Christopher Lee Kattan (born October 19, 1970) is an
Jewish-American, best known for his work on the sketch show
Saturday Night Live.
Biography
Personal life
Kattan was born in
Sherman Oaks,
California. His father,
Kip King (
né Jerome C. Kattan), is an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series
Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E. Biro, was in
Playboy in the 1960s. His father is of
Iraqi
Jewish descent and his mother is a
Hungarian-born
Buddhist.
[j. - Celebrity Jews] The two divorced when Kattan was a toddler and his mother later married Marc Joslyn. Kattan lived on
Bainbridge Island,
Washington where he attended Bainbridge High School.
Kattan married model Sunshine Tutt on June 28, 2008, in California after proposing to her at her grandparents' home in
Gainesville, Texas on Christmas Eve 2006.
[Chris Kattan Engaged to Sunshine Tutt - Celebrific] Kattan's publicist told E! News on August 19, 2008 that the couple had separated but had no plans for divorce.
. However, on August 22, 2008, Kattan filed for legal separation from his wife, claiming that the couple separated on August 10.