Jon Rudnitsky


Jon Rudnitsky is an American actor and comedian who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for the 2015–2016 season and played McWatt in the 2019 miniseries Catch-22.

Early life

Rudnitsky is a native of Harrington Park, New Jersey. His mother, Karen, is in charge of the gerontology center at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. He subsequently studied acting at the University of Southern California. His uncle is Michael Oren, the former Israeli Ambassador to the United States. Rudnitsky is Jewish.

Career

Rudnitsky performed with the Groundlings. On August 31, 2015, it was announced that Rudnitsky would join the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player for the show's forty-first season. In the third episode of that season, Rudnitsky portrayed Anderson Cooper in a sketch, acting as moderator for a Democratic presidential debate, for which he received criticism from Cooper. He has also done impressions of Wolf Blitzer, John Mayer, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, and Vladimir Putin, while also doing a Dirty Dancing sketch for Weekend Update, which was seen as one of his high points for the season. On August 9, 2016, Rudnitsky was fired from the show.
In 2017, Rudnitsky starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in the romantic comedy film Home Again. In 2018, Jon played Mike in the Netflix release Set It Up.
He starred alongside Jane Lynch and Genevieve Angelson in the NBC pilot Relatively Happy, which was not picked up.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Criminal MindsKyle OwensEpisode: "Perennials"
2013JewDateJakeEpisode: "Jenga!"
2015–2016Saturday Night LiveVariousMain cast
2017Better BriefsKyleEpisode: "Locked Out in Your Underwear"
2017Red OaksBrettEpisode: "Paroled"
2017Curb Your EnthusiasmWaiterEpisode: "Namaste"; Uncredited
2017Relatively HappyHenry PepperTV Pilot
2018ChampionsAsherRecurring role
2018Ned Ludd 2 episodes
2019Catch-22McWattMiniseries