Tim Meadows

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Tim Meadows (born February 5, 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan) is an American actor. He got his start in showbiz as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley.

In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member (appearing on the program until 2000, having held the record for the longest tenure until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005) and one of its most popular personalities. His many impressions on the show included Michael Jackson, Dennis Rodman, O.J. Simpson, and Oprah Winfrey.

Among his original characters was Leon Phelps, "The Ladies' Man," an eternally horny talk-show host who believed himself to be the living definition of what females search for in a man.

The sketch was made into a 2000 film, The Ladies Man, which followed the character's attempts to find love and a suitable outlet for his beloved radio program. Despite a surprise guest appearance on Saturday Night Live immediately following his departure to promote the movie, it was not well-received by critics or fans and subsequently flopped at the box office.

Meadows soon moved on to other projects, including a regular role on the short-lived NBC sitcom The Michael Richards Show and a supporting role in the 2004 film The Cookout. His greatest post-SNL success to date, however, was a major role as a high school principal in Mean Girls, a hit film written by (and co-starring) fellow SNL cast member Tina Fey.

Other films Meadows has appeared in include Coneheads, It's Pat, and Wayne's World 2, all of which were based on popular SNL characters and had varying rates of success.

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