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List Of Saturday Night Live Cast Members
, the late-night live variety series ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') has featured 167 cast members. The ensemble was originally referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players. List As of 2024, 167 comedians have served as cast members on the show. Sid Caesar is the only person to be named an honorary cast member. Caesar was presented with a plaque during the goodnights of his hosting stint in Saturday Night Live (season 8), 1983. Table Timeline Lighter colors denote "featured players" versus repertory cast members. ImageSize =width:1000 height:2000 PlotArea =left:110 bottom:60 top:0 right:40 Alignbars =justify DateFormat =mm/dd/yyyy Period =from:01/01/1975 till:12/31/2024 TimeAxis =orientation:horizontal format:mm/dd/yyyy ScaleMajor =unit:year increment:2 start:01/01/1975 ScaleMinor =unit:year increment:2 start:01/01/1976 Colors= id:brown value:rgb(0.5, 0.25, 0) id:gray value:gray(0.8) LineData = at:10/11/1975 color:gray layer:b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNL Original Cast
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 4)
The fourth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 7, 1978, and May 26, 1979. The season 4 DVD was released on December 2, 2008. Cast The entire cast from the previous season returned. The only change was Bill Murray's joining Jane Curtin as co-anchor for Weekend Update, replacing Dan Aykroyd. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as cast members (who both left to work on SNL's first film, ''The Blues Brothers''). *Dan Aykroyd *John Belushi *Jane Curtin *Garrett Morris *Bill Murray *Laraine Newman *Gilda Radner bold denotes Weekend Update anchor Writers Walter Williams, creator of the Mr. Bill shorts, joined the writing staff. This season's writers were Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, Tom Davis, Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Al Franken, Brian McConnachie, Lorne Michaels, Don Novello, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, Walter Williams and Alan Zweibel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 39)
The thirty-ninth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from September 28, 2013, with host Tina Fey and musical guest Arcade Fire and concluded on May 17, 2014, with host Andy Samberg and musical guest St. Vincent with 21 episodes. Cast At the end of the previous season, longtime cast members Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Jason Sudeikis all left the show after eleven, eight, and nine seasons, respectively. Soon after their departures, featured player Tim Robinson, who had been a cast member the previous season, decided to instead join the show's writing staff before this season began. Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and Cecily Strong were all promoted to repertory status. Following Armisen, Sudeikis, Hader, and Robinson's departures from the cast, the show hired six new featured players, including ''SNL'' staff writer Mike O'Brien, who was promoted into the cast while also continuing as a writer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck Bennett
Christopher Beck Bennett (born October 1, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' for eight seasons, joining for its 39th season in 2013 and leaving at the end of its 46th season in 2021. Before ''SNL'', he performed in AT&T's "It's Not Complicated" commercials, in which he interviewed children, and produced sketch videos with the comedy group Good Neighbor. Early life Bennett was born in Wilmette, Illinois, to Sarah and Andy Bennett. He performed in multiple shows at the Children's Theatre of Winnetka. He graduated in 2003 from New Trier High School, where he played Jean Valjean in his school's production of ''Les Misérables''. Bennett attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts in the B.F.A. Acting program. Career In 2003, Bennett joined the improv/sketch group Commedus Interruptus along with fellow future ''SNL'' cast member Kyle Mooney and Nick Rutherford. In 2007, after graduation, Mooney, Rut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Belushi
John Adam Belushi ( ; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, singer and musician. He was one of seven ''Saturday Night Live'' cast members of the first season. He was arguably the most popular member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' ensemble. Belushi had a partnership with Dan Aykroyd. They had first met while at Chicago's the Second City comedy club, remaining together as cast members on the inaugural season of the television show ''Saturday Night Live''. Born in Chicago to Albanian-American parents, Belushi started his own comedy troupe with Tino Insana and Steve Beshekas, called "The West Compass Trio". Bernard Sahlins recruited him for The Second City comedy club. Once there he met Aykroyd, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Harold Ramis. In 1975, Chevy Chase and Michael O'Donoghue recommended Belushi to ''Saturday Night Live'' creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels, who accepted him as a new cast member of the show after an audition. Belushi develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 10)
The tenth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985. This was the only season to feature renowned comedians Billy Crystal, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest as cast members, and became known as the "All-Star" cast season. Only 17 episodes were produced due to a writers' strike and budget constraints. This was the final season of the Ebersol-run era. Opening credits This season also featured a new opening sequence produced by Charlex (who also created The Cars' " You Might Think" video earlier in 1984), depicting the ''SNL'' cast as giants in and around New York City landmarks. Cast During the previous season, Eddie Murphy left midseason. Joe Piscopo also left the show because he did not want to do it without Murphy. Dick Ebersol fired Robin Duke, Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky. Ebersol and head writer Bob Tischler then wanted to "blow up" the show by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 9)
