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Kenan Stacy Thompson is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history.
Birth Name
Kenan S. Thompson
Born
Wednesday, 10 May 1978
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kids in the Hall | Ron | 2022 |
| We Need to Talk About Cosby | Self | 2022 |
| The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Mo-Slo Dad | 2022 |
| Fraggle Rock | Jack Hammer | 2022 |
| The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Self | 2021 |
| Trolls Holiday in Harmony | Tiny Diamond / Tiny Diamond (voice) | 2021 |
| Jonas Brothers Family Roast | Self - Host / Himself | 2021 |
| Home Sweet Home Alone | Gavin Washington | 2021 |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Vet | 2021 |
| The Kids Tonight Show | Self | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kids in the Hall | Ron | 2022 |
| We Need to Talk About Cosby | Self | 2022 |
| The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Mo-Slo Dad | 2022 |
| Fraggle Rock | Jack Hammer | 2022 |
| The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Self | 2021 |
| Trolls Holiday in Harmony | Tiny Diamond / Tiny Diamond (voice) | 2021 |
| Jonas Brothers Family Roast | Self - Host / Himself | 2021 |
| Home Sweet Home Alone | Gavin Washington | 2021 |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Vet | 2021 |
| The Kids Tonight Show | Self | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2021 |
| Batman: The Audio Adventures | (voice) | 2021 |
| The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 | Police Officer | 2021 |
| Kenan | Kenan Williams | 2021 |
| TrollsTopia | Tiny Diamond | 2020 |
| Hubie Halloween | Sgt. Blake | 2020 |
| I Can See Your Voice | Self - Golden Mic Celebrity | 2020 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Self | 2020 |
| Celebrity Game Face | Self | 2020 |
| Dads | Himself / Self | 2020 |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Self / Self - Cameo | 2020 |
| Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020 |
| Trolls World Tour | Tiny Diamond / Tiny Diamond (voice) | 2020 |
| Escape from Virtual Island (Audible Original - Audio Comedy) | Very Handsome Man | 2020 |
| Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | Self | 2020 |
| Bless the Harts | Travis | 2019 |
| A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| Playmobil: The Movie | Bloodbones (voice) / Bloodbones | 2019 |
| Bring the Funny | Self - Judge | 2019 |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Kenan Thompson | 2019 |
| All That | Self | 2019 |
| Wonder Park | Gus / Gus (voice) | 2019 |
| Desus & Mero | Self | 2019 |
| The Masked Singer | Self - Guest Panelist | 2019 |
| A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story | Self | 2018 |
| The Grinch | Mr. Bricklebaum / Bricklebaum (voice) | 2018 |
| Double Dare | Self - Contestant | 2018 |
| Going in Style | Manager Keith Schonfeld | 2017 |
| Brother Nature | Miesha | 2016 |
| Rock Dog | Riff (voice) / Riff | 2016 |
| Match Game | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 2016 |
| Maya & Marty | Himself / Various, Various, Himself / Various / Steve Harvey, Himself | 2016 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - Guest | 2016 |
| Nature Cat | Ronald (voice), Ronald | 2015 |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
| Live from New York! | Self - Featuring / Himself | 2015 |
| Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Roland | 2015 |
| Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Bill Cosby / Trey / Diondre Cole | 2015 |
| The Opposite Sex | Mitch | 2014 |
| They Came Together | Teddy | 2014 |
| Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self, Self - Guest, Mario, Mike / Self, Self - 'Game of Jones' | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self, Lester Oates | 2014 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Awesomes | Impresario, Impresario / Impresario (voice), Impresario (voice) | 2013 |
| The Smurfs 2 | Greedy Smurf (voice) / Greedy Smurf | 2013 |
| Hollywood Game Night | Self - Panelist | 2013 |
| Steve Harvey | Self | 2012 |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Socko | 2012 |
| The Magic of Belle Isle | Henry | 2012 |
| Good Mythical Morning | Troy | 2012 |
| The Chew | Himself | 2011 |
| The Smurfs | Greedy / Greedy Smurf (voice) | 2011 |
| iParty With Victorious | Himself / Self | 2011 |
| The Women of SNL | Randy Jackson / Various (archive footage) / Various | 2010 |
| Saturday Night | Self | 2010 |
| Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again | Self | 2010 |
| SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | Various | 2009 |
| Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau | Ticket Agent / Security Guard / Pilot / Shopper #2 / Cousin Ernie / Joe Snow | 2009 |
| Stan Helsing | Teddy | 2009 |
