Colin Quinn

Born: 1959-06-06, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. On television, he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he anchored Weekend Update, on MTV's 1980s game show Remote Control, where he served as the announcer/sidekick, and as host of Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in A Night at the Roxbury, Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck. Comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Attell cite him as the quintessential New York comedian.

Filmography

• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
• The Cosby Show (1984)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
• Grown Ups 2 (2013)
• Grown Ups (2010)
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
• The Chris Rock Show (1997)
• That's My Boy (2012)
• Trainwreck (2015)
• Crashing (2017)
• 40-Love (2021)
• Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
• Hubie Halloween (2020)
• 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
• The Ben Stiller Show (1992)
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
• Sandy Wexler (2017)
• Pulp Comics (1996)
• Drunk Parents (2019)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Grown Ups 3
• Crooked Lines (2003)
• An SNL Valentine (2015)
• Who's the Man? (1993)
• Sam Morril: Full Capacity (2021)
• Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show (2020)
• Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional (2015)
• Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (2011)
• Colin Quinn: The New York Story (2016)