History Creator / SethMeyers

* ''Series/{{Crashing}}'' as Seth Meyers (1 episode)

* ''Film/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' as Prof. Alan Kitzens

* ''Film/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth2008'' as Prof. Alan Kitzens
* ''Film/NickAndNorahsInifinitePlaylist'' as Drunk guy

Prior to being a ''Weekend Update'' anchor, Seth was just an ordinary ''SNL'' cast member who got his start during the 2001-2002 season (season 27; the season that saw the show [and America at large] trying to recover from the 9/11 attacks and the end of Creator/WillFerrell's and Ana Gasteyer's respective runs on the show). Meyers' recurring characters included Nerod (the Appalachian Emergency Room receptionist who had to listen to how rednecks got injured -- including repeat patient, Tyler[[note]]played by Chris Parnell[[/note]] who always comes in with an outrageous story of how he got something shoved up his butt), David Clinger (a doctor/scientist with an insult comic streak), Zach Ricky (the host of a hidden-camera prank show that always goes wrong when an older fan comes in with video evidence of murder), and Dan Needler (one half of "The Couple That Should Be Divorced.") and whose celebrity impressions included Andre Agassi, Ewan [=MacGregor=], Hugh Grant, Senator John Kerry, Peyton Manning, Brian Williams, Matt Lauer, and [[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally]], Anderson Cooper considering that in the final ''Weekend Update'' of the 38th season, Seth Meyers saved Bill Hader's Stefon character from marrying Anderson Cooper by beating Cooper up during the ceremony.

* DeadpanSnarker: Meyers is somewhere between Brad Hall[[note]] an obscure Weekend Update anchor and ''SNL'' cast member from the mid-1980s. Hall -- not related to Rich Hall from season 10 or Anthony Michael Hall from season 11 -- was on the show from season eight to the end of season nine. He is currently married to Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, who was also an ''SNL'' cast member around the same time as Brad Hall[[/note]] and Creator/NormMacDonald on the "Snarkiest ''Weekend Update'' Anchor" scale.

* WeirdnessMagnet: The characters Meyers interacts with on ''Weekend Update'' are all very bizarre and the only thing Seth can do is play straight man to their craziness. Some notable examples of crazy include: Bill Hader as Stefon and James Carville, Andy Samberg as Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/KristenWiig as Aunt Linda and Music/LanaDelRey (when news hit that her performance on ''SNL'' confirmed many critics' beliefs that Del Rey was a terrible singer), Fred Armisen as David Patterson (the blind former governor of UsefulNotes/NewYorkState former governor who would always make jokes about how bad UsefulNotes/NewJersey is), Bobby Moynihan as Drunk Uncle, Anthony Crispino, and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi from ''Series/JerseyShore'', Cecily Strong as The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party, and Kate [=McKinnon=] as Cecilia Giménez[[note]]the woman who made news when she ruined a painting of Jesus Christ when she tried to restore it[[/note]] and Anne Romney.

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host who was ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s former head writer (2001–2014) and hosted the show's news parody segment, ''Weekend Update''. Born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Bedford, New Hampshire, he attended Northwestern University and joined the cast of [=SNL=] in 2001, making him the second longest-running cast member of all time (after Darrell Hammond who was on the show from 1995 to 2009, a whopping 14 years, then came back in 2014 to replace Don Pardo as the show announcer). He began co-anchoring ''Weekend Update'' in 2006 with Creator/AmyPoehler, and continued to do so even after Poehler's departure from the show in 2008.

Has a younger brother named Josh Meyers (who looks like Seth,[[note]]especially in his eyes, his cheekbones, and his smile. Josh's voice also sounds like a lower-pitched version of Seth's[[/note]] except Josh is a redhead and is three years younger[[note]]Josh Meyers was born in 1976[[/note]]), who was a cast member on ''SNL'''s former rival sketch show ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' from season eight to season nine, then played Randy on the final season of ''Series/That70sShow''.

Prior to being a ''Weekend Update'' anchor, Seth was just an ordinary ''SNL'' cast member who got his start during the 2001-2002 season (season 27; the season that saw the show [and America at large] trying to recover from the 9/11 attacks and the end of Creator/WillFerrell's and Ana Gasteyer's respective runs on the show). Meyers' recurring characters included Nerod (the Appalachian Emergency Room receptionist who had to listen to how rednecks got injured -- including repeat patient, Tyler[[note]]played by Chris Parnell[[/note]] who always comes in with an outrageous story of how he got something shoved up his butt), David Clinger (a doctor/scientist with an insult comic streak), Zach Ricky (the host of a hidden-camera prank show that always goes wrong when an older fan comes in with video evidence of murder), and Dan Needler (one half of "The Couple That Should Be Divorced." His wife was, coincidentally, played by his then-future ''Weekend Update'' anchor, Amy Poehler) and whose celebrity impressions included Andre Agassi, Ewan [=MacGregor=], Hugh Grant, Senator John Kerry, Peyton Manning, Brian Williams, Matt Lauer, and [[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally]], Anderson Cooper considering that in the final ''Weekend Update'' of the 38th season, Seth Meyers saved Bill Hader's Stefon character from marrying Anderson Cooper by beating Cooper up during the ceremony.

