# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-quinn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:02.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-quinn"
name: "Colin Quinn"
slug: "colin-quinn"
description: "Colin Edward Quinn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody segment. Prior to SNL, he was best known as the announcer/sidekick/co-host on MTV's 1980s game show Remote Control. Following his departure from SNL, Quinn went on to host Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, where he and a panel of New York's big names in stand-up comedy discussed and debated news stories of the day. Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in A Night at the Roxbury, Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films, and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck. Comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, and Dave Attell have cited Quinn as the quintessential \"comic's comic\" and New York comedian."
tagline: "American comedian and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin_Quinn_Interviewed_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1959-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.466092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ColinQuinnLongStoryShort"
    handle:    "ColinQuinnLongStoryShort"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703800/"
    handle:    "nm0703800"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.colinquinn.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کالین کوئین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Colin Quinn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Quinn"
    title: "Colin Quinn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کالین کوئین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Quinn"
    title: "Colin Quinn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Quinn"
    title: "Colin Quinn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "콜린 퀸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Куинн, Колин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Colin Quinn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump