List of recurring characters on 30 Rock
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30 Rock
is an American
television comedy
series
created by Tina Fey
that airs on NBC
. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live
sketch comedy
series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building
where NBC Studios
is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The series has an ensemble cast
that currently consists of 13 regular cast members, Tina Fey
, Tracy Morgan
, Jane Krakowski
, Jack McBrayer
, Scott Adsit
, Judah Friedlander
, Alec Baldwin
, Katrina Bowden
, Keith Powell
, John Lutz
, Kevin Brown
, Grizz Chapman
and Maulik Pancholy
.
for the casting of the series. Fey's first act as casting director was to cast herself as the lead character, Liz Lemon, who is said to be much like Fey herself when she first became head writer on Saturday Night Live
(SNL). The next actor to be cast was Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, who was then a former castmate of Fey's in SNL. Morgan was asked by Fey to play the role, and he believed it was "right up [his] alley and it was tailor made for [him]". Fey said that the character of Kenneth Parcell was written with Jack McBrayer in mind. McBrayer is an old friend of Fey (they worked together at Second City in Chicago), and she "really wanted him for that part and was very happy when no one objected".
Rachel Dratch
, Fey's longtime comedy partner and fellow SNL alumna, was originally cast to portray Jenna. Dratch played the role in the show's original pilot, but in August 2006, Jane Krakowski was announced as Dratch's replacement, with Dratch remaining involved in the show playing various characters. Fey explained the change by noting that Dratch was "better-suited to playing a variety of eccentric side characters", and that the role of Jenna was more of a straight-ahead acting part. Although Fey went on to say that "Rachel and I were both very excited about this new direction", Dratch said that she was not happy with the media's depiction of the change as a demotion. Dratch was skeptical about the reasons she was given for the change, and was not happy with the reduction in the number of episodes in which she would appear.
Shortly following the casting of McBrayer and Dratch, frequent SNL guest host Alec Baldwin was cast as Jack Donaghy, the "totally uncensored" Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. Fey said that the character of Donaghy was written with Baldwin in mind, and she was "very pleasantly surprised when he agreed to do it". Baldwin—who models his portrayal of Donaghy on SNL and 30 Rock producer Lorne Michaels
—was reluctant to commit to a weekly television show, and agreed to appear in the pilot on the condition that he appear in no more than six episodes a season for six seasons. NBC, however, agreed to broadcast 30 Rock only if Baldwin would appear in every episode of the first season. Baldwin agreed to 12, but appeared in every episode.
Judah Friedlander was cast as the staff writer of The Girlie Show, Frank Rossitano. Friedlander had never met Fey before auditioning for a role in 30 Rock. His character was based on at least two writers that Fey used to work with at SNL, but he said that he "certainly brought some of [his] own things to it as well". Finally, Scott Adsit was cast as Pete Hornberger, a long time friend of Liz's and producer of The Girlie Show. Adsit, an old friend of Fey, also had his character written based on him.
, and another seven roles that don't appear during the opening credits but receive star billing. Additionally, one role was written out of the show during season four.
) is the protagonist of the series, the head writer
of TGS with Tracy Jordan. Jack Donaghy accurately describes her as a "New York
third-wave feminist
, college
-educated, single-and-pretending-to-be-happy-about-it, overscheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine
that says 'healthy body image
' on the cover and every two years you take up knitting
for...a week."
) is the decisive, controlling, suave network executive who constantly must deal with and/or causes unusual events at TGS. Donaghy is portrayed as a slick, yet brilliant and scrupulous network executive who directs many overtly backhanded compliment
s to head writer Liz Lemon
. Lemon—whom he always refers to by her last name—and Donaghy are each other's work spouse
s. He is also a Republican and is Irish Catholic.
) is the loose cannon star of TGS. He is a successful movie star
with a reputation for unpredictable, highly erratic behavior. This reputation is well-earned and much of it is an intentional attempt on his part to maintain his "crazy" persona in the eyes of the media. In the pilot episode
, Jack Donaghy
forces Liz Lemon
to hire Tracy as the new star of her sketch comedy
program The Girlie Show. To the chagrin of Liz and Jenna, Jack renames the show TGS with Tracy Jordan in the following episode. Tracy has remained the star of TGS ever since.
) is the limelight
-seeking co-star of TGS and Liz's best friend. A running gag is her thinking she's doing the right thing for her career, only resulting in her humiliating herself in front of everyone, and never learning from her mistakes. Generally, she fits into the "dumb blonde
" stereotype as well as the stereotype of actresses being air headed and self-centered. Off-camera, she is conceited, frequently lies about her age and uses her "sexuality" (i.e., flirting
) to get her way with men. She tries to seem smart to her fans and to the general public, even going as far as telling Life and Style magazine her favorite book is the Quran. Sometimes her views get her in hot water with the public, even when she is misquoted; when Maxim
asked her about her view on the Iraq War, Jenna misheard and thought she was being asked about theatre troupes rather than "the beleaguered troops." When she saw the article afterwards - in which a quote "I hate the troops" was printed - she and Liz were forced to do damage control by placing her on Hardball with Chris Matthews
(accidentally confusing Barack Obama
with Osama bin Laden
), followed by doing a number about America, but in both cases the damage was made even worse than before (the sparklers didn't spin, and they inadvertently showed swastika
s).
) is a cheerful, obedient Southern
-born NBC page
, who "lives for television."
In initial episodes, it appeared as though Kenneth was not very familiar with some of Liz Lemon
's staff, or even Liz herself. In the pilot episode
, Liz refers to Kenneth only as "that NBC
page." As the show progressed beyond its initial episodes, the character became very familiar with other staff of TGS with Tracy Jordan including Jack. Kenneth often acts as Tracy Jordan
's personal assistant, for instance getting him nachos
from Yankee Stadium
. He is an active member of Tracy's entourage leading him to become very close with Tracy, Grizz, and Dot Com. The show repeatedly hides his actual age by making him sound old. None of the TGS staff know his age, and an argument can be made that he is immortal.
) is the "sane", quick-witted producer of TGS, who serves as Liz Lemon
's most trusted friend (besides, of course, Jack). He works closely with Liz, whom, as stated in "Blind Date," he has known for ten years. In the pilot episode
, new network executive Jack Donaghy
fired Pete without even consulting Liz, but she managed to convince him to hire Pete back. Liz often confides in Pete and, at times, he seems to be the only competent person that she works with and the one who will tell it to her straight when it comes to managing her personal life. Much like Liz, Pete generally plays straight man to the other characters, especially to Liz when she is temporarily pushed over the edge. Pete has occasionally displayed a witty sense of humor, as when he calls Liz "Captain Needa" in the episode "Jack the Writer
". In "The Aftermath", Liz tells Tracy that Pete thinks everyone is an idiot
, "especially Frank, who... is an idiot".
Pete is the son of a United States Congressman. As a child, he was bullied by his mother and her sisters. In "College
", he mentions having a "blanky". During his high school years, he ruined his chances to follow in his father's footsteps when he got a DUI. Pete has been bald since a very young age, as the result of a curse put on him for hitting a Gypsy's kid with his car.
Prior to his work on TGS, Pete was a skilled archer
qualified to compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics
, but did not get to go when President
Jimmy Carter
decided to boycott the Moscow games. For three months in an undisclosed time in the 80's, he was in the band "Lover Boy", but he then had to choose between staying in the band or taking a college scholarship to study "TV Budgeting". He chose the scholarship, but only had two weeks of real college before he got his future-wife, Paula (played by SNL writer Paula Pell), pregnant twice (overlapping pregnancies). Pete has a teaching certificate, and used to teach high school math. His back-up plan if TGS ever gets cancelled is to once again teach for a living (although he's apparently hated as a teacher). In "It's Never Too Late For Now", we learn he has arthritis
and takes Ibuprofen
for it.
Pete and Paula got married in a botanical garden, as mentioned in "Black Tie". He goes to great lengths to keep her happy, as in "Up All Night" when he realized it was Valentine's Day, which also happens to be Paula's birthday. It is hinted, though, that Paula has, at least on one occasion, abused him (as suggested when Pete has a black eye and awkwardly tries to cover it up by saying he walked into a door, because he's "so clumsy"). He and his wife have 5 children: Kyle, who Pete fears because "he's so strong", his son Caleb, who he talked to over the phone in "Black Tie" (pretending to be Elmo and telling him to "aim his pee pee at the potty"), Robert, Jack, and Evelyn, who appears in the 4th season episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day". In "Goodbye, My Friend", Pete tells Liz that he temporarely abandoned Paula after each pregnancy. Most of his children either disrespect him (Pete mentions they call him "bald wang" in front of the babysitter) or seem to hate him (as seen in "The Fabian Strategy
" when his kid's drawings depict them brutally murdering him).
According to Pete, Hornbergers are famous cowards. On D-Day
, his grandfather wore a German
uniform under his American
one, "just in case".
As alluded to several times over the series, Pete has a great love of alcohol
(he drinks wine early in the morning) and pornography
. His catchphrase for when things go his way is "Yes, Hornberger!"
) is a trucker hat-wearing, childish, sarcastic writer at TGS. After Liz Lemon
, who is head writer
and the protagonist of the series, Frank is the most prominently featured writer of the show-within-a-show. The character always appears wearing a trucker hat
with a humorous phrase written on it, which is Friedlander's routine trademark in real life, and large thick-lensed glasses. He lives with his mother and his rent money goes directly to her.
Frank seems to be rather childish, lazy and libidinous. He often makes fun of and plays pranks on the other characters, such as in "Jack-Tor
" where he and Toofer decided to mess with neurotic Jenna Maroney
by telling her about a supposed rumor that Jack
was looking to fire an actor. He also seems to be clever, quick-witted and more intelligent than would appear at first glance. Based on "The Aftermath", both Liz and Pete apparently consider him "an idiot". Frank was the only member of the show's staff to be happy with Tracy Jordan
joining the show since he is the only one who enjoys Tracy's movies (Liz was quick to point out that he also enjoys some video of a monkey
smelling its buttocks). According to Jack Donaghy, he owns a copy of every issue of Black Tail magazine.
In "Cougars
," Frank questions his sexuality when he meets coffee delivery boy Jamie, Liz's romantic interest for the episode. However, after exploring a gay identity and making several unsuccessful attempts to court Jamie, Frank realizes that his same-sex attraction is limited to the one man: he is "gay for Jamie." It was revealed in the episode "The Break Up" that he had a racist grandfather after he watched Tracy and Toofer argue.
In "Goodbye, My Friend
", Frank decided to quit TGS and follow his original career plan of being a lawyer
, as he'd dropped out of Fordham University School of Law
. He was inspired by Jack, who also grew up without a father. However, Frank's mother (played by Patti LuPone
) revealed to Jack that all the Rossitano men were Mafia
lawyers. Because of this, they are all either in hiding or dead (Frank's father is hiding in Phoenix, Arizona
). Jack eventually convinced Frank to return to TGS as a writer. In Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001, Liz is busy with her talk show and puts Frank in charge of TGS, and he gradually becomes more and more like Liz, in behavior as well as appearance. They are wearing the same outfit by episode's end.
According to "Frank Talk", a blog
on the official 30 Rock website purportedly written by him, he originally came to work on the show when he sent a complaint letter to The Insane Girl Show and it was delivered to The Girlie Show by mistake. Apparently, Liz mistook his letter for an "avant-garde comedy piece" as she hired him a week later.
The character is noted for his colorful trucker hats which have different slogans on them.
Friedlander says he makes the hats for his character himself using phrases that he comes up with. In fact, in episode S03E18 in which Liz Lemon is forced to stay home, one of her final requests before being forced out of the building was to know what Frank's hat said. Frank first started wearing the hats at the age of 14, as seen in his 8th grade class photo, where his hat reads "My First Hat".
The character is supposedly based on former SNL writer Frank Sebastiano who worked alongside Tina Fey for a number of years.
) is Liz's attractive, laid back personal assistant, who usually wears revealing outfits to work, much to the delight of the writers' room. She is also the youngest member on the show's staff but has yet to divulge her age. Much of the humor associated with her character comes from the things she says to and assumes about Liz; she is always under the delusion that Liz was once married. The show portrays this insensitivity as coming from her naïveté rather than any genuine malice. She does not appear to respect her boss; on one occasion she politely declines Liz's request to get her coffee, instead preferring to lounge on the couch.
) is a proud African-American Harvard University
alumnus, and TGS writer, who often butts heads with Tracy and Frank, although he and Frank often hang out along with Lutz. He has an aversion to the stereotypical aspects of black culture
that he believes are embodied by Tracy Jordan
. His primary purpose on the show thus far seems to be as a foil
to Tracy. According to Liz, Toofer is "afraid of black people." According to Jack, his nickname is "Toofer" because "with him you get a two-for-one; he's a black guy and a Harvard
guy." Frank, with whom he shares an office, called him a "black nerd" à la Urkel. It was revealed in Season 4, episode 17, that Toofer was only hired because of affirmative action
and he quits in anger before he agrees to return to the writing staff.
) is Jack's assistant whom Jack hired after mistaking him for M. Night Shyamalan
on a flight while on a sedative. Jonathan excessively admires Jack and oftentimes shows vague sexual affection for him. Liz Lemon
said Jack was a "bit of a stress eater" in "The Baby Show," Jonathan was very defensive of him, emotionally saying "he puts up with so much," presumably referring to Jack's overbearing mother. His obsessive admiration of Jack is coupled with a disdainful loathing of Liz Lemon, who he considers unworthy of Jack's attention. The show has yet to give Jonathan a last name. In "Secret Santa
," it is mentioned that he has a sister who was once imprisoned in a North Korean jail, who Jack had released as a Christmas gift in keeping with his tradition of giving lavish un-toppable holiday gifts. In "Klaus and Greta
", Jonathan reveals that he met his "birth parents" leading to the conclusion that he is likely adopted. And in Anna Howard Shaw Day
he gleefully tells Jack that he once ran over an elderly woman in Arizona
, and just kept driving. In Season 4 episode 11 titled "Winter Madness
", it is discovered that Jonathan is Indian when Jack says, "Jonathan, why do I have an Indian assistant if..." Later, in the same season (episode 18 titled "Khonani
"), this is reinforced when Jonathan says to janitor Khonani in Hindi, "Popes and princes count their Donaghy time in seconds!" In the season 5 episode Let's Stay Together
Jack asks Jonathan to provide a distraction by pretending to be a stereotypical Indian and faking an Indian accent, to which Jonathan objects "But I'm from Palo Alto
!" In a later episode in season 5 (Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning
), Jonathan gleefully reacted to news of a natural disaster in Pakistan, hopeful it took place in Jammu and Kashmir
, referred to by him as "Indian Kashmir."
) is a member of Tracy's entourage. The character was a recurring character
in the first two seasons and is credited as a series regular in seasons three and four. Within the entourage, he is said to be in charge of sitting on Tracy when he gets overstimulated.
Grizz tends to make unexpectedly emotional observations about the show's proceedings, such as "this is a really special day!", "it's like a rollercoaster ride of emotion in here!" and "look at me, crying like a baby", but not actually showing any emotion. Grizz was entrusted with keeping Tracy's finances in order, until he invested much of his money in WorldCom. According to Tracy he is "obsessed with telecommunications," and might have been in the Navy, though Tracy Jordan was "on a lying run" when he mentioned this. Grizz has also been credited with teaching Tracy about anagrams. He also runs Griswold Talent Agency, which represents Adam West
. In "Greenzo", we find out that for some reason he hopes that TGS cast member Josh will find him cool and that he and Dot Com are the biggest gossips at TGS. Liz sexually harasses him at Kenneth's party; the next day Kenneth tells Liz off, stating that before the party, he had "never seen Grizz or Dot Com cry." When alone with Liz, he, unlike any other character, calls her "Beth". In the season 4 "Argus" episode, we learn Liz and Grizz used to be secret lovers.
In the St. Valentine's Day
episode in the third season, it is revealed that Grizz is engaged and Dot Com is in love with his fiancée, named Feyoncé, but the secret remains concealed (for now) when Grizz and Feyoncé married in the Season 4 finale. Grizz's family was in attendance, and a joke was made about their combined weight (as that they were shown to be very large people, much like Grizz himself).
) is another member of Tracy's entourage. The character was a recurring character
in the first two seasons and is credited as a series regular in seasons three and four. Dot Com is Tracy's driver and cook. It is also in "Hard Ball" that their last names are mentioned. Dot Com is portrayed as an intellectual; he is a 1993 graduate of Wesleyan University
, where he once portrayed Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in Anton Chekhov
's The Seagull
. He suggests going to Las Vegas to "buy a bunch of sarcophagi" to celebrate the aid of a "de-throned prince of Nigeria,"
and refuses to join in on Tracy's irrational plan to escape Ridikolous
in the episode "The Source Awards." He hopes to one day get an iPhone
, because then "e'rybody gon' be jealous." After Jack tells him that his need to be the smartest person in any conversation is off-putting, Dot Com ruefully notes "I guess that's why I'm still single." In "Rosemary's Baby" he revealed he used to be part of Phil Spector
's entourage. In "Greenzo", we find out that for some reason he hopes Josh will find them cool and that he and Grizz are the biggest gossips at TGS. Dot Com's father had diabetes
and proclaims that he ate whatever he wanted until he "died the day [Dot Com] was born". In the Valentine's Day episode in the third season, it is revealed that Dot Com is in love with Grizz's fiancee. His birthday is September 21. Dot Com is revealed to be just 18 years old in season three, however this could have easily been a one time, non-canon joke.
) is a lazy, overweight TGS writer who is oftentimes insulted or made fun of by the rest of the staff. Often, when characters enter the room to make an announcement, they will yell, "Shut up, Lutz!" even though Lutz was not actually speaking at the time. The other characters show little concern for his well-being; when Lutz ran head-first into a wall in "The Ones
", nobody made any move to help him until a television mounted on a wall fell on him. Lutz is originally from Alaska
, where he hated living, and his grandmother recently died. His first two initials were mentioned in the episode "The Aftermath
," where it was also stated that he has a thyroid
problem. He also mentions that he attended Oberlin College
and that after his junior year there he road-tripped to SXSW. The show has strongly implied that he is gay and in the closet, although it also appears that he has made his interest in men clear, and everyone simply ignores or forgets this because they don't like him. Lutz also continues to mention a girlfriend who lives in Canada, named Karen. No one believes him, so Lutz made a website called JDLutz.com/karen/proof, which is, in fact, a real site on 30 Rock's official website.
) is the newest TGS cast member. Danny is originally from Ottawa
, and got his start as a robot street performer, (portrayed by Daniel Genalo). When showing up for his first day of work without his silver clothes and makeup he was told his new name was Danny to prevent any confusion with Jack Donaghy. Danny was picked when Jack held open tryouts for the new TGS cast member. He once had a sexual relationship with Liz Lemon, much to Jack's disapproval, as evident by awkward hand prints of the robot make up which can be seen through ultra-violet light. He has deferred to Jenna when his considerable singing talents made her angry and fearful, going so far as to sing badly during a Christmas special so she can step in and shine. He mentions that he has a hard time recognizing sarcasm because Canada doesn't have a large Jewish population, and was shocked to find out that he was adopted even though his mom is Asian and he is Caucasian.
) is CEO
of General Electric
(GE) within the show's universe
and Jack's immediate boss. Jack considers Geiss to be his mentor and idol. Geiss has a mentally challenged daughter, Kathy Geiss, a secret second family in Canada
(a reference to Torn's co-starring role in Eulogy), and a third secret attic family. He is a fan of Tracy Jordan's work and, while turning down Tracy's film pitch for a film about Thomas Jefferson
, he expresses interest in making Fat Bitch 2, a sequel to one of Tracy Jordan's previous films. Geiss is characterized as having racist and sexist tendencies.
Geiss is first introduced during his own diabetes research golf tournament, where Jack is anxious to be in a "foursome" with him. After Jack's fireworks disaster in "Fireworks", Geiss demotes Jack to Vice President of East Coast Programming and takes away his Microwave Oven Programming duties. Geiss eventually decides to retire, and chooses Jack as his successor. The CEO slips into a diabetic coma
, however, before the appointment can be announced, and the board places Geiss' grossly inept daughter Kathy in charge of GE. When Geiss comes out of his coma, he decides to remain CEO. In the episode "Future Husband
", Geiss dies, but (real-world) former GE chairman Jack Welch
keeps his death a secret while GE negotiates a takeover with the (fictional) Philadelphia-based cable company Kabletown (which is fairly transparently based on Comcast
). Geiss is cryogenically
frozen in carbonite at an Episcopal
service. In his eulogy, Jack says that Geiss invented the nightlight
and the fear of monsters under the bed (to sell more nightlights). Previously, Jack had also credited to Don Geiss raising one finger to stop someone talking, the abrupt conversational segue
, and the phrase "Make him/her an offer he/she can't refuse."
) is a young and immature TGS writer and co-star, known for his impressions, who was the male star of the show before Tracy Jordan
was hired. Liz found him while he was opening for a puppet. He, Tracy and Jenna Maroney
were the three main actors on the show. It has also been said that his character is based on SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon
. Apparently, Josh formerly acted as a writer as well as star of the show, and was frequently seen in the writers room brainstorming, whereas Jenna and Tracy are not, though his appearances decreased as the series progressed until Ross was finally written out in season four, with most of the characters forgetting his existence. Danny somehow obtains his memories in "100" while under the effects of a hallucinogenic gas leak.
and really enjoys soap opera
s. She has been shown putting toy race cars in her mouth, eating flowers, and demonstrating an impressive vocal talent, in homage to Susan Boyle
. She rarely ever speaks, however, she speaks three simple one-word phrases "kiss kiss kiss" in the episode Do-Over. During the time her father, Don Geiss, was in a coma she held the title of Chairman and CEO of GE and President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming, however she was more of a figurehead
, as her fiance, Devon Banks, called most of the shots. She made Jack her chief business advisor after a soap opera
-style twist with Liz, replacing Devon.
) is the former Vice President of West Coast News, Web Content, and Theme Park Talent Relations for NBC
. In a 2008 interview with Fortune
magazine, Tina Fey said that the Devon Banks' character was based on former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, Ben Silverman
. Devon serves as the nemesis of the older Jack Donaghy
, and is first seen in the episode "Fireworks", when his surprise visit from Los Angeles
leads Jack to believe that Devon is trying to take his job as Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. At one point, Devon goes so far as to attempt to cause Jack to have another heart attack so that Jack will look weak in front of Don Geiss, the head of NBC's parent company, General Electric
(GE). Upon learning that Devon is gay
, Jack sends Kenneth
(to whom Devon is attracted) to seduce Devon in an unsuccessful attempt to make him late for an important meeting. Devon is also attracted to Kenneth
's cousin, Clay Aiken
. Devon becomes engaged to Don's mentally-challenged daughter, Kathy, claiming to have been cured of his homosexuality by the Church of Practicology; this quickly proves to be untrue, as Devon continues to show attraction to men. During Devon's bachelor party
, Don Geiss had planned to name Jack as the next CEO, however, Geiss goes into a diabetic coma
, and Devon, ignoring Geiss' true wishes, convinces the board to turn over control of the company to the inept Kathy, essentially placing himself in charge. He and Jack concede that they "hate-respect" one another. Devon, desperate to keep the company afloat, explains to Jack that he sold the 'E' from "GE" to Samsung
, who is now "Samesung," and reveals that he plans to shut the company down for two years to drive up its profits regardless of the consequences of such actions. Meanwhile, Jack and Liz convince Kathy to hire Jack as a business consultant to oversee all GE affairs. Devon responds by jumping into traffic in order to get hit by a car and sue the driver.
Devon returns in Season 4, having "wormed his way into the Obama
inner circle." He becomes head of a committee investigating the incompetence at GE and again attempts to destroy Jack, but Jack undercuts him by accepting a government bailout to keep GE afloat, and presumably the Kabletown acquisition makes Devon's efforts to control Jack moot (at least for matters involving microwaves).
) is the head of Kabletown. He is a "family man", and also a Vietnam veteran. He often is enraged at Jack's handling of TGS, but always has a very happy mood, characterized by incessant laughter while at the same time directing thinly-veiled insults and threats to Jack and his staff.
) is Vice President of Locomotives at GE and a member of the board of directors. A former protégé of Jack's, who is married to a Filipina woman, has two children and owns a house with a pool. Jack stated that people use Jorgensen as a scapegoat.
) is the somewhat insane Head Page of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, known for his weak one-liners and bizarre hand gestures. He hates Kenneth because of his excessive cheerfulness and wishes to transfer him to the CNBC
network studios in Paramus
, New Jersey
. Donny is first introduced when Jenna tries to find a replacement jacket for Kenneth and Donny uses this as an excuse to give Kenneth a demerit. He challenges him to a "page-off" (a savage contest mixing physical stamina with NBC trivia), but this is quickly broken up by Pete, who then orders Donny to give Kenneth a new jacket. Later, Donny tries to sabotage Kenneth's opportunity to apply as a page at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
, by sending a memo to Kenneth telling him the applications were due in two weeks, when they were actually that day. After stalling Kenneth with a fake paper delivery, Pete shoots him in the leg with an arrow (referencing his mention that he made it as an Olympic archer, only to have the U.S. boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics
), which gave Kenneth enough time to deliver his application. He states in Rosemary's Baby
that he was breast-fed until the age of eleven.
. He tried to mediate a dispute between Jenna and Tracy, but failed. He is a self-described "overweight transgender
." He counseled Liz during her forced leave for sexual harassment
, a leave she tried to extend by making a pass at him.
, and can be heard commenting that she likes porn when Frank, left temporarily in charge by Liz, decides to remove the firewall
so they can surf porn again. She was the only one offended by the French-Dutch pronunciation of the mini-microwave, the Bite Nuker (which Jack said was offensive to people who identify as Franco-Dutch as bite is French slang for "dick" and Nuker sounds like the Dutch word for "fucker"). She also moderated a porn-title competition between Lutz and Frank. In the episode "Black Light Attack", Tracy adds her to his entourage and they develop a relationship mimicking that of an overprotective father and rebellious daughter. She is friends with Cerie and enjoys going to Tasti D-Lite
and Pinkberry
. In the episode "TGS Hates Women
," she appears to be attracted to Abby Flynn, a seductive female comic who joins TGS as a guest writer. In "Plan B
," it is revealed that there is a Crime TV show based on her and she appears to be very violent, as she beats up Lutz and breaks Toofer's arm in the episode It's Never Too Late for Now
, and it is implied that she murdered the mayor of her hometown.
) is a cat wrangler who works on the show. In the episode The Baby Show, she offered to carry the child that Liz wants, and revealed that she owns a small ferret farm 60 miles north of New York City
. Greta also hints towards an obsession with Liz, mentioning that she likes to watch Liz watching TV.
Rachel Dratch left the show after the first season, making it highly unlikely for the character to return. Rachel Dratch also played a large array of different characters in season one. She later appeared as the janitor Jadwiga in the season five episode "Live Show
".
) was Liz's boyfriend
for three consecutive episodes in the early part of the show's first season, also making appearances in the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons. He is generally disliked by most of the characters, notably Jenna and often Liz. Dennis claims to be the love of Liz's life, which she disputes. The few good memories she has of him are mostly food-related, but she does admit he makes her laugh. His nickname for Liz is "Dummy".
Dennis acts immature for a man of his age, often exclaiming things that would be expected of a teenage boy. In one episode, he is shown sitting on Liz's bed, presumably playing Halo 3
, yelling in anger and throwing the controller down, remarking that the controller is "defective" because "That grenade was right next to him!" He was the last remaining beeper
salesman in New York City
and was known as the "Beeper King" since the original "Beeper King" killed himself. Liz and Dennis first met in late 2002 or early 2003 at a screening of the film The Hours
, when they independently said that it should be called The Weeks. They dated for a few months and then broke up. In the episode "Jack Meets Dennis
," Liz takes Dennis back when he is the only person who remembers her birthday. He is a very devoted fan of the New York Islanders
, stating that he had no reason left to live when they lost a game. Liz asks Dennis to move in with her, although her original intention was to end the relationship. Duffy's behavior eventually pushes Liz to the breaking point when he starts babysitting a Great Dane
, despite knowing that Liz was allergic
to it, believing allergies are all mental. He destroys one of the walls in her apartment in an attempt to hang shelves and a television, leading Liz to dump him and order him to leave ASAP; however, he objects, stating he loves her and also believes he has squatter's rights. The following day, Dennis shows up with a good-bye note at her job with an apology, prompting everyone to feel sorry for Dennis, even Jack and Jenna. According to his apology, Liz's leaving him marked the first time he cried since the 1986 World Series
. When Liz returns home, she finds her place back to normal with a written apology from Dennis. When he shows up to give her an early Christmas
present, she invites him to stay for dinner; however, when she sits down to watch Dateline NBC
, she sees a hidden camera investigation
that reveals Dennis is an online sexual predator
, who was hoping to meet a 16-year-old, claiming he thought she was 22. After Dennis sees Liz watching the program he tries to turn it off, but a fuming Liz throws him out.
In season 2, Dennis turns up once again when he becomes a hero by saving a person who fell in front of a speeding train. At first, Liz isn't happy he's around, but she is forced to deal with him because Jack wants Dennis featured on TGS. Dennis proposes to Liz, and she realizes that's a bad idea and refuses; Dennis's rude, stupid comments afterwards (together with losing the Stanley Cup
) return him to pariah status, and Liz is furious after he tries to push her in front of another subway train to be a hero again, telling him to get lost, but Dennis replies "You'll be back, dummy." When Liz has a pregnancy scare in which she believes she's pregnant with Duffy's baby, Dennis announces that they will deliver the baby at the hospital in Coney Island
where he was born and will name the baby Morpheus
or Judy, respectively after the character in The Matrix
and a girl he "used to boff." However, it turns out that Liz had eaten Mexican cheese puffs
, which contained an ingredient (evaporated bull semen
) that made her home pregnancy tests give false positives.
In the season 3 episode "Apollo, Apollo
," Dennis returns to Liz's apartment, telling her that he is a self-diagnosed sex addict with the help of WebMD
and is going around to all his former sexual partners asking for forgiveness. He now owns a coffee vending machine
located in the basement of a K-Mart near Penn Station
. Later, Dennis reveals that he and Jenna had sex in Liz's bed while he and Liz were dating. He claims to have once almost joined the Marine Corps
and took the firefighter
's exam, which he claims is biased against Irish-Americans.
In season 4, Dennis appears alongside two other ex-boyfriends of Liz's in a hallucination brought on by anesthesia
administered during Liz's root canal
. Liz later finds him at a park in Queens, trying to duplicate the balloon boy hoax with a kid he met through a program "that brings together troubled adults with child mentors", and she once again is utterly disgusted and walks away.
Dennis returns in the season 5 episode "100
". When a gas leak is seeping into the ventilation system of the sixth floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, it causes strange behavior among the personnel. Later, Dennis, whom Liz had called while under the influence of the gas in an attempt to rekindle their relationship an hour earlier, comes to see her. After learning that she will "love" him again if she is affected by the gas leak, he undoes the repairs to the ventilation system. He tries to trick Liz into signing a lease that will let him move back in with her while she is high on gas, but Jack stops her from doing so. Tom the Janitor reports the sabotaged gas line and Dennis is caught and escorted from the set. Liz then tells Dennis if she ever sees him again, she will murder him.
) is a lawyer
working in 30 Rock. He first appeared when he accidentally sends flowers to Liz Lemon for Valentine's Day
, intending to send them to his girlfriend Liz Lemler. Liz Lemon, who doesn't know his name, calls him "flower guy" and develops a crush on him. In the episode "The Fighting Irish," Liz fires Liz Lemler and the rest of the accounting staff, so that she can get closer to Floyd with his girlfriend out of the building; however, Jack cleans up Liz's mess by rehiring the accountants and transferring Liz Lemler to a job at GE headquarters in Connecticut, causing Liz Lemler and Floyd to break up. In the episode "Fireworks," Liz follows Floyd into an AA
meeting in order to get close to him, revealing that he is alcoholic and that the rules are important to him, stating that the last time he drank he did a man-on-the-street promo for Tarzan on Ice
despite never having seen the show. When Liz lies about being an alcoholic in order to hear Floyd openly talk about his secrets, she finds out that members of the same AA group cannot date and confesses she was never an alcoholic and just had a crush on him. Floyd feels betrayed by this, but Liz makes it up to him by telling Floyd all of her secrets, and the two then begin dating. Jack becomes very good friends with Floyd and starts calling him "the Floydster," much to Liz's dismay. Floyd eventually seems to want to spend more time with Jack than Liz, making Liz a third wheel on their outings with Jack. At the end of season 1, Floyd decides that New York City is too much for him, and seeks to move to his hometown of Cleveland. Liz and Floyd go there on a vacation, where Floyd gets a job and decides that he is going to move there; Liz ends up staying at TGS with Tracy Jordan in New York. Despite seeming perfect for each other, Floyd and Liz break up due to the stress of a long-distance relationship.
When Floyd visits New York in season 2, Liz confronts Floyd because she had previously called him in Cleveland and heard a woman's voice. Floyd states that he has no idea who Liz is talking about. Before leaving, Liz runs after him and finds him at the airport and gives him her apartment key, as they "never know what might happen." Floyd appears in season 4, when he, Dennis, and Dr. Drew Baird appear together in a hallucination Liz has after having a root canal
, and then again when Floyd arrives in New York to tell Liz that he's getting married. Floyd and his fiancee are trying to get married on The Today Show, which upsets Liz. She takes him to a restaurant in hopes of giving him food poisoning, but he accidentally gets drunk on his alcohol-based salmon sauce. This causes him to go on a binge, and make a fool of himself in front of Liz and The Today Show staff. Liz later salvages Floyd's nuptials, but bonds so quickly with his fiancee that she ends up in the wedding party.
Floyd the Barber was a regular character on The Andy Griffith Show
.
2009, during which not only did Bethany end up at Liz's apartment, but Drew's mother died in the hospital after being ill. On her deathbed, she told Liz that she was not Drew's mother and that the person Drew thinks is his sister is, in fact, his mother. Liz tells Drew this later in the episode. He also has an aunt named Gloria. In episode 15 of the third season, entitled "The Bubble
," Liz is concerned with Drew's behavior, as he is outwardly handsome and unintentionally "manipulates" the people around him (with his looks). Liz shows Drew that this is called "living in the bubble" and shows him that this is not how normal people are treated. When Liz beats him in a tennis match, he becomes angry with his "sore-loser" attitude, and eventually apologizes for his behavior asking Liz if she would like to take a ride with him on his new motorcycle. Liz declines, leading the viewer to believe that the relationship has ended. Drew is portrayed as quite stupid, lacking knowledge of such basic medical procedures as the Heimlich Maneuver.
Dr. Drew appears again in season 4 alongside Floyd and Dennis in a hallucination Liz has after having a root canal
. The corporeal Baird appears again in "Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" where Liz visits his apartment and learns that Drew's right and left hands were severed on two unrelated occasions, by a helicopter rotor and fireworks, respectively. He hopes to get hand transplants from a strangler facing the death penalty/a woman whose hand got separated from her at a Josh Groban
concert. Liz decides he is too imbecilic for her to ever date him again and leaves.
On multiple occasions, Liz has referred to him with the phrase: "So Handsome...so, so stupid!"
) met Liz in her oral surgeon's recovery room after her root canal, but does not remember the encounter. Instead, she discovers him on her phone, listed in her contacts as "Future Husband." After a few dates, Liz and Wesley realize they do not belong together. When talking, Wesley often uses misleading Britishisms, which Liz recognizes as made up. He is displeased that the actor Wesley Snipes
has his name, saying he (British Wesley) personifies the name much more strongly as a pasty, unathletic British man. Wesley is rude to Liz and mocks her romantic history, and tries to leverage her desperation over being alone into helping him deal with his professional and immigration debacles. Even so Wesley believes they are "settling soulmates", and sets the stage for another meeting during "sweeps", (which alludes to the season finale) which he claims is the British version of spring cleaning. In the Season 4 finale, Liz meets a pilot, Carol (played by Matt Damon
) who seems to be her actual soulmate, and publicly breaks up with Wesley.
) was Tracy's manager during season one. He briefly dated Liz during the episode "The Source Awards", but Liz realized that they were completely incompatible after one date. When she attempted to break things off, Steven claimed that she was racist. Liz continued to date Steven, hoping that he would see their incompatibility himself. At The Source Awards, Liz accidentally set off Tracy Jordan's gun, hitting Steven in the upper thigh while he was trying to get his phone out of her purse. They broke up afterwards.
) is a pilot who establishes a relationship with Liz in the season four finale
. In season five
, the two have a difference of opinion on how serious their relationship should be—Liz likes how casual they are with Carol gone on flights most of the time, but he wants them to become more seriously committed to one another. Despite their difference of opinion on their relationship, they (mostly, but not entirely) have the same quirks and character traits. This becomes a problem factor in the episode "Double-Edged Sword
," when Liz and Carol break up, after an extremely heated argument on a plane. His surname is revealed by Kenneth in "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish" and is a reference to the entertainer Carol Burnett
.
