2025Nominee
Best Performance
One Battle After Another
Jim Downey
Actor · Producer · Writer
Berkeley, California, USA
October 6, 1952
Biography
James Woodward Downey (born 1952) is an American comedy writer, producer and actor. Downey wrote for over 30 seasons of Saturday Night Live, making him the longest tenured writer in the show's history. SNL creator Lorne Michaels called Downey the "best political humorist alive" while Conan O'Brien said he is "the great comedy writer that we all revere."
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2007Winner
Best Performance
There Will Be Blood
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Happy Gilmore 2
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Performance
Billy Madison
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Lorne
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One Battle After Another
There Will Be Blood
Happy Gilmore 2