CHRIS KATTAN

'Christopher Lee Kattan' (born October 19, 1970) is an American comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his work on the sketch show ''Saturday Night Live''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (born Jerome Kattan), is an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series ''Reno 911!'' as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajni Biro, was in Playboy in the 1960s. His father is of Iraqi Jewish descent and his mother is a Hungarian-born Buddhist.^[1] The two divorced when Kattan was a toddler and his mother re-married to Marc Joslyn.

Career

Kattan was a member of the improv/sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles; his father was an original member of the troupe. He moved to New York City to work on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2003. He made ''A Night at the Roxbury'' with fellow ''SNL'' (and Groundlings) cast member Will Ferrell in 1998. Kattan's impressions included Antonio Banderas, Al Pacino, David Gest, Ricky Martin, and CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour. His recurring characters included Mr. Peepers, Mango, Azrael Abyss, Gay Hitler, and Mr. Forrester, known for the term "dagitybo".
Kattan has made one appearance on Broadway, playing Xanthias in a production of Aristophanes' ''The Frogs'' until his replacement during previews (Details^[2]) by Roger Bart. Kattan is hosting a new CBS game show called 'Gameshow In My Head' in which he sends contestants out onto the street, armed only with a tiny earpiece, and gives them wild and insane tasks to complete in front of unsuspecting bystanders. As the contestants complete their tasks, Chris's challenges become increasingly difficult. If a player can make it all the way to the final task, they have the chance to win $150,000. The pilot episode taped on April 10th in Hollywood.^[3]
Kattan is engaged to model Sunshine Tutt. He was also seen on E!'s reality show Sunset Tan.

Filmography

★ ''Saturday Night Live'' (TV) (1996–2003)

★ ''Grace Under Fire'' (TV) (1996)

★ ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998)

★ ''House on Haunted Hill'' (1999)

★ ''Any Given Wednesday'' (2000)

★ ''Corky Romano'' (2001)

★ ''Monkeybone'' (2001)

★ ''Undercover Brother'' (2002)

★ ''Enough About Me'' (TV) (2005)

★ ''Adam & Steve'' (2005)

★ ''Santa's Slay'' (2005)

★ ''Inked'' (TV) (2005)

★ ''Totally Awesome'' (TV) (2006)

★ ''Delgo'' (voice) (2007)

★ ''Foodfight!'' (voice) (2007)

★ ''Two Dreadful Children'' (voice) (2007)

★ ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'' (voice) (2007)

★ ''Christmas in Wonderland'' (2007)

References

1. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22714/edition_id/455/format/html/displaystory.html
2. http://ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=119091
3. http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=31832

External links

★ ChrisKattan.net, his official site

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