Hugh Fink

An Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, producer and educator, Hugh Fink has established himself as one of the leading voices in late-night comedy.

As a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live, alongside Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudolph, Fink earned a reputation for his fearless satire of pop culture. He also appeared as a commentator on the show's "Weekend Update." During his final season at SNL, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Among his most celebrated sketches are "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup," which has been recognized in retrospectives as an SNL cult classic, and "El Niño," Chris Farley's final performance on SNL. In 2019, he returned as a guest writer, mentoring a new generation of cast members and writers.

Fink created and executive produced the Comedy Central series The Showbiz Show with David Spade. He also co-wrote NBC's Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas, where he famously argued with the performer behind Kermit the Frog, who refused to say one of Fink’s jokes because "Kermit wouldn't say that."

As a stand-up comedian, Fink has appeared multiple times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, HBO's Young Comedians Special, and starred in his own Comedy Central half-hour special. He will soon appear on CBS's Comics Unleashed. Fink’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Newsweek. His acting credits include an appearance in Judd Apatow's This Is 40. An accomplished classical violinist, Fink opened for Jon Stewart before a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall during the Toyota Comedy Festival — finally giving his family proof that all those years of violin lessons weren't wasted.

Fink has served as executive producer of the Writers Guild Awards for nine consecutive years, collaborating with Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, Keegan-Michael Key, Nathan Fielder and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone — who, it turns out, isn't all that funny.

In addition to teaching at Dodge College, Fink teaches television and comedy writing at Harvard University and Emerson College Los Angeles. He is also a sought-after guest lecturer, sharing his experience in comedy writing, television production, and the creative process with students and industry professionals across the country.