Kenan Thompson is an American comedian and actor.
39 Facts About Kenan Thompson
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Kenan Thompson was the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975.
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Kenan Thompson began his acting career in the early 1990s, and was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That, where he often collaborated with co-star Kel Mitchell.
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Kenan Thompson had roles in The Mighty Ducks franchise, Good Burger, and as the title character in the 2004 film Fat Albert.
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Kenan Thompson has been nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on SNL, winning once.
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Kenan Thompson is ranked at No 88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
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Kenan Thompson was born on May 10,1978, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Kenan Thompson has two siblings: an older brother and a younger sister.
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Kenan Thompson's family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, when he was 9 months old.
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Kenan Thompson's mother enrolled him in acting classes at age five.
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Kenan Thompson continued acting throughout his youth, appearing in school plays such as The Gingerbread Duck.
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Kenan Thompson auditioned for a theater company, The Youth Ensemble of Atlanta.
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Kenan Thompson 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.
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Kenan Thompson began acting in his first movie, D2: The Mighty Ducks, while attending Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet school in East Point, Georgia.
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Kenan Thompson has starred in several films including Good Burger, based on the All That sketch of the same title, and Fat Albert, in which he played the title character.
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Kenan Thompson has had supporting roles in the movies Heavyweights, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Love Don't Cost a Thing, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, My Boss's Daughter, and Snakes on a Plane.
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Kenan 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.
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Kenan Thompson guest-starred as Gus's estranged college singing buddy on the USA Network series Psych in the fourth-season episode "High Top Fade Out".
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Kenan 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.
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On September 23,2015, Kenan 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".
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In 2019, Kenan Thompson served as a judge for NBC's comedy competition series Bring the Funny.
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In May 2019, NBC announced they had picked up Thompson's single-camera comedy The Kenan Show to series.
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Kenan Thompson was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series after its first season.
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Kenan Thompson hosted The Jonas Brothers Family Roast on Netflix.
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In December 2021, Kenan Thompson co-founded the production company and talent incubator Artists for Artists.
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Kenan Thompson appears in the third episode of the revival of The Kids in the Hall as Ron, a Friend of the Kids in the Hall and hosted the NHL Awards in June 2022.
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Kenan Thompson hosted the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 12,2022.
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Kenan 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.
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Kenan 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".
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Kenan 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".
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Kenan Thompson was a featured player until 2005 and was promoted to repertory player at the beginning of season 31.
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Kenan Thompson has been a cast member on SNL for 20 years, 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.
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Kenan Thompson is the longest-serving African-American cast member, surpassing Tim Meadows, who stayed on the show for ten seasons.
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Kenan Thompson holds the record for most celebrity impressions performed on the show, performing 139, beating Hammond's previous record of 107.
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Kenan Thompson has been nominated for five Primetime Emmys for his work on SNL, winning once.
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Kenan Thompson has thrice been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2018,2020 and 2021.
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Kenan Thompson has performed in over 1,500 sketches, hitting the mark during the March 5,2022, episode hosted by Oscar Isaac.
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In commemoration of his 20th anniversary on the show, Kenan Thompson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 11,2022.
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On June 15,2022, it was announced that Kenan Thompson was officially filing for divorce.