| Make My Day | Self | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest, Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Troy | 2009 |
| Sit Down Shut Up | Sue Sezno | 2009 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Reggie Hudson / Bartender / Various / Various (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 | Dalton Cheeks | 2008 |
| Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition | Black Trump Supporter, Cornel West / Lewis / Voter, Dalton Cheeks / Oscar Rogers, Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson, Guy, Lavar Ball, Michael Steele, Oscar Rogers / Guy in Voting Interview, Various, Whoopi Goldberg | 2008 |
| Space Chimps | Ringmaster (voice) / Ringmaster | 2008 |
| Wieners | Wyatt | 2008 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | Self | 2008 |
| The Mighty B! | Rocky | 2008 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest, Self | 2006 |
| Snakes on a Plane | Troy | 2006 |
| Psych | Joon | 2006 |
| America's Got Talent | Self - Judge | 2006 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse | Self | 2006 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | Various Characters | 2005 |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie | Flutter (voice) / Flutter | 2005 |
| Wild 'N Out | Black Team Leader / Self, Self | 2005 |
| Wonder Pets! | Lion (voice), Lion | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2005 |
| Fat Albert | Fat Albert | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| The Insider | Himself | 2004 |
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Kenard | 2004 |
| Love Don't Cost a Thing | Walter Colley | 2003 |
| Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | Self | 2003 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self (archive footage), Self | 2003 |
| My Boss's Daughter | Hans | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Dr. Phil | Self | 2002 |
| The Master of Disguise | Kenan | 2002 |
| Crank Yankers | Mark Thomas | 2002 |
| Big Fat Liar | Party Goer | 2002 |
| The Nick Cannon Show | Kenan Thompson | 2002 |
| Off Centre | MC French | 2001 |
| Rendez-View | Self | 2001 |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Hamburger | 2000 |
| Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None | Kenan Rockmore | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Lewis | 2000 |
| The Amanda Show | Self | 1999 |
| The Parkers | Damon | 1999 |
| Felicity | DeForrest Ingram | 1998 |
| Cousin Skeeter | Kenan Rockmore | 1998 |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | host, host / Self - Host, Self - Host / host, Self | 1998 |
| The View | Himself - Guest, Himself, Self | 1997 |
| Good Burger | Dexter Reed | 1997 |
| Figure It Out | Self, Self / panelist | 1997 |
| D3: The Mighty Ducks | Russ Tyler / Russ | 1996 |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Self | 1996 |
| The Steve Harvey Show | Junior | 1996 |
| Kenan & Kel | Kenan Rockmore | 1996 |
| Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal | Kadeem | 1996 |
| Heavyweights | Roy | 1995 |
| All That | Various, Self, Various / Randy, Lester Oaks The Construction Worker, Mavis, Pierre Escargot / Various | 1994 |
| Sister, Sister | Trevor | 1994 |
| D2: The Mighty Ducks | Russ Tyler / Russ | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Rugrats | Mirror | 1991 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various, Charles Barkley / Various, Steve Harvey / Various, Various / Star Jones, Various / Bill Cosby, Various / Charles Barkley, Herman Cain / Various, Al Sharpton / Various, Various / D.J. Dynasty Handbag, Various / Aretha Franklin, Tyler Perry / Various, Various (credit only), Various / Randy Jackson, Various / Al Sharpton, Various / Dr. Dré, Various / Easter Bunny / D.J. Dynasty Handbag, Various / Elijah Cummings / Trey, Various / Emmanuel Lewis, Various / Eros / Cee Lo Green / David 'Beef Jelly' Winfield, Various / Flavor Flav, Various / Gary Coleman, Various / George Clinton, Various / Givindy, Various / Ice Cube / Theodore Roosevelt, Various / Jean K. Jean, Various / Jimmy McMillan / Whoopi Goldberg, Various / Juan Williams / Whoopi Goldberg / Lorenzo McIntosh / Jennifer Hudson, Various / K Smoothe / Virginiaca Hastings, Various / Leon Warwick, Various / Lil' Kim / D.J. Dynasty Handbag, Various / LL Cool J / Bartender, Various / Lorenzo McIntosh, Various / Louis Armstrong, Various / Mercedes Jones, Various / Mo'Nique / Diondre Cole, Various / Nick Ashford / Lorena Porter Shelby, Various / Nipsey Russell, Various / O.J. Simpson / Terrence Jenkins, Various / Patti LaBelle / Maya Angelou / The Falconer, Various / Quincy Jones, Various / Randy Dukes, Various / Randy Jackson / Barbara Birmingham, Various / Appreciante / Steve Harvey / Florida Evans, Various / Reba McEntire / Boyd Tinsley, Various / Reba McEntire, Various / Sebastian, Various / Serena Williams, Various / Tiger Woods / Bill Cosby / Virginiaca Hastings, Various / Trey, Various / Virginiaca Hastings / Sammy Stephens, Various / Virginiaca Hastings, Various / Whoopi Goldberg / Jean K. Jean, Various / Whoopi Goldberg / Michael Hilliard / Grady Wilson, Various / Whoopi Goldberg, Various / will.i.am, Various / Willie Randolph, Various / Wilma McNabb, Voice Actor / Old Man / Mike / Tom, Wailin' Otis Elmore / David Ortiz / Allen DeGeneres / Various, Willie / Cuba Gooding Jr. / Various, Willie / Paul Montaine / Various, Willie / Various, Various characters / Self, Various / Al Roker / Michael Irvin, Various / Al Sharpton / Chaka Khan, Various / Al Sharpton / Reggie Hudson, Various / Al Sharpton / Wanda Sykes, Uleke / Various / Mayor Top Hat, Steve Harvey / Willie / Various, Steve Kane / Various, Suge Knight / Daymond John / Various, Sump'n Claus / Various, Sway / Carl Otis Winslow / Rick Ross / Various, Terrence Howard / Reese De'what / Reverend Al Sharpton / Various, Thamsanqa Jantjie / Kimbo Slice / Santa Claus / Various, Tigger / David Ortiz / Various, Toots and the Maytals / Various, Various / Barbara Birmingham, Various / Barry Bonds, Various / Bernie Mac, Various / Bobbi Kristina Brown / Carol Moseley Braun, Various / Cee Lo Green / Charles Barkley, Various / Chaka Khan / Caspar, Various / Chappell Hartridge / Clarence Clemons, Various / David Estes / Tony Okungbowa, Various / Diondre Cole / Forest Whitaker, Various / Diondre Cole, Various / Dr. Dré / D.J. Dynasty Handbag, Various / Colin Powell, Various / Cynthia McKinney, Various / D.J. Dynasty Handbag / Al Sharpton, James Brown / Steve Kane / Trey / Various, Jean K. Jean / Steve Kane / Various, Jen's Spouse, Jerome Planchett / Officer Frank Medina / Various, LeGod Williams / Various, Leon Jenkins / Steve Harvey / Various, Lionel Richie / B.B. King / Various, Lorenzo McIntosh / Various, Lucas Kavner / Various, Marshawn Lynch / Reese De'What / Various, Martin Luther King Jr. / Darius Rucker / Ray Lewis / Various, Martin Luther King / Various, Mitchell / Kid Float / Randy / Various, Neil deGrasse Tyson / Steve Kane / Various, Neil McNabb / Steve Harvey / David Ortiz / Various, Office employee, O'Healy / Cam Newton / Various, Papa Joe / Steve Harvey / Sway Calloway / Various, Paul Robeson / Various, Pizza Rat / Various, Randy Jackson / Malik / Wilma McNabb / Marcus / Self, Ray Lewis / Derrick Watkins / Terrence White / Devin Peters / Kendrick Douglas / Various, Ray Lewis / Various, Reba McEntire / Various, Reese De' What / Various, Reese De'What / Charles Barkley / Various, Rev. Al Sharpton / Dennis Haysbert / Various, Reverend Al Sharpton / Rick Ross / Various, Rick Ross / Ice Cube / Reese De' What / Various, Rick Ross / Mr. Senior / Various, Robert Mugabe / David Ortiz / Steve Harvey, Roland Martin / Various, Sam / Desmond Tutu / Various, Security Briefer / Kenan Thompson / Student Theatre Audience / Walton P. / Tuketo / Wise Man, Self - Various, Steve Harvey / Ghost of Christmas Past / Various, Steve Harvey / Saw Gerrera / Malik / Man Watching a Play, Alex Treblack / Various, B.B. King / Various, Bailiff / Beyoncé's Twin, Barry Black / Various, Baxter / Devon / Olive Garden Actor / Mobster / Dan Balance, Ben Carson / Reginald VelJohnson / Willie, Michael's Neighbor / Various, Ben Vereen as Richard Sherman / Terrence / Tyrese / Employee / Various, Big Chris, Bill Cosby / Various, Black Santa / Felix 900 Audience Member / Jingle Barack Singer / Elf / Bar Bouncer, Callum Hemsworth / Terrence Howard / Various, Chaka Khan / Al Roker / Tiger Woods / Various, Charles Barkley / Steve Kane / Various, Al Roker / Al Sharpton / Various, Al Sharpton / Jean K. Jean / Various, Al Sharpton / Trey / Various, Coach Johnson / Professor / Charles Barkley / Book Store Owner / Tay-Tay Dubbs, Coach Stan, Columbus / Grant Choad / Van Jones / Willie, Cornel West / Diondre Cole / LL Cool J / Various, Cowardly Lion / Various, Darius Barrymore / Sam / Ray Parker Jr. / Maya Angelou / Various, Darnell Hayes / Black Jesus / Various, Darnell Hayes / Various, David Ortiz / Undercover Sharpton / Various, Daymond John / Various, Detainee / Cop, DJ Dynasty Handbag / Charles Barkley / Mike Pots / Various, DJ Tony / Bill Cosby / Steve McQueen / Charles Barkley / Various, Donald Latimer / Ving Rhames / Pontius Pilate / Marcus JaMarcus / Ben / Various, Dr. Dave / Various, Dr. Thomas / Various, Elf / Reese De'What / Various, Farmer / Tyrese Henderson, Frank Robinson / Charles Barkley / Various, Gary Loomis / The Beast / Various / Willie, Gary LoomisVarious, Grady Wilson / Jean K. Jean / Various, Herman Cain / Cee Lo Green / Rodney Harrison / Various, Herman Cain / Sinbad / Various, Herman Cain / Steve Kane / Tay Zonday / Various | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Won |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Nominated |
