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Colin Jost
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March 28 | 8:00 pm | RW Epicenter
BUY TICKETSColin Jost is a writer, performer and author best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live.”
Jost started writing for “SNL” in 2005 and has been the co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” since 2014.
Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards and has been nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for his writing on “SNL.” He received two Emmys in 2025 for his work as a producer and writer for “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”
Jost and Michael Che have hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer Edition” in 2017. The duo also co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018 and in 2024 executive produced and co-hosted Peacock’s first-ever live comedy event, “Colin Jost and Michael Che Present: New York After Dark,” which featured an evening of surprise drop-in performances from stand-up comedians.
In 2015, Jost wrote “Staten Island Summer,” a coming-of-age comedy that was released by Paramount Pictures. In 2016, he had a supporting role in the Warner Bros. film “How to Be Single.” Jost can be seen in the Paramount film “Coming 2 America.” He also starred in the Warner Bros. live-action animation film “Tom and Jerry.”
As a writer, Jost has been published multiple times in the New Yorker and has contributed to the New York Times Magazine and the Huffington Post, among others.
In 2020, Jost debuted “A Very Punchable Face.” A New York Times bestseller, the memoir is a series of essays that documents pivotal moments in Jost’s life, including growing up in Staten Island in a family of firefighters, commuting three hours a day to high school, attending Harvard while Facebook was created and more.
Jost received a Sports Emmy Award for his work serving as an NBC Sports correspondent from Tahiti for the surfing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. He also received strong reviews as the featured entertainer of the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner.
In 2024, Jost debuted as the host of “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” for Amazon Prime Video, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Host for a Game Show.
Jost is from Staten Island, N.Y., and his birthday is June 29.
