Colin quinn bio
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Colin Quinn
Bio
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Colin Quinn
American comedian and actor (born 1959)
Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody segment. Prior to SNL, he was best known as the announcer/sidekick/co-host on MTV's 1980s game show Remote Control. Following his departure from SNL, Quinn went on to host Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, where he and a panel of New York's big names in stand-up comedy discussed and debated news stories of the day. Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in A Night at the Roxbury, Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films, and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck. Comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, and Dave Attell have cited Quinn as the quintessential "comic's comic" and New York comedian.[citation needed]
Quinn has also become known for his comedic one-man shows that feature his takes on history and growing up in New York City. As of 2020, he has written and starred in seven stage shows: Irish Wake, My Two Cents, Long Story Short,
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Colin Quinn
Biography
A born New Yorker, Colin Quinn grew up in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Before stand-up Quinn worked as a bartender.
Quinn started performing stand-up in 1985, right after his first year of college. A friend of his coaxed him into starting performing together. He claims his first performance was in jail, after cops picked up for buying drugs prior to his intended first performance at the Improv. He told the cops that he was a comic and ended up performing for them, to silence, in his jail cell.
In 1987 he became a co-host of "Remote Control", a game show on MTV. Friends and fellow comics Adam Sandler and Denis Leary often made guest appearances on the show as various characters. He worked on the program for three years and continues his relationship with MTV with a sports comedy show entitled "Colin Quinn's Manly World."
Early in the 90s, Quinn hosted the A&E stand-up show "Caroline's Comedy Hour." One of his writers for the show was Jon Stewart.
Colin Quinn, as a good friend of Jerry Seinfeld, had a prominent presence in Seinfeld's documentary on stand-up "Comedian." On the DVD for "Comedian", Quinn appears on the commentary track with Seinfeld.
In 1995, Quinn became a writer and feature player on "Saturday Night Live." In