Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for being a cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live (1985–1990). He is also well-known for voicing cartoon characters, most notably Artie Ziff in the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons, Jay Sherman in the adult animated sitcom The Critic, T.R. Chula in the 1991 Universal Pictures animated film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Calico in the 2001 spy-comedy film Cats & Dogs, and Quasimodo Wilson and the Phantom of the Opera in Sony Pictures' Hotel Transylvania franchise.
For Disney, he provided the voice of Radio in the first installment of The Brave Little Toaster (1987). He also voiced Queen Gabnidine in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. Additionally, he played Clip Metzler in the 1990 Touchstone Pictures film Mr. Destiny.
Roles
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(Mr. Destiny)
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Trivia
- He was considered to voice Genie in Aladdin before the role was ultimately given to Robin Williams.[citation needed]
- He was also considered to voice Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, along with several other actors, but Tim Allen was cast in the end.[citation needed]
- In The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, he was replaced by Roger Kabler.
External links
Jon Lovitz on Wikipedia
Jon Lovitz on IMDb
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Jon Lovitz on Instagram
