American actor, comedian and writer
Mikey Day
Day in 2020
Born Michael William Day
(1980-03-20 ) March 20, 1980 (age 44) Education
University of California, Los Angeles (
BA ) Occupations Years active 1999–present Partner Paula Christensen Children 1
Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian and writer. Day was hired as a writer for the
NBC
sketch comedy series
Saturday Night Live before its
39th season in 2013. He was then promoted to on-air cast status and became a featured player during the show's
42nd season in 2016, later being promoted to repertory status beginning with the
44th season in 2018.
[1] He is also the host of the Netflix show
Is It Cake? Day previously was an on-air correspondent for
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and
The Jay Leno Show .
[2]
Early life and education
Michael William Day was born March 20, 1980, in
Orange, California .
[3] He attended
Panorama Elementary School
[4] and later graduated from
El Modena High School . There, he was involved in the drama program and the
student government . He wrote comedic sketches for monthly assemblies and made the theme for his
homecoming "
Batman ". Day graduated from the
University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in theater in 2002.
[5]
Career
Day began his career with
the Groundlings , a
Los Angeles –based
improvisational theater group.
[6] With the Groundlings, Day and Michael Naughton wrote and co-starred in David Blaine Street Magic , a parody of magician
David Blaine , portrayed by
Mitch Silpa . The video, posted to
YouTube , was once one of the
most-viewed videos on the site .
[7]
Day was an original cast member on the
improvisational comedy series
Wild 'n Out on
MTV .
[4]
[6] He played various characters in the Groundling stage show Groundlings, In The Study, With The Candlestick in early 2009 and directed Groundlings Space Camp .
[4] Day wrote for
Showtime 's
The Underground in 2006.
[8]
Day starred in
NBC 's
Kath & Kim remake (2009),
[6] wrote for and co-produced the
Cartoon Network show
Incredible Crew (2013),
[9] and wrote for
Adult Swim 's
Robot Chicken in 2014.
[8] Day hosted a recurring segment parodying
TMZ from 2010 to 2013 on
The Jay Leno Show and
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .
[5] Day was a featured cast member of
NBC variety show
Maya & Marty , alongside
Maya Rudolph ,
Martin Short , and
Kenan Thompson . He also served as one of the show's co-head writers.
[10]
2013–present: Saturday Night Live
Day was hired as a writer for
Saturday Night Live in 2013 for its
39th season .
[9] He was recommended for the job by
Nasim Pedrad , who had worked with him before and was a cast member of SNL at the time, appearing in her fifth and final season on the show.
[11] On SNL he wrote many sketches featuring cast member & former Wild 'n Out co-star
Taran Killam , with whom he wrote the screenplay to
Brother Nature (2016).
[12]
He was promoted to featured player for
season 42 and was promoted to a repertory player in the beginning of
season 44 .
[13] For his
audition , he impersonated
Donald Trump Jr. and SNL actor
Kyle Mooney .
[14] His debut appearance was in season 42's first episode, October 1, 2016, hosted by
Margot Robbie .
[8]
[15]
Bobby Moynihan ,
Streeter Seidell , and Day wrote the sketch "Haunted Elevator" for the October 22, 2016 episode of SNL . Starring
Tom Hanks as
David S. Pumpkins , Day played one of two dancing skeletons in the sketch.
[16] The sketch went viral, and he reprised the role for
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017).
[17]
[18]
Celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live
Recurring characters on Saturday Night Live
Greg Duncan, one half of a couple whose forays into spicing up their sex life leave Greg seriously and comically injured by his shy, yet intimidating wife Shelley Duncan (
Leslie Jones )
[35]
Mort Fellner, a
supercentenarian who reports on the achievements and experiences of fellow supercentenarians; however, each report culminates in revealing that the achievement is due to the subject dying.
Nico Slobkin, one half a shallow couple always on the brink of an argument, who runs a relationship-themed Instagram account with his girlfriend Brie Bacardi (
Heidi Gardner ).
[36]
Matt Schatt, one half of a couple, who is so disproportionately unexceptional compared to his exceptionally attractive partner that others can't help but question how their relationship exists.
[37]
Josh, one of the two unintelligent kids (the other being Lonnie, played by
Cecily Strong ) in the Science Room sketches.
[38]
[39]
Disney
Day and his writing partner
Streeter Seidell have completed one project and have two projects in development for
Disney . The first of these,
Home Sweet Home Alone , the sixth film in the
Home Alone franchise , was released on
Disney+ on November 12, 2021.
[40] A live-action
Inspector Gadget film is in pre-production.
[41]
Walt Disney Pictures is also planning to produce a remake of
SpaceCamp .
[42]
Personal life
Day dated
Selma Blair , whom he met on the set of Kath and Kim , from 2008 to 2010.
[43]
Day is in a relationship with actress Paula Christensen. Their son was born in August 2012.
[44]
Filmography
Film
Television
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