The Impressive Skills of Actor Seth Meyers in Poker
People who watch the television program "Saturday Night Live" definitely know who Seth Meyers is. He is a comedian, actor and one of the effective cast members of the show. But this guy surely has a talent apart from acting. Having won in the third season of the game show "Celebrity Poker Showdown," Seth Meyers definitely knows how to competitively play poker.
Born in Bedford, New Hampshire on December 28, 1973, Seth Adam Meyers was a member of the improv troupe Boom Chicago, which is based in Amsterdam, before he was included in the cast of the show "Saturday Night Live." When he was still a student of Northwestern University, he also became a member of the improv sketch group Mee-Ow.
In "Saturday Night Live," Seth Meyers is not merely an actor. Although he started as one in 2001, he was then hired by the "Saturday Night Live" management as a writing supervisor in 2005. He was further promoted to co-head writer in January 2006. His co-head writers included Andrew Steele and Tina Fey. But when Fey left the show, Seth Meyers was fortunate enough to be promoted to head writer for the show's 2006-2007 season.
Seth Meyers has the opportunity to display his versatility in "Saturday Night Live" because he gets to portray different types of characters. Moreover, he gets to impersonate several notable people, including Wade Robson, Ty Pennington, Ben Curtis, Tobey Maguire, Stone Phillips, Sean Penn, Ryan Seacrest, Prince Charles, Carrot Top, Anderson Cooper, Michael Caine, and John Kerry.
He has also been given the opportunity by the "Saturday Night Live" management to write a motion picture based on the show. The film will be titled "Key Party" and he is also expected to star in it.
His achievements also include becoming a co-anchor in the 2006-2007 season of the television program "Weekend Update." He co-hosts such show with television personality Amy Poehler.
On a personal note, Seth Meyers used to spend his time with actress Rashida Jones when he had time out of acting. Now, when he is not busy with work, he participates in a good game of poker.
This celebrity poker player is definitely not just an ordinary poker player. Prior to his participation in the television game show "Celebrity Poker Showdown" in 2004, he had already been playing poker and had been participating in various poker events. The frequent participation of this celebrity poker player in poker events probably honed his skills as he won in the 5th game of the third tournament of "Celebrity Poker Showdown."
Such victory allowed this celebrity poker player to qualify to the championship game. He only finished second but he successfully showed impressive skills. It was guitarist Dave Navarro who defeated him in the said game.
Nevertheless, even with such loss, he did prove to the people that he definitely knows how to play poker.
