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Kenan Thompson
Thompson in 2019
Born (1978-05-10) May 10, 1978 (age 46)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Christina Evangeline
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(m. 2011; div. 2022)​
Children2
Websitewww.kenanthompson.net

Kenan Thompson (/kiːnən/; born May 10, 1978)[2] is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history.[3] He was also the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975. Outside of SNL, Thompson starred on NBC's sitcom Kenan from 2021 to 2022.

Thompson began his acting career in the early 1990s, and was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That (1994–2005), where he often collaborated with co-star Kel Mitchell. Beginning in 1996, they starred in their own sitcom Kenan & Kel (1996–2001). Thompson also had roles in The Mighty Ducks franchise, Good Burger, and as the title character in the 2004 film Fat Albert.

He has been nominated six times for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on SNL, winning once.[4] He is ranked at No. 88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.

Early life

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Thompson was born on May 10, 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] His parents are Fletcher and Elizabeth Ann Thompson. He has two siblings: an older brother and a younger sister. His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, when he was 9 months old.[5] Thompson's mother enrolled him in acting classes at age five. His first role as Toto in a church production of The Wiz had no lines.[3] He continued acting throughout his youth, appearing in school plays such as The Gingerbread Duck.[6] He auditioned for a theater company, The Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA).[7] As a child, he was a fan of The Price Is Right, which he has called "my first love" and "very joyful viewing" that shaped his acting style.[8]

Career

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1994–2002: Breakthrough with Kenan and Kel

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One of Thompson's earliest roles was as an entertainment reporter for CNN's "Real News for Kids".[9] He went on to star in the original run of All That for its first five seasons, playing such characters as Principal Pimpell, Miss Piddlin, Pierre Escargot, and Superdude. He starred as Kenan Rockmore on Nickelodeon's Kenan & Kel from 1996 to 2000, mostly while still working on All That.[9] He began acting in his first film, D2: The Mighty Ducks, while attending Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet school in East Point, Georgia.

Thompson has starred in several films including Good Burger (1997), based on the All That sketch of the same title, and Fat Albert (2004), in which he played the title character. He has also had supporting roles in the D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), as well as films such as Heavyweights (1995), Big Fat Liar (2002), Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003), and My Boss's Daughter (2003).

2003–present: Saturday Night Live and acclaim

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Thompson in 2012

Thompson returned to sketch comedy when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2003, becoming the show's first cast member born after its 1975 premiere.[10] Thompson said he had sent several audition tapes to SNL, which dismissed him as looking too young; he said "it was a couple years' worth of that".[8] Thompson said that he feared his addition to the cast would be a "disservice" to the show: "It was weird for me for a long time".[8] Thompson was a featured player until 2005 (spanning the 29th and 30th seasons) and was promoted to repertory player at the beginning of season 31 (the 2005–2006 season).

In 2013, he began refusing to portray black women characters on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.[11][12]

Thompson has been a cast member on SNL for 22 seasons,[13][14] breaking the record for the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history previously held by Darrell Hammond, who was on the show for 14 years. Thompson became the most senior cast member in the second half of the 2013–14 season, following the departure of Seth Meyers. He is also the longest-serving African-American cast member, surpassing Tim Meadows, who stayed on the show for ten seasons.[15] Thompson also holds the record for most celebrity impressions performed on the show, performing 139, beating Hammond's previous record of 107.[16][better source needed] Although early on he planned to stay on the show until something else came along, by 2019 he noted that SNL was his "forever plan".[17][18]

Thompson has been nominated for five Primetime Emmys for his work on SNL, winning once. He has thrice been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2018, 2020 and 2021. For co-writing the song "Last Christmas", in 2017 he was nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, an award he then won in 2018 for the lyrics to "Come Back Barack" (along with Chris Redd and Will Stephen).[19]

In 2014, SNL head writer Brian H. Tucker noted that simply putting "KENAN REACTS" would get a script more laughs, further elaborating, "Put him in your sketch somewhere, anywhere, and your sketch will get better. Because Kenan knows how to take ordinary lines and make them funny, and take funny lines and make them special."[20] Similarly, Lorne Michaels in a 2019 article referred to Thompson as "the person I most rely on in the cast".[18] Vulture referred to him as the "heir apparent" to Phil Hartman, both being "the glue" of their respective casts.[21]

Thompson's celebrity impressions on SNL include Al Sharpton, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Charles Barkley, David Ortiz, O. J. Simpson, and Steve Harvey.[22] He has performed in over 1,500 sketches, hitting the mark during the March 5, 2022, episode hosted by Oscar Isaac.[23] In commemoration of his 20th anniversary on the show, Thompson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 11, 2022. It was placed next to Lorne Michaels' star.[24]

Recurring characters

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  • Darnell Hayes, the host of Black Jeopardy![22]
  • Diondre Cole, the host of What Up with That? (What's Up with That? in some episodes), who is repeatedly distracted by the show's theme song
  • Reese De'What, the host of Cinema Classics
  • Willie, Michael Che's overly optimistic neighbor
  • Jean K. Jean, a French comedian
  • Lorenzo McIntosh, a prisoner in the Scared Straight sketches
  • Steve Kane, the gym teacher in the Daniel Frye sketches
  • Tre, a character in the Californians sketches
  • Virginiaca Hastings, an argumentative shopper
  • Elliot Pants, Host of What's Wrong with This Picture?