", she reveals that Astronaut Mike Dexter is also the secret King of Monaco. Liz actually meets a man named Mike (although he's a lawyer) who looks exactly like Astronaut Mike Dexter at Floyd's wedding in "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land
", although Mike reveals that he is a "plushie" who enjoys having sex (or "yiffing") with people in mascot costumes in state parks. Astronaut Mike Dexter also appears, although not by that name, in Jack's "porn for women", which features handsome men asking women about their day, in "Don Geiss, America and Hope
", which Liz is seduced into buying.
) is Jack Donaghy's ex-wife, whose years of marital bliss with the network exec weren't all that rosy, since Jack's mother never liked her from the beginning. She was first introduced in Season 1, Episode 12 and had her second and most recent appearance in the following episode. As of her last appearance, she is engaged to a man named Vincent Foley and in Season 1, Episode 13 she finalised her divorce with Jack (although they had been legally separated since 1989). Jack mentioned that she was too much of a woman for him which is why they divorced. Bianca is able to tolerate most of Jack's meaningless affairs but she seems to have a jealous streak towards women who can actually make Jack happy, as evidenced by Liz pretending to be Jack's fiancée, which resulted in Bianca attacking her at the event.
is implied and later confirmed as one of Jack's more short-lived relationships.
) is an art dealer and auctioneer who works at the Christie's
branch in Rockefeller Center
. She is supposedly English
and claims to have something called "avian bone syndrome," which requires that no one touch her, as well as vertigo
. She always introduces herself to Liz every time they meet, and states that her parents were poet
s. Jack eventually attracts Phoebe's attention and the two start dating, and after Liz gave the two her blessing, Jack quickly asks Phoebe to marry him and she accepts, stunning Liz. Jack takes Phoebe to Paris
, later finding out that Phoebe is actually a gold digger. Liz discovers Phoebe holding hands with an older man, Phoebe tells Liz that he is a former lover. Liz tells an angry Phoebe that either she tells Jack the truth or Liz will, but while arguing with Liz Phoebe accidentally drops her British accent, revealing herself to be American. When Liz tells Jack about this, he refuses to believe her, apparently, having been warned by Phoebe that Liz was making things up about her. When Jack's mother Colleen shows up in "Hiatus," she takes an instant dislike to Phoebe. After Colleen visits Jack in the hospital, she discovers that Jack wasn't in love with Phoebe as his heart rate monitor
becomes a polygraph
, and Phoebe notices this and slinks away in defeat. Jack and Phoebe's wedding was subsequently canceled. It is never established whether her "avian bone syndrome" or vertigo was real.
) is the Congresswoman
for the state of Vermont
. She is a Democrat
. She meets Jack at a cocktail party honouring Robert Novak
, and the two end up sleeping together
. Soon after, Jack discovers she is a Democratic Congresswoman from Vermont and she is also trying to sue NBC
's fictitious parent company, the Sheinhardt Wig Company, for apparently dumping some "Auburn Fantasy Dye Number 260" into the Chickatagua River which turned the children of Chickatagua orange. Despite Jack and C.C.'s conflicting political beliefs, they decide to pursue a relationship, which is at first kept secret. Jack and C.C. eventually reveal their relationship in Jack's executive dining room. Due to job related commitments, and the fact that Jack lives in New York
and C.C. lives in Washington, D.C.
, they decide to break up. She returns in "Cooter
" and approves development of a gay bomb
to help get Jack fired from his position in Washington so he can return to 30 Rock, partly because of a favour she owed Jack.
) is a Puerto Rican
nurse who is deeply religious and puts a high value on family. She was introduced as a love interest for Jack in Season 3, when she takes care of Jack's mother, Colleen, who had injured both hips. While caring for Colleen, Elisa forms a romantic relationship with Jack. She also cares for another patient, an elderly male Alzheimer's
patient. Colleen hates that Elisa and Jack are together, presumably because she hates every woman that Jack has been with. Elisa's grandmother initially hates Jack because he greatly resembles an actor playing a villain on her favorite telenovela
, but eventually became quite fond of him after Jack has NBC purchase the rights to the show and changes his doppelgänger's part to appeal specifically to elderly women. Although Elisa and Jack had some relationship trouble on St. Valentine's Day, they made up, partly due to their joint love of McDonald's
McFlurries. In the episode "Larry King" Jack proposes to Elisa, which she accepts, but afterward informs Jack that she is going to Puerto Rico
, but promises to call Jack. When she returns, she and Jack begin planning their wedding, but it is revealed that Elisa is infamous among Puerto Ricans because she killed her husband when she discovered he was cheating on her. She flies into a homicidal rage when she believes Jack and Liz Lemon are having an affair, but after being dissuaded, she calms down, and agrees with Jack to call off the wedding and end the relationship because she cannot control her jealousy.
) was Jack Donaghy's high school crush. She and Jack shared a high school German class (in which Jack had the name "Klaus" and Nancy had the name "Greta"), Nancy's voice mail code stands for "Klaus" which means that Nancy does have feelings for Jack. It is discovered that she and her husband are separating. Jack confesses his feelings to her and she replies with a kiss. Most of her lines are written to showcase her heavy Boston accent. She is a devout Roman Catholic.
) is a conservative media personality and the host of the political talk-show "The Hot-Box" and commentator on CNBC
. She begins a relationship, which begins as a one-night stand, with Jack in Season 4 when he believes Nancy Donovan will not be divorcing her husband any time soon. He winds up dating them simultaneously, eventually choosing Avery over Nancy, shortly after being told that she is pregnant. Originally from Maryland
(but is of Swedish descent), she attended Choate Rosemary Hall
and then Yale University
. They marry in Season 5 in between the events of "Christmas Attack Zone
" and "Mrs. Donaghy
", but she doesn't know that the priest married Jack and Liz. However, it has already appeared that this problem has been fixed. She gave birth to Jack's baby in "Double-Edged Sword
" in Toronto
, making her Canadian-American, and named her Liddy Elizabeth Donaghy - in honor of Liddy Dole
, G. Gordon Liddy
, and Jack's martial arts instructor, Lid E; the middle name is in honor of Liz Lemon
. In "Everything Sunny All the Time Always
", Avery is on a trip described by Jack as, "a hot blondes in weird places initiative," by NBC News
in Asia
. However, things don't go well, when she is detained in North Korea
by Kim Jong-il
and forced to take part in one of his (unrealistic) propagandas involving a Western journalist reporting on how the free world is being conquered by North Korea. Despite Jack's attempts to get her back - including getting help from his ex, Condoleezza Rice
- she is stuck in Korea and forcibly married
to Kim Jong-un.
, formerly Sharon Wilkins
in Jack the Writer
) is Tracy Jordan
's wife. They were married on August 30, 1991. Tracy and Angie frequently use rather odd forms of sexual roleplaying
. Tracy implied in the episode Black Tie
that he and Angie have an open marriage
, but Angie is shown to be less than happy with her husband's extramarital escapades (that are later revealed as stories to boost Tracy's image). She kicked Tracy out of their house in the episode SeinfeldVision
, but took him back in Jack Gets in the Game
. She seems to have a domineering, bombastic personality and is rather demanding of her husband, both financially and sexually. Like her husband, she always addresses Liz Lemon
by her full name. She is rude to Liz, nearly attacking her after Liz stops trying to appease her and orders her off the set. She and her husband were apparently supporting the 2008 Presidential campaign of Dennis Kucinich
, although in her absence Tracy has expressed interest in becoming a Republican and also filmed a PSA
advising African-Americans to not vote at all. In season 3, Tracy, with Jack's help, got Angie to sign a pre-nup (described as "post-nup," as they are already married), however Tracy decides that she doesn't have to sign it after she states that she will never leave him, she still angrily partly signed the pre-nup form before Tracy stopped her. Tracy states that he has known Angie for 20 years, meeting her when she slipped him a free shrimp cocktail at the restaurant he was residing in, despite his partying lifestyle, he has never once cheated on her, and the numbers he hands out to women at parties belong to other NBC employees such as Brian Williams
. Tracy decides he needs a baby girl, and tries to prove he is responsible to Angie by trying to EGOT (win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Though he initially fails at this (succeeding in a later season), he does write a song that impresses Angie. He later reveals that she is indeed pregnant. In "Mrs. Donaghy," Angie becomes the star of her own Bravo reality program, Queen of Jordan, which plays a large role in subsequent episodes of season five.
In her initial appearance in the episode Jack the Writer
, which basically consisted of a non-speaking cameo
, she was played by Sharon Wilkins
. In all subsequent episodes, starting with "Up All Night," she is portrayed by Sherri Shepherd
and is given a more substantial role.
) is Jack Donaghy's overbearing, demanding mother, Jack generally wants nothing to do with her, even though it has been shown that deep down, he actually does love her. She first appeared in Season 1, Episode 21 and is generally critical at best of Jack's abilities, and is highly hesitant of showing him any real affection. While in her first appearance she got along well with Liz Lemon, upon meeting her family in the episode "Ludichristmas," she set out to show Jack that the Lemon family's seemingly perfect attitude was, in fact, a lie (at which she succeeded).
In the third season episode "Christmas Special" it is revealed that Colleen went to great lengths to provide happy Christmas memories to Jack despite the family's poverty and lack of a father. This makes Jack state that he loves her. Colleen also injures both her hips in this episode, both caused by Jack. This leads to her being in a wheelchair for the remainder of the episode, and needing a nurse, Elisa, to care for her in following episodes. Elisa soon becomes Jack's girlfriend, which makes Colleen dislike her.
In Season 3, Episode 20, Colleen reveals that her ex-husband, Jim Donaghy, once left her in 1957 and returned in 1959. Jack was conceived in 1958, revealing that Jim Donaghy is not Jack's father.
) is Jack Donaghy's biological father, a very liberal college professor from Vermont. He was introduced in the Season 3 episode "Mama Mia." Jack had previously learned that Jimmy Donaghy was not his biological father. The episode is a parody of the eponymous musical
where Milton is one of three possible biological fathers for Jack. Milton claims to have been a tenant of Colleen Donaghy when he impregnated her. He left before Jack's birth. Jack expresses no desire to tell Colleen about his discovery. Jack is horrified to learn that his father is a Democrat
and (it's strongly implied) Jewish. Milton later reveals that he is in need of a kidney transplant, and implies that he would like Jack to be a donor, however Dr. Leo Spaceman later confirms that Jack is not a compatible donor for Milton. As a last resort to save his father, Jack airs a TV special with the hope that someone will donate a kidney to Milton. Although the success or failure of Kidney Now! has not yet been explicitly revealed, the appearance of his book From Peanut to President (a biography of Jimmy Carter
) in future episodes suggests that Jack succeeded in getting Milton a kidney. Milton also wrote a book about the multi-cultural route to raising children, whether the parents are Muslim, Wiccan, LGBT, or handicapped. He later states that his kidney came from Elvis Costello. Jack arranges for Colleen and Milton to realize that Jack knows the whole story about them—and he's overjoyed when they join forces to yell at him for his own duplicity, saying he finally feels like part of a family.
) is Jenna's mother. A quintessential stage mother, she manipulates Jenna into forgiving her in order to pitch a reality show to Jack. In the end Jack pays her off to pretend to be a caring mother—the act works, thrilling Jenna. She was spurned by her husband Werner, a burger-server in suburban Santa Barbara
, for a curly-haired surfer named Roberta. According to Jenna, it hurt her.
") is a fictional character
portrayed by Chris Parnell
. Spaceman is a graduate of the Ho Chi Minh City School of Medicine and frequently practices, or attempts to practice, questionable medical actions such as giving a 'medical professional's seal of approval' to a defective 'meat machine'; in spite of this, Jack Donaghy is unwavering in his support of Spaceman's skills. He wrote a bestselling book called "The Cigarette Diet" and found shocking medical abnormalities during Desert Storm that his boss refused to forward a report on to Saddam Hussein
, and began dating Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme whom he describes as "difficult".
) is a private investigator
who has been hired by Jack on some occasions. Jack first hired him in the second season episode "The Collection", where, while spying on Jack to determine if he has any skeletons in his closet which could prevent him from being named the new CEO of General Electric, he discovers Jack has a large collection of homemade cookie jars. Jack also hired him in the third season to find out personal information concerning a man his mother was seeing and later the true identity of his father. He is noted for having a strange personal life and belongs to a local gym. He was later hired by Jack to infiltrate Kenneth's page strike, but found him to be incorruptible. He was called "The Chameleon" at some point in his past because of his slender frame and big, wet eyes.
He is also not allowed to have a gun by his pastor due to his problems with depression.
's son, despite being two years older than him. His money-making ideas consist largely of questionable business practices, such as picking out corporate names that are already used by major corporations (he wants to create a frozen-yogurt and microbrewery restaurant called Microsoft
and a phone line to get updates on the air quality around the U.S. called American Airlines
). Tracy knows Donald is not his son but supports his misguided ideas anyway, and Jack (who had convinced Tracy to cut Donald off) later tells Tracy to keep being a dad.
Note: An actor's name appearing in italics denotes that they appeared only in flashbacks for that season.
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! Alfonso
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Jeff Richmond
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! Don Geiss
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! Devon Banks
| colspan="5" style="background-color:pink;" | Will Arnett
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! Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Sue Galloway
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| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Sue Galloway
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! Howard Jorgensen
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! Kathy Geiss
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! Donny Lawson
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Paul Scheer
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! Jeffrey Weinerslav
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Todd Buonopane
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Todd Buonopane
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! Jack "Danny" Baker
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Daniel Genalo
Cheyenne Jackson
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Cheyenne Jackson
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! Hank Hooper
| colspan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Ken Howard
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|}
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! Colleen Donaghy
| colspan="5" style="background-color:pink;" | Elaine Stritch
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! Dennis Duffy
| colspan="5" style="background-color:pink;" | Dean Winters
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! Floyd DeBarber
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Jason Sudeikis
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Jason Sudeikis
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Angie Jordan
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Sharon Wilkins
Sherri Shepherd
| colspan="4" style="background-color:pink;" | Sherri Shepherd
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! Bianca Donaghy
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Isabella Rossellini
| colspan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Phoebe
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Emily Mortimer
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Emily Mortimer
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! Celeste "C. C." Cunningham
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Edie Falco
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Paula Hornberger
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Paula Pell
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Margaret Lemon
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Anita Gillette
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Anita Gillette
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Dick Lemon
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Buck Henry
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Buck Henry
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! Dr. Drew Baird
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| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Jon Hamm
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! Elisa Pedrera
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Salma Hayek
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! Tracy Jr.
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Bobb'e J. Thompson
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Sylvia Rossitano
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Patti LuPone
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Milton Greene
| colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Alan Alda
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Alan Alda
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! Verna Maroney
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Jan Hooks
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Nancy Donovan
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Julianne Moore
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Avery Jessup-Donaghy
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Elizabeth Banks
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! Wesley Snipes
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Michael Sheen
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Paul Lastname
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Will Forte
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! Astronaut Mike Dexter
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | John Anderson
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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! Carol Burnett
| colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Matt Damon
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|}
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! "Dr." Leo Spaceman
| colspan="5" style="background-color:pink;" | Chris Parnell
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! Lenny Wosniak
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Steve Buscemi
| colspan="1" style="background-color:lightgrey;" |
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30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television comedy
Television comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. Among the earliest BBC television programmes in the 1930s was Starlight, which offered a series of guests from the music hall era — singers and comedians amongst them...
series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
created by Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the...
that airs on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live
Live television
Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building
GE Building
The GE Building is an Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the midtown Manhattan section of New York City. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for housing the headquarters of the television network NBC...
where NBC Studios
NBC Studios
The NBC Studios in New York, New York is located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the historic GE Building houses the headquarters of the NBC television network, its parent General Electric, and NBC's flagship station WNBC , as well as cable news channel MSNBC.When NBC Universal relocated,...
is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The series has an ensemble cast
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...
that currently consists of 13 regular cast members, Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the...
, Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan is an American comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.-Early life:...
, Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy...
, Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his characters on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"...
, Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.-1990s:After attending Columbia College Chicago,...
, Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander is an American actor and comedian, known for his trademark trucker hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in many of his screen roles.-Early life:...
, Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
, Katrina Bowden
Katrina Bowden
Katrina Bowden is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Britney Jennings on One Life to Live and for her role as Cerie in 30 Rock .- Education :...
, Keith Powell
Keith Powell
Keith Powell is an American television actor who is best known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.-Career:Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware...
, John Lutz
John Lutz (television writer)
John Lutz is an American actor, writer and comedian.-Biography:The son of a Lutheran minister, Lutz grew up in suburban Chicago and Detroit. He attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, majoring in psychology and minoring in...
, Kevin Brown
Kevin Brown (actor)
Kevin 'Dot Com' Brown is an American comedian, film and television actor, best known for his role on the series 30 Rock as "Dot Com".Brown also appeared as the lead in Marq Overton's one-man play Die Laughing in 2008 at the Diversity Players of Harlem and as an actor and executive producer of the...
, Grizz Chapman
Grizz Chapman
Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is an American television actor best known for his recurring role as Grizz on the NBC series 30 Rock. A June 2007 interview with rollingout.com lists Chapman's height as 6'10". In his commentary for the episode "Tracy Does Conan," Tracy Morgan revealed that they met when...
and Maulik Pancholy
Maulik Pancholy
Maulik Pancholy is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Sanjay on Weeds from 2005 to present, and his role as Jonathan on 30 Rock, which he has played since the show began in 2006....
.
Casting
Tina Fey worked with Jen McNamara and Adam BernsteinAdam Bernstein
Adam Bernstein is an American film, music video and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey...
for the casting of the series. Fey's first act as casting director was to cast herself as the lead character, Liz Lemon, who is said to be much like Fey herself when she first became head writer on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
(SNL). The next actor to be cast was Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, who was then a former castmate of Fey's in SNL. Morgan was asked by Fey to play the role, and he believed it was "right up [his] alley and it was tailor made for [him]". Fey said that the character of Kenneth Parcell was written with Jack McBrayer in mind. McBrayer is an old friend of Fey (they worked together at Second City in Chicago), and she "really wanted him for that part and was very happy when no one objected".
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American comic actress best known for her roles as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
, Fey's longtime comedy partner and fellow SNL alumna, was originally cast to portray Jenna. Dratch played the role in the show's original pilot, but in August 2006, Jane Krakowski was announced as Dratch's replacement, with Dratch remaining involved in the show playing various characters. Fey explained the change by noting that Dratch was "better-suited to playing a variety of eccentric side characters", and that the role of Jenna was more of a straight-ahead acting part. Although Fey went on to say that "Rachel and I were both very excited about this new direction", Dratch said that she was not happy with the media's depiction of the change as a demotion. Dratch was skeptical about the reasons she was given for the change, and was not happy with the reduction in the number of episodes in which she would appear.
