STEVE HIGGINS: As Seen on TV

An Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, actor and comedian currently serving as the announcer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and a writer/producer of Saturday Night Live. Prior to The Tonight Show, Higgins was the announcer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014. Early in his career, he was part of the sketch comedy trio The Higgins Boys and Gruber, who had their own eponymous sketch series on Comedy Central from 1989 to 1991. Steve voiced the character Chadwick The Edible Blargmonger in the 2014 animated special ELF: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. He is a member of the Higgins comedy dynasty of Des Moines, IA. Steve tells what the average work week is like on SNL and recommends the book “The War of Art” by Steve Pressfield as required reading for young people pursuing a life in creativity.