Steve Higgins is the announcer for
NBC's
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
He was previously a cast member, writer, and producer for the show
The Higgins Boys and Gruber,
and he has a long-time association with
Saturday Night Live in mostly behind-the-scenes roles as writer and producer.
Higgins was also briefly a writer for
The Jon Stewart Show until its cancellation.
He has been nominated for several
Emmy Awards, including for
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series and
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program in 2008, both for his work on
Saturday Night Live as a writer.
In addition to being a television series,
The Higgins Boys and Gruber was also a
sketch comedy trio featuring the Higgins brothers (Steve &
David Anthony Higgins) and comedian
Dave Gruber Allen.
In 1989, Higgins performed at
The Vic Theatre in
Chicago,
Illinois for
HBO's
One Night Stand television series, along with his brother Dave, and Gruber.
With Nick Bakay, Higgins performed at the
Girly Magazine Party show in
Theatre/Theater in
Hollywood,
Los Angeles,
California in 1993, acting as "a sleazoid male chauvinist comedy duo who exchange off-color ethnic jokes and prance around in suits and ties like Steve Martin on acid". His brother, Dave, performed in the show as well in a separate act. Steve Higgins was praised for his ability of knowing "when to go over the top and when to rein it in", and how he was able to be "acutely tuned in to the comings and goings around them and know how to play off each other".
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