John Lutz

John Michael Lutz (born April 23, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing J. D. Lutz on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his work as a writer on the NBC series Saturday Night Live for seven seasons. Lutz was born in Pipestone, Minnesota, and grew up in suburban Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan. He attended Valparaiso University where he majored in psychology and minored in business. Lutz began his professional career as a writer-performer with Chicago's ImprovOlympic and The Second City theaters. In 2014, he joined the writing staff of Late Night with Seth Meyers.