Shortly following the casting of McBrayer and Dratch, frequent SNL guest host Alec Baldwin was cast as Jack Donaghy, the "totally uncensored" Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. Fey said that the character of Donaghy was written with Baldwin in mind, and she was "very pleasantly surprised when he agreed to do it". Baldwin—who models his portrayal of Donaghy on SNL and 30 Rock producer Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels, CM is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.-Early life:...
—was reluctant to commit to a weekly television show, and agreed to appear in the pilot on the condition that he appear in no more than six episodes a season for six seasons. NBC, however, agreed to broadcast 30 Rock only if Baldwin would appear in every episode of the first season. Baldwin agreed to 12, but appeared in every episode.
Judah Friedlander was cast as the staff writer of The Girlie Show, Frank Rossitano. Friedlander had never met Fey before auditioning for a role in 30 Rock. His character was based on at least two writers that Fey used to work with at SNL, but he said that he "certainly brought some of [his] own things to it as well". Finally, Scott Adsit was cast as Pete Hornberger, a long time friend of Liz's and producer of The Girlie Show. Adsit, an old friend of Fey, also had his character written based on him.
Main characters
The series features seven roles that only appear during the opening creditsOpening credits
In a motion picture, television program, or video game, the opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show. There...
, and another seven roles that don't appear during the opening credits but receive star billing. Additionally, one role was written out of the show during season four.
Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon (Tina FeyTina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the...
) is the protagonist of the series, the head writer
Head writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...
of TGS with Tracy Jordan. Jack Donaghy accurately describes her as a "New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
third-wave feminist
Third-wave feminism
Third-wave feminism is a term identified with several diverse strains of feminist activity and study whose exact boundaries in the historiography of feminism are a subject of debate, but often marked as beginning in the 1980s and continuing to the present...
, college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
-educated, single-and-pretending-to-be-happy-about-it, overscheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
that says 'healthy body image
Body image
Body image refers to a person's perception of the aesthetics and sexual attractiveness of their own body. The phrase body image was first coined by the Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder in his masterpiece The Image and Appearance of the Human Body...
' on the cover and every two years you take up knitting
Knitting
Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth or other fine crafts. Knitted fabric consists of consecutive rows of loops, called stitches. As each row progresses, a new loop is pulled through an existing loop. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can...
for...a week."
Jack Donaghy
Jack Donaghy (Alec BaldwinAlec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
) is the decisive, controlling, suave network executive who constantly must deal with and/or causes unusual events at TGS. Donaghy is portrayed as a slick, yet brilliant and scrupulous network executive who directs many overtly backhanded compliment
Backhanded compliment
A backhanded compliment, also known as a left handed compliment, or asteism is an insult that is disguised as a compliment. Sometimes, a backhanded compliment may be inadvertent. However, the term usually connotes an intent to belittle or condescend...
s to head writer Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
. Lemon—whom he always refers to by her last name—and Donaghy are each other's work spouse
Work spouse
A work spouse is a co-worker, usually of the opposite sex, with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage; such as, confidences, loyalties, shared experiences, and a degree of honesty or openness...
s. He is also a Republican and is Irish Catholic.
Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan (Tracy MorganTracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan is an American comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.-Early life:...
) is the loose cannon star of TGS. He is a successful movie star
Movie star
A movie star is a celebrity who is well-known, or famous, for his or her starring, or leading, roles in motion pictures. The term may also apply to an actor or actress who is recognized as a marketable commodity and whose name is used to promote a movie in trailers and posters...
with a reputation for unpredictable, highly erratic behavior. This reputation is well-earned and much of it is an intentional attempt on his part to maintain his "crazy" persona in the eyes of the media. In the pilot episode
Pilot (30 Rock)
The pilot episode of the American situation comedy series 30 Rock premiered on October 10, 2006 on the CTV Television Network in Canada, and October 11, 2006 on NBC in the United States...
, Jack Donaghy
Jack Donaghy
John Francis "Jack" Donaghy is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He is the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric and later Kabletown....
forces Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
to hire Tracy as the new star of her sketch comedy
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
program The Girlie Show. To the chagrin of Liz and Jenna, Jack renames the show TGS with Tracy Jordan in the following episode. Tracy has remained the star of TGS ever since.
Jenna Maroney
Jenna Maroney (Jane KrakowskiJane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy...
) is the limelight
Limelight
Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of quicklime , which can be heated to 2572 °C before melting. The light is produced by a combination of incandescence and...
-seeking co-star of TGS and Liz's best friend. A running gag is her thinking she's doing the right thing for her career, only resulting in her humiliating herself in front of everyone, and never learning from her mistakes. Generally, she fits into the "dumb blonde
Dumb blonde
The blonde stereotype, the stereotypical perception of blond-haired women, has two aspects. On one hand, over the history, blonde hair in women has been considered attractive and desirable...
" stereotype as well as the stereotype of actresses being air headed and self-centered. Off-camera, she is conceited, frequently lies about her age and uses her "sexuality" (i.e., flirting
Flirting
Flirting is a playful, romantic, or sexual overture by one person to another subtly indicating an interest in a deeper relationship with the other person, and can involve verbal communication as well as body language...
) to get her way with men. She tries to seem smart to her fans and to the general public, even going as far as telling Life and Style magazine her favorite book is the Quran. Sometimes her views get her in hot water with the public, even when she is misquoted; when Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
asked her about her view on the Iraq War, Jenna misheard and thought she was being asked about theatre troupes rather than "the beleaguered troops." When she saw the article afterwards - in which a quote "I hate the troops" was printed - she and Liz were forced to do damage control by placing her on Hardball with Chris Matthews
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Hardball with Chris Matthews is a talk show on MSNBC, broadcast weekdays at 5 and 7 PM hosted by Chris Matthews. It originally aired on now-defunct America's Talking and later CNBC. The current title was derived from a book Matthews wrote in 1988, Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who...
(accidentally confusing Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
with Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
), followed by doing a number about America, but in both cases the damage was made even worse than before (the sparklers didn't spin, and they inadvertently showed swastika
Swastika
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient...
s).
Kenneth Parcell
Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayerJack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his characters on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"...
) is a cheerful, obedient Southern
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
-born NBC page
NBC page
An NBC page is a person usually in his or her early twenties working in various departments of the NBC television network during a one-year period as a training ground for careers in television broadcasting and entertainment...
, who "lives for television."
In initial episodes, it appeared as though Kenneth was not very familiar with some of Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
's staff, or even Liz herself. In the pilot episode
Pilot (30 Rock)
The pilot episode of the American situation comedy series 30 Rock premiered on October 10, 2006 on the CTV Television Network in Canada, and October 11, 2006 on NBC in the United States...
, Liz refers to Kenneth only as "that NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
page." As the show progressed beyond its initial episodes, the character became very familiar with other staff of TGS with Tracy Jordan including Jack. Kenneth often acts as Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
's personal assistant, for instance getting him nachos
Nachos
Nachos are a popular food based on nixtamalized corn, of Mexican origin associated with Tex-Mex cuisine that can be either made quickly to serve as a snack or prepared with more ingredients to make a full meal. In their simplest form, nachos are tortilla chips or totopos covered in melted cheese...
from Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
. He is an active member of Tracy's entourage leading him to become very close with Tracy, Grizz, and Dot Com. The show repeatedly hides his actual age by making him sound old. None of the TGS staff know his age, and an argument can be made that he is immortal.
Pete Hornberger
Peter "Pete" Hornberger (Scott AdsitScott Adsit
Scott Adsit is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.-1990s:After attending Columbia College Chicago,...
) is the "sane", quick-witted producer of TGS, who serves as Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
's most trusted friend (besides, of course, Jack). He works closely with Liz, whom, as stated in "Blind Date," he has known for ten years. In the pilot episode
Pilot (30 Rock)
The pilot episode of the American situation comedy series 30 Rock premiered on October 10, 2006 on the CTV Television Network in Canada, and October 11, 2006 on NBC in the United States...
, new network executive Jack Donaghy
Jack Donaghy
John Francis "Jack" Donaghy is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He is the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric and later Kabletown....
fired Pete without even consulting Liz, but she managed to convince him to hire Pete back. Liz often confides in Pete and, at times, he seems to be the only competent person that she works with and the one who will tell it to her straight when it comes to managing her personal life. Much like Liz, Pete generally plays straight man to the other characters, especially to Liz when she is temporarily pushed over the edge. Pete has occasionally displayed a witty sense of humor, as when he calls Liz "Captain Needa" in the episode "Jack the Writer
Jack the Writer
"Jack the Writer" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which aired on November 1, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, and on November 1, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Robert Carlock and was directed by Gail Mancuso...
". In "The Aftermath", Liz tells Tracy that Pete thinks everyone is an idiot
Idiot
An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has also been used. The similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin have all gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is...
, "especially Frank, who... is an idiot".
Pete is the son of a United States Congressman. As a child, he was bullied by his mother and her sisters. In "College
College (30 Rock)
"College" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 88th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and written by series creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey. The episode originally aired on the...
", he mentions having a "blanky". During his high school years, he ruined his chances to follow in his father's footsteps when he got a DUI. Pete has been bald since a very young age, as the result of a curse put on him for hitting a Gypsy's kid with his car.
Prior to his work on TGS, Pete was a skilled archer
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
qualified to compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
, but did not get to go when President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
decided to boycott the Moscow games. For three months in an undisclosed time in the 80's, he was in the band "Lover Boy", but he then had to choose between staying in the band or taking a college scholarship to study "TV Budgeting". He chose the scholarship, but only had two weeks of real college before he got his future-wife, Paula (played by SNL writer Paula Pell), pregnant twice (overlapping pregnancies). Pete has a teaching certificate, and used to teach high school math. His back-up plan if TGS ever gets cancelled is to once again teach for a living (although he's apparently hated as a teacher). In "It's Never Too Late For Now", we learn he has arthritis
Arthritis
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....
and takes Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for relief of symptoms of arthritis, fever, as an analgesic , especially where there is an inflammatory component, and dysmenorrhea....
for it.
Pete and Paula got married in a botanical garden, as mentioned in "Black Tie". He goes to great lengths to keep her happy, as in "Up All Night" when he realized it was Valentine's Day, which also happens to be Paula's birthday. It is hinted, though, that Paula has, at least on one occasion, abused him (as suggested when Pete has a black eye and awkwardly tries to cover it up by saying he walked into a door, because he's "so clumsy"). He and his wife have 5 children: Kyle, who Pete fears because "he's so strong", his son Caleb, who he talked to over the phone in "Black Tie" (pretending to be Elmo and telling him to "aim his pee pee at the potty"), Robert, Jack, and Evelyn, who appears in the 4th season episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day". In "Goodbye, My Friend", Pete tells Liz that he temporarely abandoned Paula after each pregnancy. Most of his children either disrespect him (Pete mentions they call him "bald wang" in front of the babysitter) or seem to hate him (as seen in "The Fabian Strategy
The Fabian Strategy
"The Fabian Strategy" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 81st overall episode of the series. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and written by series creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey...
" when his kid's drawings depict them brutally murdering him).
According to Pete, Hornbergers are famous cowards. On D-Day
D-Day
D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...
, his grandfather wore a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
uniform under his American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
one, "just in case".
As alluded to several times over the series, Pete has a great love of alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
(he drinks wine early in the morning) and pornography
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
. His catchphrase for when things go his way is "Yes, Hornberger!"
Frank Rossitano
Francis "Frank" Rossitano (Judah FriedlanderJudah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander is an American actor and comedian, known for his trademark trucker hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in many of his screen roles.-Early life:...
) is a trucker hat-wearing, childish, sarcastic writer at TGS. After Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
, who is head writer
Head writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...
and the protagonist of the series, Frank is the most prominently featured writer of the show-within-a-show. The character always appears wearing a trucker hat
Trucker hat
A trucker hat or mesh hat is a type of baseball cap. It is also sometimes known as a "gimme cap" or a "feed cap" because this style of hat originated as a promotional give-away from feed or farming supply companies to farmers, truck drivers, or other rural workers.The design of a trucker hat is...
with a humorous phrase written on it, which is Friedlander's routine trademark in real life, and large thick-lensed glasses. He lives with his mother and his rent money goes directly to her.
Frank seems to be rather childish, lazy and libidinous. He often makes fun of and plays pranks on the other characters, such as in "Jack-Tor
Jack-Tor
"Jack-Tor" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which aired on November 16, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, and on November 8, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Robert Carlock and was directed by Don Scardino...
" where he and Toofer decided to mess with neurotic Jenna Maroney
Jenna Maroney
Jenna Maroney is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Jane Krakowski.-Fictional biography:Jenna was born Ystrepa Grokovitz on February 24, 1969 and grew up in Bakersfield...
by telling her about a supposed rumor that Jack
Jack Donaghy
John Francis "Jack" Donaghy is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He is the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric and later Kabletown....
was looking to fire an actor. He also seems to be clever, quick-witted and more intelligent than would appear at first glance. Based on "The Aftermath", both Liz and Pete apparently consider him "an idiot". Frank was the only member of the show's staff to be happy with Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
joining the show since he is the only one who enjoys Tracy's movies (Liz was quick to point out that he also enjoys some video of a monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
smelling its buttocks). According to Jack Donaghy, he owns a copy of every issue of Black Tail magazine.
In "Cougars
Cougars (30 Rock)
"Cougars" is the seventh episode of the second season of 30 Rock, and the twenty-eighth episode overall. It was written by co-executive producer John Riggi and directed by Michael Engler. Guest stars in this episode include Laura Berrios, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, Val Emmich, Alan H...
," Frank questions his sexuality when he meets coffee delivery boy Jamie, Liz's romantic interest for the episode. However, after exploring a gay identity and making several unsuccessful attempts to court Jamie, Frank realizes that his same-sex attraction is limited to the one man: he is "gay for Jamie." It was revealed in the episode "The Break Up" that he had a racist grandfather after he watched Tracy and Toofer argue.
In "Goodbye, My Friend
Goodbye, My Friend
"Goodbye, My Friend" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 49th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-executive producer Ron Weiner and directed by co-executive producer John Riggi. The episode originally aired on the...
", Frank decided to quit TGS and follow his original career plan of being a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, as he'd dropped out of Fordham University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city.-Overview:According to the U.S. News & World Report, 1,516 J.D. students attend...
. He was inspired by Jack, who also grew up without a father. However, Frank's mother (played by Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone is an American singer and actress, known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical Evita and as Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, and for her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in the original London cast of Les...
) revealed to Jack that all the Rossitano men were Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
lawyers. Because of this, they are all either in hiding or dead (Frank's father is hiding in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
). Jack eventually convinced Frank to return to TGS as a writer. In Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001, Liz is busy with her talk show and puts Frank in charge of TGS, and he gradually becomes more and more like Liz, in behavior as well as appearance. They are wearing the same outfit by episode's end.
According to "Frank Talk", a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
on the official 30 Rock website purportedly written by him, he originally came to work on the show when he sent a complaint letter to The Insane Girl Show and it was delivered to The Girlie Show by mistake. Apparently, Liz mistook his letter for an "avant-garde comedy piece" as she hired him a week later.
The character is noted for his colorful trucker hats which have different slogans on them.
Friedlander says he makes the hats for his character himself using phrases that he comes up with. In fact, in episode S03E18 in which Liz Lemon is forced to stay home, one of her final requests before being forced out of the building was to know what Frank's hat said. Frank first started wearing the hats at the age of 14, as seen in his 8th grade class photo, where his hat reads "My First Hat".
The character is supposedly based on former SNL writer Frank Sebastiano who worked alongside Tina Fey for a number of years.
Cerie
Cerie (Katrina BowdenKatrina Bowden
Katrina Bowden is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Britney Jennings on One Life to Live and for her role as Cerie in 30 Rock .- Education :...
) is Liz's attractive, laid back personal assistant, who usually wears revealing outfits to work, much to the delight of the writers' room. She is also the youngest member on the show's staff but has yet to divulge her age. Much of the humor associated with her character comes from the things she says to and assumes about Liz; she is always under the delusion that Liz was once married. The show portrays this insensitivity as coming from her naïveté rather than any genuine malice. She does not appear to respect her boss; on one occasion she politely declines Liz's request to get her coffee, instead preferring to lounge on the couch.
Toofer Spurlock
James "Toofer" Spurlock (Keith PowellKeith Powell
Keith Powell is an American television actor who is best known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.-Career:Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware...
) is a proud African-American Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
alumnus, and TGS writer, who often butts heads with Tracy and Frank, although he and Frank often hang out along with Lutz. He has an aversion to the stereotypical aspects of black culture
African American culture
African-American culture, also known as black culture, in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of Americans of African descent to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African-American culture is rooted in...
that he believes are embodied by Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
. His primary purpose on the show thus far seems to be as a foil
Foil (literature)
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of another character....
to Tracy. According to Liz, Toofer is "afraid of black people." According to Jack, his nickname is "Toofer" because "with him you get a two-for-one; he's a black guy and a Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
guy." Frank, with whom he shares an office, called him a "black nerd" à la Urkel. It was revealed in Season 4, episode 17, that Toofer was only hired because of affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...
and he quits in anger before he agrees to return to the writing staff.
Jonathan
Jonathan (Maulik PancholyMaulik Pancholy
Maulik Pancholy is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Sanjay on Weeds from 2005 to present, and his role as Jonathan on 30 Rock, which he has played since the show began in 2006....
) is Jack's assistant whom Jack hired after mistaking him for M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan
Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...
on a flight while on a sedative. Jonathan excessively admires Jack and oftentimes shows vague sexual affection for him. Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
said Jack was a "bit of a stress eater" in "The Baby Show," Jonathan was very defensive of him, emotionally saying "he puts up with so much," presumably referring to Jack's overbearing mother. His obsessive admiration of Jack is coupled with a disdainful loathing of Liz Lemon, who he considers unworthy of Jack's attention. The show has yet to give Jonathan a last name. In "Secret Santa
Secret Santa (30 Rock)
"Secret Santa" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 66th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series' creator Tina Fey and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company ...
," it is mentioned that he has a sister who was once imprisoned in a North Korean jail, who Jack had released as a Christmas gift in keeping with his tradition of giving lavish un-toppable holiday gifts. In "Klaus and Greta
Klaus and Greta
"Klaus and Greta" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by co-showrunner and executive producer Robert Carlock and directed by Gail Mancuso. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company network in the United...
