A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Mike DiCenzo
The sketches, the credits, the comedy.
All in one place.
Credited work (3)
Funny from behind the scenes.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Mike DiCenzo is an American comedy writer who worked at The Onion before joining Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night writing staff in 2009. He moved with Fallon to The Tonight Show and became a senior writer, creating celebrity sketches, comic songs, and other segments for the late-night format.
DiCenzo helped develop The Tonight Show’s Saved by the Bell reunion sketch, bringing its principal performers back as their original characters alongside Fallon. He later joined Saturday Night Live’s writing staff and contributed to its fiftieth-anniversary special. His work has received Emmy recognition for variety writing and original music and lyrics.