Steve Carell / Usher
Cast
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Contents |
Cast By Seasons
Season 1
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Belushi
- Chevy Chase
- Jane Curtin
- Garret Morris
- Laraine Newman
- Gilda Radner
"featuring"
- George Coe
- Michael O'Donoghue
Season 2
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Belushi
- Chevy Chase
- Jane Curtin
- Garret Morris
- Bill Murray
- Laraine Newman
- Gilda Radner
Season 3
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Belushi
- Jane Curtin
- Garret Morris
- Bill Murray
- Laraine Newman
- Gilda Radner
Season 4
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Belushi
- Jane Curtin
- Garret Morris
- Bill Murray
- Laraine Newman
- Gilda Radner
Season 5
- Jane Curtin
- Garret Morris
- Bill Murray
- Laraine Newman
- Gilda Radner
- Harry Shearer
Season 6
- Denny Dillon
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Gail Matthius
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
- Ann Risely
- Charles Rocket
Season 7
- Denny Dillon
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Robin Duke
- Christine Ebersole
- Mary Gross
- Tim Kazurinsky
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
- Tony Rosato
Season 8
- Robin Duke
- Mary Gross
- Brad Hall
- Tim Kazurinsky
- Gary Kroeger
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
Season 33
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featuring
- Casey Wilson
Season 32
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
ji=== Season 31 ===
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Finesse Mitchell
- Seth Meyers
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
- Kenan Thompson
featuring
- Bill Hader
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kristen Wiig (first - November 12, 2005)
Season 30
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Marta Bruner
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
featuring
- Finesse Mitchell
- Rob Riggle
- Kenan Thompson
- Jason Sudeikis (First Episode: May 7, 2005)
Season 29
- Rachel Dratch
- Jimmy Fallon
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Jeff Richards
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
featuring
- Fred Armisen
- Kenan Thompson
- Finesse Mitchell
Season 30
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Amy Poehler
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
featuring
- Casey Wilson
Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg first came on the SNL scene in 2005. Infamous for his "Lazy Sunday" digital short with Chris Parnell, the shorts became a big hit.
Dan Aykroyd
Much to his parent’s dismay, the acting bug hit Daniel Edward Aykroyd early in life. At 12, after having been expelled from a Catholic school for “minor delinquency,” he began taking acting classes in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada. Along with acting, he also became interested in blues music and the paranormal, interests that would later serve him well in his creative pursuits.
Although he had his sites set on being a performer, he wound up studying psychology, criminal sociology, and political science while attending Carleton University as a young man. But once he obtained his practical degree, he returned to performing by joining the Canadian branch of the prestigious Chicago-based Second City comedy troupe. There, he caught the eye of Lorne Michaels and was cast in the debut season of Saturday Night Live.
His friendship with fellow cast member John Belushi, and their mutual love for blues music, led them to create “The Blues Brothers,” which started as an act on SNL and eventually moved onto the big screen as the first of the SNL movies – later, his interest in the paranormal would lead to the writing of the hit movie “Ghostbusters.”
After leaving SNL, Aykroyd went on to a successful acting and writing career that included such highlights as the aforementioned “Ghostbusters” and his Academy-Award nominated performance in “Driving Miss Daisy.” His interest in blues music also inspired him to found the chain “House of Blues,” a world-wide chain of clubs/restaurants with a mission to bring blues music to a wide audience.
Tom Davis
Versatile writer/director Tom Davis got his start in comedy performing with high school buddy Al Franken with the Brave New Workshop comedy troupe in Minneapolis. In 1975, Lorne Michaels spotted them, and both became two of the show’s first staff writers.
Joe Piscopo
Along with Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo was on top of the SNL heap through the early 1980s. The New Jersey native was working the stand up circuit when he joined the SNL cast in 1980. It was a transitional period for the show, and his talents helped smooth the way into several successful seasons.
His characters and impressions – especially of Frank Sinatra – were huge hits with audiences, prompting Piscopo to begin a career as a film comedian and actor. Early film success (“Johnny Dangerously”, “Wise Guys”) was followed by leaner years and a battle with thyroid cancer.
Piscopo, however, has persevered. He is in-demand in comedy clubs around the nation, is a respected activist, and his appearances on NBC’s “Law & Order” have garnered him rave reviews as a dramatic actor.
Amy Poehler
Poehler joined the SNL cast from the Upright Citizens Brigade (U.C.B.), a sketch/improv troupe originally formed in Communist Russia. Poehler and the U.C.B. relocated to New York where they developed a sketch show that aired for three seasons on Comedy Central -- the U.C.B. theater in New York continues to be regarded as a premiere sketch/improv venue.
As an SNL cast member, Poehler’s over-the-top characters and memorable impressions of Kelly Ripa, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Osbourne, Julia Roberts and many others have gained her a large and devoted fan base. In the 2004-05 season she replaced the outgoing Jimmy Fallon as Tina Fey’s co-anchor on Weekend Update.
