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Steve Higgins(I)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Steve Higgins at an event for Portlandia (2011)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Miley Week
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Steve Higgins is known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015) and Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008). He has been married to Ellen Niedert since 1993. They have four children.
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  • Won 8 Primetime Emmys
    • 14 wins & 56 nominations total

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Steve Higgins, Kate McKinnon, and Aidy Bryant at an event for IMDb at the Emmys (2016)
Steve Higgins and Lorne Michaels at an event for The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019)
Dave Chappelle, Steve Higgins, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Lorne Michaels, Mikey Day, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, and Heidi Gardner at an event for The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018)
Lorne Michaels and the cast of "Saturday Night Live" pose with the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series during the 69th Emmy Awards
Steve Higgins, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Lorne Michaels, Mikey Day, Colin Jost, and Heidi Gardner at an event for The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Allison Janney, Anna Faris, Steve Higgins, and Lorne Michaels at an event for The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Anna Faris, Steve Higgins, and Lorne Michaels at an event for The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Known for:

Saturday Night Live (1975)
Saturday Night Live
8.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
8.1
TV Special
  • Writer
  • 2015
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, and Kristen Wiig in Ghostbusters (2016)
Ghostbusters
6.8
  • Dean
  • 2016

Credits

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Writer

  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • written by
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1995–2023
  • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
    Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2017
  • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • SNL Sports Spectacular (2014)
    SNL Sports Spectacular
    • new material written by
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (2014)
    Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2014
  • Kristen Wiig in SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
    SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009)
    Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 (2008)
    Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08
    • new material
    • TV Special
    • 2008
  • Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2004
    • new material
    • TV Special
    • 2004
  • The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003)
    The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2003
  • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (2003)
    Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2003
  • Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999)
    Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2002
  • NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
    NBC 75th Anniversary Special
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2002
  • Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
    Saturday Night Live 25
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 1999
  • 364 Girls a Year (1996)
    364 Girls a Year
    • character in play "The Girly Magazine Party"
    • 1996

Producer

  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1996–2023
  • Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999)
    Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2022
  • Saturday Night Live Election Special 2020
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day (2020)
    A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • SNL Presents: Halloween (2017)
    SNL Presents: Halloween
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
    Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2017
  • Steve Martin, Prince, and Fred Armisen in Goodnight, Sweet Prince (2016)
    Goodnight, Sweet Prince
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2016
  • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • An SNL Valentine (2015)
    An SNL Valentine
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • SNL's NFL Saturday
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2014)
    Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2014
  • SNL Sports Spectacular (2014)
    SNL Sports Spectacular
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (2014)
    Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2014
  • Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2013
  • Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Halloween
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2013

Actor

  • The Country Club
    • Fart Noises
    • Released
    • 2023
  • Batman: The Audio Adventures (2021)
    Batman: The Audio Adventures
    • (voice)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • Announcer
    • International Mad Scientist Society Announcer
    • Delaware 1 News Announcer ...
    • TV Series
    • 1995–2022
  • Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne in Heads Will Roll (2020)
    Heads Will Roll
    • Commercial Announcer (voice)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017)
    The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
    • (voice)
    • TV Short
    • 2017
  • Detroiters (2017)
    Detroiters
    • Eddie Champagne (as Stephen E. Higgins)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, and Kristen Wiig in Ghostbusters (2016)
    Ghostbusters
    • Dean
    • 2016
  • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    • Steve Higgins
    • 2016
  • Ike Barinholtz, Taran Killam, Bobby Lee, Kenan Thompson, Paula Pell, and Seth Meyers in The Awesomes (2013)
    The Awesomes
    • Mr. Awesome
    • Announcer
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Crazytown (2013)
    Crazytown
    • Tom
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
    30 Rock
    • Host
    • Homonym Host
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Nathan Kress, Jerry Trainor, Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Drake Kemper, and Noah Munck in iCarly (2007)
    iCarly
    • Steve Higgins
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Dependable People
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)
    Freaks and Geeks
    • Mr. Fleck
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
    The Larry Sanders Show
    • Audience Member - Q&A (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • Fred Newman, Constance Shulman, and Billy West in Doug (1991)
    Doug
    • (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 1991

Videos3

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
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Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Trailer 1:33
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Miley Week
Trailer 3:31
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Miley Week

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Higgins Boys and Gruber
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Spouse
    • Ellen Niedert1993 - present (4 children)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Son of Harold Higgins, a head of custodial operations for the West Des Moines schools who died in 1979, and Marian Coppola Higgins, a cosmetologist who died at age 78 on July 2, 2011 when the car Steve was driving struck a Ford Econoline van with 12 passengers that had stopped due to a flat tire, on Interstate 78 near Lebabon, New Jersey. Steve swerved but could not avoid the van, and his mother - who was in the front passenger seat - suffered fatal injuries. Steve and his oldest brother Michael - who was in the back seat - were also injured, as were two passengers in the van.

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