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Comedian

Kevin Nealon

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Kevin Nealon grew up in Connecticut and, for four years, in West Germany. [en.wikipedia.org] He took a marketing degree before comedy. [en.wikipedia.org] He learned the craft at the Improv in Los Angeles while tending its bar. [en.wikipedia.org] He anchored Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update from 1991 to 1994. [en.wikipedia.org] He played Doug Wilson across the run of Weeds. [en.wikipedia.org] He has said sketch was never the ambition and that the show required him to rebuild how he wrote. [www.boston.com] He names three comedians as his formative influences. [www.boston.com]

“A few months after he was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut; when he was six, they moved to Heidelberg, West Germany for four years.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“graduated from St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut, in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Sacred Heart University.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“In 1977, he moved to San Diego and then to Los Angeles where he learned his craft at the Improv while tending bar there for a living.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“From 1991 to 1994, Nealon anchored Weekend Update.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“From 2005 to 2012, Nealon had an ongoing supporting role as Doug Wilson on the show Weeds on Showtime.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“SNL was never in my sights. I never considered it because I was just a stand-up comic, not a sketch person.” [www.boston.com]
“The three that influenced me the most were Steve Martin, Albert Brooks, and Andy Kaufman.” [www.boston.com]
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    Sourcecltcomedyzone.com, this act says so: "Kevin Nealon is an Emmy and SAG-nominated actor and comedian" (https://www.cltcomedyzone.com/shows/27· captured · per ADC-VS-1

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American Design Collective. “Kevin Nealon.” ADC-P-007001, v5. Accessed 2026-08-12. americandesigncollective.com/p/007001-kevin-nealon
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