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Colin Jost          

Head Writer for “Saturday Night Live,” Comedian & Actor

Colin Jost serves as a head writer for “Saturday Night Live.” He started writing for “SNL” in 2005 and has been co-anchor of “Weekend Update” since 2014.

Jost co-hosted the special editions of “Weekend Update” that aired on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer Edition” in 2017. In 2018, Jost and co-anchor Michael Che hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, Jost wrote and starred in the Paramount/Netflix film “Staten Island Summer,” based on his days as a lifeguard.

He has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, and has been nominated for 12 Emmy Awards for his writing on “SNL.”

Jost graduated from Harvard University and is from Staten Island, N.Y.

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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are officially married. The actress and "SNL" star tied the knot over the weekend "in an intimate ceremony with their immediate family and loved ones," according to a post from Meals on Wheels, which broke the news, saying it was the couple's "wedding wish" to call attention to the charity.
Colin Jost on how that bloody good 'Dead Poets Society' sketch on ...
Colin Jost wasn't quite sure how viewers would react to Season 41's "Farewell Mr . Bunting" — a sketch that put a gory and hilarious twist on Dead Poets Society.
Saturday Night Live Head Writer Colin Jost on Stand-Up and Sketches
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