John Lovitz - American actor, host of comic show programs, singer and reciter

American actor, singer and comedian John Lovitz was born July 21, 1957 in Los Angeles, California. The father is a Jew, comes from Romania, his mother is an expatriate from Hungary. On the maternal line, John traces Russian roots: his grandfather was born into a family of immigrants from Russia.

Acquaintance with Hartman

After the middle school, John entered the University of Irvine, which he successfully graduated in 1979. He taught acting skills at the famous teacher of dramatic art director Tony Barra. After receiving a diploma, John Lovitz joined the popular comedy troupe called The Groundlings. There already worked well-known comedian Phil Hartman, with whom Lovitz began friendship. They worked together on television film projects, spent all their free time together. The wife of Phil Hartman, Greta Lewis, even became jealous of her husband for stopping at home and becoming inseparable from John.

Role

John Lovitz, whose photos are presented in the article, had an impressive appearance, and it helped him to make a career in film. He played characteristic characters, sophisticated rascals, respectable bourgeois and nihilists, convinced of their rightness. Such a multifaceted role allowed the actor to obtain roles that needed to be creatively worked on. These were interesting images from a psychological point of view. One was embarrassed: most of the roles that Lovitsa got were secondary.

Film actor and music

John Lovitz had a good voice and an absolute musical ear, so he often received invitations from the directors of the Broadway musicals. The actor had to leave California for New York for a long time and participate in a certain number of performances. Thus, he got a kind of tour. At that time, John Lovitz, whose personal life was not yet established, had complete freedom and could move anywhere.

In addition to acting, Lovitz was engaged in scoring animated films. For example, in "The Simpsons" he spoke with the voices of several characters at once.

Show programs

The truly famous John Lovitz became due to his participation in the comedy show called "Saturday Night", in which he performed humorous miniatures and short monologues for five years, from 1985 to 1990. He himself considered work on this project the best period in his creative career. For a fruitful participation in the program, the actor was twice nominated for the Emmy Award.

The most famous character of John is the pathological liar Tommy Flanagan. In addition to this character, Lovitz played Mephistopheles, Michael Dukakis, Tonto and Thespian. Also on his account are cartoons "Cats against dogs", "Thevel goes to the West", "Brave little toaster".

Another interesting character is Harry Hanuka, the Jewish Santa Claus, who lives on the Sinai mountain and travels in a basket drawn by three flying donkeys. With you, Chanukah always has a bag full of presents, which he gives out to Jewish girls and boys.

Israeli Santa Claus in the program Lovica

The idea behind the Saturday Night program about the replacement of the American Santa Claus (on the occasion of his illness) with the Jewish Chanukah is not entirely clear, but nevertheless each New Year John Lovitz put on the clothes of the Jewish Santa Claus and got into the basket.

In terms of musical creativity, the actor collaborated with Robbie Williams. One of the songs in his performance entered the album of a singer called Swing When You're Winning.

The first prominent role in the movie John Lovitz played in 1992 in the movie "Dad and Mom, Save the World!". Next came episodic roles in comedic films, such as "The Singer at the Wedding" (1997) and "Nikki, Devil Jr." (2000).

In the popular TV series "Friends" (seasons from 1994 to 2004), the actor played a dramatic role. His character was a certain restaurateur, who lost his business because of his addiction to drugs.

John Lovitz, whose films were either successful or failed, was in demand as a supporting actor. This did not affect his ambition. He gladly acted in all film projects, if invited to the director.

John Lovitz, filmography

During his career in film, the actor starred in thirty films and a lot of television series. Below is the selected list of films with his participation:

• "Hamburger. Cinema" (1985), security guard;
• "Rat Boy" (1986), guest at the party;
• "Three Amigos" (1986), Morti;
• "The Big One" (1987), Scott Brennen;
• "The Skull team" (1998), Wright Brain;
• "Mr. Destiny" (1990), Cliff Metzler;
• "Charged weapons" (1993), Becker;
• "Eggheads" (1993), Dr. Rudolph;
• "City dudes" (1994), Glen Robbins;
• "North" (1994), Arthur Belt;
• "White deceit" (1995), Sol;
• "The Beast" (1996), Richard Clarke;
• "Happiness" (1998), Andy Cornblatt;
• "Happy Loss" (1999), Harry;
• "Small Scammers" (2000), Benny;
• "Sand" (2000), Kirby;
• "Rat Running" (2001), Randall Pier;
• "Ask Cindy" (2001), Barry Sherman;
• "The Stapford Wives" (2004), Dave Markowitz;
• "Producers" (2005), Mr. Marks;
• "Bench of spare" (2006), Mel;
• "Tales of the South" (2006), Bart Brookman.

On the actor's account participated in thirteen serials, including "Las Vegas", "Fashion magazine", "Naked Truth", "Friends", "Tales from the Crypt", "Son of the Beach". The record for the duration of the seasons and series is the series "Biography", which was launched in 1987 and continued until 2008.

The best was recognized by the series "Friends" about the adventures of six friends living in Manhattan in New York. Three guys and three girls who do not have anything to do, try to be together. In each season, there is a storyline with the same characters. Relationships of the heroes then fade, then flare up with renewed vigor. The series keeps the viewer in suspense, it is impossible to predict the further development of events.