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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1952-10-06 00:00:00
Birth Place:Berkeley, California, USA
Known For:Acting
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Jim Downey
Biography
James Woodward Downey (born 1952) is an American comedy writer, producer and actor. Downey wrote for over 30 seasons of Saturday Night Live, making him the longest tenured writer in the show's history. SNL creator Lorne Michaels called Downey the "best political humorist alive" while Conan O'Brien said he is "the great comedy writer that we all revere."
Filmography (40)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Role: The Cheese Game Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1997
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Role: Self - Various Characters1994
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Role: Self - Various Characters1978
800
Role: Self - Various Characters2023
Inside You
Role: Audience Member / Arthur Grayson (uncredited)2017
Pet Sematary
Role: Arthur Grayson (uncredited)2019
Gabi on the Roof in July
Role: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)2010
Ding Dong
Role: Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2026
A Horrible Way to Die
Role: Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2010
Silver Bullets
Role: Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2011
Cancel Crash
Role: Audience Member (uncredited)2012
You're Next
Role: Audience Member (uncredited)2013
Leatherheads
Role: Victor Devereaux (voice) (uncredited)2008
Basic
Role: C-SPAN Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2003
All That She Surveys
Role: Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2012
Bon Voyage
Role: C-Span announcer (voice) (uncredited)2022
Juliet & Romeo
Role: Arthur Kent (voice) (uncredited)2025
Virgin Fantasy
Role: Sketch Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1999
Last Shift
Role: Sketch Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2014
Shelley
Role: Paul McElroy (uncredited)2016
Iden & Tity
Role: Paul McElroy (uncredited)2003
Deep Blue Sea 3
Role: Parent (uncredited)2020
The Devil's Candy
Role: Sheriff (uncredited)2016
The Lie
Role: Word Busters Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2018
Wagons East!
Role: Hercules (voice) (uncredited)1994
AMP
Role: Sketch Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2013
Ghost Boy
Role: Sketch Announcer (voice) (uncredited)2025
L.A. Johns
Role: Convention Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1997
Uppercut
Role: Makeup Artist (uncredited)2025
The Adventures of Jurassic Pet
Role: Reporter / Sherlock Holmes (uncredited)2019
Repli-Kate
Role: Referee (uncredited)2002
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Role: Audience Member (uncredited)1997
Strictly Confidential
Role: Store Clerk (uncredited)2024
Z for Zachariah
Role: Juror (uncredited)2015
20 Times More Likely
Role: Craig / Juror (uncredited)1978
Restons groupés
Role: Caller (voice) (uncredited)1998
Turning
Role: Caller (voice) (uncredited)2010
Confessions of a Sorority Girl
Role: Shepherd (uncredited)1995
Mind Your Body
Role: Son / Soldier (uncredited)2026
No Image
Damned If You Do
Role: Brundidge Bailey (uncredited)2000