Tim Meadows

Tim Meadows
Meadows at the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews 2014 for Marry Me.
Born	Timothy Meadows (1961-02-05) February 5, 1961 Highland Park, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Michelle Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2005)​
Children	2

Timothy Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian and one of the longest-running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for ten seasons.

Early life and education

Meadows was born in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Mardell, a nurse's assistant, and Lathon Meadows, a janitor. He attended Pershing High School in Detroit and studied television and radio broadcasting at Wayne State University.

Career

Meadows began performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. Meadows' start in show business was in Chicago as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member, appearing on the program until 2000. (Meadows was on the show for ten seasons; this was the record for the longest tenure on the show until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005, whose record was also surpassed by Kenan Thompson in 2017.) Meadows' lengthy tenure on the show was used as a gag in three monologues when former cast members Phil Hartman and Mike Myers returned to the show to host, and when Alec Baldwin hosted for his twelfth time.

Meadows often spoofed famous personalities including O. J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and Erykah Badu on SNL, and one time remarked that he had no character that was identified to him, such as Wayne and Garth being identified to Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Eventually he did get an original character with Leon Phelps, "The Ladies' Man", a perpetually horny talk show host who falsely believed himself to be the living definition of what women search for in a man. The character was adapted into a 2000 film, The Ladies Man, which followed the character's attempts to find love and a suitable outlet for his beloved radio program. In 2001, he co-starred in Three Days; in 2003 he appeared as Miles McDermott in The Even Stevens Movie.

Meadows in 2008

Meadows soon moved on to other projects, including a regular role on the short-lived NBC sitcom The Michael Richards Show and a supporting role in the 2004 film The Cookout. He also guest-starred as a client on the hit NBC comedy The Office in the second-season episode "The Client". He played a high school principal in Mean Girls, a film written by (and co-starring) fellow SNL cast member Tina Fey. He also had a part in Handsome Boy Modeling School's album White People. In 2007, he appeared in a substantial supporting role in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

Meadows has appeared in other feature films, including Coneheads, It's Pat, and Wayne's World 2, all of which were based on popular SNL characters and had varying degrees of success. He co-starred in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers alongside his former SNL co-stars Rob Schneider and David Spade. He was also featured in CBS's Gameshow Marathon (summer 2006), has appeared on The Colbert Report in the recurring role of P.K. Winsome, a conservative pundit and entrepreneur (who made an appearance at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear), and starred in The Bill Engvall Show. He was also a frequent guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as a comic field reporter. On May 31, 2008, Meadows threw out a ceremonial first pitch and conducted the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game against the Colorado Rockies.

In 2014, Meadows co-starred alongside Casey Wilson and Ken Marino in the short-lived NBC sitcom Marry Me. He and Dan Bucatinsky played "The Kevins", the gay dads of Annie (played by Wilson) who are both named Kevin. Since 2013, he has appeared in a recurring role on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, playing Mr. Glascott, the high school's parrot-owning guidance counselor. In 2016, he began starring in the FOX live-action/animation hybrid Son of Zorn opposite Cheryl Hines and Jason Sudeikis. He also had a recurring role in Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Jake Peralta's cannibal prison cellmate.

