Seth Meyers was a student at Northwestern University when he decided to pursue comedy, but it wasn't always easy for him."Let this be a real 'stick-to-your-dreams' story," Meyers once told Penn State students about the experience (per The Daily Collegian). "I did not get on my college improv team until my senior year. But in the years that led up to it, I used to go into Chicago and take improv classes."

Meyers graduated Northwestern University in 1996. After that, he moved to Chicago to work on improv with a group called Comedy Olympics. Later, he moved to Amsterdam to join an improv theater formed by college friends (per Badger Herald). He returned to the states in 2000 to do a two-man show with his friend, Jill Benjamin. That show landed him his audition for "Saturday Night Live" in 2001. He was a featured player during his first few years on the show, then moved to repertory player as he took over co-head writer.

From 2001 to February 2014, Meyers had a successful run on "SNL," even manning the Weekend Update desk for years (per Time). When Jimmy Fallon got called up to "The Tonight Show," Meyers was picked as his "Late Night" successor, thus starting Meyers career as a late-night talk show host.