Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels
Michaels at the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors
Born
Lorne David Lipowitz

(1944-11-17) November 17, 1944
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • U.S. (from 1987)
Occupations
  • Producer
  • writer
  • comedian
Years active1968–present
Known for
Spouses
  • (m. 1967; div. 1980)
  • Susan Forristal
    (m. 1981; div. 1987)
  • Alice Barry
    (m. 1991)
Children3
Parent(s)Abraham Lipowitz (father),
Florence Becker (mother)

Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television writer and film producer. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014).

He has received 21 Primetime Emmy Awards from 106 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history.