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Biography

Kenan Thompson joined the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player in 2003. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson made his television…more

Born

5/10/1978, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Birth Name

Kenan Thompson

Gender

Male

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Star (11)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 37: Ep 15 Maya Rudolph/Sleigh Bells
    2/18/12
  - S 36: Ep 8 Robert DeNiro/Diddy-Dirty Money
    12/4/10
  - S 36: Ep 5 Jon Hamm/Rihanna
    10/30/10
  - S 35: Ep 23 Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    5/15/10
  - S 35: Ep 22 Betty White/Jay-Z
    5/8/10
  - + 120 More Credits
- Sit Down, Shut Up
  Sue Sezno
  - S 2: Ep 9 High School Musical Musical
    11/21/09
  - S 2: Ep 8 SpEd
    11/14/09
  - S 2: Ep 7 Math Lab
    11/7/09
  - S 2: Ep 6 Helen and Sue's High School Reunion
    10/24/09
  - S 2: Ep 5 Tackin'
    10/10/09
  - + 8 More Credits
- SNL Weekend Update Thursday
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    10/23/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    10/9/08
- The Mighty B!
  Rocky Rhodes
  - S 1: Ep 7 Doppelfinger/Little Womyn
    6/7/08
  - S 1: Ep 6 And I See A Bee/Woodward and Beesting
    5/31/08
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 107 Kristen Bell, Duran Duran
    4/12/05
  - S 12: Ep 104 Matthew McConaughey, John Stamos, Moby
    4/6/05
  - S 12: Ep 103 Gisele Bundchen, Johnny Damon, Hot Hot Heat
    4/5/05
  - S 12: Ep 98 Jessica Alba, Mike Binder, Queens of the Stone Age
    3/25/05
  - S 12: Ep 97 Benecio Del Toro, Jordana Brewster, Kings of Leon
    3/24/05
  - + 35 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - — The Best of Jimmy Fallon
    10/16/04
  - — The Best of Cheri Oteri
    9/4/04
  - S 29: Ep 3 Halle Berry/Britney Spears
    10/18/03
- All That
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Best of Danny Tamberelli
    5/1/01
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Best of Lori Beth Denberg
    4/14/01
  - S 6: Ep 17 The Best of Josh Server
    4/7/01
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Best of Amanda Bynes
    3/31/01
  - S 6: Ep 24 Dates, Goats, and Romance
    2/10/01
  - + 99 More Credits
- Kenan & Kel
  Kenan Rockmore
  - S 4: Ep 14 Two Heads Are Better Than None
    7/15/00
  - S 4: Ep 13 Tales From the Clip
    5/3/00
  - S 4: Ep 12 The April Fools
    4/1/00
  - S 4: Ep 11 Futurama
    12/31/99
  - S 4: Ep 10 Oh, Brother
    10/27/99
  - + 58 More Credits
- All That
  Himself (Seasons 1-5)
  - S 5: Ep 2 Tatyana Ali
    12/19/98
  - S 2: Ep 21 Good Burger Special
    9/19/96
- Figure It Out
  Panelist
  - S 3: Ep 42 Show #80
    12/11/98
  - S 3: Ep 41 Show #79
    12/10/98
  - S 3: Ep 40 Show #78
    12/9/98
  - S 3: Ep 39 Show #77
    12/8/98
  - S 3: Ep 38 Show #76
    12/7/98
  - + 75 More Credits
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tales from the Goose Lady: Jack and the Beatstalk / Twins Crimson / Olly & Frank
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Mighty B!
  Rocky Rhodes
  - S 1: Ep 1 So Happy Together
    4/26/08
Guest Star (35)

