Tim Meadows
A veteran of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe, Michigan native Tim Meadows joined the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" as a featured player in February 1991, earned regular star status in September of 1993 and stayed with the series through the beginnings of its 2000-2001 season, standing alongside such notables as the late Phil Hartman as one of the longest-running and most versatile regulars on the sketch comedy series. While on "SNL," Meadows impressed with humorous and accurate impersonations of celebrities including Michael Jackson, Joey Buttafuoco, Ike Turner, O.J. Simpson and General Colin Powell as well as memorable original characters Lionel Osborne, host of the mock public interest TV program "Perspectives," "Quiet Storm" radio DJ Chris 'Champagne' Garnet and his most popular portrayal, The Ladies' Man Leon Phelps, the Courvoisier-drinking romantic advisor with an odd take on relationships and an even odder way of speaking. Meadows had a magnetic presence and turned in dependably solid performances on the demanding series, losing his professional poker face only occasionally to let out a laugh at times when dealing with the amplified antics of fellow Second City alumnus Chris Farley, whose discovery by Lorne Michaels paved the way for Meadows' place on the show. Several years after appearing in a string of films based on "Saturday Night Live" sketches including "Coneheads" and "Wayne's World 2" (both 1993), Meadows was offered his own chance at features, and the 2000 release "The Ladies' Man" gave the eponymous hero Leon Phelps the opportunity to bring his inane romantic advice to the big screen. That same year he left "SNL" to join NBC's primetime line-up as a regular cast member on "The Michael Richards Show." Here Meadows played a private detective trying to overcome his Peeping Tom tendencies, one of the workmates of P.I. Vic Nardozza (Richards). Meadows' additional credits included a 1996 stint at the Kennedy Center as a featured performer in the Second City production "Truth, Justice, and the American Way." He also lent his voice to the animated holiday special "Olive, the Other Reindeer" (Fox, 1999). Supporting roles in the Tina Fey-penned "Mean Girls" (2004) and the biopic parody "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007) were followed by a "Saturday Night Live" reunion of sorts on Adam Sandler's hit "Grown-Ups" (2010) and its 2013 sequel. Meadows next appeared in Amy Schumer's romantic comedy "Trainwreck" (2015) and The Lonely Island's "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" (2016). During this period, Meadows also tackled a recurring role as Mike the Mailman on animated hit "Bob's Burgers" (Fox 2012- ) and appeared in the Casey Wilson comedy "Marry Me" (NBC 2014-15). He next co-starred in the partially-animated sitcom "Son of Zorn" (Fox 2016- ).
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Tim Meadows
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Little Secret | Stan (Character) | - | 2024 |
69% |
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Mean Girls | Mr. Duvall (Character) | $72.4M | 2024 |
91% |
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Dream Scenario | Unknown (Character) | $4.9M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Fight | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
25% |
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It's a Wonderful Binge | Keegan (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Money | Clay (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Akwuna | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovers Revenge | Donovan Lucky (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John Bronco Rides Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close | Self | - | 2020 |
92% |
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For Madmen Only | Self | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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John Bronco | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nigel and Oscar vs. The Sasquatch | Claus (Character) | - | 2016 |
79% |
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Harry (Character) | $9.4M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chasing Ghosts | Chris Brighton (Character) | - | 2014 |
8% |
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Grown Ups 2 | Malcolm (Character) | $133.7M | 2013 |
3% |
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Jack and Jill | Ted (Character) | $74.2M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Mean Girls 2 | Principal Duvall (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | GravyTrain | Full Serve (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breast Picture | Spacework Actor (Character) | - | 2010 |
10% |
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Grown Ups | Malcolm (Character) | $162.0M | 2010 |
34% |
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Aliens in the Attic | Sheriff Doug Armstrong (Character) | $25.2M | 2009 |
74% |
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Sam (Character) | $18.3M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Shredderman Rules | Mr. Green (Character) | - | 2007 |
13% |
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The Benchwarmers | Wayne (Character) | $57.7M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Wasabi Tuna | Dave (Character) | $50.7K | 2005 |
5% |
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The Cookout | Leroy (Character) | $11.5M | 2004 |
84% |
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Mean Girls | Mr. Duvall (Character) | $86.1M | 2004 |
50% |
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The Even Stevens Movie | Miles McDermott (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Days | Lionel (Character) | - | 2001 |
11% |
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The Ladies Man |
Leon Phelps (Character), Writer |
$13.6M | 2000 |
0% |
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It's Pat | KVIB-FM Station Manager (Character) | $50.3K | 1994 |
TV
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63% | 81% | Grimsburg | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2024 |
100% | 96% | Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head | Cody's Dad (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
57% | 57% | Digman! | Unknown (Voice) | 2023 |
90% | 78% | The Mandalorian | Unknown (Character) | 2023 |
98% | 82% | Poker Face | Michael (Guest Star) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Batman: The Audio Adventures | Dr. Arkham (Voice) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Bob's Burgers |
Mike (Guest Voice), Mike the Mailman (Guest Star) |
2012-2021 |
88% | No Score Yet | Ultra City Smiths | Deputy Mayor Jeff Thumb (Voice) | 2021 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Caleb (Guest Star) | 2017 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 81% | No Activity |
Detective Tolbeck (Character), Detective Judd Tolbeck (Voice) |
2017-2019 2021 |
82% | 62% | Bless the Harts | Sheriff Vincent Taylor (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Goldbergs | Mr. Glasscott (Guest Star) | 2013 2015-2018 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Mapleworth Murders | Andy Hapsburg (Character) | 2020 |
73% | 68% | Schooled | Principal Glascott (Character) | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016-2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy | Lake Commissioner (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Man With a Plan | Rudy Randall (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2018 |
84% | 74% | Great News | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
58% | 67% | Son of Zorn | Craig (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | StoryBots | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Join or Die With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2016 |
81% | 62% | The Spoils of Babylon | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
79% | 69% | Marry Me | Kevin 1 (Character) | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2013-2014 |
91% | 90% | Suburgatory | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2014 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Martin Lutherking (Guest Star) | 2013 |
15% | 88% | Glory Daze | Professor Haines (Character) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2010 |
89% | 77% | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Skip Spence Raylon (Character) | 2010 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Wanda Sykes Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bill Engvall Show | Paul DuFrayne (Character) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Hal (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Dennis (Guest Star) | 2007 |
50% | No Score Yet | Help Me Help You | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reba | Steve Norris (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovespring International | Joe Reynolds (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Comic Standing | Self | 2006 |
96% | 98% | Everybody Hates Chris | Soul Train Teacher (Guest Star) | 2006 |
81% | 89% | The Office | Christian (Guest Star) | 2005 |
0% | No Score Yet | Living With Fran | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
40% | No Score Yet | Leap of Faith | Lucas (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
0% | No Score Yet | The Michael Richards Show | Kevin Blakeley (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 1990-2000 |