As Saturday Night Live of September 2022, Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live the past due-night live variety Saturday Night Live collection Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured 163 solid members. The ensemble Saturday Night Live turned inSaturday Night Live to at the start referred to as the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players“.Complete listing[edit]
The listing underneath consists of each repertory Saturday Night Live and featured gamers past and present, however omits SNL writers and others who have been now not indexed as cast contributors throughout the Saturday Night Live show’s credit. The dates given are the ones of the years they Saturday Night Live had been a part of the cast. The chart additionally shows whether the solid member has served as a visitor host, seemed because the anchorperson of the “Weekend Update” section (by means of any of its titles), or has been the issue in their personal Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live “Best of” home video collection. Many of the cast participants had been writers as nicely. “Middle group” performers are added after the Saturday Night Live principle cast with the aid of the announcer announcing “…with” and analyzing off those performers earlier than ending with featured players.
Sid Caesar has the distinction of being the best man or woman who has been named an honorary forged member. Caesar turned into presented with a plaque at some point of the goodnights of his hosting stint in 1983.Table[edit]Timeline[edit]
Lighter colorings denote “featured gamers” as opposed to repertory forged participants.
Tenures[edit]Longest tenures[edit]Saturday Night Live solid contributors with the longest tenuresPerformerNo. of seasonsYears at the showNotesKenan Thompson20[2]2003–presentDarrell Hammond141995–2009In 2014, Hammond returned to the show because the announcer following the loss of life of longtime announcer Don Pardo.Seth Meyers132001–2014Meyers anchored Weekend Update from 2006 to 2014. At the time of his departure, he became the longest-serving Weekend Update anchor, but, he has been surpassed by means of modern-day anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che in terms of episodes.[three] He left the show to end up the host of Late Night.Fred Armisen112002–2013Armisen joined the display in season 28 as a featured participant, then promoted to repertory participant in season 30 and left after the give up of season 38.Cecily Strong11[4]2012–2022Strong joined SNL Season 38 in September, become promoted to reparatory participant in Season Saturday Night Live 39 the next 12 months, and left midway through season 48 in December 2022. Longest Saturday Night Live tenured female solid member in display’s records.Kate McKinnon112012–2022McKinnon joined SNL in April 2012, close to the stop of the show’s 37th season, and left on the cease of the show’s forty seventh Saturday Night Live season.Al Franken111977–1980,
1986,
1988–1995Worked as a author the first two seasons, and promoted to solid member in Season 3. He left the show in 1980, but returned when Lorne Michaels came returned in 1985, regaining his writing and on-air featured status until 1995.Tim Meadows101991–2000Aidy Bryant102012–2022Colin Jost10[4]2014–presentJost has been a author at SNL due to the fact 2005, and has been anchoring Weekend Update for the reason that 2014. He has additionally been a head author for the display from 2012 to 2015, and once more from 2017 till 2022.[five]Shortest tenures[edit]
Two people had been publicly introduced as having been hired to the forged, however by no means executed as cast members:
- Catherine O’Hara, hired in 1981 but give up before ever acting on air.[6] She has ultimately hosted the display two times.
- Shane Gillis changed into announced as a cast member in 2019, however the provide become withdrawn because of controversies surrounding his beyond use of racial slurs.[7]
One individual changed into credited as a forged member but did now not clearly appear at the show as such.
- Emily Prager became hired as a part of Ebersol’s temporary season six forged following the termination of Jean Doumanian. She became credited for one episode despite the fact that she did now not seem at the show, as her skit changed into cut after get dressed practice session. She became no longer selected for season seven of the show. Prager had labored as a writer at the display, and also made several appearances in skits prior to being formally named as a member of the cast.
