Jim Downey

Biography

James Woodward Downey was born in 1952 in Berkeley, California, and grew up in Joliet, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University in 1974 with a degree in Russian, writing for the Harvard Lampoon before joining Saturday Night Live as its youngest member in 1976. A veteran of over 30 seasons on the show, Downey is widely regarded as one of the greatest comedy writers of his generation.