Tim Meadows is an actor, writer comedian who was one of the longest-running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for ten seasons and for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993. Some of his most memorable characters on the popular late-night show included “Leon Phelps”, “The Ladies’ Man”, and “Lionel Osbourne,” host of the fictional public affairs show, “Perspectives”, as well as uncanny impressions of OJ Simpson, Ike Turner, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Tim started as a member of the renowned Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, beside future star Chris Farley. Prior to starring on SNL, he worked there as a writer until becoming a cast member in 1991.

Most recently, Tim played Langston Fleury in the second season of DC’s Max series, The Peacemaker, and is one of the principle roles in the CBS workplace comedy, DMV. Throughout his legendary career, Meadows famously played the school principal in the hit comedy Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan and co-starred in many of Adam Sandler’s blockbuster comedies such as Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, and Hubie Halloween. Additionally, Tim co-starred with Andy Samberg in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping for Universal Pictures and co-starred with John C. Reilly in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story for Sony Pictures. Tim starred in A24’s Dream Scenario with Nicolas Cage and starred in Michel Gondry’s musical film, Atlantis.

Tim also played John Glascott on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs throughout its ten seasons and starred as the same character in Schooled for its two-season run.

He was seen multiple times in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office, Miracle Workers, and the lead in CBS/Paramount’s No Activity. Tim has also voiced one of the main characters on Bob’s Burgers for Fox and starred in hybrid live-action/animated comedy, Son of Zorn, from Chris Miller and Phil Lord alongside fellow SNL alum Jason Sudeikis. Tim reprised his role in Mean Girls (2024), starred in the Peacock series Poker Face, Disney+’s The Mandalorian, Comedy Central’s animated series Digman!, FOX’s animated series Grimsburg, and starred in Simon Rich’s Broadway play, All In.

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