Film and television roles

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During this time he has also taken supporting roles in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), and Snakes on a Plane (2006). In 2009, Thompson was a regular voice actor in the Fox animated series Sit Down, Shut Up, portraying Sue Sezno who, like her last name, always says no.[25] The series premiered on April 19, 2009,[25] but was canceled after only four episodes due to low ratings and poor reviews. Thompson voiced the LeBron James puppet in Nike's MVP "Most Valuable Puppets" commercials, which were produced to be shown throughout the 2009 NBA playoffs. Thompson also guest-starred as Gus's estranged college singing buddy on the USA Network series Psych in the fourth-season episode "High Top Fade Out". In 2011, he returned to Nickelodeon, guest-starring in "iParty with Victorious", a crossover episode of sitcoms iCarly and Victorious.

Thompson appeared as a host of sorts of TeenNick's retro programming block, The '90s Are All That, appearing in many of the block's early bumpers and hyping material. He would return to the block, eventually called NickRewind but at the time called The Splat, for All That's 22nd anniversary, with segments filmed at the 2015 New York Comic Con.[26]

Thompson waving
Thompson at a Washington Capitals event with the Stanley Cup in 2018

In 2015, film ticketing website Fandango announced that Thompson would play their brand character, Miles Mouvay. Thompson would play Mouvay in 18 videos, eight 30-second commercials, and several comedic skits.[27]

On September 23, 2015, Thompson appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon alongside former All That co-star Kel Mitchell in which they reprised their popular Good Burger roles as "Ed" and "Lester Oakes, Construction Worker". They later competed against one another in an episode of the revived Nickelodeon game show Double Dare that aired in November 2018.[28] In 2019, Thompson served as a judge for NBC's comedy competition series Bring the Funny.[29] He also became an executive producer with Mitchell for Nickelodeon's All That revival, premiering in June.[30] In May 2019, NBC announced they had picked up Thompson's single-camera comedy The Kenan Show to series. The series, retitled Kenan, premiered in 2021 on NBC, featuring Thompson as a newly-widowed father determined to be a "super dad".[31] He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series after its first season. In May 2022, the series was canceled after its second season.[32]

He appears in the third episode of the revival of The Kids in the Hall as Ron, a Friend of the Kids in the Hall,[33] and hosted the NHL Awards in June 2022.[34] He hosted the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 12, 2022.[35]

Personal life

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Thompson married model Christina Evangeline in 2011. On June 20, 2014, the couple had their first child, Georgia Marie. On July 31, 2018, they welcomed their second child, Gianna Michelle.[36]

On April 7, 2022, it was announced that the two had been separated for over a year, and are co-parenting their daughters.[37] On June 15, 2022, it was announced that Thompson was officially filing for divorce.[38]

In 2020, he became the spokesman for Universal Destinations & Experiences' "Let Yourself Woah" campaign,[39] and was set to host the 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[40] 2021 would also see Thompson be named host of that year's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards[41] and People's Choice Awards.[42] He also hosted The Jonas Brothers Family Roast on Netflix.[43]

In December 2021, Thompson co-founded the production company and talent incubator Artists for Artists (AFA). Their first announced project, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Part 2 is in collaboration with Mike Tyson and wife Lakiha "Kiki" Spicer and a sequel to the boxer's 2013 HBO special. In March 2022, AFA fully funded the launch of Twenty Two Entertainment, led by actors Michael Rainey Jr. and Gianni Paolo, best known from the Starz series Power Book II: Ghost.[44][45]

In December 2023, Thompson released a memoir titled When I Was Your Age.[46]