The following cast contributors spent less than a complete 20-episode season on the show.[eight]Saturday Night Live cast contributors with the shortest tenuresPerformerNo. of episodesNotesGeorge Coe1He turned into one of the original “Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players”, because NBC desired a person older inside the cast. He turned into credited as a cast member for handiest the primary episode, even though he persevered to make several uncredited appearances all through the first season.Laurie Metcalf1She changed into employed as a part of Ebersol’s temporary season six forged following the termination of Jean Doumanian, and regarded on-digital camera in a Weekend Update piece. When the display was placed on hiatus for retooling, she turned into no longer chosen to return to the display for season seven.Emily Prager1She was hired as a part of Ebersol’s temporary season six forged following the termination of Jean Doumanian. Although she did now not seem in the unmarried episode for which she turned into credited as a featured player, she had regarded uncredited in 5 previous episodes, among 1977 and 1981. When the show became put on hiatus for retooling, she became not chosen to go back to the show for season seven.Dan Vitale3Hired as an on-and-off featured participant for season eleven, he was best credited with appearing in three episodes at some point of the season.Morwenna Banks4She turned into employed as a repertory participant for the last 4 episodes of season 20, but become set free of her contract as a part of a major solid overhaul Lorne Michaels had planned for season 21.Ben Stiller4Before turning into a cast member, he submitted a short film – a parody of the film The Color of Money – that turned into proven on the season 12 episode hosted with the aid of Charlton Heston. He became hired all through season 14, but quit after four episodes because of creative differences. Despite this, he lower back to host in 1998 and 2011 and later had a habitual function as Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s ex-attorney.Fred Wolf4He had been a author considering that 1992 and have become a featured participant close to the end of season 21 for the closing four episodes. However, he only regarded in and turned into credited for episodes 17, 18, and 20. His closing episode become in the 0.33 episode of the 22nd season, after which he decided to leave the show for proper.Tom Schiller7One of the display writers who become made a solid member all through season five, he left the display at the stop of the season.Patrick Weathers7Hired as a featured solid member for season six, he turned into fired along side a lot of Doumanian’s forged.Yvonne Hudson8She become a routine more for the duration of season five, and became the first black girl cast member in season six. Like lots of Doumanian’s solid, she changed into fired mid-season.Jim Downey9He turned into hired as certainly one of many writers-became-featured gamers in season five, and even though he left the forged after the season, he lower back to the display as a creator in the mid-1980s and remained with it on-and-off until 2013.Matthew Laurance10Hired as a featured player at some point of season six, he became fired as a part of the mid-season overhaul.Alan Zweibel11A author for the display earlier than joining the forged in season five, he left after the season finale.Gilbert Gottfried12He joined the cast for season six and was fired as a part of the mid-season overhaul.Michael O’Donoghue12One of the original “Not Ready for Primetime Players” and the show’s first head author, he changed into dropped as a solid member after a few episodes. He remained with the show as a writer (leaving and returning twice) and low on-display screen performer.Ann Risley12She joined the forged for season six and was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul.Charles Rocket12He joined the forged for season six and was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul, after having stated “fuck” on-air one episode prior.Damon Wayans12Hired for season eleven as a featured player, he was fired mid-season for improvising at the air. He back as a visitor to perform stand-up comedy on season eleven’s ultimate episode and hosted SNL in 1995.Beth Cahill13She joined the display at some point of season 17 as an off-and-on featured player. She did not return the following season, as she turned into fired along with castmate Siobhan Fallon.Denny Dillon13She joined the cast for season six and was allow cross after the finale as part of the solid overhaul. She auditioned for the show’s first season, however did now not make the reduce.Gail Matthius13She joined the cast for season six and became allow go after the season ended.Paul Shaffer13After being the band’s pianist for the primary 5 seasons, he joined the cast at some point of season 5, but left after the finale. He hosted SNL in 1987, making him the handiest member of the residence band to accomplish that.Janeane Garofalo14She joined the cast for the duration of season 20, but cease mid-season due to creative differences.Michaela Watkins15She joined the show on the primary episode after the 2008 United States presidential election, then changed into permit pass earlier than the start of season 35.Peter Aykroyd16He joined the show halfway through season five, but left on the cease of the season, after most effective sixteen episodes.President of the United States Saturday Night Live impressionists[edit]