Role
- CMT Music Awards
  Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 9 2010 CMT Music Awards
    6/9/10
- Psych
  Joon
  - S 4: Ep 7 High Top Fade Out
    9/25/09
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 253 Episode #2.253
    6/29/09
  - S 2: Ep 49 Episode #2.049
    11/3/08
  - S 2: Ep 37 Episode #2.037
    10/10/08
- Crank Yankers
  Mark Thomas
  - S 4: Ep 2 Jimmy Kimmel, Steve-O
    2/16/07
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 120 Jonathan Winters, Kenan Thompson, Against Me!
    8/15/06
  - S 3: Ep 36 Mena Suvari & Kenan Thompson
    3/21/05
- The Greatest
  Himself (88)
  - S 4: Ep 1 100 Greatest teen stars (100-81)
    2/1/06
- Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out
  Guest Host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Kenan Thompson
    9/1/05
- Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
  Judge
  - S 2: Ep 20 Episode 220
    5/1/05
- All That
  Himself/Pimpel/Pierre Escargot
  - S 10: Ep 1 All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special
    4/23/05
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 123 Episode 123
    3/30/05
- Soul Train
  presenter
  - S 34: Ep 14 The 19th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/12/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 59 Clyde Peeling, Kenan Thompson, Eugene Mirman
    12/28/04
  - S 11: Ep 80 Michael Imperioli, Kenan Thompson, Tom Jones
    3/4/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 121 Show #2842
    12/22/04
- TRL
  Himself
  - — 12/21/2004
    12/21/04
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 36 Alfie; Kinsey; Fat Albert; A Sound of Thunder
    10/14/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 112 Aisha Tyler, Kenan Thompson, and Jamie Cullum
    1/21/04
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
  Hamburger
  - S 2: Ep 24 Food For Thought / Friends Forever
    2/20/03
- The Nick Cannon Show
  LaNeesha
  - S 2: Ep 9 Latanya: Girl, Where You At?
    2/1/03
- The Saturday Show Extra
  Studio Guest
  - S 1: Ep 14 25th May 2002
    5/25/02
- The Saturday Show
  Studio Guest
  - S 2: Ep 2 25th May 2002
    5/25/02
- The Nick Cannon Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Nick Takes Over Style
    3/9/02
- All That
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 7 Kenan Thompson / LFO
    3/9/02
- Off Centre
  MC French
  - S 1: Ep 15 Faking the Band
    2/24/02
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mission Im-posse-ble
    2/17/02
- Rendez-View
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 64 Daddy's Little Stalker…er, Girl
    1/24/02
- Felicity
  DeForrest Ingram
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Last Summer Ever
    5/23/01
  - S 3: Ep 16 It's Raining Men
    5/16/01
  - S 3: Ep 15 Senioritis
    5/9/01
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Break-Up Kit
    5/2/01
- The Bullwinkle Show
  Martin
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
    6/29/00
- The Parkers
  Damian
  - S 1: Ep 16 Trading Places
    2/21/00
- The Amanda Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    11/6/99
- Cousin Skeeter
  Kenan Rockmore
  - S 2: Ep 12 The "Hoo, I'm Wild" Wild West (2)
    9/18/99
  - S 2: Ep 11 The "Hoo, I'm Wild" Wild West (1)
    9/18/99
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 153 Show #584
    4/30/99
  - S 3: Ep 32 Show #463
    10/20/98
- Kenan & Kel
  Grandma Belinda
  - S 3: Ep 12 Present Tense
    1/16/99
- The Steve Harvey Show
  Junior
  - S 3: Ep 7 Everybody Loves Regina
    11/5/98
  - S 2: Ep 8 Steve's Gotta Have It
    11/5/97
  - S 1: Ep 21 Can't Buy Me Love
    5/18/97
  - S 1: Ep 9 Big Brothers
    11/10/96
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 24 Sabrina's Choice
    5/1/98
- Sister, Sister
  Trevor
  - S 4: Ep 20 Inherit the Twin
    4/30/97
- Mighty Ducks
  Russ Tyler
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- iCarly
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 13 iParty With Victorious - Part 3
    6/11/11
Writer (1)

Role
- Kenan & Kel
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 21 Who Loves Who-ooh?
    4/19/99

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SNL: A Star-Studded Farewell to Kristen Wiig (Featuring Mick Jagger & Friends!)

By Price Peterson, May 21, 2012

Host and musical guest Mick Jagger presided over a surprisingly star-studded farewell to Kristin Wiig. And it was terrific! read more
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SNL: Will Ferrell, We'd Missed You!

By Price Peterson, May 14, 2012

Returning alumni brightened this weekend's otherwise medium-okay episode of SNL. It just felt right. read more

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- Kenan was on a weight-loss program before being cast in the title role of the 2004 movie Fat Albert.
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- Kenan stands at 5'8" or 173 cm.
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- Kenan was present at the 2006 Comic-Con in San Diego along with Samuel L. Jackson to promote his film Snakes on a Plane.
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- Kenan: I've been really fortunate to have gotten so many great roles. I've been doing sketch comedy since I was a kid, and it still blows me away. I don't even have any talent!
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- Kenan: There's no bigger feeling that you're on the top of the world than when you're on movie production and it's your movie.
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- Kenan: Certain things are always funny, like fart jokes and people falling down in front of you.
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