Early life

Mohr was born in Verona, New Jersey. His mother, Iva Jean (née Ferguson), is a nurse, and his father, Jon Wood Mohr, is a marketing executive. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia. He has Scottish, German, English, and Welsh ancestry. Mohr was raised Presbyterian, but he converted to Roman Catholicism.

Career

Acting career

Mohr appeared as a featured player for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons of Saturday Night Live. His 2004 memoir, Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live, details this tumultuous period of his life, including his battle with chronic panic attacks. He later credited Sarah Silverman with saving his life by helping him treat the problem.

Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthy's brother, Wayne. Mohr's first major film role was in 1996 when he played the conniving Bob Sugar, a sleazy sports agent in Jerry Maguire, followed in 1997 by a starring role in Picture Perfect. In 1999, Mohr starred in the television series Action, in which he played sleazy film producer Peter Dragon. He was also the voice-over artist for Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory. Mohr has also appeared in movies such as Suicide Kings, Are We There Yet?, Small Soldiers, Go, Pay It Forward, and The Groomsmen. Mohr was offered a late night talk show job by Michael Eisner but he declined. Mohr managed to convince Eisner to let him host a talk show on ESPN entitled Mohr Sports which ran briefly in 2001 before being cancelled. The talk show job Mohr passed was then offered to Jimmy Kimmel and became Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

In 2003 and 2004, Mohr created, hosted, and was executive producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program. The show aired for three seasons, but was cancelled near the end of the third season due to poor ratings, only to be renewed later. Mohr was very vocal toward NBC concerning its cancellation and did not return for the show's fourth season in 2006. Mohr was replaced with new host Anthony Clark, but he is credited as a consultant. On the season finale of Last Comic Standing 4, Jay performed as a guest comedian. He had a recurring role on the TV series Ghost Whisperer, which had developed into a regular role. Mohr also appeared in an episode of the hit sitcom Scrubs - "My Own Private Practice Guy" in 2003 and in three episodes of The West Wing in 2004 in the recurring role of Taylor Reid. Parts of Mohr's stand up was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

Mohr starred as newly divorced dad Gary Brooks for two seasons on the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried. Paula Marshall played his ex-wife. In January 2010 he took the role as Billy in Clint Eastwood's thriller film Hereafter. He also guest-starred on NBC's Outlaw in 2010.

Radio

Mohr has contributed frequently to The Jim Rome Show and often guest-hosted the program. His nickname on the show is "Slam Man", and, more recently, the derisive "Weigh More" and "Ham Man," "Salami Man" and—when feeling particularly fancy -- "Prosciutto Man." Mohr finished in 7th place in the 2007 Smack-Off, 6th place in the 2008 Smack-Off, 10th place in the 2009 Smack-Off, 6th place in the 2010 Smack-Off, and 6th place in the 2011 Smack-Off. Jay is also known to do "drive-by" call-ins to the show to usually promote one of his stand-up shows or live events.

On January 2, 2013, Mohr replaced Rome on Fox Sports Radio, as he hosts a daily talk show titled Jay Mohr Sports in Rome's longtime 12 to 3 p.m. (ET) timeslot, as Rome moved his show from Premiere Networks (the distributor of Fox Sports Radio) to CBS Sports Radio. The show can be heard on several internet platforms and regional affiliates. On November 3, 2014, Jay Mohr Sports moved to the 3 to 6pm time slot, so Rich Eisen could take over the 12-3pm slot on Fox Sports Radio.

Podcast

Mohr hosts his own podcast entitled Mohr Stories. The podcast was hosted on the SModcast Network, often taped in his garage, which he has dubbed Fake Mustache Studios. On May 4, 2012, Mohr announced his amicable departure from the SModcast network. He has since begun hosting Mohr Stories on his own network, Fake Mustache Studios.

Other work

In June 2004, Mohr's first book, Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live, was published by Hyperion and chronicled his two years working on Saturday Night Live. In May 2010, publisher Simon & Schuster released Mohr's second book, No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad.