He also has a series on Hulu called ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes'', and can be found on [[https://twitter.com/sethmeyers Twitter]].

Meyers took over ''Series/LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as ''Weekend Update'' anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running ''Weekend Update'' anchor, beating out Creator/TinaFey and Creator/DennisMiller. His successors for ''Weekend Update'' in season 39 were Cecily Strong and head writer, Colin Jost. In season 40, Colin Jost stayed, but Cecily Strong was replaced with Michael Che, making it the first time in ''SNL'' history that a black cast member is hired as a ''Weekend Update'' anchor, the second time (after the temporary pairing of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz) ''Weekend Update'' has had an interracial anchor pairing, and the first time ''Weekend Update'' has two male anchors (and the second time both anchors were of the same gender, after the famous pairing of Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler).

* DemotedToExtra: Ever since season 32,[[note]]2006-2007 season[[/note]] Meyers hasn't been in any sketch outside of ''Weekend Update'', possibly due to becoming a head writer. He has appeared in some sketches (like in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" pretaped sketches as Boston Powers[[note]]A comedian who dresses and talks like Mike Myers' Austin Powers character[[/note]]), but it's rare.

* OddCouple: With Martha Stewart, of all people. Watching his frequent appearances on Stewart's show is both bizarre and thoroughly entertaining. Mentioned on a fake ''SNL'' commercial for a photo studio specializing in taking cell phone pictures of men's penises. Seth Meyers' testimonial ends with him saying, "You're welcome, Martha Stewart." Oddly enough, one of his Late Night Predecessors, ConanOBrien was this with Martha Stewart as well.

Seth Meyers was ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s former head writer and Weekend Update anchor. Born in 1973 and raised in New Hampshire, he attended Northwestern University and joined the cast of [=SNL=] in 2001, making him the second longest-running cast member of all time (after Darrell Hammond who was on the show from 1995 to 2009, a whopping 14 years, then came back in 2014 to replace Don Pardo as the show announcer). He began co-anchoring Weekend Update in 2006 with Creator/AmyPoehler, and continued to do so even after Poehler's departure from the show in 2008.

Prior to being a Weekend Update anchor, Seth was just an ordinary ''SNL'' cast member who got his start during the 2001-2002 season (season 27; the season that saw the show [and America at large] trying to recover from the 9/11 attacks and the end of Creator/WillFerrell's and Ana Gasteyer's respective runs on the show). Meyers' recurring characters included Nerod (the Appalachian Emergency Room receptionist who had to listen to how rednecks got injured -- including repeat patient, Tyler[[note]]played by Chris Parnell[[/note]] who always comes in with an outrageous story of how he got something shoved up his butt), David Clinger (a doctor/scientist with an insult comic streak), Zach Ricky (the host of a hidden-camera prank show that always goes wrong when an older fan comes in with video evidence of murder), and Dan Needler (one half of "The Couple That Should Be Divorced." His wife was, coincidentally, played by his then-future Weekend Update anchor, Amy Poehler) and whose celebrity impressions included Andre Agassi, Ewan [=MacGregor=], Hugh Grant, Senator John Kerry, Peyton Manning, Brian Williams, Matt Lauer, and [[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally]], Anderson Cooper [[spoiler:considering that in the final Weekend Update of the 38th season, Seth Meyers saved Bill Hader's Stefon character from marrying Anderson Cooper by beating Cooper up during the ceremony]].

Meyers took over ''Series/LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out Creator/TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update in season 39 were Cecily Strong and head writer, Colin Jost. In season 40, Colin Jost stayed, but Cecily Strong was replaced with Michael Che, making it the first time in ''SNL'' history that a black cast member is hired as a Weekend Update anchor, the second time (after the temporary pairing of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz) Weekend Update has had an interracial anchor pairing, and the first time Weekend Update has two male anchors (and the second time both anchors were of the same gender, after the famous pairing of Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler).

