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![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Screenwriter, Actor Born: February 5, 1961 in Highland Park, MI Biography:One of the longest-running cast member in the history of "Saturday Night Live", easygoing funnyman "Tim Meadows" crafted some of the series' most enduring characters in his nine-year stint on the popular late-night comedy staple. Whether sipping Courvoisier as self-proclaimed Ladies' Man Leon Phelps or posing clueless questions to irritable guests as early morning talk show host Lionel Osborne, Meadows and his memorable collection of characters endured even during the more critically panned years of "SNL" and proved an important component of keeping the show on its feet during those dark days.
Born in Highland Park, MI, and raised in Detroit, Meadows studied radio and television broadcasting at Wayne State University before performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon in nearby Ferndale. Quickly finding his stride on-stage, Meadows relocated to Chicago where he would join the... Full Biography
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