Jon Ferguson "Jay" Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and radio host.

He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as the inaugural host and executive producer of Last Comic Standing (2003–2006).

[12] Instead, Mohr ended up hosting the lip-sync contest game show Lip Service on MTV, which earned him a CableACE Award.

His 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.

[15] He later credited his SNL co-star Sarah Silverman with saving his life by helping him treat the problem.

He was under a cloud of suspicion due to his admitted plagiarism of jokes during the season[16] and his multi-year contract with NBC did not allow him to unilaterally quit.

In 1999, Mohr starred in the television series Action, in which he played sleazy film producer Peter Dragon.

Mohr appeared in additional movies including Suicide Kings, Are We There Yet?, Small Soldiers, Go, Pay It Forward, and The Groomsmen.

[17] In 2003 and 2004, Mohr created, hosted, and was executive producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program.

[21] He has an upcoming starring role alongside Tom Blyth in the comedy Discussion Materials[22] adapted from Bill Keenan's memoir of the same name.

In May 2010, publisher Simon & Schuster released Mohr's second book, No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad.

In 2016, Mohr became the host of the Los Angeles Rams pregame show airing Saturday evenings after college football on KABC-TV.

[citation needed] Mohr has a son, Jackson,[31] from his six-year marriage to former model / actress Nicole Chamberlain.