Saturday Night Live
Saturday 11:30 PM on NBC
Cast & Crew
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Paul Brittain
Himself
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Vanessa Bayer
Herself
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Jay Pharaoh
Himself
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Taran Killam
Various
Taran Killam was born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California. Killam was exposed to the great entertainment industry by his great uncle Robert Stack. He went on to make appearances in shows like The Amanda Show and Roswell and many more.moreless -
Jenny Slate
Various
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Nasim Pedrad
Herself
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Michaela Watkins
Various
Michaela Watkins was born in Syracuse, New York in 1971. She is currently a castmember on Saturday Night Live.
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Abby Elliott
Various
The daughter of actor Chris Elliott and grand-daughter of comedy great Bob Elliott (of Bob & Ray) fame, Abby joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in November 2008. -
Bobby Moynihan
Himself
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Casey Wilson
Various
A member of the Upright Citizens Brigade from 2005 to 2007, Casey joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in February 2008 and left after two seasons. -
Kristen Wiig
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Kristen Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Rochester, New York. Kristen is commonly known for being part of the "Saturday Night Live" cast from 2005 to present. She made fans by mastering impressions of many celebrities, including Katharine Hepburn, Drew Barrymore, Megan Mullally and Judy Garland.moreless -
Jason Sudeikis
Various
The nephew of "Cheers" star George Wendt, Jason first came into prominence when he became a featured player on the popular sketch show program "Saturday Night Live" late in the 2004-05 season; he became a full-fledged cast member at the beginning of the 06-07 season. Frequently cast as a jock or type-A personality, he parlayed his dry wit into a memorable recurring role on "30 Rock."moreless -
Rob Riggle
Himself
Rob Riggle has been performing improv and sketch comedy in New York City for the past six years. In 2003, Rob starred and co-starred in two TV pilots and three independent films including Blackballed, the Bobby Dukes Story which has been selected for competition at the 2004 SXSW film festival. He recently completed playing the "Culture Guy" in Comedy Central's mini-series Straight Plan for the Gay Man. Most recently Rob has been hired as a featured cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. As a Marine Corps officer, Rob has served in Liberia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.moreless -
Finesse Mitchell
Various
Stand-up comic Finesse Mitchell makes his SNL debut in season 29. He has appeared on NBC's "Late Friday" and has made regular appearances on BET's "Comic View." He performs in college campuses across the country and in America's hottest comedy clubs including the Miami Improv, The Punchline and Chris Tucker's Comedy Caf in Atlanta as well as Los Angeles' Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. Mitchell was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and is a graduate of the University of Miami. Mitchell lives in Los Angeles and New York. His birthday is June 12.moreless -
Will Forte
Various
Before Saturday Night Live, Will Forte served as producer on 'That '70s Show' and as story editor for '3rd Rock from the Sun' and 'Action.' He also wrote for 'Late Show with David Letterman' and the MTV Movie Awards.
He has performed voices for the animated series, 'Clone High.'
Forte appeared in LA's improv-sketch theater 'The Groundlings,' where SNL cast members Chris Parnell and Maya Rudolph got their start.moreless -
Fred Armisen
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Fred Armisen began his showbiz career as a drummer in the punk band Trenchmouth. He also performed with the Blue Man Group. He switched to comedy with the 1998 underground short film 'Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW,' which followed him through the Austin, Texas 'South By Southwest Music Festival' posing as a music journalist. He has brought his characters to 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' the Chicago Comedy Festival and British television. He appeared on HBO's music show 'Reverb' and in his own eponymous interstitial series on 'HBO Zone' as well as in the Wilco documentary 'I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.' He attained notoriety when he became cast member of venerable sketch show, 'Saturday Night Live.'moreless -
Seth Meyers
Various
Seth Meyers was born December 28, 1973 in Bedford, New Hampshire. He joined "Saturday Night Live" on September 29, 2001 as a featured player and was promoted to regular in the 2003-2004 season. Meyers has played the recurring role of Jonathan Feinstein, a disc jockey appearing in the webcast "Jarret's Room." He has performed impressions of Russell Crowe, Richard Dawson, Hugh Grant, Tobey Maquire, Ewan McGregor, Richard B. Myers, Stone Phillips, and Brian Williams. Prior to "SNL," Meyers was a member of the improv/sketch comedy group Boom Chicago Theatre, where he performed in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and Singapore. While with Boom, Meyers created the popular two-person sketch-improv show "Pick-ups & Hiccups" with Jill Benjamin. Meyers also performed with Chicago's ImprovOlympic, where he worked with Amy Poehler. Meyers' television credits include a guest spot on "Spin City."moreless -
Amy Poehler
Various
