Jay Mohr
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Jay Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.
He was born in Verona, New Jersey. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia. He has one son, Jackson, from his six-year marriage to former model, Nicole Chamberlain.
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Career
Television
Image:JayMohr.jpg Mohr appeared as a featured player during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons of Saturday Night Live.
Mohr's 2004 autobiography, Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live (ISBN 1401300065), details this tumultuous period of his life, including his battle with chronic panic attacks.
Though his potential was appreciated by SNL creator/producer Lorne Michaels, Mohr was impatient with his progression to full cast member, and left the show on bad terms. He has since reconciled with Michaels.
Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthy's brother, Wayne.
In 1999, he was the star of his own television series, Action, in which he played a sleazy film producer, Peter Dragon.
His intimidating boss is memorably characterized as a thinly-veiled Barry Diller.
Mohr hosted a short-lived 2001 talk show on ESPN entitled Mohr Sports.
He is #86 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all-time.
Film
Mohr has also appeared in movies such as Jerry Maguire, Small Soldiers, Go and Pay it Forward. He was also the host, creator, and executive producer of the Last Comic Standing reality television program.
Radio
He frequently appears on The Opie and Anthony Show on XM Satellite Radio.
Mohr was also one of several guest hosts of The Jim Rome Show, but was asked by the network to refrain from guest-hosting again following a very controversial appearance in 2004. Mohr made vulgar references to the recently-deceased Ronald Reagan and toward Muhammad Ali's battle with Parkinson's disease. Listeners and affiliates alike called Premiere to complain about Mohr's statements, and in turn, he was asked to refrain from accepting the offer to guest host the show in the future.
Controversy
Mohr has been accused of stealing material. His Comedy Central special is often cited, where he used a massage bit adapted from Robert Kelly, who also frequently appears on Opie and Anthony. An SNL sketch about an Irish bartender written by and starring Mohr was taken from the act of comedian Rick Shapiro, a fact Mohr confirmed in his book.
Currently
He currently writes an article for the Sports Illustrated website SI.com entitled Mohr Sports.
He is currently engaged to actress Nikki Cox. The wedding is planned for sometime in late 2006.
Mohr was featured in two Super Bowl XL commercials for Diet Pepsi, where Mohr plays the agent for Diet Pepsi (the can), making deals with Diddy and Jackie Chan.