Jimmy Fallon Biography
Jimmy Fallon is a media personality serving as the host of the American late-night talk show The Tonight Show which airs on NBC on weeknights at 11:35 /10:35c. He is also a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, singer, and musician. On May 17, 2021, NBC renewed the show for five more years through 2026.
Jimmy Fallon Age
How old is Jimmy Fallon? Jimmy is 48 years old. He was born on September 19, 1974, in Bay Ridge, New York, United States.
Jimmy Fallon Height
He is 6 feet tall approximately 1.83 meters or 183 centimeters.
Jimmy Fallon Nationality
He holds American nationality.
Jimmy Fallon Education
Fallon attended the Roman Catholic school St. Mary of the Snow. He then joined Saugerties High School graduating in 1992. At Saugerties High School, Fallon was a performer in most stage productions and was twice a class social director. He won a young comedian’s contest with an impression of Pee-wee Herman.
Subsequently, he attended The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, where he was a computer science major before switching to communications in his senior year. Fallon was an average student who would perform stand-up comedy on weekends. He would often board buses from his aunt’s house in Fort Hamilton to perform sets at Caroline’s Comedy Club in Times Square. He did not also graduate, leaving college a semester early to pursue a comedy career.
Fourteen years later, in May 2009, Fallon returned to receive a Bachelor of Arts in communications, awarded by Saint Rose officials who granted him experiential learning credits for his television work. He also joined his classmates at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to collect his degree, where along with his BA, he was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
Jimmy Fallon Family
Jimmy is the son of Gloria (née Feeley) and James Fallon. He was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. His father spent his adolescence singing in street-corner doo-wop groups then served in the Vietnam War. Shortly after his son’s birth, he started working as a machine repairman for IBM in Kingston, New York. In preparation, the family moved nearby to Saugerties, New York.
In November 2017, Jimmy lost his mother to an unknown illness at the age of 68. He also has an elder sister named Gloria.
His paternal grandmother was a German immigrant from Osterholz-Scharmbeck, while his maternal grandmother’s father was a Norwegian immigrant from Fredrikstad. Another set of his great-great-grandparents was an Irish couple from County Galway, with his great-great-grandmother herself being born to an Irish couple in France.
Jimmy has described his childhood as idyllic, while his parents have been described as overprotective. He and his sister, Gloria, were unable to leave their home and had to ride their bicycles in the backyard.
Jimmy Fallon Wife
Who is Jimmy Fallon married to? Jimmy is married to film producer Nancy Juvonen. She is 56 years old as of 2023 and was born on May 18, 1967, in Marin County, California, United States. The couple tied the knot on December 22, 2007. They initially met on the set of Saturday Night Live but did not become friends until later on the set of Fever Pitch. Jimmy proposed to Juvonen in August 2007 with a Neil Lane-designed engagement ring on the dock of Juvonen’s family home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. They were married four months later.
Jimmy and his wife are blessed with two daughters, Winnie and Frances who were born via surrogate in 2013 and 2014. The family lives in Sagaponack, New York, and has a female English cream Golden Retriever named Gary Frick that has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by actor and comedian Fallon that airs on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC’s long-running Tonight Show franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The Tonight Show is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. It was recorded from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City, which is the same studio in which Tonight Starring Jack Paar and then The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was produced from 1957 until 1972.
The program airs on weeknights at 11:35 /10:35c and it opens with Fallon’s topical monologue, then transitions into comedic sketches/games, concluding with guest interviews and a musical performance. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon attracted high ratings from its 2014 premiere. Many moments from the show have generated viral videos. The show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two.
On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that Fallon signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021. On November 2, 2020, his contract was extended beyond that year. Also, on May 17, 2021, NBC renewed the show for five more years through 2026.
Recently, Fallon reportedly apologized to staff on The Tonight Show after Rolling Stone published allegations from current and former employees claiming a toxic work environment behind the scenes of his late-night program.
“It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad. Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends,” Fallon told Tonight Show staff during a brief Zoom meeting on Thursday evening, Staff in the meeting told Variety and Rolling Stone. “I feel so bad I can’t even tell you.
“I want this show to be fun, it should be inclusive for everybody, it should be funny, it should be the best show, the best people,” Fallon was reported as saying by both outlets.
Jimmy Fallon Salary
Fallon earns an annual salary of $16 million for hosting the TV Show “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”
Jimmy Fallon Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $60 million as of 2023.
Commonly Asked Questions About Jimmy Fallon
Does Jimmy Fallon have a Twitter account?
Yes, Jimmy has a Twitter account.
Does Jimmy Fallon have Instagram?
Yes, Jimmy has an Instagram account.
How much does Jimmy Fallon get paid for The Tonight Show?
Fallon is paid $16 million per year for hosting the TV show The Tonight Show.
How many Instagram followers does Jimmy Fallon have?
Fallon has 26.1 million followers on Instagram.