Amy Poehler is an American comedian and actress. She rose to fame on Saturday Night Live, where she was known for her impressions of Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Nancy Grace, Michael Jackson and most famously, Hillary Clinton. She was promoted from featured player to full cast member during her first season on SNL, and is only the third person (the first two were Harry Shearer and Eddie Murphy) to earn this distinction. In the 2004-2005 season, Amy replaced Jimmy Fallon as the Weekend Update co-anchor and joined forces with Tina Fey, creating the first all-female team on the popular SNL skit. When Fey left the show to produce and star in her own show (30 Rock), Amy continued with Fey's replacement, SNL head writer Seth Meyers. As a 1993 graduate of Boston College, Amy was a key member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag. Poehler has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer, Mean Girls, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Envy,Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny and as the voice of Snow White in Shrek the Third. In the past, Amy has often appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Andy Richter's little sister, and as a recurring character in two episodes of the college "dramedy" Undeclared. Amy has performed at Second City Chicago and the ImprovOlympic, and is a disciple of longform improv comic innovator, Del Close. She was one of the four players on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade and is a co-owner and a performer of longform improv most Sunday evenings at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, that developed from the Comedy Central series. Poehler has been married to Will Arnett since August 2003, of the acclaimed comedy series, Arrested Development, and had recurring roles in the series as the wife of Arnett's character, Gob.moreless -
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Tina Fey
Various
In high-school, Tina Fey considered herself a "supernerd." She studied drama at the University of Virginia, and after graduating she headed to Chicago. She began taking classes at the famed Second City. When friend Adam Mckay became head writer at 'Saturday Night Live' , he had Fey send in a sample. Soon, Fey was working at Studio 8H, eventually rising to the position of co-head writer. Along the way, Fey revived 'Weekend Update' with her co-anchor, Jimmy Fallon. Fey wrote and appeared in the film 'Mean Girls,' and also writes and appears in '30 Rock' on NBC. Tina Fey has one child with husband and 'SNL' band musician Jeff Richmond. They currently reside in New York City.moreless -
Maya Rudolph
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Actor and musician Maya Rudolph, the daughter of composer/music producer Richard "Dick" Rudolph and the late Black American 70s soul icon Minnie Riperton, found her niche on the NBC comedy series, Saturday Night Live, becoming one of its most recognizable stars during her six-season run (2000-2006), thanks to her hilariously unhinged impersonations of Donatella Versace, Christina Aguilera, Condoleezza Rice, and many more. Building on her success from SNL, Ms. Rudolph has since been pursing a movie career, venturing onto the big screen as well as being involved in voice-over work. With showbiz still coursing through her veins, Maya is engaged in her most exciting and rewarding role to date: motherhood.moreless -
Rachel Dratch
Various
Rachel Susan Dratch was born on Febuary 22, 1966 in Lexington, Massachussetts. Rachel Dratch was on Saturday Night Live for 7 years (2 as a featured player 5 as a full-fledged cast member). She left SNL along with Tina Fey to do a new NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Rachel left SNL with the intention to be a main cast member on 30 Rock but was disappointed when given a very small role.moreless -
Horatio Sanz
Various
Born in Santiago, Chile, and raised in Chicago, Horatio Sanz was one of the founding members of the Upright Citizen Brigade. He also performed with Chicago's Second City comedy troupe. In 1998, he became the first Latino cast member of the long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live. He has appeared in several films, most notably Boat Trip.moreless -
Chris Parnell
Various
Chris was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and became seriously interested in acting when his family moved to Germantown, a small suburb of Memphis. Here he got involved with the Poplar Pike Playhouse, the theatre at Germantown High School. At GHS he took acting, speech, and choral music classes, and auditioned for every play. Chris got small parts in musicals first, then moved on to bigger roles in regular plays his Junior and Senior years. After graduation he attended North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston Salem, NC. It's a small conservatory type school that offers very strong Drama, Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Design, and Film programs. Chris graduated with a B.F.A. in Drama. After college he went to Houston and worked at the Alley Theatre company for a season in their non-Equity company where he played small roles and understudied some leading roles in the mainstage Equity productions. After Houston, Chris moved back to Tennessee and taught acting and film & video at his own Germantown High School. He missed acting though and decided to move to Los Angeles. Once in L.A. he got a job at F.A.O. Schwarz in the Beverly Center, where he eventually worked his way up to Operations Manager. During that time Chris began taking classes at The Groundlings Theatre. After several years of classes he was voted into the Sunday Company. Around this time he also began to get a few commercials, some small guest starring roles in various sitcoms, and a little part in the film Jingle All the Way. After a year and a half in the Sunday Company, Chris was voted into the Groundlings Main Company. While performing at the Groundlings, talent scouts from Saturday Night Live saw him and asked him to fly to New York to audition. In the fall of 1998 Chris became a featured cast member of Saturday Night Live, joining regular cast members and fellow Groundlings Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Chris Kattan, and Cheri Oteri. In the fall of 1999 Chris was made a member of the regular cast along with Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz. In May he completed his second season on the show. Chris generally spends his summers in Los Angeles where he keeps a car and a small apartment.moreless -
Jimmy Fallon
Various
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Tracy Morgan
Various
Tracy Morgan was born in The Bronx, New York on November 10, 1968. He has always performed stand-up comedy. He was discovered in 1984 whilst performing stand-up at the Apollo.
