Colin Jost Biography

Colin Jost is co-anchor of "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live alongside fellow cast member Michael Che. Jost joined the cast as “Weekend Update” co-anchor in 2014 and has been a writer at SNL since 2005, serving as co-head writer for three of those years. He has won three Writers Guild Awards, a Peabody Award and has received multiple Emmy nominations for his writing on SNL. Jost wrote and starred in the Paramount/Netflix film, Staten Island Summer, based on his days as a lifeguard growing up in NYC. Che and Jost also hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions. Jost is a Staten Island native and Harvard graduate.

Jost joined the cast as "Weekend Update" co-anchor on March 1, 2014. Previously at "SNL," Jost served as co-head writer since 2012 and as a staff writer since 2005.

Jost has won three Writers Guild Awards, a Peabody Award and has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for his writing on "SNL." He also wrote and starred in the Paramount/Netflix film "Staten Island Summer," based on his days as a lifeguard growing up in New York.

Jost is a Staten Island native and Harvard graduate.

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