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Jim Downey

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Jim Downey

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."

Known for: Acting
Born: 6 Oct 1952
Age: 74
Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA

Known for

There Will Be Blood2007
One Battle After Another2025

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Billy Madison1995

Wayne's World 21993

Happy Gilmore 22025

Actor
Writer

Lorne2026
Downey Wrote That2025
The Chair Company2025
The Chair Company
Season 1
S1E1Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does.
S1E3@BrownDerbyHistoricVids Little bit of Hollywood? Okayyy.
S1E4Bahld Harmon birthplace (disputed)
S1E5I won. Zoom in.
S1E6Happy Birthday, a friend.
S1E8Minnie Mouse coming back wasn't on my bingo card.
One Battle After Another2025
Happy Gilmore 22025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Season 1
S1E2Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room
S1E4Season 11: The Weird Year
White House Plumbers2023
White House Plumbers
Season 1
S1E1The Beverly Hills Burglary
Live from New York!2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Season 13
S13E19Jesse Eisenberg, Brittany Snow, Jim Downey, Steve Martin and Alison Brown
Veep2012
Veep
Season 6
S6E10Groundbreaking
Saturday Night2010
There Will Be Blood2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007
30 Rock2006
30 Rock
Season 7
S7E12Hogcock!
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Season 8
S8E10Larry vs. Michael J. Fox
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999
Dirty Work1998
The Little Patriot1995
Billy Madison1995
Wayne's World 21993
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989
Bum Rap1988
Kate & Allie1984
Kate & Allie
Season 6
S6E7Moving On
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981
Saturday Night Live1975
Saturday Night Live
Season 0
S0E1Mardi Gras Special
S0E155Saturday Night Live Backstage
S0E4Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special
S0E8Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary
Season 2
S2E13Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
S2E14Steve Martin/The Kinks
S2E15Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
S2E17Jack Burns/Santana
S2E20Eric Idle/Neil Innes
S2E21Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
S2E22Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
Season 3
S3E1Steve Martin/Jackson Browne
S3E13Art Garfunkel/Stephen Bishop
S3E16Michael Palin/Eugene Record
S3E17Michael Sarrazin/Keith Jarrett
S3E18Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers
S3E2Madeline Kahn/Taj Mahal
S3E6Buck Henry/Leon Redbone
S3E7Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson
Season 4
S4E10Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
S4E13Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
S4E14Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
S4E15Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
S4E16Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
S4E5Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
S4E9Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
Season 5
S5E1Steve Martin/Blondie
S5E11Elliott Gould/Gary Numan
S5E12Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave
S5E13Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band
S5E20Buck Henry/Andrew Gold
S5E3Bill Russell/Chicago
S5E4Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
S5E5Bea Arthur/The Roches
S5E8Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge
S5E9Teri Garr/The B-52's
Season 10
S10E17Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
S10E4Michael McKean/Chaka Khan, The Folksmen
S10E9Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers
Season 11
S11E11Jay Leno/The Neville Brothers
S11E7Harry Dean Stanton/The Replacements
Season 12
S12E14Bill Murray/Percy Sledge
S12E8William Shatner/Lone Justice
Season 14
S14E1Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
S14E10John Malkovich/Anita Baker
S14E16Mel Gibson/Living Color
S14E19Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
S14E3John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
Season 15
S15E1Bruce Willis/Neil Young
S15E14Fred Savage/Technotronic
S15E19Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
S15E2Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
S15E4James Woods/Don Henley
Season 16
S16E14Alec Baldwin/Whitney Houston
S16E19Delta Burke/Chris Isaak
Season 17
S17E15John Goodman/Garth Brooks
S17E17Sharon Stone/Pearl Jam
Season 18
S18E12Luke Perry/Mick Jagger
S18E13Alec Baldwin/Paul McCartney
Season 19
S19E10Jason Patric/Blind Melon
S19E15Nancy Kerrigan/Aretha Franklin
S19E16Helen Hunt/Snoop Doggy Dogg
S19E19John Goodman/The Pretenders
S19E3Jeff Goldblum/Aerosmith
S19E5Christian Slater/Smashing Pumpkins
Season 21
S21E17Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine
S21E3David Schwimmer/Natalie Merchant
S21E4Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette
Season 26
S26E1Rob Lowe/Eminem
Season 27
S27E14Jon Stewart/India.Arie
Season 28
S28E10Ray Liotta/The Donnas
S28E11Matthew McConaughey/Dixie Chicks
S28E2Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill
S28E7Robert De Niro/Norah Jones
Season 29
S29E16Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals with Bootsy Collins and The Roots
S29E2Justin Timberlake
S29E4Kelly Ripa/Outkast
Season 30
S30E13Hilary Swank/50 Cent
S30E4Kate Winslet/Eminem
Season 33
S33E10Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley
S33E8Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey
S33E9Christopher Walken/Panic at the Disco
Season 34
S34E11Hugh Laurie/Kanye West
S34E2James Franco/Kings of Leon
S34E20Zac Efron/Yeah Yeah Yeahs
S34E6Jon Hamm/Coldplay
S34E9Tim McGraw/Ludacris/T-Pain
Season 36
S36E20Tina Fey/Ellie Goulding