Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins | |
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Born | Stand-up, television, film | August 13, 1963
Years active | 1988–present |
Genres | Sketch comedy, observational comedy, political satire, social satire |
Spouse |
Ellen Higgins (m. 1993) |
Children | 4, including John |
Relative(s) | David Anthony Higgins (brother) Alan J. Higgins (brother) |
Notable works and roles | Saturday Night Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Higgins Boys and Gruber |
Steve Earl Higgins (born August 13, 1963) is an American writer, producer, announcer, actor, and comedian. Higgins has served as the announcer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, and as a writer and producer of Saturday Night Live since 1995. Prior to The Tonight Show, he was the announcer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014. Early in his career, he was part of the sketch comedy trio The Higgins Boys and Gruber, who had their own eponymous sketch series on Comedy Central from 1989 to 1991.
Early life
Higgins was born on August 13, 1963, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Marian (née Coppola) and Harold Higgins, who managed the custodial operations in West Des Moines schools.[1] He was one of five children, including his brothers David and Alan. Higgins formed the comedy troupe "Don't Quit Your Day Job," with brothers David and Alan and friend
Career
Don't Quit Your Day Job eventually moved to California, where they started performing in Los Angeles[3] and soon got their big break on the Comedy Central sketch comedy series The Higgins Boys and Gruber.[4][5] Following a very lean year after their third year performing the group was suddenly relegated to selling donated "merch" at yard sales in the Mississippi backwoods. These forays into sales usually netted the group lunch money or at least Vienna sausage money.
In 1989, Higgins performed at
From 1995 to 1997, Higgins was the co-head writer of
From 2009 to 2014, Higgins served as announcer on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. When Jimmy Fallon was selected by NBC to succeed Jay Leno, Higgins was brought on as announcer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. From 2013 to 2015, Higgins voiced Mr. Awesome in the Hulu original series The Awesomes. He voiced the character "Chadwick the Edible Blargmonger" in the 2014 animated special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.[13] In 2017, he won an Emmy for his work on SNL.
In July 2015, while Jimmy Fallon was recovering from surgery after suffering a serious injury to his finger, Higgins was hospitalized for Lyme disease. He returned to the Tonight Show fully recovered and on the same night as Fallon's return.[14][15]
References
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- ^ "Questions & Answers". Akron Beacon Journal. March 17, 1996.
- ^ Rhodes, Joe (January 14, 2007). "It's Like 'Hee Haw', Only Nakeder". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ Tucker, Ernest (December 3, 1989). "Look back in laughter: Is the comedy boom just about to go bust?". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Leader, Jody (May 7, 1993). "At This Party, Sleazy Does It". Daily News of Los Angeles.
- ^ Mendoza, N.F. (August 2, 1995). "Ellen's Resident Cynic Hopeful About Career". The Plain Dealer.
- ^ "Jimmy Fallon's Behind The Scenes Talent". Radar. February 17, 2009. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ Porter, Rick (February 19, 2009). "Jimmy Fallon Lines Up First Guests". Zap2It. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ "60th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ Adams, Erik (June 19, 2012). "Showrunner Michael Schur on building Parks And Recreation's fourth season (Part 2 of 5)". avclub.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "Jim Parsons To Star In Animated 'Elf' Holiday Special On NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. October 24, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Kimberly Truong (July 14, 2015). "Here's how Jimmy Fallon almost lost his finger". Mashable.
- ^ Stark, Phyllis (July 15, 2013). "Jimmy Fallon nearly lost finger in kitchen accident". NowTrending.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2023.