Born on Staten Island, New York in 1982, Colin Jost is best known as co-anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, a chair he has held since 2014. He rose through the show as a writer, becoming head writer several times, and pairs on-air with Michael Che. Outside sketch he wrote and starred in the summer comedy Staten Island Summer (2015) and co-starred in the live-action Tom and Jerry (2021). His memoir A Very Punchable Face (2020) became a bestseller. He is one of the defining faces of late-night American comedy this decade.
Colin Jost
Actor · Producer
44 years (Jun 29, 1982)Staten Island, USAStaten Island, New York, USA
Born on Staten Island, New York in 1982, Colin Jost is best known as co-anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, a chair he has held since 2014. He rose through the show as a writer, becoming head writer several times, and pairs on-air with Michael Che. Outside sketch he wrote and starred in the summer comedy Staten Island Summer (2015) and co-starred in the live-action Tom and Jerry (2021). His memoir A Very Punchable Face (2020) became a bestseller. He is one of the defining faces of late-night American comedy this decade.
1982-06-29 · Staten Island, USAStaten Island, New York, USA
Colin Jost (born June 29, 1982) is an American writer and actor, known for his work on Saturday Night Live (2005–present). He has also starred in the films How to Be Single (2016), Tom & Jerry (2021), and Fly Me to the Moon (2024), the lattermost starred his wife Scarlett Johansson. Jost has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, winning two for his work on SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special in 2025.