Jimmy Fowlie

Jimmy Fowlie (/ˈfaʊli/) is an American actor, writer and comedian who publishes YouTube content. Formerly of The Groundlings, he produced Go-Go Boy Interrupted, an LGBT-themed comedy web series based on his live sketch comedy show of the same name. He is also known for writing and performing as Emma Stone's La La Land character in the one-woman Off-Broadway show So Long Boulder City.

Fowlie appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Joe Schmo Show, and online shorts by CollegeHumor and Nacho Punch. He appeared on HBO's The Comeback in 2014, and is a participant in the CBS Diversity Showcase.

Fowlie began performing with The Groundlings around 2012, later teaching improv with the troupe. Starting in June 2014 he began performing Go-Go Boy Interrupted, an LGBT-themed sketch comedy show, at The Groundlings theater. A few months later he adapted the show into a web series first shown on YouTube in October 2014. It chronicles the adventures of Danny Carter, a 30-year-old "washed up" male go-go dancer, based on Fowlie's own experiences as a go-go dancer in West Hollywood while attending the University of Southern California. The live version of Go-Go Boy Interrupted continued in 2015.

Fowlie also co-wrote and performed the one-woman Off-Broadway show So Long Boulder City, based on the fictional show created by Emma Stone's character Mia Dolan in the 2016 film La La Land. Co-written and directed by Jordan Black, So Long Boulder City was performed in Los Angeles before its six-month run at the SubCulture Off-Broadway theater in New York City.

He is a contributor to The Huffington Post.

Fowlie was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 2022, at the beginning of the show's 48th season.

Fowlie is a native of Bedford, Massachusetts, outside of Boston, where he graduated from Walnut Hill School. He majored in theatre at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Fowlie is gay.

Fowlie's sister, Christina, went missing and was last seen in Los Angeles in November 2025. He asked for help finding her by posting on Instagram. Fellow SNL cast members Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman shared her missing person report. On April 29, 2026, LAPD confirmed that Christina was no longer alive, and the case had officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation.

• Official website
• Jimmy Fowlie at IMDb
• Jimmy Fowlie's channel on YouTube
• Official Go-Go Boy Interrupted website
• Tracer, Dan (May 29, 2014). "When Is A Man Too Old To Be A Go-Go Boy?". Queerty.
• Mandell, Sean (May 27, 2014). "Go-Go Boy Ages Out of His Career, Has to Start Over". Towleroad.
• "Jimmy Fowlie Injects Real Life (and Laughter) Into Go Go Boy Interrupted". WEHOville. WeHoville.com. May 26, 2014. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023.