James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr. (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live. He currently hosts NBC's late night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Fallon is an Irish-American who was born in New York, New York, the son of Gloria and James Thomas Fallon, Sr., who is a Vietnam War veteran. His family later settled in Saugerties, New York, while his father wo...
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James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr. (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live. He currently hosts NBC's late night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Fallon is an Irish-American who was born in New York, New York, the son of Gloria and James Thomas Fallon, Sr., who is a Vietnam War veteran. His family later settled in Saugerties, New York, while his father worked at IBM in nearby Kingston. As a child, he and his sister, Gloria, would reenact the "clean parts" of Saturday Night Live that his parents had taped for him. Fallon was such a fan of Saturday Night Live that he made a weekly event of watching it in his dormitory during college. In his teens he impressed his parents with different impersonations, the first being of James Cagney. He was also musically inclined, and started playing guitar at age 13. He would go on to mix comedy and music in contests and shows.
Fallon attended St. Mary of the...
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