Meadows is the longest-serving black cast member (he left the show at the end of the 25th season).Īrmisen joined the show in 2002 and is currently still in the cast. Meadows joined the show in early 1991 and was almost fired during the cast overhaul after season 20 (he was kept in the cast at the last minute in an attempt to add racial diversity to the new cast and to give Meadows the chance to perform that he didn't get during his first five years on the show). Is the only SNL cast member to have a family member on a rival show (Seth's brother, Josh, was a MADtv cast member from 2002 to 2004).
He has been confirmed to be returning for season 37, which would be his eleventh season on the show. Meyers joined the show in 2001 and is currently the head writer and anchor of Weekend Update. Franken left the show in 1980 (he originally was chosen to be the executive producer of season six, but was turned down after Franken performed his piece, "A Limo for the Lame-O," which criticized NBC's executive producer at the time Fred Silverman), but returned to the show when Lorne Michaels came back in 1985, where Franken regained his writing and on air featured status until the 20th season. As the show progressed Tom Davis and he were allowed to perform material on air sporadically.
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He is also the last cast member hired in the 1990s to leave the show (Hammond left at the end of Season 34), the oldest cast member to leave the show (Hammond was 55 when he left the show), and the longest-running cast member at 14 seasons (1995–2009).įranken was hired as a writer in the beginning of the series in 1975. Bush's Cabinet, particularly Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, and Sean Connery as his most frequent and most popular). Hammond holds the record for most celebrity impersonations (107, with Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, Chris Matthews from Hardball, most of George W. He is known for his numerous amount of impressions, which was the key to his longevity on the show. Hammond was hired after the massive cast overhaul in 1995. The following is a list of the cast members with the longest tenures, who have spent eight seasons or more with the show. Cast member and writer Tina Fey is married to musical director Jeff Richmond. Cast members Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall were an item during their tenure, and were married in 1987. Michael O'Donoghue was married to SNL band pianist Cheryl Hardwick. Smith, who later became the show's bandleader. For instance, cast member Gilda Radner was briefly married to G. Other family connections exist that do not share the same name. Abby Elliott is the daughter of former cast member Chris Elliott (and granddaughter of Bob Elliott, who appeared on SNL as a guest performer on the 1978 Christmas episode hosted by Elliot Gould). Long-time writer and sometime performer Jim Downey is former cast member Robert Downey, Jr.'s uncle.
1980 featured player Matthew Laurance was the identical twin brother of 1977-1980 associate director and bit player Mitchell Laurance.
When Dan Aykroyd left the show in 1979, he was replaced by a series of short-lived featured players, one of whom was his brother Peter Aykroyd. Before that, Bill Murray's older brother Brian Doyle-Murray was a writer and cast member. The most prominent example is Jim Belushi, younger brother of cast member John Belushi. Some cast members are related to former staff of the show. Also noted on the chart is whether the cast member ever served as an episode's host, appeared as the anchor of the "Weekend Update" segment (under any of its titles), or has been the subject of their own "Best Of" home video collection. The dates given are those of the years they were on the show. The following list of cast members includes both featured and repertory players, but omits SNL writers and others who weren't listed as cast members during the show's credits.
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