American film actor, singer and comedian John Lovitz was born July 21, 1957 in Los Angeles, California. His father is a Jew, a native of Romania, his mother is an emigrant from Hungary. On the maternal side, John has Russian roots: his grandfather was born into a family of immigrants from Russia.
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After high school, John entered the University of Irvine, which he successfully graduated in 1979. He studied acting and was taught by the famous teacher of dramatic art, director Tony Barra. After graduating, John Lovitz joined the popular comedy troupe called The Groundlings. Well-known comedian Phil Hartman already worked there , with whom Lovitsa made friends. They worked together on television film projects, spent all their free time together. Phil Hartman's wife, Greta Lewis, even became jealous of her husband because he stopped being at home and became inseparable from John.
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John Lovitz, whose photographs are presented in the article, had an impressive appearance, and this helped him to make a career in cinema. He played characteristic characters, sophisticated crooks, respectable bourgeois and nihilists, convinced of their rightness. Such a multifaceted role allowed the actor to get roles on which it was necessary to work creatively. These were interesting images from a psychological point of view. One thing was embarrassing: most of the roles that Caught got to were secondary.
Movie actor and music
John Lovitz had a good voice and an absolute ear for music, so he often received invitations from directors of Broadway musicals. The actor had to leave California for a long time in New York and participate in a certain number of performances. Thus, he got a kind of tour. At that time, John Lovitz, whose personal life was not yet established, had complete freedom and could move anywhere.
In addition to acting, Lovitz was engaged in dubbing animated films. For example, in The Simpsons, he spoke with the voices of several characters at once.
Show programs
John Lovitz became truly famous thanks to his participation in a comedy show called "Saturday Night", in which he performed with humorous miniatures and short monologues for five years, from 1985 to 1990. He himself considered work on this project to be the best period in his creative career. For fruitful participation in the program, the actor was twice nominated for an Emmy Award.
John's most famous character is pathological liar Tommy Flanagan. In addition to this character, Lovitz played Mephistopheles, Michael Dukakis, Tonto and Tespian. Also on his account are the animated films "Cats Against Dogs", "Fedel Goes West", "Brave Little Toaster".
Another interesting character is Harry Hanukkah, the Jewish Grandfather Frost, who lives on Mount Sinai and travels in a basket pulled by three flying donkeys. Chanukah always carries with him a bag of gifts that he gives out to Jewish girls and boys.
Israeli Santa Claus in the program Catcher
The idea of the Saturday Night program about replacing American Santa Claus (due to his illness) with Jewish Hanukkah is not entirely clear, but nevertheless, every New Year John Lovitz put on the clothes of Jewish Santa Claus and sat in the basket.
In terms of musical creativity, the actor collaborated with Robbie Williams. One of the songs in his performance was included in the singer's album called Swing When You're Winning.
The first prominent film role John Lovitz played in 1992 in the film "Dad and Mom, Save the World!". This was followed by episodic roles in comedy films, such as “The Singer at the Wedding” (1997) and “Nikki, the Devil Jr.” (2000).
In the popular series "Friends" (seasons from 1994 to 2004), the actor played a dramatic role. His character was a certain restaurateur who lost his business due to addiction to drugs.
John Lovitz, whose films were either successful or disastrous, was claimed as a supporting actor. This did not hurt his ambition. He was pleased to star in all film projects, if the director received an invitation.
John Lovitz, filmography
During his career in cinema, the actor starred in thirty films and many television series. The following is a selected list of films with his participation:
- "Hamburger. Cinema" (1985), security guard;
- "Rat Boy" (1986), guest at a party;
- Three Amigos (1986), Morty;
- The Big One (1987), Scott Brennen;
- "The Skull Team" (1998), Wright Brain;
- Mr. Destiny (1990), Cliff Metzler;
- "Loaded weapons" (1993), Becker;
- The Eggheads (1993), Dr. Rudolph;
- "City dudes" (1994), Glen Robbins;
- North (1994), Arthur Belt;
- White Cheating (1995), Sol;
- "Monsters" (1996), Richard Clark;
- "Happiness" (1998), Andy Kornblat;
- Happy Loss (1999), Harry;
- The Little Cheaters (2000), Benny;
- The Sand (2000), Kirby;
- "Rat Race" (2001), Randall Peer;
- "Ask Cindy" (2001), Barry Sherman;
- The Stapford Wives (2004), Dave Markowitz;
- "Producers" (2005), Mr. Marx;
- “Bench of Spare” (2006), Chalk;
- Tales of the South (2006), Bart Brookman.
On the account of the actor, he participated in thirteen series, including Las Vegas, Fashion Magazine, Naked Truth, Friends, Tales from the Crypt, and Son of the Beach. The record holder for the duration of the seasons and series is the series "Biography", whose shows started in 1987 and continued until 2008.
The best was recognized as the series "Friends" about the adventures of six friends living in Manhattan in New York. Three guys and three girls who are not connected by anything try to be together. Each season has its own storyline with the participation of the same characters. The relations of the heroes fade, then flare up with renewed vigor. The series keeps the viewer in suspense, it is impossible to predict the further development of events.