Meadows continues to perform improv in Chicago and Los Angeles, most frequently at venues such as the ImprovOlympic and Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With Heather Anne Campbell and Miles Stroth, Meadows frequently performed in the improvised sketch show, Heather, Miles, and Tim in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Meadows married his wife Michelle Taylor in 1997, together they have two sons. They divorced in 2005 after eight years of marriage.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Coneheads	Athletic Cone
1993	Wayne's World 2	Sammy Davis Jr.
1994	It's Pat	KVIB-FM Station Manager
2000	The Ladies Man	Leon Phelps	Also writer
2003	Wasabi Tuna	Dave
2004	Mean Girls	Ron Duvall
2004	The Cookout	Cousin Leroy
2006	The Benchwarmers	Wayne
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Sam McPherson
2008	Semi-Pro	Cornelius Banks
2009	Aliens in the Attic	Doug Armstrong
2010	Grown Ups	Malcolm
2011	Jack & Jill	Ted
2013	Grown Ups 2	Malcolm
2015	Chasing Ghosts	Chris Brighton
2015	Trainwreck	Tim
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Harry Duggins
TBA	Hubie Halloween		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–2000	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	Also writer and Series regular; 184 episodes
1997	The Chris Rock Show	Rev. Barnett Reed	Episode #2.1; uncredited
1999	Strangers with Candy	Percy Kittens	Episode: "Let Freedom Ring"
1999	Olive, the Other Reindeer	Richard Stands (voice)	TV movie
2000	The Michael Richards Show	Kevin Blakeley	Series regular; 7 episodes
2000–2001	TV Funhouse	Various voices	2 episodes
2001	Third Watch	Leroy Watkins	Episode: "Exposing Faith"
2001	Three Days	Lionel the Angel	TV movie
2002	Leap of Faith	Lucas	6 episodes
2003	The Even Stevens Movie	Miles McDermott	TV movie
2004	One on One	Leroy Ballard	Episode: "You Don't Have to Go Home..."
2005	Living with Fran	Greg Peters	3 episodes
2005	The Office	Christian	Episode: "The Client"
2006	Everybody Hates Chris	Soul Train Teacher	Episode: "Everybody Hates Corleone"
2006	Lovespring International	Joe Reynolds	Episode: "The Sperminator"
2006	Reba	Steve Norris	Episode: "Just Business"
2006–2014	The Colbert Report	P.K. Winsome	Recurring; 11 episodes
2006	Help Me Help You	Dr. Pete "Petey" Spiller	3 episodes
2007	According to Jim	Dennis	Episode: "Hoosier Daddy"
2007	Shredderman Rules	Mr. Green	TV movie
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Hal	Episode: "The Rat Dog"
2007–2008	Lil' Bush	Lil' Barack (voice)	11 episodes
2007–2009	The Bill Engvall Show	Paul DuFrayne	Series regular; 23 episodes
2009–2012	Easy to Assemble	Tim	5 episodes
2010–2011	Glory Daze	Professor Haines	Series regular; 8 episodes
2010	Funny or Die Presents	Skip Spence Raylon	Episode: "The Carpet Brothers"
2010	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Dr. Volk	2 episodes
2011	Mean Girls 2	Ron Duvall	Television film
2011–2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Various voices	2 episodes
2012–2014	Suburgatory	Edmond	3 episodes
2012–2015	Mr. Box Office	Principal Theodore Martin	Series regular; 36 episodes
2012–present	Bob's Burgers	Mike the Mailman (voice)	15 episodes
2013	30 Rock	Martin Lutherking	Episode: "Florida"
2013	The Venture Bros.	Wind Song (voice)	Episode: "Sphinx Rising"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	J. Milo Beauregard	Episode: "David Cross Wears a Red Polo Shirt & Brown Shoes with Red Laces"
2013–2018	The Goldbergs	Mr. Glascott (Guidance Counselor)	Recurring; 22 episodes
2014–2015	Marry Me	Kevin 1	Series regular; 14 episodes
2015	The Spoils Before Dying	Gary Dunhill	4 episodes
2016	Inside Amy Schumer	Ted	Episode: "Madame President"
2016–2017	Son of Zorn	Craig	Series regular; 13 episodes
2016	Ask the StoryBots	Reindeer	Episode: "Where Does Rain Come From?"
2016	Tween Fest	Hologram Miles Davis	Episode: "Vape Battle of the Century"
2016	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	P.K. Winsome	Episode: "Ethan Hawke/Tim Meadows/Wilco/Nile Rodgers"
2017, 2019	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Caleb	3 episodes
2017–present	No Activity	Det. Judd Tolbeck	16 episodes
2017–2018	Man with a Plan	Rudy	4 episodes
2018	Great News	Lawyer	Episode: "The Fast Track"
2018	Detroiters	Walt Worsch	Episode: "April in the D"
2018	All About the Washingtons	Himself	Episode: "Sip Stop Hooray"
2018	Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy	Lake Commissioner	4 episodes
2018	Animals	Orville (voice)	Episode: "Horses"
2019–present	Schooled	Principal Glascott	Spin-off of The Goldbergs
2019	Miracle Workers	Dave Shelby	Episode: "6 Days"
2019	Bojack Horseman	Jamison's Dad	Episode: "A Horse Walks into a Rehab"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television	Adam	3 episodes

External links

• Tim Meadows at IMDb
• Official website