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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

Clifford the Big Red Dog	Vet	2021
Kenan	Kenan Williams	2021
Spinning Gold	Berry Gordy	2021
TrollsTopia	Tiny Diamond	2020
Hubie Halloween	Sgt. Blake	2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Self	2020
Celebrity Escape Room	Self / Self - Cameo	2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self / Himself	2020
Trolls World Tour	Tiny Diamond / Tiny Diamond (voice)	2020
Escape from Virtual Island (Audible Original - Audio Comedy)	Very Handsome Man	2020

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Clifford the Big Red Dog	Vet	2021
Kenan	Kenan Williams	2021
Spinning Gold	Berry Gordy	2021
TrollsTopia	Tiny Diamond	2020
Hubie Halloween	Sgt. Blake	2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Self	2020
Celebrity Escape Room	Self / Self - Cameo	2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self / Himself	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
Home Alone	Gavin	2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest	2019
Dads	Himself / Self	2019
Playmobil: The Movie	Bloodbones (voice) / Bloodbones	2019
Bring the Funny	Self - Judge	2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Kenan Thompson	2019
All That	Himself, 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	2018
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story	Self	2018
The Grinch	(voice)	2018
Double Dare	Himself - Contestant	2018
Going in Style	Manager Keith Schonfeld	2017
Brother Nature	Miesha	2016
Rock Dog	Riff (voice)	2016
Match Game	Self - Celebrity Panelist	2016
Maya & Marty	Himself, Various	2016
Nature Cat	Ronald (voice), Ronald	2015
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter	Self	2015
Live from New York!	Herself - Featuring	2015
Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs	Himself	2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Roland	2015
The Opposite Sex	Mitch	2014
They Came Together	Teddy	2014
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi	Himself	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	2013
The Smurfs 2	Greedy Smurf (voice)	2013
Hollywood Game Night	Self - Panelist	2013
Steve Harvey	Himself	2012
The Magic Of Belle Isle	Henry	2012
The Chew	Himself	2011
The Smurfs	Greedy (voice)	2011
iCarly: iParty With Victorious	Himself	2011
Beastly		2011
The Women of SNL	Randy Jackson / Various (archive footage)	2010
Saturday Night	Himself	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	Himself	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	2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Himself - Guest	2009
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition	Black Trump Supporter, Cornel West, Dalton Cheeks, Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson, Guy, Lavar Ball, Michael Steele, Oscar Rogers, Various, Whoopi Goldberg	2008
Space Chimps	Ringmaster (voice)	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	Himself	2006
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie	Flutter (voice)	2005
Wild 'N Out	Black Team Leader / Self, Self	2005
Wonder Pets!	Lion (voice)	2005
Be Cool		2005
Fat Albert	Fat Albert	2004
The Tony Danza Show	Himself - 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	Himself	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 (voice)	2002
Big Fat Liar	Party Goer	2002
The Nick Cannon Show	Kenan Thompson	2002
Off Centre	MC French	2001
Rendez-View	Himself	2001
Clifford the Big Red Dog	Hamburger	2000
Two Heads Are Better Than None	Kenan Rockmore	2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Lewis	2000
The Amanda Show	Himself	1999
The Parkers	Damon	1999
Felicity	DeForrest Ingram	1998
Cousin Skeeter	Kenan Rockmore	1998
The Negotiator		1998
Oh Yeah! Cartoons	host, Himself	1998
The View	Himself - Guest, Himself, Self	1997
Good Burger	Dexter Reed	1997
Figure It Out	Himself	1997
Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal	Kadeem	1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight		1996
D3: The Mighty Ducks	Russ Tyler	1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Kenan Rockmore	1996
The Steve Harvey Show	Junior	1996
Kenan & Kel	Kenan Rockmore	1996
Heavyweights	Roy	1995
All That	Various, Himself, Mavis	1994
Sister, Sister	Trevor	1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks	Russ Tyler	1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Himself - Guest	1993
The Mighty Ducks		1992
Rugrats	Mirror	1991
Entertainment Tonight	Himself	1981
Saturday Night Live	Various, Charles Barkley / Various, Steve Harvey / Various, Al Sharpton / Various, Herman Cain / Various, Various / Bill Cosby, Various / Charles Barkley, Various / Star Jones, Various / D.J. Dynasty Handbag, Various / Randy Jackson, Various / Al Sharpton, Various / Aretha Franklin, Tyler Perry / Various, Various (credit only), Various / Dr. Dré, Al Roker / Al Sharpton / Various, Al Sharpton / Jean K. Jean / Various, Al Sharpton / Trey / Various, 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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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 / Appreciante / Steve Harvey / Florida Evans, Various / Reba McEntire / Boyd Tinsley, Various / Reba McEntire, Various / Sebastian, Various / Serena Williams, 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, 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	1975

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Kenan	2021
All That	2019
Wieners	2008

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Year	Type	Category	Won

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