", Jonathan reveals that he met his "birth parents" leading to the conclusion that he is likely adopted. And in Anna Howard Shaw Day
Anna Howard Shaw Day
"Anna Howard Shaw Day" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 71st episode of the series overall. It was written by supervising producer Matt Hubbard and directed by Ken Whittingham. The episode originally aired on the National...
he gleefully tells Jack that he once ran over an elderly woman in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, and just kept driving. In Season 4 episode 11 titled "Winter Madness
Winter Madness
"Winter Madness" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 69th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by Tom Ceraulo and Vali Chandrasekaran, and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. It originally aired on the National...
", it is discovered that Jonathan is Indian when Jack says, "Jonathan, why do I have an Indian assistant if..." Later, in the same season (episode 18 titled "Khonani
Khonani
"Khonani" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 76th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-producer Vali Chandrasekaran and directed by Beth McCarthy Miller...
"), this is reinforced when Jonathan says to janitor Khonani in Hindi, "Popes and princes count their Donaghy time in seconds!" In the season 5 episode Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together (30 Rock)
"Let's Stay Together" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 83rd overall episode of the series. It was directed by co-executive producer John Riggi and written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt. The episode originally aired on the...
Jack asks Jonathan to provide a distraction by pretending to be a stereotypical Indian and faking an Indian accent, to which Jonathan objects "But I'm from Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
!" In a later episode in season 5 (Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning
Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning
"Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning" is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by executive producer Robert Carlock. The director of this episode was Beth McCarthy-Miller. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company ...
), Jonathan gleefully reacted to news of a natural disaster in Pakistan, hopeful it took place in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
, referred to by him as "Indian Kashmir."
Grizz
Warren "Grizz" Griswold (Grizz ChapmanGrizz Chapman
Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is an American television actor best known for his recurring role as Grizz on the NBC series 30 Rock. A June 2007 interview with rollingout.com lists Chapman's height as 6'10". In his commentary for the episode "Tracy Does Conan," Tracy Morgan revealed that they met when...
) is a member of Tracy's entourage. The character was a recurring character
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
in the first two seasons and is credited as a series regular in seasons three and four. Within the entourage, he is said to be in charge of sitting on Tracy when he gets overstimulated.
Grizz tends to make unexpectedly emotional observations about the show's proceedings, such as "this is a really special day!", "it's like a rollercoaster ride of emotion in here!" and "look at me, crying like a baby", but not actually showing any emotion. Grizz was entrusted with keeping Tracy's finances in order, until he invested much of his money in WorldCom. According to Tracy he is "obsessed with telecommunications," and might have been in the Navy, though Tracy Jordan was "on a lying run" when he mentioned this. Grizz has also been credited with teaching Tracy about anagrams. He also runs Griswold Talent Agency, which represents Adam West
Adam West
William West Anderson , better known by the stage name Adam West, is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman TV series and the film of the same name...
. In "Greenzo", we find out that for some reason he hopes that TGS cast member Josh will find him cool and that he and Dot Com are the biggest gossips at TGS. Liz sexually harasses him at Kenneth's party; the next day Kenneth tells Liz off, stating that before the party, he had "never seen Grizz or Dot Com cry." When alone with Liz, he, unlike any other character, calls her "Beth". In the season 4 "Argus" episode, we learn Liz and Grizz used to be secret lovers.
In the St. Valentine's Day
St. Valentine's Day (30 Rock)
"St. Valentine's Day" is the eleventh episode of the third season, and forty-seventh episode overall, of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt and series' creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey. The director of this...
episode in the third season, it is revealed that Grizz is engaged and Dot Com is in love with his fiancée, named Feyoncé, but the secret remains concealed (for now) when Grizz and Feyoncé married in the Season 4 finale. Grizz's family was in attendance, and a joke was made about their combined weight (as that they were shown to be very large people, much like Grizz himself).
Dot Com
Walter "Dot Com" Slattery (Kevin BrownKevin Brown (actor)
Kevin 'Dot Com' Brown is an American comedian, film and television actor, best known for his role on the series 30 Rock as "Dot Com".Brown also appeared as the lead in Marq Overton's one-man play Die Laughing in 2008 at the Diversity Players of Harlem and as an actor and executive producer of the...
) is another member of Tracy's entourage. The character was a recurring character
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
in the first two seasons and is credited as a series regular in seasons three and four. Dot Com is Tracy's driver and cook. It is also in "Hard Ball" that their last names are mentioned. Dot Com is portrayed as an intellectual; he is a 1993 graduate of Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, where he once portrayed Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
's The Seagull
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
. He suggests going to Las Vegas to "buy a bunch of sarcophagi" to celebrate the aid of a "de-throned prince of Nigeria,"
Spanish Prisoner
The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick originating in the late 19th century. In its original form, the con-man tells his victim that he is in correspondence with a wealthy person of high estate who has been imprisoned in Spain under a false identity...
and refuses to join in on Tracy's irrational plan to escape Ridikolous
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
in the episode "The Source Awards." He hopes to one day get an iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, because then "e'rybody gon' be jealous." After Jack tells him that his need to be the smartest person in any conversation is off-putting, Dot Com ruefully notes "I guess that's why I'm still single." In "Rosemary's Baby" he revealed he used to be part of Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
's entourage. In "Greenzo", we find out that for some reason he hopes Josh will find them cool and that he and Grizz are the biggest gossips at TGS. Dot Com's father had diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced...
and proclaims that he ate whatever he wanted until he "died the day [Dot Com] was born". In the Valentine's Day episode in the third season, it is revealed that Dot Com is in love with Grizz's fiancee. His birthday is September 21. Dot Com is revealed to be just 18 years old in season three, however this could have easily been a one time, non-canon joke.
Lutz
J. D. Lutz (John LutzJohn Lutz (television writer)
John Lutz is an American actor, writer and comedian.-Biography:The son of a Lutheran minister, Lutz grew up in suburban Chicago and Detroit. He attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, majoring in psychology and minoring in...
) is a lazy, overweight TGS writer who is oftentimes insulted or made fun of by the rest of the staff. Often, when characters enter the room to make an announcement, they will yell, "Shut up, Lutz!" even though Lutz was not actually speaking at the time. The other characters show little concern for his well-being; when Lutz ran head-first into a wall in "The Ones
The Ones (30 Rock)
"The Ones" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt, and directed by Beth McCarthy. The episode aired in the United States on April 23, 2009, on the National Broadcasting Company . Guest...
", nobody made any move to help him until a television mounted on a wall fell on him. Lutz is originally from Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, where he hated living, and his grandmother recently died. His first two initials were mentioned in the episode "The Aftermath
The Aftermath (30 Rock)
"The Aftermath" is the second episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which first aired on October 17, 2006 on CTV in Canada. It aired on October 18, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, its country of origin, and October 18, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The...
," where it was also stated that he has a thyroid
Thyroid
The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...
problem. He also mentions that he attended Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
and that after his junior year there he road-tripped to SXSW. The show has strongly implied that he is gay and in the closet, although it also appears that he has made his interest in men clear, and everyone simply ignores or forgets this because they don't like him. Lutz also continues to mention a girlfriend who lives in Canada, named Karen. No one believes him, so Lutz made a website called JDLutz.com/karen/proof, which is, in fact, a real site on 30 Rock's official website.
Danny Baker
Jack "Danny" Baker (Cheyenne JacksonCheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer. He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle, and after moving to New York City, made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie...
) is the newest TGS cast member. Danny is originally from Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, and got his start as a robot street performer, (portrayed by Daniel Genalo). When showing up for his first day of work without his silver clothes and makeup he was told his new name was Danny to prevent any confusion with Jack Donaghy. Danny was picked when Jack held open tryouts for the new TGS cast member. He once had a sexual relationship with Liz Lemon, much to Jack's disapproval, as evident by awkward hand prints of the robot make up which can be seen through ultra-violet light. He has deferred to Jenna when his considerable singing talents made her angry and fearful, going so far as to sing badly during a Christmas special so she can step in and shine. He mentions that he has a hard time recognizing sarcasm because Canada doesn't have a large Jewish population, and was shocked to find out that he was adopted even though his mom is Asian and he is Caucasian.
Don Geiss
Don Geiss (Rip TornRip Torn
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...
) is CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
(GE) within the show's universe
Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with elements that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed or fictional realm ....
and Jack's immediate boss. Jack considers Geiss to be his mentor and idol. Geiss has a mentally challenged daughter, Kathy Geiss, a secret second family in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(a reference to Torn's co-starring role in Eulogy), and a third secret attic family. He is a fan of Tracy Jordan's work and, while turning down Tracy's film pitch for a film about Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
, he expresses interest in making Fat Bitch 2, a sequel to one of Tracy Jordan's previous films. Geiss is characterized as having racist and sexist tendencies.
Geiss is first introduced during his own diabetes research golf tournament, where Jack is anxious to be in a "foursome" with him. After Jack's fireworks disaster in "Fireworks", Geiss demotes Jack to Vice President of East Coast Programming and takes away his Microwave Oven Programming duties. Geiss eventually decides to retire, and chooses Jack as his successor. The CEO slips into a diabetic coma
Diabetic coma
Diabetic coma is a reversible form of coma found in people with diabetes mellitus. It is a medical emergency.Three different types of diabetic coma are identified:#Severe diabetic hypoglycemia...
, however, before the appointment can be announced, and the board places Geiss' grossly inept daughter Kathy in charge of GE. When Geiss comes out of his coma, he decides to remain CEO. In the episode "Future Husband
Future Husband
"Future Husband" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was directed by series producer Don Scardino, and written by Jon Haller and Tracey Wigfield. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company network in the United...
", Geiss dies, but (real-world) former GE chairman Jack Welch
Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001...
keeps his death a secret while GE negotiates a takeover with the (fictional) Philadelphia-based cable company Kabletown (which is fairly transparently based on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
). Geiss is cryogenically
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...
frozen in carbonite at an Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
service. In his eulogy, Jack says that Geiss invented the nightlight
Nightlight
A nightlight is a small light fixture, often electrical, placed for comfort or convenience in dark areas or areas that become dark at certain times, such as in an emergency...
and the fear of monsters under the bed (to sell more nightlights). Previously, Jack had also credited to Don Geiss raising one finger to stop someone talking, the abrupt conversational segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...
, and the phrase "Make him/her an offer he/she can't refuse."
Josh Girard
Josh Girard (Lonny RossLonny Ross
Lonny Ross is a comedy actor and writer. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work as Josh Girard on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock...
) is a young and immature TGS writer and co-star, known for his impressions, who was the male star of the show before Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
was hired. Liz found him while he was opening for a puppet. He, Tracy and Jenna Maroney
Jenna Maroney
Jenna Maroney is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Jane Krakowski.-Fictional biography:Jenna was born Ystrepa Grokovitz on February 24, 1969 and grew up in Bakersfield...
were the three main actors on the show. It has also been said that his character is based on SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon
James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr. is an American actor, comedian, singer, musician and television host. He currently hosts Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, a late-night talk show that airs Monday through Friday on NBC...
. Apparently, Josh formerly acted as a writer as well as star of the show, and was frequently seen in the writers room brainstorming, whereas Jenna and Tracy are not, though his appearances decreased as the series progressed until Ross was finally written out in season four, with most of the characters forgetting his existence. Danny somehow obtains his memories in "100" while under the effects of a hallucinogenic gas leak.
Kathy Geiss
Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot) is Don Geiss' daughter. She is somewhat pudgy, red-faced, and 40-something years old. She has an affinity for unicorns and Mark WahlbergMark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American actor, film and television producer, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of...
and really enjoys soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s. She has been shown putting toy race cars in her mouth, eating flowers, and demonstrating an impressive vocal talent, in homage to Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
. She rarely ever speaks, however, she speaks three simple one-word phrases "kiss kiss kiss" in the episode Do-Over. During the time her father, Don Geiss, was in a coma she held the title of Chairman and CEO of GE and President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming, however she was more of a figurehead
Figurehead
A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration found at the prow of ships largely made between the 16th and 19th century.-History:Although earlier ships had often had some form of bow ornamentation A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration found at the prow of ships largely made between the 16th and...
, as her fiance, Devon Banks, called most of the shots. She made Jack her chief business advisor after a soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
-style twist with Liz, replacing Devon.
Devon Banks
Devon Banks (Will ArnettWill Arnett
William Emerson "Will" Arnett is a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his role as George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II on the Fox comedy Arrested Development. He is also known for his role as Devon Banks on the NBC comedy 30 Rock. Since his success on Arrested Development, Arnett has landed major...
) is the former Vice President of West Coast News, Web Content, and Theme Park Talent Relations for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. In a 2008 interview with Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
magazine, Tina Fey said that the Devon Banks' character was based on former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, Ben Silverman
Ben Silverman
Benjamin Noah "Ben" Silverman is the founder and CEO of Electus, a next generation entertainment studio staked by IAC's Barry Diller....
. Devon serves as the nemesis of the older Jack Donaghy
Jack Donaghy
John Francis "Jack" Donaghy is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He is the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric and later Kabletown....
, and is first seen in the episode "Fireworks", when his surprise visit from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
leads Jack to believe that Devon is trying to take his job as Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. At one point, Devon goes so far as to attempt to cause Jack to have another heart attack so that Jack will look weak in front of Don Geiss, the head of NBC's parent company, General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
(GE). Upon learning that Devon is gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, Jack sends Kenneth
Kenneth Parcell
Kenneth Ellen Parcell is a fictional character in the comedy television series 30 Rock. He is portrayed by actor Jack McBrayer and first appeared on television in the 30 Rock episode "Pilot" on October 10, 2006...
(to whom Devon is attracted) to seduce Devon in an unsuccessful attempt to make him late for an important meeting. Devon is also attracted to Kenneth
Kenneth Parcell
Kenneth Ellen Parcell is a fictional character in the comedy television series 30 Rock. He is portrayed by actor Jack McBrayer and first appeared on television in the 30 Rock episode "Pilot" on October 10, 2006...
's cousin, Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released...
. Devon becomes engaged to Don's mentally-challenged daughter, Kathy, claiming to have been cured of his homosexuality by the Church of Practicology; this quickly proves to be untrue, as Devon continues to show attraction to men. During Devon's bachelor party
Bachelor party
A bachelor party , also known as a stag party, stag night or stag do , a bull's party , or a buck's party or buck's night , is a party held for a man shortly before he enters marriage, to celebrate his "last night of freedom" or merely to spend...
, Don Geiss had planned to name Jack as the next CEO, however, Geiss goes into a diabetic coma
Diabetic coma
Diabetic coma is a reversible form of coma found in people with diabetes mellitus. It is a medical emergency.Three different types of diabetic coma are identified:#Severe diabetic hypoglycemia...
, and Devon, ignoring Geiss' true wishes, convinces the board to turn over control of the company to the inept Kathy, essentially placing himself in charge. He and Jack concede that they "hate-respect" one another. Devon, desperate to keep the company afloat, explains to Jack that he sold the 'E' from "GE" to Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, who is now "Samesung," and reveals that he plans to shut the company down for two years to drive up its profits regardless of the consequences of such actions. Meanwhile, Jack and Liz convince Kathy to hire Jack as a business consultant to oversee all GE affairs. Devon responds by jumping into traffic in order to get hit by a car and sue the driver.
Devon returns in Season 4, having "wormed his way into the Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
inner circle." He becomes head of a committee investigating the incompetence at GE and again attempts to destroy Jack, but Jack undercuts him by accepting a government bailout to keep GE afloat, and presumably the Kabletown acquisition makes Devon's efforts to control Jack moot (at least for matters involving microwaves).
Hank Hooper
Hank Hooper (Ken HowardKen Howard
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Howard, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow...
) is the head of Kabletown. He is a "family man", and also a Vietnam veteran. He often is enraged at Jack's handling of TGS, but always has a very happy mood, characterized by incessant laughter while at the same time directing thinly-veiled insults and threats to Jack and his staff.
Howard Jorgensen
Howard Jorgensen (Brian StackBrian Stack
Brian Stack is an American actor, writer and comedian best known for his sketch comedy work on all three Conan O'Brien late-night talk shows, previously working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and currently on O'Brien's newest show, Conan on TBS.-Early...
) is Vice President of Locomotives at GE and a member of the board of directors. A former protégé of Jack's, who is married to a Filipina woman, has two children and owns a house with a pool. Jack stated that people use Jorgensen as a scapegoat.
Donny Lawson
Donny Lawson (Paul ScheerPaul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
) is the somewhat insane Head Page of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, known for his weak one-liners and bizarre hand gestures. He hates Kenneth because of his excessive cheerfulness and wishes to transfer him to the CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
network studios in Paramus
Paramus, New Jersey
Paramus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,342. A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located between 15–20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan.Paramus is one of...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Donny is first introduced when Jenna tries to find a replacement jacket for Kenneth and Donny uses this as an excuse to give Kenneth a demerit. He challenges him to a "page-off" (a savage contest mixing physical stamina with NBC trivia), but this is quickly broken up by Pete, who then orders Donny to give Kenneth a new jacket. Later, Donny tries to sabotage Kenneth's opportunity to apply as a page at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, by sending a memo to Kenneth telling him the applications were due in two weeks, when they were actually that day. After stalling Kenneth with a fake paper delivery, Pete shoots him in the leg with an arrow (referencing his mention that he made it as an Olympic archer, only to have the U.S. boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
), which gave Kenneth enough time to deliver his application. He states in Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 best-selling horror novel by Ira Levin, his second published book. Major elements of the story were inspired by the publicity surrounding the Church of Satan of Anton LaVey which had been founded in 1966.-Plot summary:...
that he was breast-fed until the age of eleven.
Jeffrey Weinerslav
Jeffrey Weinerslav (Todd Buonopane) works for GE human resourcesHuman resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
. He tried to mediate a dispute between Jenna and Tracy, but failed. He is a self-described "overweight transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
." He counseled Liz during her forced leave for sexual harassment
Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and...
, a leave she tried to extend by making a pass at him.
Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout
Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout (Sue Galloway), also referred to as 'girl-writer', is a TGS writer who appears to be fluent in French and Dutch, speaking with a heavy French-Dutch accent. She runs out of the room when Liz Lemon calls for a removal of all pornographyPornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
, and can be heard commenting that she likes porn when Frank, left temporarily in charge by Liz, decides to remove the firewall
Firewall (computing)
A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....
so they can surf porn again. She was the only one offended by the French-Dutch pronunciation of the mini-microwave, the Bite Nuker (which Jack said was offensive to people who identify as Franco-Dutch as bite is French slang for "dick" and Nuker sounds like the Dutch word for "fucker"). She also moderated a porn-title competition between Lutz and Frank. In the episode "Black Light Attack", Tracy adds her to his entourage and they develop a relationship mimicking that of an overprotective father and rebellious daughter. She is friends with Cerie and enjoys going to Tasti D-Lite
Tasti D-Lite
Tasti D-Lite started as a New York-based company best known for its signature product, a frozen dessert comparable to, but marketed as a healthier alternative to soft serve ice cream. The company operates a system of franchise chain stores from which its products are sold in trademark blue paper cups...
and Pinkberry
Pinkberry
Pinkberry is a franchise of upscale frozen dessert restaurants headquartered in Los Angeles, California. There are currently over 100 stores, mostly located in Southern California, 14 in New York City, New York, two in New Orleans, Louisiana, two in Denver, Colorado, one in Colorado Springs,...
