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4	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 third longest-running cast member of all time (Creator/KenanThompson has been on the show since 2003 for a whopping 18 years on the show; and Creator/DarrellHammond was on the show from 1995 to 2009, a whopping 14 years, then came back in 2014 to replace Creator/DonPardo 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.
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6	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 Creator/ChrisParnell[[/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 Creator/AndreAgassi, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/HughGrant, Senator UsefulNotes/JohnKerry, Peyton Manning, Creator/BrianWilliams, Matt Lauer, and [[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally]], Creator/AndersonCooper considering that in the final ''Weekend Update'' of the 38th season, Seth Meyers saved Bill Hader's Stefon character from marrying Creator/AndersonCooper by beating Cooper up during the ceremony.
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8	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 one of the longest-running ''Weekend Update'' anchor, beating out Creator/TinaFey and Creator/DennisMiller.
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10	He also has a series on Hulu called ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes'', and can be found on [[https://twitter.com/sethmeyers Twitter]]. He is also one of the co-creators of the IFC show Series/DocumentaryNow where he also serves as a writer and executive producer.
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12	His younger brother, Creator/JoshMeyers (with whom he shares a StrongFamilyResemblance[[note]]especially in his eyes, his cheekbones, and his smile. Josh's voice also sounds like a lower-pitched version of Seth's[[/note]]), 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''.
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14	He is married to Human Right Lawyer Alexi Ashe and they have three children.
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16	!Other Works:
17	* ''Series/SpinCity'' as Doug (1 episode)
18	* ''Film/SeeThisMovie'' as Jake Barrymore
19	* ''Film/AmericanDreamz'' as Chet Krogl
20	* ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' as Prof. Alan Kitzens
21	* ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist'' as Drunk guy
22	* ''Film/IDontKnowHowSheDoesIt'' as Chris Bunce
23	* ''Film/NewYearsEve'' AsHimself
24	* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' AsHimself
25	* ''Film/TheInterview'' AsHimself
26	* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' as Chad Koop (1 episode)
27	* ''Series/TheMindyProject'' as himself/Matt (2 episodes)
28	* ''Series/ThisIsUs'' AsHimself (1 episode)
29	* ''Film/{{Late Night\|2019}}'' AsHimself
30	* ''Series/CrashingUS'' AsHimself (1 episode)
31	* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' AsHimself (2 episodes)
32	* ''Series/FindingYourRoots'' AsHimself (1 episode)
33	* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'' as Jack Ryder
34	* ''Series/AmericanAuto'' as Himself
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37	!!Tropes associated with his work:
38	* DeadpanSnarker: Meyers is somewhere between Creator/BradHall[[note]] an obscure ''Weekend Update'' anchor and ''SNL'' cast member from the mid-1980s. Hall -- not related to Rich Hall from season 10 or Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall 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.
39	* DemotedToExtra: After being promoted to head writer in Season 32,[[note]]2006-2007 season[[/note]] Meyers rarely appeared in sketches outside of ''Weekend Update'' for his remaining time on ''SNL''. He did occasionally show up in some sketches (like in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" pretaped videos as Boston Powers[[note]]A comedian who dresses and talks like Mike Myers' Austin Powers character[[/note]]), but it was rare.
40	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday and EvenTheGuysWantHim: PlayedForLaughs on ''Weekend Update'' during the HoYay-tastic Stefon segments.
41	* 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, Creator/ConanOBrien was this with Martha Stewart as well.
42	* 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. It goes to the point that on ''Late Night'', he only performs the "Really?" segment with Amy and ''only'' Amy whenever she's a guest.
43	* 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.
44	* StrongFamilyResemblance: As can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UuiLcU10CNQ here]] every male member of his family look really similar to each other.
45	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Really??" tends to be this towards a specific individual.
46	* 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}}.'' Lampshaded on ''Late Night'' when he would recognize whenever he didn't nail an impression by saying something along the lines of "Yeah, that was my [X] impression" and apologize.
47	* 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: Creator/BillHader 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 live singer), Creator/FredArmisen 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.

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