Biography

Colin Quinn was born in 1959 and was raised in Park Slope Brooklyn. He started his 12 year career as a stand-up comic in 1985, in such Manhattan clubs as "Caroline's," and "The Comic Strip." He was noted as being one of the stand out comics of the Eighties. In 1987 he started a three year stint as the Co-Host of MTV's popular game show "Remote Control." At the end of that show's run he hosted his own MTV show, "Colin Quinn's Manly World," a sports/comedy show. While also at MTV he wrote and starred in the comedy short "Going Back to Brooklyn" with Ben Stiller (Oct 1989), and also starred in the comedy/variety show 2Hip4TV (1988) on another network. In the early 90's he took on the hosting duties for "Caroline's Comedy Hour," a weekly show on the A&E network that showcased up and coming as well as popular stand-up comics. Another project he worked on was an educational video dealing with the dangers of drugs, called "Icy Death."
In addition to his television work, Colin has also appeared in movies, including Who's the Man?, Married to the Mob, and most recently,The Roxbury Guys. He has also written several screenplays, one of which-Celtic Pride- made it to the big screen. The movie starred Dan Ackroyd and Daniel Stern as obsessive Boston Celtic fans who kidnap the opposing teams best player (Damon Wayans) in order to procure the Celtics chance at the championship. Colin was also Associate Producer on the project.
In 1994, Colin wrote and perfomed in a one-man, off-broadway production called Sanctifying Grace. The play was based on Colin's Brooklyn neighborhood and it's inhabitants, and centered around the death of one of his most notable neighbors. After a re-write with friend and fellow comic Lou DiMaggio, the production was brought back to the stage-this time on Broadway. Colin Quinn-An Irish Wake enjoyed a short yet very successful four week run, from August to September 1998.
On 30, September 1995 Colin was hired as a writer and feature player on NBC's sketch/comedy show, "Saturday Night Live." September 1997 he became a full-time cast member, showing up on Weekend Update as 'Lenny the Lion' and 'Joe Blow.' He also established the recurring characters 'The Thank you Guy' and himself in the skit 'Colin Quinn Explains the NY Times.' On 10 January, 1998 he debuted as the new Weekend Update anchor, succeeding Norm MacDonald. He will continue his anchor role as he begins his fifth season with the show in September.

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