Jay Leggett

Jay Leggett was an American actor and filmmaker who worked in improvisational comedy. Born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, he earned a fine arts bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. His career began in Chicago, where he studied with the improv teacher Del Close. He then moved to Hollywood and joined the cast of the Fox series In Living Color. He appeared on many national television programs, among them the pilot for NBC's E.R. He wrote, produced and acted in Employee of the Month (2004), a Sundance Film Festival selection. He also wrote the Paramount feature Without A Paddle. For Spike TV he produced Factory, a series he also starred in, and he produced and directed To The Hunt, a documentary about hunting culture in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. He directed Live Nude Girls, released in 2014. He died in 2013.