Mohr's album "Happy. And A Lot" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Personal life

Mohr has a son, Jackson, from his six-year marriage to former model Nicole Chamberlain. He married actress Nikki Cox on December 29, 2006. In December 2008, he filed legal papers requesting a legal name change to Jon Ferguson Cox Mohr, adding his wife's surname. Their son, Meredith Daniel Mohr, was born on May 5, 2011.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Jerry Maguire	Bob Sugar
1997	Picture Perfect	Nick
1997	Suicide Kings	Brett Campbell
1997	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	Mack (voice)
1998	Paulie	Benny/Paulie (voice)
1998	Small Soldiers	Larry Benson
1998	Jane Austen's Mafia!	Anthony 'Tony' Cortino
1998	Playing by Heart	Mark
1999	200 Cigarettes	Jack
1999	Go	Zack	Teen Choice Award Nomination
2000	Cherry Falls	Leonard Marliston
2000	Pay It Forward	Chris Chandler
2001	Speaking of Sex	Dan
2002	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Tony Francis
2002	S1m0ne	Hal Sinclair
2004	Seeing Other People	Ed
2005	Are We There Yet?	Marty
2005	King's Ransom	Corey
2006	Even Money	Augie
2006	The Groomsmen	Cousin Mike Sullivan
2008	Street Kings	Sgt. Mike Clady
2009	Lonely Street	Bubba Mabry
2010	Hereafter	Billy
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Rick the Implausible
2014	Dumbbells	Harold
2015	Road Hard	Jack Taylor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	TGIF		Interstitial shorts
1992-1993	Camp Wilder	Dorfman
1993-1995	Saturday Night Live
1995	The Barefoot Executive	Matt
1996	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Wayne Foxworthy
1996	Local Heroes	Jake Bartholomew
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Brett Hutchins
1999	Olive, the Other Reindeer	Tim (voice)
1999-2000	Action	Peter Dragon	Golden Satellite award
2000	The Simpsons	Christopher Walken
2000-2005	Family Guy	Various
2001	Black River	Lt. Dale Stillman
2003	Scrubs	Dr. Peter Fisjer
2003	Fastlane	Roland Hill
2003	CSI: Miami fom	Aaron Schecter
2003-2004	Last Comic Standing	Presenter	Executive Producer Primetime Emmy nomination
2004	The West Wing	Taylor Reid
2004	The Man Show	AssWatch Salesman
2005	Las Vegas	Martin Levson
2006	A Salute to the Troops and USO	Host
2006	Christmas Do-Over	Kevin
2006	Community Service	Will Shepard
2006-2008	Ghost Whisperer	Professor Rick Payne
2008-2010	Gary Unmarried	Gary Brooks
2009	Monk	Harrison Powell
2010	Outlaw	Henry Ashford
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Nyle Brite
2011	A Christmas Wedding Tail	Rusty (voice)
2011	Prime Suspect	A.D.A. Bullock
2011-2013	Suburgatory	Steven Royce
2012	Applebaum	Al
2012	Brothers-In-Law
2012	Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl	Himself	Standup special
2013	Money Where Your Mouth Is	Host
2015	Jay Mohr: Happy. And a Lot.	Himself	Standup special

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Jimmy (voice)
2008	Blitz: The League II	Agent
2008	Saints Row 2	Dane Vogel (voice)
2009	Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust	Kip Whiteman (voice)
2015	Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell	Dane Vogel (voice)

Celebrity impressions

• Teddy Atlas
• Charles Barkley
• Russell Brand
• Harry Caray
• David Caruso
• Louis C.K.
• Richard Dawson
• Andrew Dice Clay
• Droopy
• Ricky Gervais
• Buddy Hackett
• Barry Katz (Mohr's agent)
• Harvey Keitel
• John Madden
• Matthew McConaughey
• Norm MacDonald
• Dennis Miller
• Tracy Morgan
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Al Pacino
• Chris Penn
• Colin Quinn
• Charles Nelson Reilly
• Jim Rome
• Christopher Walken

Charities

Jay Mohr supports the following charitable causes: Children, Education.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]