Tim Meadows is an American actor, comedian, and playwright best known for his long-running role as a cast member of NBC’s renowned comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Meadows appeared in the sketch comedy and variety show as Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man, and Lionel Osbourne for ten seasons.
Meadows received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993.
Timothy Meadows was born on February 5, 1961, in Highland Park, Michigan, and has worked in the entertainment industry since 1986.
Meadows began his acting and comedic career in the same year when he joined a Chicago-based comic troupe called The Second City with Chris Farley, who would subsequently work with Meadows on the set of Saturday Night Live. Meadows stepped down from the show in the year 2000.
Meadows practiced improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon before moving to Chicago from Detroit, where he grew up.
In addition, he worked as a screenwriter and performer in films such as The Ladies Man (2000) and Mean Girls (2004).
Meadows then appeared in Andy Samberg’s 2016 comedy/music film Popstar, Never Stop Never Stopping, in which he played Harry Duggins.
Tim Meadows’ Personal Life, Wife, and Children are Revealed
Lathon Meadows and Mardell Meadows were the parents of the famed comic. His father, Lathon, worked as a janitor, while his mother, Mardell, was a nurse’s aide.
The actor/comedian attended Pershing High School in his hometown of Michigan before going on to Wayne State University in Detroit to study television and radio broadcasting.
Meadows married Michelle Taylor in 1997 and had two children, Isaiah Crosby and Julian Meadows, shortly after.
Meadows said his oldest son is a swimmer and a member of his high school’s water polo team during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2018.
However, there is no reliable information about his youngest son.
Meadows divorced Michelle in 2005 and has not remarried since.
In an interview with reporters in 2009, the actor revealed that as a divorced father, he limits his sons’ exposure to TBS’ The Bill Engvall Show Season 3, in which he plays a character who has gone through a divorce.
Parade also quotes him as saying:
A Snippet of Meadows’ Most Recent Work
The popular playwright and cartoonist is currently working as a voice actor in the upcoming animated film Saurus City, which is currently in post-production.
Meadows is known for his role as John Glascott in the American sitcom The Goldbergs. The first episode of the show aired in 2013.
Meadows will also be heard as Dr. Arkham in the upcoming Batman: The Audio Adventures TV Series in 2021. In addition, the busy actor plays Caleb John Gosche on the hit television sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Meadows is most known for two television series: Schooled, in which he played Principal John Glascott for two seasons, and Bob’s Burgers, in which he played Mike the Mailman.
Despite his extensive career in the entertainment industry, his exact net worth is unclear. Meadows’ net worth, according to Celebrity Net Worth, is estimated to be around $3 million USD.
