He ruled Saturday night for the longest time! One of the longest-running cast members in the history of Saturday Night Live, easygoing funnyman Tim Meadows crafted some of the series’ most enduring characters in his nine-year stint on the popular late-night comedy staple. Whether sipping Courvoisier as self-proclaimed Ladies’ Man Leon Phelps or posing clueless questions to irritable guests as early morning talk show host Lionel Osborne, Meadows and his memorable collection of characters endured even during the more critically panned years of SNL and proved an important component of keeping the show on its feet during those dark days. Post-SNL, Meadows did The Ladies Man movie, though he continued to grace the small screen with roles in such sitcoms as The Michael Richards Show and Leap of Faith. As the 2000’s continued, Meadows began to carve out a niche for himself with memorable and funny supporting roles in a variety of comedies like The Even Stevens Movie, The Benchwarmers, and, quite notably, as the Carpal Tunnel suffering high school principle in 2004’s Mean Girls. In 2007, he appeared as fictional rock star Dewey Cox’s drummer in the musical biopic parody, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. More recent movies include Trainwreck, Grown Ups 2 and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Tim Meadow continues to perform anywhere and everywhere there’s a stage.
