saugerties, New York with his older sister, Gloria, and his parents, Jim and Gloria. Fallon attended St. Mary of the Snow, a Catholic, parochial school, and Saugerties High School. He graduated in 1992 and attended the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Fallon majored in computer science, dropping out 15 credits shy of a degree.

Saturday Night Live

From 2000 until his departure from the show in 2004, Fallon co-anchored Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" segment with Tina Fey. He was also an impressionist, portraying Pat O'Brien, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Zucker, Dennis Miller, Robin Williams, Carson Daly, Chris Rock, Ryan Seacrest, Richard Simmons, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Howard Stern, Mick Jagger, Gilbert Gottfried, Hilary Swank, and French Stewart. Some famous characters he had include Joey Mack, Nick Burns, Sully of the Boston Teens, one of the Bloder Brothers (the other half being Chris Parnell), Jarret from "Jarret's Room" and Barry Gibb from "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" .

Fallon found easy fame on SNL by imitating the personality of former member Adam Sandler; performing song parodies on an acoustic guitar and playing up the "shy, cute guy" routine: during applause Fallon would look down, bite his lower lip, and wave bashfully to the audience.

He is considered to be one of the only teen heartthrobs in SNL history, with dozens of websites devoted to him and a huge fan base consisting of mostly adoring teenage girls.

Fallon was known for his tendency to look at the camera, flub his lines, and break character by laughing in the middle of sketches, especially around fellow cast members and pals Horatio Sanz and Will Ferrell. Despite this, he was still in the cast for six seasons.

Beyond ''SNL''

Before ''Saturday Night Live'', Jimmy Fallon played in ''The Scheme'' (originally entitled ''The Entrepreneurs''). His one line in ''Father's Day'' was cut but can still be seen in the background. His ''SNL'' career has led to roles in ''Taxi'', ''Anything Else'', ''Band of Brothers'', ''Almost Famous'', ''Fever Pitch'' and ''Doogal''.

His latest project due in September 2006 is ''Factory Girl''.

In 2002, Fallon released the comedy album ''The Bathroom Wall'' which was nominated for a Grammy in 2003 for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

He wrote a book in 1998 called ''I Hate this Place: The Pessimist's Guide to Life'' with sister Gloria about his brief time in Los Angeles. In 2005 he released a children's book called ''Snowball Fight!'' based on a song from his album.

Fallon co-hosted the 2001 MTV Movie Awards with Kirsten Dunst. He also hosted the MTV Video Music Awards alone the next year. This show climaxed with a performance by Guns N' Roses. Fallon had to be bleeped when he excitedly referred to them as "Guns N' Fucking Roses." This show led to persistent rumors that he was the mysterious masked guitarist Buckethead, who was a member of Guns N' Roses at the time. (Buckethead's real name is in fact Brian Carroll.) Fallon also hosted the 2005 MTV Movie Awards.

Fallon also appeared on the 5th episode of the tv miniseres band of brothers as 2nd Lt. George Rice (10th Armored)

Following the Boston Red Sox's World Series clinching game over the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004, Fallon ran onto the field at Busch Stadium with Drew Barrymore to film a scene for their movie ''Fever Pitch''. The move angered numerous Red Sox fans, who felt their 86-year moment-in-waiting had been cheapened by Fallon.

Fallon has also been the subject of much ridicule on some Fox shows. While hosting ''SNL'' in an episode of ''Family Guy'', Jimmy Fallon took Meg Griffin's virginity: she was unaware that they were on camera until after the sex, when Fallon shouted "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Peter promptly beat him up afterwards for his bad acting on the show (again, a jab at his infamous tendency to forget lines and break character by laughing), then asked "Okay, where's the guy who slept with my daughter?", unaware that it was Fallon. On an episode of ''The Simpsons'', Bart and Milhouse were laughing at something on Bart's computer, when Homer strolled past the door. Homer asked, "What are you laughing at? If you say Jimmy Fallon, I'll know you're lying!" He has also recently been parodied on ''MAD TV'', a rival show of ''Saturday Night Live'', by actor Ron Pederson. During one skit on MAD TV, Fallon, played by Pederson, is referred to as "former future movie star", a jab at his less than spectacular movies.

At the 2005 MTV movie awards, Fallon played Anakin Skywalker in comedic parody of ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'''s Mustafar scene, in which Anakin and Padme have their last conversation.

In 2006, Fallon starred in a Pepsi television commercial with actress Parker Posey. In the ad, the two can be seen dancing and jumping around to the song ''Streamline'' by Newton.

External links

*Fan Site
*Another fan's website, focused on Fallon's "Weekend Update" work
*Jimmy Fallon Lyrics

For more information about Jimmy Fallon, please visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon

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