
Jim Downey
Actor
Born: October 6, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA
Biography
James Woodward Downey (born 1952) is an American comedy writer, producer and actor. Downey wrote for over 30 seasons of Saturday Night Live, making him the longest tenured writer in the show's history. SNL creator Lorne Michaels called Downey the "best political humorist alive" while Conan O'Brien said he is "the great comedy writer that we all revere."
Filmography (20)
- There Will Be Blood (2007, ★ 8.1)
- One Battle After Another (2025, ★ 7.4)
- Saturday Night (2010, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989, ★ 7.6)
- Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005, ★ 7.7)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000, ★ 8)
- 30 Rock (2006, ★ 7.5)
- Veep (2012, ★ 7.5)
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998, ★ 7.9)
- Dirty Work (1998, ★ 6.2)
- Billy Madison (1995, ★ 6.2)
- Happy Gilmore 2 (2025, ★ 6.6)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993, ★ 6.1)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025, ★ 6.7)
- The Chair Company (2025, ★ 7.1)
- Live from New York! (2015, ★ 5.9)
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999, ★ 6.8)
- Kate & Allie (1984, ★ 5.9)
- White House Plumbers (2023, ★ 6.2)