. In the episode "TGS Hates Women
TGS Hates Women
"TGS Hates Women" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 96th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-executive producer Ron Weiner and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. The episode originally aired on the National...
," she appears to be attracted to Abby Flynn, a seductive female comic who joins TGS as a guest writer. In "Plan B
Plan B (30 Rock)
"Plan B" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 98th overall episode of the series. It was directed by the show's composer and producer Jeff Richmond, and written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan...
," it is revealed that there is a Crime TV show based on her and she appears to be very violent, as she beats up Lutz and breaks Toofer's arm in the episode It's Never Too Late for Now
It's Never Too Late for Now
"It's Never Too Late For Now" is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 95th overall episode of the series. It was directed by John Riggi, and written by Vali Chandrasekaran. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
, and it is implied that she murdered the mayor of her hometown.
Greta Johansen
Legreta "Greta" Johansen (Rachel DratchRachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American comic actress best known for her roles as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
) is a cat wrangler who works on the show. In the episode The Baby Show, she offered to carry the child that Liz wants, and revealed that she owns a small ferret farm 60 miles north of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Greta also hints towards an obsession with Liz, mentioning that she likes to watch Liz watching TV.
Rachel Dratch left the show after the first season, making it highly unlikely for the character to return. Rachel Dratch also played a large array of different characters in season one. She later appeared as the janitor Jadwiga in the season five episode "Live Show
Live Show
"Live Show" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 84th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and co-written by series creator Tina Fey and co-showrunner and executive producer Robert Carlock...
".
Liz's boyfriends
The following characters have at some point during the show been Liz's boyfriend.Dennis Duffy
Dennis Duffy (Dean WintersDean Winters
Dean Winters is an American actor, who has portrayed Ryan O'Reily on HBO's Oz, Johnny Gavin on FX Network's Rescue Me, and Dennis Duffy on NBC's 30 Rock...
) was Liz's boyfriend
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
for three consecutive episodes in the early part of the show's first season, also making appearances in the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons. He is generally disliked by most of the characters, notably Jenna and often Liz. Dennis claims to be the love of Liz's life, which she disputes. The few good memories she has of him are mostly food-related, but she does admit he makes her laugh. His nickname for Liz is "Dummy".
Dennis acts immature for a man of his age, often exclaiming things that would be expected of a teenage boy. In one episode, he is shown sitting on Liz's bed, presumably playing Halo 3
Halo 3
Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
, yelling in anger and throwing the controller down, remarking that the controller is "defective" because "That grenade was right next to him!" He was the last remaining beeper
Pager
A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
salesman in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and was known as the "Beeper King" since the original "Beeper King" killed himself. Liz and Dennis first met in late 2002 or early 2003 at a screening of the film The Hours
The Hours (film)
The Hours is a 2002 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. The screenplay by David Hare is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Michael Cunningham....
, when they independently said that it should be called The Weeks. They dated for a few months and then broke up. In the episode "Jack Meets Dennis
Jack Meets Dennis
"Jack Meets Dennis" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt, and directed by Juan J. Campanella. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on...
," Liz takes Dennis back when he is the only person who remembers her birthday. He is a very devoted fan of the New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, stating that he had no reason left to live when they lost a game. Liz asks Dennis to move in with her, although her original intention was to end the relationship. Duffy's behavior eventually pushes Liz to the breaking point when he starts babysitting a Great Dane
Great Dane
The Great Dane , also known as German Mastiff or Danish Hound , is a breed of domestic dog known for its giant size...
, despite knowing that Liz was allergic
Allergy
An Allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. Allergic reactions occur when a person's immune system reacts to normally harmless substances in the environment. A substance that causes a reaction is called an allergen. These reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid...
to it, believing allergies are all mental. He destroys one of the walls in her apartment in an attempt to hang shelves and a television, leading Liz to dump him and order him to leave ASAP; however, he objects, stating he loves her and also believes he has squatter's rights. The following day, Dennis shows up with a good-bye note at her job with an apology, prompting everyone to feel sorry for Dennis, even Jack and Jenna. According to his apology, Liz's leaving him marked the first time he cried since the 1986 World Series
1986 World Series
The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. It was cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that allowed the Mets to extend the series to a seventh game...
. When Liz returns home, she finds her place back to normal with a written apology from Dennis. When he shows up to give her an early Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
present, she invites him to stay for dinner; however, when she sits down to watch Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
, she sees a hidden camera investigation
To Catch a Predator
To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. It is devoted to impersonating underage youth and detaining adults who contact them over the Internet for sexual liaisons...
that reveals Dennis is an online sexual predator
Sexual predator
The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" for his or her sex partners...
, who was hoping to meet a 16-year-old, claiming he thought she was 22. After Dennis sees Liz watching the program he tries to turn it off, but a fuming Liz throws him out.
In season 2, Dennis turns up once again when he becomes a hero by saving a person who fell in front of a speeding train. At first, Liz isn't happy he's around, but she is forced to deal with him because Jack wants Dennis featured on TGS. Dennis proposes to Liz, and she realizes that's a bad idea and refuses; Dennis's rude, stupid comments afterwards (together with losing the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
) return him to pariah status, and Liz is furious after he tries to push her in front of another subway train to be a hero again, telling him to get lost, but Dennis replies "You'll be back, dummy." When Liz has a pregnancy scare in which she believes she's pregnant with Duffy's baby, Dennis announces that they will deliver the baby at the hospital in Coney Island
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill....
where he was born and will name the baby Morpheus
Morpheus (The Matrix)
Morpheus is the name of a fictional character and the secondary protagonist of The Matrix Franchise. The Wachowski brothers were fans of Neil Gaiman and based the character of Morpheus on the title character from the comic book The Sandman, also adopting one of his most common pseudonyms,...
or Judy, respectively after the character in The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
and a girl he "used to boff." However, it turns out that Liz had eaten Mexican cheese puffs
Cheese puffs
Cheese puffs, cheese curls, cheese balls, or corn curls are a puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders...
, which contained an ingredient (evaporated bull semen
Semen
Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova...
) that made her home pregnancy tests give false positives.
In the season 3 episode "Apollo, Apollo
Apollo, Apollo
"Apollo, Apollo" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 52nd episode of the series overall. It was written by executive producer Robert Carlock and directed by Millicent Shelton. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
," Dennis returns to Liz's apartment, telling her that he is a self-diagnosed sex addict with the help of WebMD
WebMD
WebMD is an American corporation which provides health information services. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Clark and Pavan Nigam as Healthscape, later Healtheon, and then acquired WebMD in 1999 to form Healtheon/WebMD...
and is going around to all his former sexual partners asking for forgiveness. He now owns a coffee vending machine
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....
located in the basement of a K-Mart near Penn Station
Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
Pennsylvania Station—commonly known as Penn Station—is the major intercity train station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City. It is one of the busiest rail stations in the world, and a hub for inbound and outbound railroad traffic in New York City. The New York City Subway system also...
. Later, Dennis reveals that he and Jenna had sex in Liz's bed while he and Liz were dating. He claims to have once almost joined the Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
and took the firefighter
Firefighter
Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...
's exam, which he claims is biased against Irish-Americans.
In season 4, Dennis appears alongside two other ex-boyfriends of Liz's in a hallucination brought on by anesthesia
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, or anaesthesia , traditionally meant the condition of having sensation blocked or temporarily taken away...
administered during Liz's root canal
Root canal
A root canal is the space within the root of a tooth. It is part of a naturally occurring space within a tooth that consists of the pulp chamber , the main canal, and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.-Root canal anatomy:...
. Liz later finds him at a park in Queens, trying to duplicate the balloon boy hoax with a kid he met through a program "that brings together troubled adults with child mentors", and she once again is utterly disgusted and walks away.
Dennis returns in the season 5 episode "100
100 (30 Rock)
"100" is a double-episode of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, covering the 20th and 21st episodes of the fifth season, and the 100th and 101st episodes overall of the series. It was written by Jack Burditt and the show's executive producers Robert Carlock and Tina Fey, who is also the...
". When a gas leak is seeping into the ventilation system of the sixth floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, it causes strange behavior among the personnel. Later, Dennis, whom Liz had called while under the influence of the gas in an attempt to rekindle their relationship an hour earlier, comes to see her. After learning that she will "love" him again if she is affected by the gas leak, he undoes the repairs to the ventilation system. He tries to trick Liz into signing a lease that will let him move back in with her while she is high on gas, but Jack stops her from doing so. Tom the Janitor reports the sabotaged gas line and Dennis is caught and escorted from the set. Liz then tells Dennis if she ever sees him again, she will murder him.
Floyd DeBarber
Floyd DeBarber (Jason SudeikisJason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...
) is a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
working in 30 Rock. He first appeared when he accidentally sends flowers to Liz Lemon for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
, intending to send them to his girlfriend Liz Lemler. Liz Lemon, who doesn't know his name, calls him "flower guy" and develops a crush on him. In the episode "The Fighting Irish," Liz fires Liz Lemler and the rest of the accounting staff, so that she can get closer to Floyd with his girlfriend out of the building; however, Jack cleans up Liz's mess by rehiring the accountants and transferring Liz Lemler to a job at GE headquarters in Connecticut, causing Liz Lemler and Floyd to break up. In the episode "Fireworks," Liz follows Floyd into an AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
meeting in order to get close to him, revealing that he is alcoholic and that the rules are important to him, stating that the last time he drank he did a man-on-the-street promo for Tarzan on Ice
Disney on Ice
Disney On Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature figure skaters dressed as Disney cartoon characters in performances that each derive their music and plot from elements collected from...
despite never having seen the show. When Liz lies about being an alcoholic in order to hear Floyd openly talk about his secrets, she finds out that members of the same AA group cannot date and confesses she was never an alcoholic and just had a crush on him. Floyd feels betrayed by this, but Liz makes it up to him by telling Floyd all of her secrets, and the two then begin dating. Jack becomes very good friends with Floyd and starts calling him "the Floydster," much to Liz's dismay. Floyd eventually seems to want to spend more time with Jack than Liz, making Liz a third wheel on their outings with Jack. At the end of season 1, Floyd decides that New York City is too much for him, and seeks to move to his hometown of Cleveland. Liz and Floyd go there on a vacation, where Floyd gets a job and decides that he is going to move there; Liz ends up staying at TGS with Tracy Jordan in New York. Despite seeming perfect for each other, Floyd and Liz break up due to the stress of a long-distance relationship.
When Floyd visits New York in season 2, Liz confronts Floyd because she had previously called him in Cleveland and heard a woman's voice. Floyd states that he has no idea who Liz is talking about. Before leaving, Liz runs after him and finds him at the airport and gives him her apartment key, as they "never know what might happen." Floyd appears in season 4, when he, Dennis, and Dr. Drew Baird appear together in a hallucination Liz has after having a root canal
Root canal
A root canal is the space within the root of a tooth. It is part of a naturally occurring space within a tooth that consists of the pulp chamber , the main canal, and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.-Root canal anatomy:...
, and then again when Floyd arrives in New York to tell Liz that he's getting married. Floyd and his fiancee are trying to get married on The Today Show, which upsets Liz. She takes him to a restaurant in hopes of giving him food poisoning, but he accidentally gets drunk on his alcohol-based salmon sauce. This causes him to go on a binge, and make a fool of himself in front of Liz and The Today Show staff. Liz later salvages Floyd's nuptials, but bonds so quickly with his fiancee that she ends up in the wedding party.
Floyd the Barber was a regular character on The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
.
Drew Baird
Dr. Drew Baird (Jon Hamm) is a pediatrician and is Liz's neighbor. He first appeared in season 3, when Liz accidentally got his mail, eventually reading it and deciding he was perfect for her, leading her to create a false persona in order to make him like her. Eventually, Liz's scheme unravels, and Drew is disappointed in her; however, he reads her mail and tells her that he feels that Liz would have been someone he really would have wanted to know. Eventually, they agree upon a fresh start. He was recently divorced from a woman named Mandy and has one daughter from the marriage, named Bethany, who is a rebellious teenager who drinks wine and frequently starts fires. Their first date was on Valentine's DayValentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
2009, during which not only did Bethany end up at Liz's apartment, but Drew's mother died in the hospital after being ill. On her deathbed, she told Liz that she was not Drew's mother and that the person Drew thinks is his sister is, in fact, his mother. Liz tells Drew this later in the episode. He also has an aunt named Gloria. In episode 15 of the third season, entitled "The Bubble
The Bubble (30 Rock)
"The Bubble" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the American television series 30 Rock. It was written by series' creator Tina Fey and directed by Tricia Brock. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on March 19, 2009. Jon Hamm and...
," Liz is concerned with Drew's behavior, as he is outwardly handsome and unintentionally "manipulates" the people around him (with his looks). Liz shows Drew that this is called "living in the bubble" and shows him that this is not how normal people are treated. When Liz beats him in a tennis match, he becomes angry with his "sore-loser" attitude, and eventually apologizes for his behavior asking Liz if she would like to take a ride with him on his new motorcycle. Liz declines, leading the viewer to believe that the relationship has ended. Drew is portrayed as quite stupid, lacking knowledge of such basic medical procedures as the Heimlich Maneuver.
Dr. Drew appears again in season 4 alongside Floyd and Dennis in a hallucination Liz has after having a root canal
Root canal
A root canal is the space within the root of a tooth. It is part of a naturally occurring space within a tooth that consists of the pulp chamber , the main canal, and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.-Root canal anatomy:...
. The corporeal Baird appears again in "Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" where Liz visits his apartment and learns that Drew's right and left hands were severed on two unrelated occasions, by a helicopter rotor and fireworks, respectively. He hopes to get hand transplants from a strangler facing the death penalty/a woman whose hand got separated from her at a Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
concert. Liz decides he is too imbecilic for her to ever date him again and leaves.
On multiple occasions, Liz has referred to him with the phrase: "So Handsome...so, so stupid!"
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes (Michael SheenMichael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
) met Liz in her oral surgeon's recovery room after her root canal, but does not remember the encounter. Instead, she discovers him on her phone, listed in her contacts as "Future Husband." After a few dates, Liz and Wesley realize they do not belong together. When talking, Wesley often uses misleading Britishisms, which Liz recognizes as made up. He is displeased that the actor Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...
has his name, saying he (British Wesley) personifies the name much more strongly as a pasty, unathletic British man. Wesley is rude to Liz and mocks her romantic history, and tries to leverage her desperation over being alone into helping him deal with his professional and immigration debacles. Even so Wesley believes they are "settling soulmates", and sets the stage for another meeting during "sweeps", (which alludes to the season finale) which he claims is the British version of spring cleaning. In the Season 4 finale, Liz meets a pilot, Carol (played by Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
) who seems to be her actual soulmate, and publicly breaks up with Wesley.
Steven Black
Steven Black (Wayne BradyWayne Brady
Wayne Alphonso Brady is an actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show...
) was Tracy's manager during season one. He briefly dated Liz during the episode "The Source Awards", but Liz realized that they were completely incompatible after one date. When she attempted to break things off, Steven claimed that she was racist. Liz continued to date Steven, hoping that he would see their incompatibility himself. At The Source Awards, Liz accidentally set off Tracy Jordan's gun, hitting Steven in the upper thigh while he was trying to get his phone out of her purse. They broke up afterwards.
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett (Matt DamonMatt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
) is a pilot who establishes a relationship with Liz in the season four finale
I Do Do
"I Do Do" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 80th overall episode of the series. It was directed by series producer Don Scardino, and written by series creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey...
. In season five
30 Rock (season 5)
The fifth season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series on the NBC network in the United States, began airing on September 23, 2010. NBC announced on March 5, 2010 that 30 Rock would be returning for a fifth season in the 2010–2011 television season...
, the two have a difference of opinion on how serious their relationship should be—Liz likes how casual they are with Carol gone on flights most of the time, but he wants them to become more seriously committed to one another. Despite their difference of opinion on their relationship, they (mostly, but not entirely) have the same quirks and character traits. This becomes a problem factor in the episode "Double-Edged Sword
Double-Edged Sword (30 Rock)
"Double-Edged Sword" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 94th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Don Scardino, and written by Kay Cannon & Tom Ceraulo. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
," when Liz and Carol break up, after an extremely heated argument on a plane. His surname is revealed by Kenneth in "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish" and is a reference to the entertainer Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut...
.
Astronaut Mike Dexter
Astronaut Mike Dexter (John Anderson) is Liz's fantasy boyfriend that she compares all other men to. She mentions him in several episodes, and he actually shows up in her fantasies in season four. In "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001", he tells her that he has to go back to space, but "enjoyed the kissing followed by his genuine interest in that TV dance competition." In "The MomsThe Moms
"The Moms" is the twentieth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 78th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-producer Kay Cannon and co-show runner and executive producer Robert Carlock. The episode was directed by co-executive producer...
", she reveals that Astronaut Mike Dexter is also the secret King of Monaco. Liz actually meets a man named Mike (although he's a lawyer) who looks exactly like Astronaut Mike Dexter at Floyd's wedding in "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land
Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land
"Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 79th overall episode of the series. It was written by supervising producer Matt Hubbard and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. The episode originally aired on...
", although Mike reveals that he is a "plushie" who enjoys having sex (or "yiffing") with people in mascot costumes in state parks. Astronaut Mike Dexter also appears, although not by that name, in Jack's "porn for women", which features handsome men asking women about their day, in "Don Geiss, America and Hope
Don Geiss, America and Hope
"Don Geiss, America and Hope" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 73rd overall episode of the series. It was directed by Stephen Lee Davis, and written by Jack Burditt and Tracey Wigfield. The episode originally aired on the...
", which Liz is seduced into buying.
Jack's girlfriends
The following characters have at some point during the show been Jack's girlfriend, wife or fiancée.Bianca
Bianca (Isabella RosselliniIsabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
) is Jack Donaghy's ex-wife, whose years of marital bliss with the network exec weren't all that rosy, since Jack's mother never liked her from the beginning. She was first introduced in Season 1, Episode 12 and had her second and most recent appearance in the following episode. As of her last appearance, she is engaged to a man named Vincent Foley and in Season 1, Episode 13 she finalised her divorce with Jack (although they had been legally separated since 1989). Jack mentioned that she was too much of a woman for him which is why they divorced. Bianca is able to tolerate most of Jack's meaningless affairs but she seems to have a jealous streak towards women who can actually make Jack happy, as evidenced by Liz pretending to be Jack's fiancée, which resulted in Bianca attacking her at the event.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
is implied and later confirmed as one of Jack's more short-lived relationships.
