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Colin Kelly Jost Wiki Biography
Colin Kelly Jost was born on 29 June 1982, in Staten Island, New York, USA, to Kerry and Daniel, and is probably best known as an actor from playing Paul in ‘‘How to Be Single’’. Additionally, Jost is known as a writer of ‘‘Saturday Night Live’’.
So just how rich is Colin Jost as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this actor, comedian and writer has a net worth of $1.5 million, accumulated from his 13 years-long career in the mentioned fields.
Jost was a student of Regis High School located in Manhattan, and having matriculated he enrolled into Harvard University, where he was also the editor of ‘‘The Owl’’, the university’s newspaper, and president of the university’s humourous publication “Harvard Lampoon”. Shortly after his graduation in 2005, Colin began working as a writer for the ‘‘Saturday Night Live’’, a hit TV series broadcast on NBC, and continued until 2012 creating 102 episodes, establishing himself in the comedy and television world, after which he moved up to head writer, and over the course of the next six years contributed to 62 episodes. His episodes featured some of the biggest names from the entertainment business, such as Katy Perry, Dwayne Johnson, Troye Sivan, Chris Pine, Ryan Gosling and Jay-Z. In 2014, he was a head writer of the special entitled ‘‘Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season’’, which featured celebrities such as Don Pardo, Alec Baldwin and Vanessa Bayer. It is safe to say that through this position Colin gained recognition among the audience, and significantly boosted his net worth.
In 2006 he began working on ‘‘Kappa Mikey’’, but the mentioned the parody of a Japanese anime attracted mediocre reviews. In 2011 he worked on ‘‘Paul Rudd Pitches Harvey Weinstein’’, then in 2013 wrote an episode of ‘‘Funny as Hell’’, the series which features raw comedy from some of the biggest contemporary comedy stars. In 2014, he wrote an episode of the popular talk-show ‘‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’’, the episode featuring Jason Sudeikis and Aubrey Plaza.
Besides being a writer, Jost is also an actor, and has had a few roles, importantly acting in 92 episodes of ‘‘Saturday Night Live’’. In 2015, he portrayed officer Greg in ‘‘Staten Island Summer’’, a comedy which follows the story of two friends, Danny and Frank who spend their summer after high school working as life guards, while trying to figure out their lives. In the next year, Jost portrayed Paul in ‘‘How to Be Single’’, working alongside actors such as Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann. To conclude, he has had three acting gigs.
When it comes to his private life, Jost is reportedly in a relationship with the actress Scarlett Johanson. He is active on social media such as Twitter and Instagram, and is currently followed by 226,000 people on the former and 324,000 on the latter.
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Colin Kelly Jost Quick Info
Full Name | Colin Jost |
Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 29, 1982 |
Place Of Birth | Island, New York, USA |
Profession | Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter |
Education | Regis High School, Harvard University |
Nationality | American |
Parents | Daniel A. Jost, Kerry Kelly |
Siblings | Casey Jost |
Partner | Scarlett Johanson |
https://www.facebook.com/ColinJostComedy | |
https://twitter.com/colinjost | |
https://www.instagram.com/colinjost | |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1906042 |
Awards | WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series – Television |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing – Variety Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing – Variety, Music Or Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series |
Movies | Staten Island Summer, How to Be Single, Jon Hamm and Coldplay |
TV Shows | Saturday Night Live Since, Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday |
Colin Kelly Jost Important Facts
- Brother of Casey Jost.
- He has published 3 “Shouts and Murmurs” pieces in The New Yorker Magazine and writes articles for The New York Times Magazine, The Huffington Post, Radar, and Staten Island Advance.
- His mother, Dr. Kerry J. Kelly, is a Chief Medical Officer for the New York City Fire Department and a physician, while his father, Daniel A. Jost, is a former teacher at Staten Island Technical School.
- His influences include Tina Fey and Norm MacDonald.
- Acted in the play “Fiddler on the Roof” many times at school.
- Is a Roman Catholic.
- Good friends with Seth Meyers and John Mulaney.
- At school, Colin’s teachers would let him and his friends reenact SNL sketches and read David Letterman Top 10 Lists.
- Appears at comedy festivals such as Just for Laughs.
- Graduated from Regis High School in 2000 with honors.
- Has been a writer on Saturday Night Live since 2005.
- Tours around different cities to perform stand-up comedy.
- Did speech and debate at Regis High School.
- Graduated from Harvard University in 2004, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon.
- Studied “the History and Literature of Russia and Britain” at Harvard.
- Performs with group “The War Dogs”.
Colin Kelly Jost Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
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Saturday Night Live | TV Series 11 episodes, 2010 – 2011 writer – 102 episodes, 2005 – 2012 head writer – 61 episodes, 2012 – 2015 written by – 41 episodes, 2007 – 2017 | Writer | ||
Staten Island Summer | 2015/II | Writer | ||
2015 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner | 2015 | TV Movie written by | Writer | |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Writer | |
Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season | 2014 | TV Special head writer | Writer | |
Funny as Hell | 2013 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Writer | |
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday | TV Series writer – 6 episodes, 2008 – 2009 head writer – 1 episode, 2012 | Writer | ||
Paul Rudd Pitches Harvey Weinstein | 2011 | Short | Writer | |
Kappa Mikey | TV Series writer – 3 episodes, 2006 staff writer – 2 episodes, 2006 – 2007 | Writer | ||
Saturday Night Live | 2006-2017 | TV Series | Weekend Update Anchor Marker Vincent Chase … |
Actor |
How to Be Single | 2016 | Paul | Actor | |
Staten Island Summer | 2015/II | Officer Greg | Actor | |
Saturday Night Live | 2009-2012 | TV Series writing supervisor – 65 episodes | Miscellaneous | |
2011 MTV Movie Awards | 2011 | TV Special host consultant | Miscellaneous | |
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday | 2009 | TV Series writing supervisor – 3 episodes | Miscellaneous | |
2006 MTV Movie Awards | 2006 | TV Special consultant | Miscellaneous | |
Saturday Night Live | TV Series 1 episode, 2009 segment director – 1 episode, 2008 | Director | ||
Weekend Update | 2017 | TV Mini-Series announced | Himself – Host | Self |
Stand for Rights | 2017 | TV Movie | Himself | Self |
The View | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Sketch Co-Writer | Self |
Overheard | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Today | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Red Nose Day | 2015 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2015 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Beers Player | Self |
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (credit only) | Self |
New York Stand-Up Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Comedian | Self |
Funny as Hell | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Comedian | Self |
Gotham Comedy Live | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Comedian | Self |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2011 | TV Series | Himself – Guest Comic | Self |
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | 2015 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
Gotham Comedy Live | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Comedian | Archive Footage |
Colin Kelly Jost Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
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2010 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Won |
2009 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Won |
2007 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Won |
2010 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Nominated |
2009 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Nominated |
2007 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) | Nominated |