On August 21, 2024, Thompson appeared at the Democratic National Convention to perform a skit highlighting Project 2025 and tying it to the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, claiming "You vote for him. You vote for all of this."[47][48][49]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks Russ Tyler
1995 Heavyweights Roy Murphy
1996 D3: The Mighty Ducks Russ Tyler
1997 Good Burger Dexter Reed
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Lewis
2002 Big Fat Liar Party Guest
The Master of Disguise Guy on Computer
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing Walter Colley
My Boss's Daughter Hans
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Kenard
Fat Albert Fat Albert [50]
2005 Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie Flutter Voice[50]
2006 Snakes on a Plane Troy
2008 Space Chimps Ringmaster Voice[50]
Wieners Wyatt
2009 Stan Helsing Teddy
2011 The Smurfs Greedy Smurf Voice[50]
2012 The Magic of Belle Isle Henry
2013 The Smurfs 2 Greedy Smurf Voice[50]
2014 They Came Together Teddy
The Opposite Sex Mitch
2016 Rock Dog Riff Voice[50]
Brother Nature Miesha
2017 Going in Style Keith
2018 The Grinch Bricklebaum Voice[50]
2019 Wonder Park Gus Voice[50]
Playmobil: The Movie Bloodbones Voice[50]
Dads Himself Documentary
2020 Trolls World Tour Tiny Diamond Voice[50]
Hubie Halloween Sergeant Blake
2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford's veterinarian
Home Sweet Home Alone Gavin Washington
2022 Bros James Baldwin
2023 Trolls Band Together Tiny Diamond Voice
Good Burger 2 Dexter Reed [51]
2024 Child Star Himself Documentary[52]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994–1999
2002
2005
2019–2020 		All That Various roles Main role (Seasons 1-5);
guest role (Season 7);
guest role (Seasons 10-11);
executive producer (Season 11)
1996–1998 The Steve Harvey Show Junior 4 episodes
1996–2000 Kenan & Kel Kenan Rockmore Main role
1997 Sister, Sister Trevor Episode: "Inherit the Twin"
1998 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Kenan Rockmore Episode: "Sabrina's Choice"
1999 The Amanda Show Himself Episode: "Episode 1"
Cousin Skeeter Kenan Rockmore Episodes: "Hoo, I'm Wild Wild West" (Parts 1 & 2)
2000 The Parkers Damon Episode: "Trading Places"
2001 Felicity DeForrest Ingram 4 episodes
2002 Off Centre MC French 2 episodes
2003 Clifford the Big Red Dog Hamburger Voice; episode: "Food for Thought/Friends Forever"[50]
2003–present Saturday Night Live Himself/Various roles Featured player (Seasons 29–30)
Repertory player (Season 31 – present)
2005, 2018 Wild 'n Out Himself 2 episodes
2005 Rugrats Magic Mirror Voice; episode: "Tales from the Crib: Snow White"[50]
2007 Crank Yankers Mark Thomas Episode: "4.1"
2008 The Mighty B! Rocky Rhodes Voice; 5 episodes
2009 Psych Joon Episode: "High Top Fade-Out"
Sit Down, Shut Up Sue Sezno Voice: 13 episodes
2011 iCarly Himself Episode: "iParty with Victorious"
The '90s Are All That Host
2013 Martha Speaks Stanley Voice; episode: "Stanley Saves the Day"[53]
2013–15 The Awesomes Austin "Impresario" Sullivan Voice[50]
2015 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Socko Voice; episode: "Rorg: A Hero of a Past"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Lester Oakes Episode: "James Spader/Andrew Rannells/Brian Regan"
2015–20 Nature Cat Ronald Voice, season 1 only[50]
2016 Maya & Marty Various roles Main role
2016, 2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Roland 2 episodes
2017–19 Match Game Himself/Panelist 4 episodes[54]
2018 Double Dare Himself Contestant; episode: "Team Kel vs. Team Kenan"
Studio C Himself, various roles [55][56]
2019 The Masked Singer Himself Guest judge; episodes 8, 9[57]
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Voice; episode: "Quit Clowning!"[58][50]
Bring the Funny Judge[59]
2020 America's Got Talent Guest judge Season 15, two episodes1
2020–22 Trolls: TrollsTopia Tiny Diamond Voice
2021–22 Kenan Kenan Williams Main role and executive producer
2021 2021 Kids' Choice Awards Himself Host
Trolls: Holiday in Harmony Tiny Diamond Voice[60]
47th People's Choice Awards Himself Host
Jonas Brothers Family Roast Host
Bless the Harts Travis Voice; 6 episodes
2022 Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Jack Hammer Doozer Voice; episode: "Wembley the Spokesfraggle"[61]
The Boys Presents: Diabolical Mo-Slo's Dad Voice; episode: "An Animated Short Where Pissed-Off Supes Kill Their Parents"[50]
The Kids in the Hall Ron Episode 3
That Damn Michael Che Himself Episode: "Join the Club"
Archer The Broker (voice) Episode: "Saturday"
74th Primetime Emmy Awards Himself Host[35]
48th People's Choice Awards Host
2023 Chucky Cab Driver Episode: "Jennifer's Body"

^1 Thompson stood in for Simon Cowell, who was still recovering from a back injury the previous week that required him to rest under medical observation.[62]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Music and Lyrics Saturday Night Live: "Last Christmas" Nominated [63]
2018 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live: "John Mulaney" Nominated [64]
Outstanding Music and Lyrics Saturday Night Live: "Come Back, Barack" Won
2020 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live: "At Home #2" Nominated [65]
2021 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Kenan: "Flirting" Nominated [66]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live: "Dave Chappelle" Nominated

Discography

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Kenan Thompson albums
Year Title Notes
2004 Good Times Comedy album

Bibliography

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  • Thompson, Kenan (December 5, 2023). When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown. New York: Harper. ISBN 9780063348066. OCLC 1372337568. Memoir.
  • Thompson, Kenan (June 7, 2024). Kenan Thompson Biography: A Life in Comedy and Beyond. New York: Independent Publisher. ISBN 979-8329594294. Memoir.

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