The ninth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984. Hosts Future cast member Billy Crystal hosted twice this season: once with musical guest Al Jarreau and again on the season finale with Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Betty Thomas and former cast member Don Novello, with the Cars as musical guest. Cast Jim Belushi was added to the cast, making his debut on the third episode of the season. Eddie Murphy's movie schedule got too busy during this season that, in a historic act for the show, he pre-taped a batch of sketches in September of 1983 that were aired throughout the season as if they were live so that he could skip those live shows. Murphy only performed live in eight of the season's 19 episodes, but he appears in new pre-taped sketches that aired in eight episodes he wasn't present for throughout the season. Midway through the season in February, Murphy left the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Belushi
James Adam Belushi (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include ''Saturday Night Live'' (1983–1985), ''According to Jim'' (2001–2009), and '' Good Girls Revolt'' (2015–2016). Belushi appeared in films such as '' Thief'' (1981), ''Trading Places'' (1983), '' The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985), '' Salvador'' (1986), ''Red Heat'' (1988), '' K-9'' (1989), '' Taking Care of Business'' (1990), '' Destiny Turns on the Radio'' (1995), '' Angel's Dance'' (1999), '' Joe Somebody'' (2001), ''Underdog'' (2007), '' The Ghost Writer'' (2010), '' The Secret Lives of Dorks'' (2013) and '' Wonder Wheel'' (2017). He is the younger brother of late comedy actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi. Early life James Adam Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois, to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri Samaras, who was born in Ohio to ethnic Albanian immigrants from Korçë, south Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 42)
The forty-second season of the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' premiered on October 1, 2016, during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd, and concluded on May 20, 2017, with host Dwayne Johnson and musical guest Katy Perry. The season removed two commercial breaks per episode in order to increase programming time. Episode 18 on April 15, 2017, was the first episode to be broadcast live in all four time zones within the contiguous United States. Until this episode, the show aired live only in the Eastern and Central time zones, and was tape-delayed in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. History NBC announced prior to the season that ''SNL'' would contain 30% less advertisement time starting with this season. Additionally, select NBC advertising clients will be given the opportunity to have their brand appear in promotional sketches, called "pods". Six of these pods will air each season. Cast Prior to the star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 36)
The thirty-sixth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 2010, and May 21, 2011. Longtime announcer Don Pardo announced that he would pre-record his parts from his home in Arizona rather than perform live in New York City. Cast Prior to the start of the season, longtime cast member Will Forte left the show after a total of eight seasons from 2002 to 2010. Featured player Jenny Slate was let go from the show after one season. Abby Elliott and Bobby Moynihan were both upgraded to repertory status, while Nasim Pedrad remained a featured player. Following Forte and Slate's departures, the show hired four new cast members: ImprovOlympic alumni Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain, stand-up comic and impressionist Jay Pharoah, and comedic actor Taran Killam of The Groundlings. Killam is the second cast member after Kenan Thompson to be a cast member on a Nickelodeon kids' sketch sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Bayer
Vanessa Bayer (born November 14, 1981) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 2017, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. She co-created, co-executive produced, and starred in the Showtime comedy '' I Love That for You'', loosely based on her experience as a survivor of childhood leukemia. She has appeared in such films as '' Trainwreck'' (2015), ''Office Christmas Party'' (2016), '' Carrie Pilby'' (2016), ''Ibiza'' (2018), and '' Wander Darkly'' (2020). Early life and education Bayer was born on November 14, 1981, in Orange, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and raised in nearby Moreland Hills.Moynihan, Rob. "''SNL''s Fab Four", ''TV Guide'', March 7, 2011, Pages 44-45 She is the daughter of Carolyn and Todd Bayer. Bayer's family is Jewish, and she has stated that her Jewish upbringing "influenced erlife and comedy". She has a brother, Jonah, who is a music journalist and the guitarist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 20)
The twentieth season of ''Saturday Night Live'' (also branded ''Saturday Night Live 20''), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 24, 1994, and May 13, 1995. Much like the 1980–1981 season and the 1985–1986 season, NBC worried over ''SNL''s decline in quality (and ratings) and initially decided to cancel the show. According to the documentary ''Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation'', Lorne Michaels names this season as the closest he has ever been to being fired. The cast member firings and crew turnover after this season represented the biggest involvement in the show's affairs by NBC executives since the 1980–1981 season and the biggest cast overhaul since the 1985–1986 season. This season saw the deaths of two ''SNL'' alumni: season 11 cast member Danitra Vance (who died of breast cancer) and "Not Ready for Primetime"-era writer and occasional performer Michael O'Donoghue (who died of a brain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
