Colin Jost

About

Known best for his work on Saturday Night Live, this Emmy-nominated comedian and television writer began anchoring SNL's Weekend Update segment in 2014.

Before Fame

Less than a year after graduating from Harvard University (where he had worked on the university's humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon), he joined the Saturday Night Live writing staff.

Trivia

Between 2007 and 2010, he received a Peabody Award and three Writers Guild Awards.

Family Life

He grew up in Staten Island, New York as the child of Daniel Jost and Kerry Kelly. In 2017, he began dating actress Scarlett Johansson and in 2020, the two got married. In August 2021 the couple welcomed their first child together named Cosmo.

Associated With

He and Seth Meyers were both hosts of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update.