Sunday February 23rd, 2025 - 8:30PM
Panama City Comedy presents actor and comedian Kevin Nealon (SNL,Weeds) at Capt. Anderson's Event Center in Panama City Beach, FL on Feb. 23, 2025 at 6pm & 8:30pm
KEVIN NEALON
Biography
Kevin Nealon is an Emmy and SAG-nominated actor and comedian who sets himself apart from othercomedic performers with his unique sense of humor, dry wit and likable demeanor. Nealon is best knownfor his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and received critical acclaim for hisrole in the hit Showtime series Weeds. Kevin currently produces and hosts his digital series Hiking withKevin, and tours his stand-up globally. He will be releasing his latest book, I Exaggerate: My Brushes withFame (Abrams), on October 25, 2022. Part art book, part memoir -- the book is full of original full-colorcaricatures Kevin has created along with funny, endearing personal essays about his famous friends.
Nealon’s extensive television credits include the CBS sitcom, Man With a Plan, in which he starredalongside Matt LeBlanc; Showtime’s Weeds, which ran for eight seasons and was honored at the 2006,2007 and 2009 Golden Globes with nominations for “Best Television Series Comedy or Musical.” In 2007and 2009, Weeds was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by anEnsemble in a Comedy Series.” Additional television roles include two critically acclaimed stand-upspecials for Showtime; and a number of appearances on Hot In Cleveland, Franklin & Bash, Monk, CurbYour Enthusiasm and Still Standing.
Nealon’s self-produced, edited, and hosted web series Hiking with Kevin is exclusively available on hisYouTube channel of the same name. In the series, Kevin interviews his A-list celebrity friends on hikesthroughout the country. Past guests include Michael Keaton, Jimmy Kimmel, Lin Manuel-Miranda, CherylHines, Ray Romano, Al Franken, Hilary Swank, Kumail Nanjiani, Kate Beckinsale, Conan O’Brien, AdamSandler, and more.
Nealon has found great comedic success in his extensive film career. In Anger Management, he playedopposite Jack Nicholson and fellow SNL comedian, Adam Sandler. He and Sandler also teamed up in EightCrazy Nights, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, Just Go With It, Blended, and You Don’t Mess with theZohan, the latter of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. In Joe Dirt, Nealon joined another SNLalumnus David Spade. Additional film credits include Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy, Good Boy withMolly Shannon, Bucky Larsen: Born to be a Star with Nick Swardson, Roxanne with Steve Martin and thecult hit Grandma’s Boy, also with Nick Swardson and Jonah Hill.
As one of the longest running cast members on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (1986-1995), Nealon createdsome of the show’s most memorable characters, including ‘The Subliminal Man’ and ‘Hans and Franz.’Nealon’s recurring role as an anchor on ‘Weekend Update’ helped make the sketch a show staple. In 1988,he earned an Emmy nomination as part of the SNL writing team.In 2008, Nealon released his first book, Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me? - a comical look at themale perspective of pregnancy.
Currently, Kevin resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
