Tim Meadows

Timothy Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Meadows was one of the longest-running cast members on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for ten seasons from 1991 to 2000. Tim was one of the featured players in the middle-category of the 1990-91 season's cast.

He was one of only five cast members who survived the show's cast purge in 1995.

One of Meadows' gags on Weekend Update would be to appear as a character or as himself playing on something not obvious. He once commented on his displeasure with the 1994 NHL lockout through quoting hockey statistics and asking "What's a brother to do, watch basketball?" Another time Meadows introduced SNL with all the cast in their catch characters (Phil Hartman as Frankenstein's Monster, Mike Myers as Wayne, etc.) in a spoof of "We are the World" promoting racial reconciliation in light of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Meadows said he had been chosen as the MC because of an obvious issue..."namely, I do not have a catch character!" Ironically, this was prior to the introduction of Leon Phelps, a catch character he would become associated with.

Meadows left on May 20, 2000, which is the Season 25 finale after 10 seasons, in which at the time of his departure, he was the show's longest-tenured cast member (though his record has since been surpassed by Darrell Hammond and Kenan Thompson) and since has starred in two shows, The Michael Richards Show and Leap of Faith. Meadows starred in The Ladies Man, a film based on his SNL character Leon Phelps. He also appeared in the film Mean Girls.

Other shows Meadows played a key role on with comedians were Curb your Enthuthiasm with Larry David and The Bill Engvall Show, playing the next-door neighbor of the titular character.

Meadows used to star in Marry Me with SNL alum Casey Wilson, and in Mr. Box Office with another SNL alum Jon Lovitz.