Jimmy Fallon: biography, personal life, TV show

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The world famous The Tonight Show has won fans not only in North America but all over the world. Almost every country now has an analogue of a television project. And his permanent presenter, joker and bully Jimmy Fallon managed to collect a whole avenue of stars in his program. Many people think that Evening Urgant, the most popular show in Russia, is a replica of the Evening Show.

Biography and personal life

James T. Fallon was born in Bay Ridge in September 1974. He inherited the name James from his father, whose name is the same. Jimmy spent most of his life in the outskirts of New York, where the family moved shortly after the birth of James. He attended the Catholic Church and even dreamed of becoming a clergyman, but this did not last long.

During his school years, Jimmy Fallon will be fond of comedy, and this will determine not only his career, but also his future life. He will be considered the local “clown” at school, and he will gladly make parodies of teachers and make crazy pranks, entertaining classmates and infuriating teachers. But with all this, later in various programs, teachers will admit that they loved thiseducated and funny guy. Jimmy even earned the title of class president. Later, he will participate in the school talent show and win with a parody.

In college, Jimmy entered the computer technology department without much difficulty. But later he transferred to the Faculty of Communications. And soon Jimmy realizes that communication is not for him, and drops out of college.

Jimmy Fallon's new goal is to become a comedian, actor or TV presenter. To do this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his career as a comedian and performed in stand-up shows, for which he received less than $ 10, but he did not give up his dream. He wanted to be on the super-popular SNL (“Saturday Night Live”). And by the age of 25, he set himself the goal of entering the film crew. After several auditions in 1998, he managed to pass the casting and get into the 24th season of Saturday Night Live.

Jimmy is married and happily married to Nancy Juvonen with two children.

So began Jimmy's ascent to TV Olympus.

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Fallon's participation in the program lasted from 1998 to 2000 as a guest artist. During this time, James managed to fall in love with the public so much that contracts and offers now poured in to him like a river, in 2000 his cherished desire comes true, and he becomes a full-fledged member of the Saturday Night Live team.

In 2004, Fallon decides to leave the show to become an actor and pursue a career in that direction.

2005-2014

At this time, Jimmy actively takes part in films, voices animated films, hosts various awards and ceremonies, and also records his own comedy records. During this time, Jimmy's career, unfortunately, goes downhill. His acting skills are often criticized, and comedy records are awarded low scores. Despite this, the record is nominated for a Grammy Award.

At this time, Jimmy also begins his writing career and publishes the book "I hate this place." After a series of not very successful roles in the cinema, Jimmy returned to television in 2009, to the delight of his fans, already with his own show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (until 2014). And in 2014, a new branch in Jimmy's career begins, the TV show "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" goes on the air.

Evening show

The Tonight Show has been on NBC since 1954. The show has gathered during this time many famous TV presenters, one of which was Jimmy. He first appeared on the show in 2014, in the seventh season.

Traditionally, the show is named after its host, and since the seventh season it has been called The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, or, as it is often called in Russia, The Night Show. The program airs on weekdays, and always begins with the host's jokes, and then continues with a meeting with invited star guests and a conversation with them. Fallon is assisted by host Steve Higggins. The show continues now.

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon brought together such stars as Leonardo DiCaprio, Keanu Reeves, Zach Galifianakis, Dwayne Johnson, Gordon Ramsay, James McAvoy, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, Jim Parsons, Colin Farrell, Dakota Johnson, Blake Shelton, Louis C. K., Bob Odenkirk and many more. And all of them, along with Jim, perform funny tasks and participate in comic skits after a short interview.