Jon Glaser

About Jon Glaser

For music video, film, and commercial director Jonathan Glazer, see Jonathan Glazer.

Jon Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American comedian, writer, and actor based out of New York City. He is a five-time Emmy nominee with the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He had roles in the movies School for Scoundrels and Be Kind Rewind, and he has guest-starred on Wonder Showzen and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He starred in the animated series Stroker and Hoop, Freak Show, and currently, Lucy the Daughter of The Devil. His TV pilot Delocated, about a man in the witness protection program, was picked up for a series by Adult Swim in February 2009.

Glaser was a member of the mainstage cast of The Second City during the mid-1990s, performing alongside future Saturday Night Live head writer Adam McKay and cast member Rachel Dratch, as well as future Mr. Show and 30 Rock cast member Scott Adsit. In Second City's award-winning revue Pinata Full of Bees, which was directed by Tom Gianas, Glaser sang about the importance of not betraying a friendship by pretending not to have legs in order to play in a wheelchair basketball league. He also provided musical accompaniment for the show's climax by drumming in a demonic pig mask, and appeared onstage throughout the show to pass judgement on audience members for laughing at jokes he considered socially irresponsible.