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Christopher Lee Kattan (/kəˈtæn/) (born October 19, 1970)[1] is an American actor, comedian, and author. He is best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, for playing Doug Butabi in A Night at the Roxbury, and his roles as Bob on the first four seasons of The Middle and Bunnicula in Bunnicula.

Chris Kattan
Kattan at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York City at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Christopher Lee Kattan (1970-10-19) October 19, 1970 (age 52) Culver City, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	1993–present
Television	Bollywood Hero Saturday Night Live
Spouse	Sunshine Deia Tutt ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2009)​
Parent	Kip King (father)

Early life

Kattan was born in Culver City, California.[2] His father, Kip King, was born to Jewish parents from Iraq and Poland and worked as an actor and voice actor. His mother, Hajnalka Biro, was once photographed for Playboy and worked as a model in London.[3] She is a native of Hungary and is a Buddhist.[3][4] His stepfather was a Buddhist therapist and monk.[5] His half-brother, Andrew Joslyn, is a professional musician and composer.[6] Kattan was raised on a Zen retreat on Mount San Antonio, outside Los Angeles.[5] He moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he attended Bainbridge High School, graduating in 1989.

Career

Kattan was a member of several improvisational comedy (improv) and sketch comedy troupes, one of them being The Groundlings in Los Angeles. His father was an original member of the troupe.[7] Kattan also did some minor roles on TV, including the second episode of the second season of NewsRadio, "No, This Is Not Based Entirely on Julie's Life", as a photo shop employee.

He moved to New York City to work on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. His recurring characters included Mr. Peepers, Mango, Azrael Abyss, Kyle DeMarco from The DeMarco Brothers, Gay Hitler, and, most notably, one half of the Butabi Brothers with fellow SNL (and Groundlings) cast member Will Ferrell, known for their trademark head-bobbing. Kattan and Ferrell continued the characters in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury.

SNL celebrity impersonations

2007–2017: Post-SNL work

Kattan appeared in a Diet Pepsi Max commercial during Super Bowl XLII in 2008 that featured the song What Is Love and had many actors in the commercial performing the head bob from A Night at the Roxbury.

In August 2009, Kattan starred in the Independent Film Channel (IFC) miniseries Bollywood Hero, where he portrays himself and the difficulties he faces after a career as a comic actor, trying to attain leading man status.[8] Starting in late 2009, Kattan appeared in a supporting role in The Middle. Kattan played Bob, a colleague of Frankie Heck's at Mr. Ehlert's car dealership. Kattan appeared in an episode of How I Met Your Mother as a star in "The Wedding Bride", a fictional movie within the show. He played himself portraying Jed Mosely, the film's villain, which the screenwriter bases on his girlfriend's ex-fiancé, series protagonist, Ted Mosby. He reappeared as the character in the fictional film's sequel, Wedding Bride 2.[9] On December 17, 2011, Kattan made a guest appearance on the Saturday Night Live Christmas show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and again briefly on the final episode of SNL's 37th season.

In June 2014, Kattan reprised his role as former SNL character Mango in a preview of the music video for Sharaya J's "Shut It Down", featured in a fashion campaign by Alexander Wang.[10]

In 2017, Kattan was a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars paired with professional dancer Witney Carson. He was the first celebrity dancer eliminated.[11]

Kattan reunited with fellow SNL alumni Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and Tracy Morgan during the December 18, 2018 cold open of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which also featured Ariana Grande, in a reprisal of their performance of "I Wish it Was Christmas Today".[12] It was the first time since 2011 that Fallon, Sanz, Kattan, and Morgan were all present for a performance of the song.

In 2022, Kattan was announced as a HouseGuest competing on the third season of Celebrity Big Brother.[13]

Personal life

Kattan married model Sunshine Deia Tutt on June 28, 2008, in Oakhurst, California, after proposing to her on Christmas Eve 2006.[14] The couple separated on August 10, 2008, and divorced in February 2009.[15]

Neck injury

Kattan competed in Dancing with the Stars in 2017, and was criticized for his stiff upper body movement by the Dancing judges. Afterward, Kattan revealed that he had broken his neck doing a stunt 14 years prior and that the injury and subsequent surgeries were the reasons for his lack of mobility. Kattan also revealed that the pain medication he began taking following his fourth surgery led to a 2014 DUI arrest.[16] Kattan revealed more details of the injury in his memoir claiming that it was the result of a SNL sketch, in which he threw himself backwards on a chair while doing a Golden Girls parody, adding that NBC paid for two of five surgeries to repair the spinal injuries.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	The Making of '...And God Spoke'	Moviegoer #1
1998	A Night at the Roxbury	Doug Butabi
1999	House on Haunted Hill	Watson Pritchett
2000	Any Given Wednesday	Al Pacino	Short film
2001	Monkeybone	Organ Donor Stu
	Corky Romano	Corky Romano
2002	Undercover Brother	Mr. Feather
2005	Adam & Steve	Michael
	Santa's Slay	Jason Mason
	Enough About Me	Chris Adams	TV film
2006	Totally Awesome	Gabriel	TV film
	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Sparky	TV film
2007	Undead or Alive: A Zombedy	Luke Rudd
	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	Walter Melon	Voice role
	Nancy Drew	Burglar
	Two Dreadful Children	Chet Dunbar	TV film, voice role
	Christmas in Wonderland	Leonard Cardoza
2008	Delgo	Filo	Voice role
	Gym Teacher: The Movie	Sploopers Show Host/ESPN Announcer	TV film
2009	Scouts Honor: Badge to the Bone	Brandon
	Tanner Hall	George Middlewood
2010	Hollywood & Wine	Jack Sanders
	Devolved	Coach Papillion
2011	Hard Breakers	Hertz Waters
	A Holiday Heist	Uncle Harry
2012	Foodfight!	Polar Penguin	Voice role
	Crazy Enough	Fred/Teddy
	Guns, Girls and Gambling	Gay Elvis
2013	Slightly Single in L.A.	Drew
2015	Troop Hood	Phil Neffler	Short film
	Hotel Transylvania 2	Kakie	Voice role
	The Ridiculous 6	John Wilkes Booth
	The Passenger	Sebastian	Short film
	ImagiGARY	Officer Jones
2016	The Last Film Festival	Harvey Weinstein
2017	Desiderata	Man	Short film
	Walk of Fame	Alejandro
	Breaking Legs	Robby
	How to Get Girls	Mr. Fox
	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming	Prime Minister	TV film
2018	The Time Capsule	Rod	TV film
	Mr. Malevolent	Mr. Preevy
	The Bobby Roberts Project	Self	Mockumentary
	Lent!	Conrad	TV film
2019	The Soviet Sleep Experiment	Subject 3
2020	Guest House	Delivery Guy Ricky
	In Other Words	Maximillion Woods
2021	40-Love	Bootman
	Famous	Lawrence Nichols

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	NewsRadio	Employee #3	Episode: "No, This Is Not Based Entirely on Julie's Life"
1996	Grace Under Fire	Carnival Barker	Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?"
1996-2003; 2006; 2011	Saturday Night Live	Various roles	Series regular: 1996-2003 Guest: 2006 & 2011 148 episodes
2009	AllaKattan!	Self
2009-2014	The Middle	Bob Weaver	Series regular, 56 episodes
2011	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Casey Madisenn/Bill Fisk	Episode: "28 July 2011"
2014	How I Met Your Mother	Jed Mosely	2 episodes
	The (206)	Various roles	Episode: "Season 2, Episode 12"
	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Craig Newton	Episode: "Kevin Spacey/Lewis Black"
2014-2015	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	King Zongo	3 episodes
2015	The Awesomes	Indiana Johnson	Episode: "Indiana Johnson and the Nazi Granddaughters "
2016	Jingle Ballin'	DJ Booth
2016-2018	Bunnicula	Bunnicula/Arthur Monroe	Series regular, 69 episodes
2017	Real Rob	Mitch	Episode: "Acupuncture & Spring Rolls"
2017-2018	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Blaytz	3 episodes
2022	Celebrity Big Brother 3 (American season)	Himself
	The Cuphead Show	Werner Werman	Episode: "Rat's All, Folks"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2000	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Personality	Saturday Night Live	Nominated
2001	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Comedian	—	Nominated
2013	Bonehead Award	Best Actor	Just Crazy Enough	Won
2016	Hoboken International Film Festival Award	Best Supporting Actor	Breaking Legs	Nominated

References

External links

• Chris Kattan at IMDb
• Chris Kattan at the Internet Broadway Database

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Christopher Lee „Chris“ Kattan (* 19. Oktober 1970 in Sherman Oaks, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Comedian, bekannt aus der Fernsehsendung Saturday Night Live, in der er von 1996 bis 2003 auftrat.

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