Phoebe
Phoebe (Emily MortimerEmily Mortimer
Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer is an English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including Scream 3, Match Point, Lars and the Real Girl, and Shutter Island....
) is an art dealer and auctioneer who works at the Christie's
Christie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
branch in Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National...
. She is supposedly English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
and claims to have something called "avian bone syndrome," which requires that no one touch her, as well as vertigo
Vertigo (medical)
Vertigo is a type of dizziness, where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary. The symptoms are due to a dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear...
. She always introduces herself to Liz every time they meet, and states that her parents were poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
s. Jack eventually attracts Phoebe's attention and the two start dating, and after Liz gave the two her blessing, Jack quickly asks Phoebe to marry him and she accepts, stunning Liz. Jack takes Phoebe to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, later finding out that Phoebe is actually a gold digger. Liz discovers Phoebe holding hands with an older man, Phoebe tells Liz that he is a former lover. Liz tells an angry Phoebe that either she tells Jack the truth or Liz will, but while arguing with Liz Phoebe accidentally drops her British accent, revealing herself to be American. When Liz tells Jack about this, he refuses to believe her, apparently, having been warned by Phoebe that Liz was making things up about her. When Jack's mother Colleen shows up in "Hiatus," she takes an instant dislike to Phoebe. After Colleen visits Jack in the hospital, she discovers that Jack wasn't in love with Phoebe as his heart rate monitor
Heart rate monitor
A heart rate monitor is a personal monitoring device which allows a subject to measure his or her heart rate in real time or record his or her heart rate for later study...
becomes a polygraph
Polygraph
A polygraph measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions...
, and Phoebe notices this and slinks away in defeat. Jack and Phoebe's wedding was subsequently canceled. It is never established whether her "avian bone syndrome" or vertigo was real.
C. C.
Celeste "C. C." Cunningham (Edie FalcoEdie Falco
Edith "Edie" Falco is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her roles in Oz as Diane Wittlesey, as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie...
) is the Congresswoman
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
for the state of Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. She is a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
. She meets Jack at a cocktail party honouring Robert Novak
Robert Novak
Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving for the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he became a reporter for the Associated Press and then for...
, and the two end up sleeping together
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
. Soon after, Jack discovers she is a Democratic Congresswoman from Vermont and she is also trying to sue NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's fictitious parent company, the Sheinhardt Wig Company, for apparently dumping some "Auburn Fantasy Dye Number 260" into the Chickatagua River which turned the children of Chickatagua orange. Despite Jack and C.C.'s conflicting political beliefs, they decide to pursue a relationship, which is at first kept secret. Jack and C.C. eventually reveal their relationship in Jack's executive dining room. Due to job related commitments, and the fact that Jack lives in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and C.C. lives in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, they decide to break up. She returns in "Cooter
Cooter (30 Rock)
"Cooter" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of 30 Rock and thirty-sixth episode of the series. It was written by series' creator Tina Fey and was directed by one of the season's producers, Don Scardino. The episode first aired on May 8, 2008 on the NBC network in the United States...
" and approves development of a gay bomb
Gay bomb
The "halitosis bomb" and "gay bomb" are informal names for two theoretical non-lethal chemical weapons, which a United States Air Force research laboratory speculated about producing, which involved discharging female sex pheromones over enemy forces in order to make them sexually attracted to each...
to help get Jack fired from his position in Washington so he can return to 30 Rock, partly because of a favour she owed Jack.
Elisa Pedrera
Elisa Pedrera (Salma HayekSalma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
) is a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
nurse who is deeply religious and puts a high value on family. She was introduced as a love interest for Jack in Season 3, when she takes care of Jack's mother, Colleen, who had injured both hips. While caring for Colleen, Elisa forms a romantic relationship with Jack. She also cares for another patient, an elderly male Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
patient. Colleen hates that Elisa and Jack are together, presumably because she hates every woman that Jack has been with. Elisa's grandmother initially hates Jack because he greatly resembles an actor playing a villain on her favorite telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, but eventually became quite fond of him after Jack has NBC purchase the rights to the show and changes his doppelgänger's part to appeal specifically to elderly women. Although Elisa and Jack had some relationship trouble on St. Valentine's Day, they made up, partly due to their joint love of McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
McFlurries. In the episode "Larry King" Jack proposes to Elisa, which she accepts, but afterward informs Jack that she is going to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, but promises to call Jack. When she returns, she and Jack begin planning their wedding, but it is revealed that Elisa is infamous among Puerto Ricans because she killed her husband when she discovered he was cheating on her. She flies into a homicidal rage when she believes Jack and Liz Lemon are having an affair, but after being dissuaded, she calms down, and agrees with Jack to call off the wedding and end the relationship because she cannot control her jealousy.
Nancy Donovan
Nancy Donovan (Julianne MooreJulianne Moore
Julianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....
) was Jack Donaghy's high school crush. She and Jack shared a high school German class (in which Jack had the name "Klaus" and Nancy had the name "Greta"), Nancy's voice mail code stands for "Klaus" which means that Nancy does have feelings for Jack. It is discovered that she and her husband are separating. Jack confesses his feelings to her and she replies with a kiss. Most of her lines are written to showcase her heavy Boston accent. She is a devout Roman Catholic.
Avery Jessup-Donaghy
Avery Jessup (Elizabeth BanksElizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell , known professionally as Elizabeth Banks, is an American actress. Banks had her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy...
) is a conservative media personality and the host of the political talk-show "The Hot-Box" and commentator on CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
. She begins a relationship, which begins as a one-night stand, with Jack in Season 4 when he believes Nancy Donovan will not be divorcing her husband any time soon. He winds up dating them simultaneously, eventually choosing Avery over Nancy, shortly after being told that she is pregnant. Originally from Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
(but is of Swedish descent), she attended Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut...
and then Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. They marry in Season 5 in between the events of "Christmas Attack Zone
Christmas Attack Zone
"Christmas Attack Zone" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 90th overall episode of the series. It was written by show story editor Tracey Wigfield and directed by co-executive producer John Riggi. It originally aired on the National...
" and "Mrs. Donaghy
Mrs. Donaghy
"Mrs. Donaghy" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 91st overall episode of the series. It was written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt and directed by Tricia Brock. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
", but she doesn't know that the priest married Jack and Liz. However, it has already appeared that this problem has been fixed. She gave birth to Jack's baby in "Double-Edged Sword
Double-Edged Sword (30 Rock)
"Double-Edged Sword" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 94th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Don Scardino, and written by Kay Cannon & Tom Ceraulo. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
" in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, making her Canadian-American, and named her Liddy Elizabeth Donaghy - in honor of Liddy Dole
Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
, G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Liddy was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. Separately, along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the Watergate burglaries of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in...
, and Jack's martial arts instructor, Lid E; the middle name is in honor of Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
. In "Everything Sunny All the Time Always
Everything Sunny All the Time Always
"Everything Sunny All the Time Always" is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 102nd overall episode of the series. It was written by Producer Kay Cannon & Co-Executive Producer Matt Hubbard and directed by John Riggi...
", Avery is on a trip described by Jack as, "a hot blondes in weird places initiative," by NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. However, things don't go well, when she is detained in North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
by Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim born 16 February 1941 or 16 February 1942 , is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
and forced to take part in one of his (unrealistic) propagandas involving a Western journalist reporting on how the free world is being conquered by North Korea. Despite Jack's attempts to get her back - including getting help from his ex, Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
- she is stuck in Korea and forcibly married
Forced marriage
Forced marriage is a term used to describe a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will...
to Kim Jong-un.
Angie Jordan
Angie Jordan (Sherri ShepherdSherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
, formerly Sharon Wilkins
Sharon Wilkins
Sharon Wilkins is an American actress.Wilkins hails from Newburgh, New York and makes her home on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. She has had a number of roles on Broadway and in film and does some commercial work. She is currently appearing in the National Tour of Xanadu The Musical...
in Jack the Writer
Jack the Writer
"Jack the Writer" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which aired on November 1, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, and on November 1, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Robert Carlock and was directed by Gail Mancuso...
) is Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
's wife. They were married on August 30, 1991. Tracy and Angie frequently use rather odd forms of sexual roleplaying
Sexual roleplaying
Sexual roleplay is an erotic form of roleplay: it is a sexual behavior where two or more people act out roles in a sexual fantasy. How seriously this is taken depends on the people involved, and the scenario may be anywhere from simple and makeshift to detailed and elaborate, complete with...
. Tracy implied in the episode Black Tie
Black Tie (30 Rock)
"Black Tie" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was directed by Don Scardino, and written by Kay Cannon and series creator Tina Fey. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on February 1, 2007...
that he and Angie have an open marriage
Open marriage
Open marriage typically refers to a marriage in which the partners agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual relationships, without this being regarded as infidelity. There are many different styles of open marriage, with the partners having varying levels of input on their spouse's...
, but Angie is shown to be less than happy with her husband's extramarital escapades (that are later revealed as stories to boost Tracy's image). She kicked Tracy out of their house in the episode SeinfeldVision
SeinfeldVision
"SeinfeldVision" is the first episode of the second season of 30 Rock and the twenty-second episode of the series. It was written by the series' creator, executive producer and lead actress, Tina Fey and directed by producer Don Scardino...
, but took him back in Jack Gets in the Game
Jack Gets in the Game
"Jack Gets in the Game" is the second episode of NBC's second season of 30 Rock and twenty-third episode overall. It was written by Jon Pollack and directed by one of the season's producers, Don Scardino. It first aired on November 8, 2007 in the United States...
. She seems to have a domineering, bombastic personality and is rather demanding of her husband, both financially and sexually. Like her husband, she always addresses Liz Lemon
Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:...
by her full name. She is rude to Liz, nearly attacking her after Liz stops trying to appease her and orders her off the set. She and her husband were apparently supporting the 2008 Presidential campaign of Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....
, although in her absence Tracy has expressed interest in becoming a Republican and also filmed a PSA
Public service announcement
A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...
advising African-Americans to not vote at all. In season 3, Tracy, with Jack's help, got Angie to sign a pre-nup (described as "post-nup," as they are already married), however Tracy decides that she doesn't have to sign it after she states that she will never leave him, she still angrily partly signed the pre-nup form before Tracy stopped her. Tracy states that he has known Angie for 20 years, meeting her when she slipped him a free shrimp cocktail at the restaurant he was residing in, despite his partying lifestyle, he has never once cheated on her, and the numbers he hands out to women at parties belong to other NBC employees such as Brian Williams
Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004...
. Tracy decides he needs a baby girl, and tries to prove he is responsible to Angie by trying to EGOT (win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Though he initially fails at this (succeeding in a later season), he does write a song that impresses Angie. He later reveals that she is indeed pregnant. In "Mrs. Donaghy," Angie becomes the star of her own Bravo reality program, Queen of Jordan, which plays a large role in subsequent episodes of season five.
In her initial appearance in the episode Jack the Writer
Jack the Writer
"Jack the Writer" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which aired on November 1, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, and on November 1, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Robert Carlock and was directed by Gail Mancuso...
, which basically consisted of a non-speaking cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
, she was played by Sharon Wilkins
Sharon Wilkins
Sharon Wilkins is an American actress.Wilkins hails from Newburgh, New York and makes her home on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. She has had a number of roles on Broadway and in film and does some commercial work. She is currently appearing in the National Tour of Xanadu The Musical...
. In all subsequent episodes, starting with "Up All Night," she is portrayed by Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
and is given a more substantial role.
Colleen Donaghy
Colleen Donaghy (née Murphy) (Elaine StritchElaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch is an American actress and vocalist. She has appeared in numerous stage plays and musicals, feature films, and many television programs...
) is Jack Donaghy's overbearing, demanding mother, Jack generally wants nothing to do with her, even though it has been shown that deep down, he actually does love her. She first appeared in Season 1, Episode 21 and is generally critical at best of Jack's abilities, and is highly hesitant of showing him any real affection. While in her first appearance she got along well with Liz Lemon, upon meeting her family in the episode "Ludichristmas," she set out to show Jack that the Lemon family's seemingly perfect attitude was, in fact, a lie (at which she succeeded).
In the third season episode "Christmas Special" it is revealed that Colleen went to great lengths to provide happy Christmas memories to Jack despite the family's poverty and lack of a father. This makes Jack state that he loves her. Colleen also injures both her hips in this episode, both caused by Jack. This leads to her being in a wheelchair for the remainder of the episode, and needing a nurse, Elisa, to care for her in following episodes. Elisa soon becomes Jack's girlfriend, which makes Colleen dislike her.
In Season 3, Episode 20, Colleen reveals that her ex-husband, Jim Donaghy, once left her in 1957 and returned in 1959. Jack was conceived in 1958, revealing that Jim Donaghy is not Jack's father.
Milton Greene
Milton Greene (Alan AldaAlan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
) is Jack Donaghy's biological father, a very liberal college professor from Vermont. He was introduced in the Season 3 episode "Mama Mia." Jack had previously learned that Jimmy Donaghy was not his biological father. The episode is a parody of the eponymous musical
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. Although the title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia", the plot is fictional, not...
where Milton is one of three possible biological fathers for Jack. Milton claims to have been a tenant of Colleen Donaghy when he impregnated her. He left before Jack's birth. Jack expresses no desire to tell Colleen about his discovery. Jack is horrified to learn that his father is a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
and (it's strongly implied) Jewish. Milton later reveals that he is in need of a kidney transplant, and implies that he would like Jack to be a donor, however Dr. Leo Spaceman later confirms that Jack is not a compatible donor for Milton. As a last resort to save his father, Jack airs a TV special with the hope that someone will donate a kidney to Milton. Although the success or failure of Kidney Now! has not yet been explicitly revealed, the appearance of his book From Peanut to President (a biography of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
) in future episodes suggests that Jack succeeded in getting Milton a kidney. Milton also wrote a book about the multi-cultural route to raising children, whether the parents are Muslim, Wiccan, LGBT, or handicapped. He later states that his kidney came from Elvis Costello. Jack arranges for Colleen and Milton to realize that Jack knows the whole story about them—and he's overjoyed when they join forces to yell at him for his own duplicity, saying he finally feels like part of a family.
Tracy Jr.
Tracy Jr. (Bobb'e J. Thompson) is the combative son of Tracy and Angie Jordan. The Jordans have another son, George Foreman Jordan, who has yet to speak on the show.Verna Maroney
Verna Maroney (Jan HooksJan Hooks
Janet V. "Jan" Hooks is an American actress and comedienne best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live , on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991...
) is Jenna's mother. A quintessential stage mother, she manipulates Jenna into forgiving her in order to pitch a reality show to Jack. In the end Jack pays her off to pretend to be a caring mother—the act works, thrilling Jenna. She was spurned by her husband Werner, a burger-server in suburban Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, for a curly-haired surfer named Roberta. According to Jenna, it hurt her.
Leo Spaceman
Dr. Leo Spaceman ' onMouseout='HidePop("18915")' href="/topics/Astronaut">spacemanAstronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
") is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
portrayed by Chris Parnell
Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell also voices Cyril Figgis on the FX animated comedy...
. Spaceman is a graduate of the Ho Chi Minh City School of Medicine and frequently practices, or attempts to practice, questionable medical actions such as giving a 'medical professional's seal of approval' to a defective 'meat machine'; in spite of this, Jack Donaghy is unwavering in his support of Spaceman's skills. He wrote a bestselling book called "The Cigarette Diet" and found shocking medical abnormalities during Desert Storm that his boss refused to forward a report on to Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
, and began dating Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme whom he describes as "difficult".
Lenny Wosniak
Lenny Wosniak (Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
) is a private investigator
Private investigator
A private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
who has been hired by Jack on some occasions. Jack first hired him in the second season episode "The Collection", where, while spying on Jack to determine if he has any skeletons in his closet which could prevent him from being named the new CEO of General Electric, he discovers Jack has a large collection of homemade cookie jars. Jack also hired him in the third season to find out personal information concerning a man his mother was seeing and later the true identity of his father. He is noted for having a strange personal life and belongs to a local gym. He was later hired by Jack to infiltrate Kenneth's page strike, but found him to be incorruptible. He was called "The Chameleon" at some point in his past because of his slender frame and big, wet eyes.
He is also not allowed to have a gun by his pastor due to his problems with depression.
Donald
Donald (Michael Benjamin Washington) is an entrepreneur who pretends to be Tracy JordanTracy Jordan
Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:...
's son, despite being two years older than him. His money-making ideas consist largely of questionable business practices, such as picking out corporate names that are already used by major corporations (he wants to create a frozen-yogurt and microbrewery restaurant called Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
and a phone line to get updates on the air quality around the U.S. called American Airlines
American Airlines
American Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
). Tracy knows Donald is not his son but supports his misguided ideas anyway, and Jack (who had convinced Tracy to cut Donald off) later tells Tracy to keep being a dad.
Minor characters
The following is a supplementary list of recurring characters, which includes characters that appear briefly in multiple episodes, like a regularly appearing writer, but have little to no real world content to justify an entire section covering their in-universe histories.- Lee (Tom BroeckerTom BroeckerTom Broecker is an American television actor and costume designer. Currently, he is the costume designer for Saturday Night Live , the costume designer for NBC's 30 Rock, where he also plays the recurring role of Lee the costume designer on the show-within-a-show, and The Big C on Showtime...
) - the show's costume manager; appears in eleven episodes. He also works on 30 Rock as an actual costume manager. - Stage manager (Teddy ColucaTeddy ColucaTeddy Coluca is an American actor who is currently playing the recurring role of the stage manager on NBC's new series 30 Rock. Recent films include We Own the Night with Mark Wahlberg & Joaquin Phoenix and The Girl In The Park with Sigourney Weaver.-External links:...
) - appears in six episodes. - Rachel Baze (Rachel Hamilton) - one of the writers on the show; in "The Aftermath," Jack mentions her last name and that she just got engaged; she has speaking parts in two episodes.
- Anthony (Anthony Atamanuik) - one of the writers on the show
- Donald (Donald GloverDonald GloverDonald McKinley Glover is an American actor, writer, comedian, and musician. Glover first came to attention for his work in the sketch group Derrick Comedy, and is best known for his role as community college student Troy Barnes on the NBC comedy series Community...
