Colin Jost
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Colin Kelly Jost is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of Weekend Update since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015 and later came back as one of the show's head writers in 2017 until 2022 alongside Michael Che.
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Colin Jost, born Colin Kelly Jost on 29 June 1982 in Staten Island, is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. He was educated at Harvard University and began his career in 2002. He has received a Peabody Award and a Writers Guild of America Award, and is the author of A Very Punchable Face. Jost's spouse is Scarlett Johansson, who was also his unmarried partner, and the couple have one child.
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- A Very Punchable Face
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Staten Island, New York, USA
Colin Jost (born June 29, 1982) is an American writer and actor, known for his work on Saturday Night Live (2005–present). He has also starred in the films How to Be Single (2016), Tom & Jerry (2021), and Fly Me to the Moon (2024), the lattermost starred his wife Scarlett Johansson. Jost has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, winning two for his work on SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special in 2025.
Known for
- The Breadwinner — Conor Ashford2026
- Lorne — Self2026
- Pop Culture Jeopardy! — Self - Host2026
- The Bad Guys 2 — Mr. Moon (voice)2025
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest2025
- Fly Me to the Moon — Senator Cook2024
- Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark — Self - Host2024
- Will & Harper — Self2024
- Pop Culture Jeopardy! — Self - Host2024
- The Kardashians — Self2022
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jost
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Staten Island
- Spouse
- Scarlett Johansson
- Occupation
- television director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- colinjost.com
- Image
- Colin Jost 301 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 70.5
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1982-06-29
- Commons category
- Colin Jost
- unmarried partner
- Scarlett Johansson
- social media followers
- 274838
- birth name
- Colin Kelly Jost
- name in native language
- Colin Jost
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
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