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{{Short description|American comedian and actor (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name              = Colin Quinn
| image             = Colin Quinn Interviewed cropped (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Quinn in 2005
| birth_name        = Colin Edward Quinn
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|6|6}}
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], U.S.
| medium            = {{hlist | Stand-up | television | film | radio | literature | one man show}}
| years_active      = 1980–present
| genre             = {{hlist | [[Observational comedy]] | [[black comedy]] | [[sketch comedy]] | [[satire]] | [[political satire]] | [[news satire]]}}
| subject           = {{hlist | [[American politics]] | [[American culture]] | [[current event]]s | [[race relations]] | [[Human history|world history]] | [[drinking culture]]}}
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| influences        = {{hlist | [[Richard Pryor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popentertainment.com/quinn.htm |title=Colin Quinn |publisher=Popentertainment.com |access-date=June 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095907/http://www.popentertainment.com/quinn.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> | [[George Carlin]]<ref>[http://www.popentertainment.com/quinn.htm Colin Quinn: Tough Guy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095907/http://www.popentertainment.com/quinn.htm |date=February 14, 2012 }}</ref>}}
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| education         = [[Stony Brook University]]
| spouse            = {{marriage|Jen Sochko|2019}}
| notable_works     = {{ubl | Co-host of ''[[Remote Control (game show)|Remote Control]]'' | ''[[Weekend Update]]'' anchor on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' | Host of ''[[Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn]]''}}
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'''Colin Edward Quinn''' (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring ''[[Weekend Update]]'', the show's news parody segment. Prior to ''SNL'', he was best known as the announcer/sidekick/co-host on [[MTV]]'s 1980s game show ''[[Remote Control (game show)|Remote Control]]''. Following his departure from ''SNL'', Quinn went on to host [[Comedy Central]]'s late-night panel show ''[[Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn]]'', where he and a panel of New York's big names in stand-up comedy discussed and debated news stories of the day. Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'', Dickey Bailey in the ''[[Grown Ups (film)|Grown Ups]]'' films, and playing [[Amy Schumer]]'s father in the film ''[[Trainwreck (film)|Trainwreck]]''. Comedians such as [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Chris Rock]], and [[Dave Attell]] have cited Quinn as the quintessential "comic's comic" and New York comedian.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Quinn has also become known for his comedic [[one-man show]]s that feature his takes on history and growing up in [[New York City]]. As of 2020, he has written and starred in seven stage shows: ''Irish Wake'', ''My Two Cents'', ''Long Story Short'', ''Unconstitutional'', ''The New York Story'', ''Red State Blue State'', and ''The Wrong Side of History'', two of which he collaborated on with Seinfeld as director. ''Long Story Short'' was filmed as an [[HBO]] special that aired on April 9, 2011, and ''Unconstitutional'', ''The New York Story'', and ''Red State Blue State'' were released as [[Netflix]] specials.