He is best known from his tenure on Saturday Night Live from 1996-2003. On SNL he played the characters, Astronaut Jones and Brian Fellow.
He hosted the stand up show Comic Groove on Comedy Central and had his own show on NBC The Tracy Morgan Show, which was cancelled during its first season. Soon after, Tina Fey cast him in her new NBC situation comedy show 30 Rock, which went on to win the 2007 Emmy for Most Outstanding Comedy Program, and has been critically acclaimed.
On November 28th, 2006, Tracy was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in New York in the early morning hours. His sentence, serve no time behind bars, and included a $1,000 fine, five days of community service, and a D.U.I Program in exchange for a guilty plea. However, accepting the plea would mean an admission of guilt to violating his current probation order in Los Angeles for his prior D.U.I. conviction, which would most certainly land him behind bars for a spell. According to the district attorney, Morgan had "watery and bloodshot eyes," and had the odour of alcoholic beverages on his breath when cops pulled over his Cadillac Escalade on the Henry Hudson Parkway. When asked if he had been drinking, he responded, "Yes, I had some beer." He had another court hearing on January 4th, 2007, and on February 14, 2007, Tracy pleaded guilty to misdemeanor D.U.I. charges. According to terms of the plea deal, he must undergo supervised treatment by a doctor and stay out of legal trouble for 6 months. If he complies, he'll pay a $1,000 fine and escape jail time. He is also ordered to perform an undetermined number of community service as well.moreless -
Ana Gasteyer
Various
Ana Gasteyer earned her bachelor of science in speech, theater, and performance studies at Northwestern University, which is located in Evanston, IL, just outside of Chicago. She is a member of the Groundlings theater group. She performed in the national tour of "The Real Live Brady Brunch.: She has guest starred on such series' as "Seinfeld", "NYPD BLUE", "Hope & Gloria", and "Party of Five". She was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1996-2002. Her broadway debut was "Rocky Horror Show." She was also in "Kimberly Akimbo", "Funny Girl", Wicked", and "Threepenny Opera"moreless -
Chris Kattan
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Christopher Lee Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks California to Hajni Kattan and Kip King (born Jerome Kattan). They divorced when Chris was two. His mother remarried to Marc Joslyn and he lived with the both of them in a Zen Community in Mt. Baldy. On the weekends he would go to L.A. to visit his dad. Chris attended high school at Bainbridge Island where his favourite subjects were Theatre and Study Hall. He didn't really fit in with the other kids and he didn't make any real friends until he started doing impressions of some of the teachers. It was then that people at school started to really like him. After he graduated from high school, Chris moved to the L.A. area to join up with the improv/sketch comedy group The Groundlings, whilst studying acting and directing at the California State University, Northridge. Chris was discovered when a producer from Saturday Night Live saw him performing at the Groundlings and she flew him over to New York for an audition. He became a featured player of SNL in March of 1996, and a cast member in September of the same year. He currently lives in L.A. with his Dalmatian, Lola who apparently fakes injuries and was half the basis of Chris' famous SNL character, Mango (the other half being his Russian ex-girlfriend).moreless -
Darrell Hammond
Various
Darrell Hammond was born and raised in Melbourne, Florida. He began doing impressions as a child. After graduating form the University of Gainseville, Hammond lived in New York for several years before landing a spot on 'Saturday Night Live.' Hammond is featured in the films 'New York Minute' and 'Agent Cody Banks.' As of 2006, he is the longest-running cast member in the history of the show, with 12 seasons.moreless -
Will Ferrell
Various
In 1986, Will graduated from University High School in Irvine, California. While he was in high school, Will made the daily morning announcements over the public access system in disguised voices. This is how he first became interested in performing. He graduated from University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information. He was a former member of The Groundlings, an improv group in Los Angeles.
Will Ferrell tends to star in comedies more than anything else. He is a hilarious actor, one that anybody can enjoy watching onscreen. He often plays strange roles and does a great job at it. His superb comedic talent has so far landed him a multitude of starring roles in comedy hits such as Blades of Glory (2007), Stranger Than Fiction (2006), and Talladega Nights (2006) among others.
Will lives in both Los Angeles and New York City with wife Viveca Paulin.moreless
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