* DeadpanSnarker: Meyers is somewhere between Brad Hall[[note]] an obscure Weekend Update anchor and ''SNL'' cast member from the mid-1980s. Hall -- not related to Rich Hall from season 10 or Anthony Michael Hall from season 11 -- was on the show from season eight to the end of season nine. He is currently married to [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia-Louis Dreyfus]], who was also an ''SNL'' cast member around the same time as Brad Hall[[/note]] and [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]] on the "Snarkiest Weekend Update Anchor" scale.
* DemotedToExtra: Ever since season 32,[[note]]2006-2007 season[[/note]] Meyers hasn't been in any sketch outside of Weekend Update, possibly due to becoming a head writer. He has appeared in some sketches (like in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" pretaped sketches as Boston Powers[[note]]A comedian who dresses and talks like Mike Myers' Austin Powers character[[/note]]), but it's rare.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday and EvenTheGuysWantHim: PlayedForLaughs on Weekend Update during the HoYay-tastic Stefon segments.

* PlatonicLifePartners: He often refers to Creator/AmyPoehler as his "best friend" and during his Weekend Update run even signed off each of his segments by tapping the desk where she used to sit.
* SiblingRivalry: There was a time when Seth and his brother, Josh, were on rival sketch shows. Seth was on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and Josh was on ''Series/{{MADtv}}''. Seth even used a commentary section on Weekend Update (remember, this is back when he was just a cast member and not a Weekend Update anchor) to talk to his dad and told him to stop watching his brother on ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' and pay attention to him.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Typical of his impressions during his years as a repertory cast member (from season 27 to season 31.[[note]]2001-2002 season to 2005-2006 season; every season after that, he's been a Weekend Update anchor who rarely, if ever, appears in sketches[[/note]] Near the end they began to veer into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent territory. Particularly hilarious when you take into account that he lived in Europe for several years and his brother, Josh, is better at accents and voices than he is as evidenced on his two-year stint on ''Series/{{MADtv}}.''
* WeirdnessMagnet: The characters Meyers interacts with on Weekend Update are all very bizarre and the only thing Seth can do is play straight man to their craziness. Some notable examples of crazy include: Bill Hader as Stefon and James Carville, Andy Samberg as Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/KristenWiig as Aunt Linda and Music/LanaDelRey (when news hit that her performance on ''SNL'' confirmed many critics' beliefs that Del Rey was a terrible singer), Fred Armisen as David Patterson (the blind former governor of UsefulNotes/NewYorkState former governor who would always make jokes about how bad UsefulNotes/NewJersey is), Bobby Moynihan as Drunk Uncle, Anthony Crispino, and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi from ''Series/JerseyShore'', Cecily Strong as The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party, and Kate [=McKinnon=] as Cecilia Giménez[[note]]the woman who made news when she ruined a painting of Jesus Christ when she tried to restore it[[/note]] and Anne Romney.

He also has a series on Hulu called ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes''.

He can also be found on [[https://twitter.com/sethmeyers Twitter]].

Meyers took over ''Series/LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update in season 39 were Cecily Strong and head writer, Colin Jost. In season 40, Colin Jost stayed, but Cecily Strong was replaced with Michael Che, making it the first time in ''SNL'' history that a black cast member is hired as a Weekend Update anchor, the second time (after the temporary pairing of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz) Weekend Update has had an interracial anchor pairing, and the first time Weekend Update has two male anchors (and the second time both anchors were of the same gender, after the famous pairing of TinaFey and AmyPoehler).

[[caption-width-right:300:... ''"and here are tonight's top stories."'']]

Has a younger brother named Josh Meyers (who looks like Seth [[note]]especially in his eyes, his cheekbones, and his smile. Josh's voice also sounds like a lower-pitched version of Seth's[[/note]], except Josh is a redhead and is three years younger [[note]]Josh Meyers was born in 1976[[/note]]), who was a cast member on ''SNL'''s former rival sketch show ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' from season eight to season nine, then played Randy on the final season of ''Series/That70sShow''.

!!Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyJewish: In late March 2012, he spoke at the University of Florida; unbeknownst to him, he was also considered the keynote speaker for the university's Jewish Awareness month. When told this during Q&A, he confirmed that he is in fact not Jewish (although he understands why people think he is) and that UF's Jewish Awareness is pretty bad.

* [[DemotedToExtra Demoted To Weekend Update Anchor]]: Ever since season 32 [[note]]2006-2007 season[[/note]], Meyers hasn't been in any sketch outside of Weekend Update, possibly due to becoming a head writer. He has appeared in some sketches (like in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" pretaped sketches as Boston Powers [[note]] A comedian who dresses and talks like Mike Myers' Austin Powers character[[/note]]), but it's rare.

