Colin Jost (born June 29, 1982, Staten Island, New York) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Jost has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of Weekend Update since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015 and later came back as one of the show's head writers in 2017 until 2022 alongside Michael Che. [1] He was also promoted to the cast as a featured player for the second half of season 39 in 2014 and he was rpomoted to a repertory player for season 41 in 2015.
In 2021, he surpassed Meyers being the longest serving Weekend Update Anchor in the history of the segment on the October 23, 2021 episode, the fourth episode and Halloween show of Season 47, hosted by longtime former cast member Jason Sudeikis, with musical guest Brandi Carlile.
The day prior to this episode airing, Jost marked his 10th anniversary of anchoring Weekend Update (in which he is also the show’s longest serving Update anchor in history).
Biography[]
Colin Jost is a head writer at Saturday Night Live and a touring stand-up comedian. He’s appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, TBS and at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Colin’s been performing since the 6th grade, when his teachers let him, and his friends reenact SNL sketches and read David Letterman Top Ten lists in front of the entire school. He did Speech and Debate at Regis High School in Manhattan, then commuted home to Staten Island to be in musicals, such as Fiddler on the Roof. Colin attended Harvard University, where he became president of the Harvard Lampoon. In addition to his work on SNL, Colin writes screenplays and has been lucky enough to perform stand-up all over the country during the past eight years. Colin resides in New York.
He began as a writer in Season 31, where he was promoted to Writing Supervisor in Season 35 and eventually Co-Head Writer in Season 38, alongside now-former cast member Meyers. He made multiple appearances in pretaped sketches as his time as a writer, most notably Andy Samberg's SNL Digital Short. He joined the cast in Season 39 to become the new Weekend Update Co-Anchor, succeeding Meyers, who went on to host Late Night. He resigned as head writer after season 40, but then was renamed is head writer midway through season 43 in December 2017, and was head writer through the end of Season 47.
Jost is married to actress Scarlett Johansson. In May 2019, the two were engaged, and married in October 2020, at their New York home. Johansson gave birth to their son Cosmo in August 2021. Jost is also the stepfather to Johansson's daughter from a previous marriage. In 2023, Jost, along with his fellow SNL castmate Pete Davidson, purchased a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry boat.
On April 27, 2024, Jost hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an annual gathering of reporters usually entertained by the president and a comedian. In his 20-minute monologue, Jost roasted Trump and Biden, offered support of Biden's "decency," joked about his married life with Scarlett Johansson, and celebrated the free press.
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Characters[]
Impressions[]
- John Kasich
- Pete Buttigieg
SNL Career[]
- 2005-Present: Writer
- 2009-2012: Writing Supervisor
- 2012-2015, 2017-2022: Co-Head Writer
- 2014-2015: Featured Player
- 2014-present: Weekend Update Co-Anchor
- 2015-present: Repertory Player
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Preceded by: Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong |
Weekend Update anchor with Cecily Strong (Season 39) |
Followed by: With Michael Che |
Preceded by: with Cecily Strong |
Weekend Update anchor with Michael Che (Season 40— Present) |