Along with her work on SNL, Poehler has enjoyed a multi-faceted TV and film career, with memorable appearances ranging from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" to the movies “Envy,” "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” with Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins.
Poehler is expecting her first child this fall with husband Will Arnett.
Chris Kattan
Popular SNL cast member Chris Kattan grew up in a Zen community in Mount Baldy, California. When his parents divorced, he lived with his mom and his stepfather in a community devoted to living a simple life along the lines of Zen teachings. On weekends, he would visit Los Angeles where his dad performed with The Groundlings comedy troupe – his dad was also the voice of Tailor Smurf on the cartoon show, “The Smurfs.”
When the younger Kattan graduated from high school, he got involved with The Groundlings himself and was eventually scouted by SNL and recruited to be a cast member in 1996. Some of his more popular characters were Mr. Peepers, Mango, and Gay Hitler. He was also known for impressions of Al Pacino and Antonio Banderas. Kattan left the show after seven successful seasons to try his hand at a movie career. The results of this decision – “Monkeybone,” “Corky Romano,” and others – weren’t quite up to expectations and in 2004, he returned to television to begin work on a sitcom called “Inked” about a tattoo parlor.
Horatio Sanz
Though raised in Chicago, Horatio Sanz was actually born in Chile in 1969. Along with Tina Fey, another current SNL cast member, he was a founding member of the comedy group The Upright Citizens Brigade. And like many other SNL alum, he logged time on the stage of Chicago’s Second City theater.
Sanz got his start with SNL as a featured player in 1998 and was quickly moved up to full repertory member. Sanz has performed in numerous sketches and created such characters as the stoner “Gobi” on the collegiate webcast “Jarrett’s Room,” Sully and Denise’s friend Frankie, The “Wake Up Wakefield” faculty advisor Mr. Banglian and Jasper Hahn, the political cartoonist for “Weekend Update.”
Over the years, Sanz, backed by castmates Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan, have sung the praises of the holiday season, performing “Christmas Is Number One” throughout the year... regardless of the calendar. His impressions include Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John, Gene Shalit, as well as portraying two-thirds of the “Axis of Evil” -- Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il. Sanz has also answered the call of the movies, co-starring in “Boat Trip,” “Tomcats,” and was featured in the hit movie “Road Trip.”
Will Ferrell
Unlike other SNLers, Ferrell does not have a background as a standup comic, but he used this as a strength. Instead, his background comes from being able to inhabit different characters that he can draw humor from. In fact, Ferrell is known to be quiet and shy off-screen and was known in his school days as more scholar than clown.
After a shaky first season on SNL, he found his footing and soon grew to become an audience favorite, willing to go the extra mile for a laugh and completely inhabiting the many different characters and impressions he performed. Since leaving the show, he has enjoyed an extremely successful film career and is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand (and best paid) comic actors.
Dana Carvey
In 1986, Dana Carvey joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. His breakout character was The Church Lady, the uptight, smug, and pious host of "Church Chat." Carvey said he based the character on women he knew from his church growing up, who would keep track of his and others' attendance.
Carvey's other original characters included Garth Algar (from "Wayne's World"), Hans (from "Hans and Franz"), and The Grumpy Old Man (from Weekend Update appearances). Algar is actually an affectionate caricature of Dana's brother, Brad Carvey, an accomplished electrical engineer who invented the Video Toaster, and has been said by Carvey to have fixed the family clothes dryer using only a butter knife.
Carvey also became known for his impressions, most notably of George H. W. Bush during the 1988 campaign and after Bush was elected president. Other notable impressions included James Stewart, Johnny Carson, John McLaughlin, Regis Philbin, Keith Richards, Tom Brokaw, Charles Grodin, Paul McCartney, and Woody Allen. During the 1992 campaign, he did a dead-on impression of independent candidate Ross Perot; in a prime-time special before the election, Carvey played both Bush and Perot in a three-way debate with Bill Clinton, who was played by Phil Hartman. As Perot, Carvey declined to say the show's signature "Live from New York" opening line because he was actually on tape.In 1993 Dana carvey left SNL
In 1992, Carvey joined Mike Myers to bring their popular "Wayne's World" sketch to the silver screen with Wayne's World the movie. A sequel was filmed and released in 1993, titled Wayne's World 2. He can also pleasure himself orally which is why no one has seen him for weeks at a time.
Kristen Wiig
Born August 22, 1973 in Rochester, New York, Kristen Wiig joined SNL November 12, 2005 as a featured player. The next season, she was upgraded to a regular player, and has created several recurring characters, including the Target Lady, Penelope, and one of the A-holes.
Kristen's appeared in several films, with more lined up, and has become part of Judd Apatow's crew, with parts in Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Walk Hard, and even a made-for-dvd sequence as a prostitute in Superbad.
Her impressions range from Katharine Hepburn to Jessica Simpson.