* OddCouple: With Martha Stewart, of all people. Watching his frequent appearances on Stewart's show is both bizarre and thoroughly entertaining.
** Mentioned on a fake ''SNL'' commercial for a photo studio specializing in taking cell phone pictures of men's penises. Seth Meyers' testimonial ends with him saying, "You're welcome, Martha Stewart."
** Oddly enough, one of his Late Night Predecessors, ConanOBrien was this with Martha Stewart as well.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Typical of his impressions during his years as a repertory cast member (from season 27 to season 31 [[note]] 2001-2002 season to 2005-2006 season; every season after that, he's been a Weekend Update anchor who rarely, if ever, appears in sketches[[/note]]. Near the end they began to veer into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent territory. Particularly hilarious when you take into account that he lived in Europe for several years and his brother, Josh, is better at accents and voices than he is as evidenced on his two-year stint on ''Series/{{MADtv}}.''
* WeirdnessMagnet: The characters Meyers interacts with on Weekend Update are all very bizarre and the only thing Seth can do is play straight man to their craziness. Some notable examples of crazy include: Bill Hader as Stefon and James Carville, Andy Samberg as Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/KristenWiig as Aunt Linda and Music/LanaDelRey (when news hit that her performance on ''SNL'' confirmed many critics' beliefs that Del Rey was a terrible singer), Fred Armisen as David Patterson (the blind former governor of UsefulNotes/NewYorkState former governor who would always make jokes about how bad UsefulNotes/NewJersey is), Bobby Moynihan as Drunk Uncle, Anthony Crispino, and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi from ''Series/JerseyShore'', Cecily Strong as The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party, and Kate [=McKinnon=] as Cecilia Giminez[[note]]the woman who made news when she ruined a painting of Jesus Christ when she tried to restore it[[/note]] and Anne Romney.

* TakeThat: His roast of Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011. Made even better by the fact that Trump was sitting right in front of him, visibly furious.

* TakeThat: His excellent roast of Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011. Made even better by the fact that Trump was sitting right in front of him, visibly furious.

Has a younger brother named Josh Meyers (who looks like Seth [[note]]especially in his eyes, his cheekbones, and his smile. Josh's voice also sounds like a lower-pitched version of Seth's[[/note]], except Josh is a redhead and is three years younger [[note]]Josh Meyers was born in 1976[[/note]]), who was a cast member on ''SNL'''s former rival sketch show ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' from season eight to season nine, then played Randy on the final season of ''That70sShow''.

* SiblingRivalry: There was a time when Seth and his brother, Josh, were on rival sketch shows. Seth was on ''SaturdayNightLive'' and Josh was on ''Series/{{MADtv}}''. Seth even used a commentary section on Weekend Update (remember, this is back when he was just a cast member and not a Weekend Update anchor) to talk to his dad and told him to stop watching his brother on ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' and pay attention to him.

Meyers took over ''LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update in season 39 were Cecily Strong and head writer, Colin Jost. In season 40, Colin Jost stayed, but Cecily Strong was replaced with Michael Che, making it the first time in ''SNL'' history that a black cast member is hired as a Weekend Update anchor, the second time (after the temporary pairing of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz) Weekend Update has had an interracial anchor pairing, and the first time Weekend Update has two male anchors (and the second time both anchors were of the same gender, after the famous pairing of TinaFey and AmyPoehler).

For those of you who are interested, he's on [[https://twitter.com/sethmeyers Twitter]].

Meyers took over ''LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update in season 39 were Cecily Strong and head writer, Colin Jost. In season 40, Cecily Strong was replaced with Michael Che, making it the first time in ''SNL'' history that a black cast member is hired as a Weekend Update anchor, the second time (after the temporary pairing of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz) Weekend Update has had an interracial anchor pairing, and the first time Weekend Update has two male anchors (and the second time both anchors were of the same gender, after the famous pairing of TinaFey and AmyPoehler).

Meyers took over ''LateNight'', replacing Creator/JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update are his new co-anchor Cecily Strong and his co-writer Colin Jost (as of the March 2014 ''SNL'' episode hosted by Jim Parsons.

Seth Meyers was ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s former head writer and Weekend Update anchor. Born in 1973 and raised in New Hampshire, he attended Northwestern University and joined the cast of [=SNL=] in 2001, making him the second longest-running cast member of all time (after Darrell Hammond who was on the show from 1995 to 2009, a whopping 14 years). He began co-anchoring Weekend Update in 2006 with Creator/AmyPoehler, and continued to do so even after Poehler's departure from the show in 2008.

Meyers took over ''LateNight'', replacing JimmyFallon, meaning that Seth's reign as Weekend Update anchor and head writer on ''SNL'' has come to an end. Meyers is now the longest-running Weekend Update anchor, beating out TinaFey and DennisMiller. His successors for Weekend Update are his new co-anchor Cecily Strong and his co-writer Colin Jost (as of the March 2014 ''SNL'' episode hosted by Jim Parsons.