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Meyers at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
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Birth name | Seth Adam Meyers |
Born |
Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
December 28, 1973
Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Years active | 2001–present |
Genres | Political/news satire, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy, surreal humor |
Subject(s) | American politics, American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media |
Spouse | Alexi Ashe (m. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Relative(s) | Josh Meyers |
Seth Adam Meyers (/ˈmaɪərs/ MY-ərs; born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers, a late-night talk show that airs on NBC. Prior to that, he was a head writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live (2001–2014) and hosted the show's news parody segment, Weekend Update.
In 2008, Meyers appeared in the film, Journey to the Center of the Earth, hosted the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014 and voiced the character Jeremy "Prock" Awesome in The Awesomes (2013–2015).
Meyers was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was raised in Okemos, Michigan from four to ten years of age, and Bedford, New Hampshire after that.
Meyers's mother, Hilary Claire (née Olson), was a French teacher, and his father, Laurence Meyers, Jr., worked in finance. His younger brother is actor Josh Meyers. His paternal grandfather was Jewish; and, although Meyers has performed at several Jewish Community Centers, he does not consider himself Jewish. Meyers's other ancestry is Czech–Austrian (from his paternal grandmother), Swedish, English, and German.