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Jim Downey

born 1952 · Acting

61.3avg grm
6titles
1honors

Honors

1
—Primetime Emmy Award

Bio

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."

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

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2020s4 titlesSSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self - 1976-80, 1984-98, 2000-13 · series65.0SSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self - Head Writer Season 11 · series65.0CThe Chair Company2025 · as Douglas · series63.5DDowney Wrote That2025 · as Self - SNL Writer58.1
2010s1 titleSSaturday Night2010 · as Self57.5
1990s1 titleBThe Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live1998 · as Newspaper Vendor58.4

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Jim Downey

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born1952
known forActing
titles on site6
avg GRM61.3
honors1 · Primetime Emmy Award
Honors
  • —Primetime Emmy Award
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

ranked on this site

2020s

4 titles
S65.0SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self - 1976-80, 1984-98, 2000-13 · seriesS65.0SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self - Head Writer Season 11 · seriesC63.5The Chair Company2025 · as Douglas · seriesD58.1Downey Wrote That2025 · as Self - SNL Writer

2010s

1 title
S57.5Saturday Night2010 · as Self

1990s

1 title
B58.4The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live1998 · as Newspaper Vendor

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