) - A stagehand on the show; has a speaking part in one episode. - Matt (Matt DickinsonMatt DickinsonMatt Dickinson is a film-maker and writer who is best known for his best selling novels and his documentary work for National Geographic Television, Discovery Channel and the BBC...
) - Jack's assistant in two season-one episodes and one season-three episode in place of Jonathan. - Stage manager (Brendan WalshBrendan WalshBrendan Walsh is an American chef best known for his endorsement of southwestern cuisine. He was the original chef of Arizona 206 in New York City and won international recognition in the prestigious James Beard “Who’s Who of Cooking in America”.-Early life:Brendan Walsh grew up in the Bronx,...
) - shouts "shut it down!" at the end of each of the two episodes he appears in (referred to in credits as "Shut It Down").
- Alfonso/TGS Piano Player (Jeff RichmondJeff RichmondJeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Richmond is an American composer, actor and television producer. Richmond currently produces and composes the music for 30 Rock, a sitcom created by and starring his wife Tina Fey.-Career:...
) - Jenna's piano player. He appears in "LudachristmasLudachristmas"Ludachristmas" is the ninth episode of the second season of the television series 30 Rock and was first broadcast on December 13, 2007 on the NBC network in the United States. The episode was written by Tami Sagher and directed by Don Scardino...
" and "Christmas Special." Richmond also appeared in "The AftermathThe Aftermath (30 Rock)"The Aftermath" is the second episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which first aired on October 17, 2006 on CTV in Canada. It aired on October 18, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, its country of origin, and October 18, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The...
" and "St. Valentine's Day." He also appears as the TGS piano player in the first-season episode "The Baby Show." Richmond is the main music composer on 30 Rock and is Tina Fey's real-life husband. - Tim Grandy (actor unknown) - one of the writers on the show; in "The Aftermath," Jack mentions he is from Bowie, MarylandBowie, MarylandBowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
; he has a brief speaking part in the "The C WordThe C Word"The C Word" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by series creator Tina Fey and directed by Adam Bernstein. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on February 15, 2007...
." - Grace Park (Charlene Yi) - another NBC page who has a very slight romantic history with Kenneth. Appeared in "The C WordThe C Word"The C Word" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by series creator Tina Fey and directed by Adam Bernstein. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on February 15, 2007...
." - Moonvest (Craig CastaldoRadio ManRadioman is the nickname of a former homeless man in New York City who has gained notoriety from making cameo appearances in a number of films and TV shows....
) - Featured homeless man. He appears in "The Head and the Hair," "Audition DayAudition Day"Audition Day" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 62nd overall episode of the series. The episode was written by supervising producer Matt Hubbard and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting...
," and "I Do DoI Do Do"I Do Do" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 80th overall episode of the series. It was directed by series producer Don Scardino, and written by series creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey...
." His name Moonvest is presumably a reference to Les MoonvesLeslie MoonvesLeslie Moonves is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation.Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005...
, president of NBC's competitor CBS CorporationCBS CorporationCBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
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| Season One 30 Rock (season 1) The first season of the television comedy series 30 Rock originally aired between October 11, 2006 and April 26, 2007 on NBC in the United States... (2006–2007) |
Season Two 30 Rock (season 2) The second season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series, originally aired between October 4, 2007 and May 8, 2008 on NBC in the United States. 30 Rock takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name refers to 30 Rockefeller... (2007–2008) |
Season Three 30 Rock (season 3) The third season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series, consists of 22 episodes and began airing on October 30, 2008 on the NBC network in the United States... (2008–2009) |
Season Four 30 Rock (season 4) The fourth season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series, consists of 23 episodes and began airing on October 15, 2009, on the National Broadcasting Company network in the United States... (2009–2010) |
Season Five 30 Rock (season 5) The fifth season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series on the NBC network in the United States, began airing on September 23, 2010. NBC announced on March 5, 2010 that 30 Rock would be returning for a fifth season in the 2010–2011 television season... (2010–2011) |
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| Elizabeth "Liz" Lemon Liz Lemon Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.-Personal history:... |
Tina Fey Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the... |
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| Jenna Maroney Jenna Maroney Jenna Maroney is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Jane Krakowski.-Fictional biography:Jenna was born Ystrepa Grokovitz on February 24, 1969 and grew up in Bakersfield... |
Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy... |
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| Tracy Jordan Tracy Jordan Ogbert Jordan, better known by his stage name, Tracy, is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, based on and played by Tracy Morgan.-Brief overview:... |
Tracy Morgan Tracy Morgan Tracy Morgan is an American comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.-Early life:... |
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| Kenneth Parcell Kenneth Parcell Kenneth Ellen Parcell is a fictional character in the comedy television series 30 Rock. He is portrayed by actor Jack McBrayer and first appeared on television in the 30 Rock episode "Pilot" on October 10, 2006... |
Jack McBrayer Jack McBrayer Jack McBrayer is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his characters on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"... |
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| Pete Hornberger | Scott Adsit Scott Adsit Scott Adsit is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.-1990s:After attending Columbia College Chicago,... |
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| Frank Rossitano | Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander is an American actor and comedian, known for his trademark trucker hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in many of his screen roles.-Early life:... |
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| Jack Donaghy Jack Donaghy John Francis "Jack" Donaghy is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He is the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric and later Kabletown.... |
Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off... |
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| Cerie | Katrina Bowden Katrina Bowden Katrina Bowden is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Britney Jennings on One Life to Live and for her role as Cerie in 30 Rock .- Education :... |
Katrina Bowden Katrina Bowden Katrina Bowden is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Britney Jennings on One Life to Live and for her role as Cerie in 30 Rock .- Education :... |
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| Toofer Spurlock | Keith Powell Keith Powell Keith Powell is an American television actor who is best known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.-Career:Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware... |
Keith Powell Keith Powell Keith Powell is an American television actor who is best known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.-Career:Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware... |
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| Josh Girard | Lonny Ross Lonny Ross Lonny Ross is a comedy actor and writer. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work as Josh Girard on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock... |
Lonny Ross Lonny Ross Lonny Ross is a comedy actor and writer. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work as Josh Girard on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock... |
Lonny Ross Lonny Ross Lonny Ross is a comedy actor and writer. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work as Josh Girard on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock... |
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| Grizz Griswold | Grizz Chapman Grizz Chapman Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is an American television actor best known for his recurring role as Grizz on the NBC series 30 Rock. A June 2007 interview with rollingout.com lists Chapman's height as 6'10". In his commentary for the episode "Tracy Does Conan," Tracy Morgan revealed that they met when... |
Grizz Chapman Grizz Chapman Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is an American television actor best known for his recurring role as Grizz on the NBC series 30 Rock. A June 2007 interview with rollingout.com lists Chapman's height as 6'10". In his commentary for the episode "Tracy Does Conan," Tracy Morgan revealed that they met when... |
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| Walter "Dot Com" Slattery | Kevin Brown Kevin Brown (actor) Kevin 'Dot Com' Brown is an American comedian, film and television actor, best known for his role on the series 30 Rock as "Dot Com".Brown also appeared as the lead in Marq Overton's one-man play Die Laughing in 2008 at the Diversity Players of Harlem and as an actor and executive producer of the... |
Kevin Brown Kevin Brown (actor) Kevin 'Dot Com' Brown is an American comedian, film and television actor, best known for his role on the series 30 Rock as "Dot Com".Brown also appeared as the lead in Marq Overton's one-man play Die Laughing in 2008 at the Diversity Players of Harlem and as an actor and executive producer of the... |
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| Jonathan | Maulik Pancholy Maulik Pancholy Maulik Pancholy is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Sanjay on Weeds from 2005 to present, and his role as Jonathan on 30 Rock, which he has played since the show began in 2006.... |
Maulik Pancholy Maulik Pancholy Maulik Pancholy is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Sanjay on Weeds from 2005 to present, and his role as Jonathan on 30 Rock, which he has played since the show began in 2006.... |
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| J. D. Lutz | John Lutz John Lutz (television writer) John Lutz is an American actor, writer and comedian.-Biography:The son of a Lutheran minister, Lutz grew up in suburban Chicago and Detroit. He attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, majoring in psychology and minoring in... |
John Lutz John Lutz (television writer) John Lutz is an American actor, writer and comedian.-Biography:The son of a Lutheran minister, Lutz grew up in suburban Chicago and Detroit. He attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, majoring in psychology and minoring in... |
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|-! Greta Johansen and other characters
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American comic actress best known for her roles as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
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Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American comic actress best known for her roles as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
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! Alfonso
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Jeff Richmond
Jeff Richmond
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Richmond is an American composer, actor and television producer. Richmond currently produces and composes the music for 30 Rock, a sitcom created by and starring his wife Tina Fey.-Career:...
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Jeff Richmond
Jeff Richmond
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Richmond is an American composer, actor and television producer. Richmond currently produces and composes the music for 30 Rock, a sitcom created by and starring his wife Tina Fey.-Career:...
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! Don Geiss
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Rip Torn
Rip Torn
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...
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! Devon Banks
| colspan="5" style="background-color:pink;" | Will Arnett
Will Arnett
William Emerson "Will" Arnett is a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his role as George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II on the Fox comedy Arrested Development. He is also known for his role as Devon Banks on the NBC comedy 30 Rock. Since his success on Arrested Development, Arnett has landed major...
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! Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout
| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Sue Galloway
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! Howard Jorgensen
| colspan="3" style="background-color:pink;" | Brian Stack
Brian Stack
Brian Stack is an American actor, writer and comedian best known for his sketch comedy work on all three Conan O'Brien late-night talk shows, previously working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and currently on O'Brien's newest show, Conan on TBS.-Early...
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! Kathy Geiss
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! Donny Lawson
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
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! Jeffrey Weinerslav
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Todd Buonopane
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! Jack "Danny" Baker
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Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer. He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle, and after moving to New York City, made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie...
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Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer. He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle, and after moving to New York City, made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie...
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Ken Howard
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Howard, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow...
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Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch is an American actress and vocalist. She has appeared in numerous stage plays and musicals, feature films, and many television programs...
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! Dennis Duffy
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Dean Winters
Dean Winters is an American actor, who has portrayed Ryan O'Reily on HBO's Oz, Johnny Gavin on FX Network's Rescue Me, and Dennis Duffy on NBC's 30 Rock...
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! Floyd DeBarber
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Jason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Jason Sudeikis
Jason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...
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! Angie Jordan
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Sharon Wilkins
Sharon Wilkins is an American actress.Wilkins hails from Newburgh, New York and makes her home on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. She has had a number of roles on Broadway and in film and does some commercial work. She is currently appearing in the National Tour of Xanadu The Musical...
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
| colspan="4" style="background-color:pink;" | Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
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! Bianca Donaghy
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Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
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! Phoebe
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Emily Mortimer
Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer is an English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including Scream 3, Match Point, Lars and the Real Girl, and Shutter Island....
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Emily Mortimer
Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer is an English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including Scream 3, Match Point, Lars and the Real Girl, and Shutter Island....
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! Celeste "C. C." Cunningham
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Edie Falco
Edith "Edie" Falco is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her roles in Oz as Diane Wittlesey, as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie...
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! Paula Hornberger
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! Margaret Lemon
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Anita Gillette
Anita Gillette
Anita Gillette is an American actress, most notable for her work on Broadway and as a celebrity guest on various game shows....
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Anita Gillette
Anita Gillette
Anita Gillette is an American actress, most notable for her work on Broadway and as a celebrity guest on various game shows....
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! Dick Lemon
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Buck Henry
Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
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Buck Henry
Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
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! Elisa Pedrera
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Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
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! Tracy Jr.
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! Sylvia Rossitano
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| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone is an American singer and actress, known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical Evita and as Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, and for her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in the original London cast of Les...
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! Milton Greene
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
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! Verna Maroney
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Jan Hooks
Janet V. "Jan" Hooks is an American actress and comedienne best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live , on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991...
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! Nancy Donovan
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Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....
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! Avery Jessup-Donaghy
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| colspan="2" style="background-color:pink;" | Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell , known professionally as Elizabeth Banks, is an American actress. Banks had her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy...
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Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
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Will Forte
Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte , is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.-Early life:Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of...
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! Astronaut Mike Dexter
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! Carol Burnett
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Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
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|-! "Dr." Leo Spaceman
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Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell also voices Cyril Figgis on the FX animated comedy...
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! Lenny Wosniak
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Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
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! Donald
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Matthew Benjamin Washington
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! Shane Hunter
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...
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! Dr. Kaplan
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James Rebhorn
James Robert Rebhorn is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 television shows, feature films and plays.-Personal life:...
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! Sherry
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| colspan="1" style="background-color:pink;" | Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox is an American stage and film actress whose performance in the play Doubt: A Parable garnered her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2005. She also appeared as Hattie in the Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate and had a role in the 2009 film The Blind Side, as Denise...
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30 Rock features a variety of guest roles including Cameos and featured fictional roles.- Conan O'BrienConan O'BrienConan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....
as himself. - Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...
as herself. - John McEnroeJohn McEnroeJohn Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
as himself. - Nathan LaneNathan LaneNathan Lane is an American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Mendy in The Lisbon Traviata, Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
as Eddie Donaghy, Jack's brother. - Al RokerAl RokerAlbert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays...
as himself. - Lester Holt as himself.
- Jerry SeinfeldJerry SeinfeldJerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...
as himself, to discuss SeinfeldVisionSeinfeldVision"SeinfeldVision" is the first episode of the second season of 30 Rock and the twenty-second episode of the series. It was written by the series' creator, executive producer and lead actress, Tina Fey and directed by producer Don Scardino...
. - Carrie FisherCarrie FisherCarrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge, for which she wrote the screenplay to the film of the same name, and her...
as Rosemary Howard, a book author and Liz's idol as a girl, who has become mentally unstable. - Al GoreAl GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
as himself. - Meredith VieiraMeredith VieiraMeredith Louise Vieira is an American journalist, television personality, and game show host. She is best known for her roles as the original moderator of the ABC talk program The View and co-host of the long-running NBC News morning news program, Today...
as herself. - Fred ArmisenFred ArmisenFred Armisen is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Anchorman and Cop Out...
as Raheem Haddad, Liz's new neighbor, who she believes to be a Terrorist. - James CarvilleJames CarvilleChester James Carville, Jr. is an American political consultant, commentator, educator, actor, attorney, media personality, and prominent liberal pundit. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill...
as himself. - Andy RichterAndy RichterPaul Andrew "Andy" Richter is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known for his role as the sidekick of Conan O'Brien on each of the host's programs: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS...
as Liz's brother, Mitch Lemon. - Gladys KnightGladys KnightGladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
as herself. - Michael BloombergMichael BloombergMichael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
as himself. - Tim ConwayTim ConwayThomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is an American comedian and actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms, films and television. Conway is best known for his role as the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, to Lt...
as Bucky Bright, an idol of Kenneth. - Matthew BroderickMatthew BroderickMatthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who, among other roles, played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Adult Simba in The Lion King film series, and Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers.He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his...
as Cooter, a government employee. - Oprah WinfreyOprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
as Liz Lemon's hallucination of Oprah Winfrey. - Calvin Klein as himself.
- Adam WestAdam WestWilliam West Anderson , better known by the stage name Adam West, is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman TV series and the film of the same name...
as himself. - Talib KweliTalib KweliTalib Kweli Greene , better known as Talib Kweli, is an American hip-hop artist and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" ; his in Swahili means "true"...
as himself. - Michael McDonaldMichael McDonald (singer)Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
as himself. - Norah JonesNorah JonesNorah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
as herself. - Steve EarleSteve EarleStephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
as himself. - John LithgowJohn LithgowJohn Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, and author. Presently, he is involved with a wide range of media projects, including stage, television, film, and radio...
as himself. - Patti LuPonePatti LuPonePatti Ann LuPone is an American singer and actress, known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical Evita and as Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, and for her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in the original London cast of Les...
as Sylvia Rossitano, Frank's mom. - Clay AikenClay AikenClayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released...
as himself. - Beastie BoysBeastie BoysBeastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
as themselves. - Mary J. BligeMary J. BligeMary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
as herself. - Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
as himself. - Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
as herself. - Rhett MillerRhett MillerStewart Ransom Miller II , better-known as Rhett Miller is the lead singer of the alternative country band Old 97's and a successful solo musician. He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas, a private boys' school in Dallas in 1989 and briefly attended Sarah Lawrence College on a creative...
as himself. - Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
as herself. - Adam LevineAdam LevineAdam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
as himself. - Sara BareillesSara BareillesSara Beth Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. She has sold over 1 million records in the United States alone and has been...
as herself. - Rachael YamagataRachael YamagataRachael Yamagata is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums...
as herself. - Betty WhiteBetty WhiteBetty White Ludden , better known as Betty White, is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning seven decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and...
as herself, Tracy attempts to call and scare her to death, but fails. - Jimmy FallonJimmy FallonJames Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr. is an American actor, comedian, singer, musician and television host. He currently hosts Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, a late-night talk show that airs Monday through Friday on NBC...
as himself. - Jeff Dunham and Bubba JJeff DunhamJeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance...
as Rick Wayne and his dummy Pumpkin respectively, whom Jack finds to be hilarious and demands that he be hired over Liz's objections, until Pumpkin insults Lemon and is then killed by Jack. - Brian WilliamsBrian WilliamsBrian Douglas Williams is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004...
as himself. - Padma LakshmiPadma LakshmiPadma Parvati Lakshmi also Padma, Lady Rushdie is an American cookbook author, actress, model and television host. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for...
as herself. - James FrancoJames FrancoJames Edward Franco is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author, painter, performance artist and instructor at New York University. He left college in order to pursue acting and started off his career by making guest appearances on television series in the 1990s...
as himself. - Matt LauerMatt LauerMatthew Todd "Matt" Lauer . is an American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1997. He was previously a news anchor in New York and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond...
as himself. - Jon Bon JoviJon Bon JoviJon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
as himself. - Jack WelchJack WelchJohn Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001...
as himself. - Jennifer AnistonJennifer AnistonJennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...
as Claire Harper, a wild college friend of Jenna and Liz. - Buzz AldrinBuzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
as himself. - Will FerrellWill FerrellJohn William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...
as the lead of "Bitch Hunter" - Will ForteWill ForteOrville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte , is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.-Early life:Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of...
as Paul Lastname and Tomas. - Matt DamonMatt DamonMatthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
as Carol Burnett, a pilot. - Steve MartinSteve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
as Gavin Volure. - Kathie Lee GiffordKathie Lee GiffordKathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin...
as herself. - Paul GiamattiPaul GiamattiPaul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the...
as Ritchie. - Robert De NiroRobert De NiroRobert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
as himself. - Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
as herself. - Queen LatifahQueen LatifahDana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
as Representative Regina Bookman