Hugh Fink

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

During his tenure as a writer for NBC’s Saturday Night Live alongside Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon and Maya Rudolph, Fink not only earned a reputation for his fearless lampooning of pop culture, but also appeared as a commentator on the show’s Weekend Update. During his final season at SNL, Fink received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Program. He was brought back to SNL in 2019 as a guest writer to share his expertise with the newer cast members and writers.

Fink was creator/executive producer of the irreverent Comedy Central series The Showbiz Show with David Spade. He co-wrote Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas (NBC), where he got into an argument with the actor playing Kermit, who refused to do a scripted joke on the grounds that “Kermit wouldn’t say that.”

As a comedian, Fink has made multiple appearances on Late Show with David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and had his own Comedy Central half-hour special. As an accomplished classical violinist (for a comedian), Fink opened for Jon Stewart at Carnegie Hall to a sold-out Toyota Comedy Festival crowd, proving to his family that all those years of lessons paid off.

In 2023, for a record eighth year in a row, Fink executive produced the Writers Guild Awards, a gig at which he has collaborated with Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, Keegan Michael Key, Bill Burr and Academy Award winner Oliver Stone…who is just not that funny.

In addition to his role at Dodge College, Fink teaches writing at Harvard University and is in demand as a guest lecturer.