Jon Rudnitsky | |
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Born | Harrington Park, New Jersey, U.S. | November 22, 1989
Medium | Stand-up, film, television |
Years active | 2011–present |
Jon Rudnitsky (born November 22, 1989) [1] is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Rudnitsky garnered widespread attention for his brief stint as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during the show's 41st season between 2015 and 2016. Since his departure from SNL, he has also played McWatt in the 2019 miniseries Catch-22 .
Rudnitsky is a native of Harrington Park, New Jersey. [2] His mother, Karen, is a social worker at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, [3] and his father, Steven, is a businessman in the hospitality industry. [4]
Rudnitsky attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. [5] He subsequently studied acting at the University of Southern California. His maternal uncle is Michael Oren, the former Israeli Ambassador to the United States. [6] Rudnitsky is Jewish. [7]
Rudnitsky performed with the Groundlings. [8] On August 31, 2015, it was announced that Rudnitsky would join the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player for the show's forty-first season. [9] [10] In the third episode of that season, Rudnitsky portrayed Anderson Cooper in a sketch, acting as moderator for a Democratic presidential debate, for which he received criticism from Cooper. [11] He has also done impressions of Wolf Blitzer, John Mayer, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, and Vladimir Putin (in a dress rehearsal sketch on the season 41 episode hosted by Donald Trump), while also doing a Dirty Dancing sketch for Weekend Update, which was seen as one of his high points for the season. [12] On August 9, 2016, it was reported that Rudnitsky would not be returning to the show for the following season. [13]
In 2017, Rudnitsky starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in the romantic comedy film Home Again . [14] In 2018, Jon played Mike in the Netflix release Set It Up .
He starred alongside Jane Lynch and Genevieve Angelson in the NBC pilot Relatively Happy, which was not picked up. [15]
In March 2020, Rudnitsky was cast as Mike Devries in the musical comedy-drama television series The Big Leap , which premiered on Fox on September 20, 2021. [16] [17]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | A Made Man | Voice | Short film |
2013 | The Jewish Hunger Games | Peeta Hummus / Effie Trinket | Short film |
2014 | Legends of the Hidden Temple: The Movie | Bar Patron | Short film |
Two-Bit Waltz | The Boy | ||
The Great American Comedy Tour | Laugh Factory Host | Short film | |
2015 | Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred Willard | Assius | Short film |
Patchwork | Lance | ||
2017 | Home Again | George | |
2018 | Summer Days, Summer Nights | Mello | |
Set It Up | Mike | ||
Nobody's Fool | Benji | ||
2020 | All My Life | Chris (Bartender) | |
2023 | The Young Wife | Dave | |
Under the Boardwalk | Jimmy | Voice | |
Wish | Dario | Voice | |
2024 | I Love You Forever | Lucas | |
Our Little Secret | TBA | Post-production | |
Stealing Pulp Fiction | TBA | Post-production | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Criminal Minds | Kyle Owens | Episode: "Perennials" |
2013 | JewDate | Jake | Episode: "Jenga!" |
2015–2016 | Saturday Night Live | Various | Featured player |
2017 | Better Briefs | Kyle | Episode: "Locked Out in Your Underwear" |
Red Oaks | Brett | Episode: "Paroled" | |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Waiter | Episode: "Namaste"; Uncredited | |
Relatively Happy | Henry Pepper | TV pilot | |
2018 | Champions | Asher | Recurring role |
Big Hero 6: The Series | Ned Ludd (voice) | 3 episodes | |
2019 | Catch-22 | McWatt | Miniseries |
2020 | The Big Leap | Mike | Main role |
2021 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Asa | Episode: "Irma Kostroski" |
2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Cyrus (voice) | Guest role: Season 5 |
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