Late Show UK

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy started off with a brief appearance on sitcom Spin City and moved onto legendary live comedy/satire show Saturday Night Live soon afterwards. He’s play a key role on Saturday Night Live – appearing in many of the sketches. His impersonations of Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Sandler on SNL remain funny today. Once Fallon became a featured player for the 1998-1999 season and went on to be a full cast member in summer 1999. Fallon’s also well-known for his song parodies throughout his time on SNL. One of his most famous moments is his “Barry Gibb Talk Show” skit with Justin Timberlake (he also performed this with Justin on the first edition of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon). He then became co-host of the Weekend Update segment of the show in 2000. He left Saturday Night Live in 2004.

Jimmy appeared in several films including Taxi (in 2004), Almost Famous (in 2000), Fever Pitch (in 2005), Factory Girl (in 2006) and had a part in the highly-rated Band Of Brothers television series (in 2001). Some of Jimmy’s film work had mixed reviews. He also tried his hand at music in 2002 when he released a comedy album entitled The Bathroom Wall. Fallon has hosted several MTV award shows in recent years.

Jimmy’s talk Show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon started on the 2nd March 2009 – he took over from Conan O’Brien who left to host The Tonight Show. The guests on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on the first show were Robert DeNiro, Justin Timberlake (who did an impromptu performance of their SNL “Barry Gibb Talk Show” skit on this first edition of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) and musical guest Van Morrison.

The Roots

The house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon are The Roots. The Roots are a critically-acclaimed hip-hop band from the US. As well as providing the musical interludes on the programme, they take part in segments including Slow Jam The News where Jimmy and the Roots would sing the news to slow soulful music.

Steve Higgins

The announcer for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is Steve Higgins. Before joining Late Night With Jimmy Fallon he had behind-the-scenes, writing and producer roles for Saturday Night Live. Steve Higgins starts every edition of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with the line “From Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, The National Broadcasting Company presents Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” followed by the names of the guests on that night’s show.

Lorne Michaels

One of the executive producers of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is Lorne Michaels. Lorne co-created legendary NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live and was originally a producer and a writer on SNL, and moved on to become the executive producer. Lorne Michaels has been a strong supporter of Jimmy Fallon and since Jimmy left SNL in 2004 he’s always said he’s be great for a late night talk show, saying “Jimmy’s built for this kind of show. He’s funny, he’s charming, he’s got a really good way of connecting with people”.