Michael Che Campbell is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.
19 Facts About Michael Che
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Michael Che was briefly a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has previously worked as a writer for Saturday Night Live.
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Michael Che Campbell was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the youngest of seven children of Rose and Nathaniel Campbell.
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Michael Che has four older brothers and two older sisters.
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Michael Che's father named Michael after the revolutionary Che Guevara.
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Michael Che was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Michael Che worked in customer service for a Toyota car dealership for two years.
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Michael Che created acrylic portraits of celebrities, printed the portraits on T-shirts, and sold them in SoHo.
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Michael Che started performing stand-up comedy in 2009, regularly working several sets per night.
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In 2012, Michael Che appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Michael Che joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 2013, at first as a guest writer and soon after as staff writer.
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On September 11,2014, it was announced that Michael Che would take over Cecily Strong's position as a Weekend Update co-anchor for the 40th season of SNL, co-anchoring the segment with Colin Jost.
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Michael Che is the first African-American co-anchor in the history of Weekend Update.
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In December 2017, Michael Che was named co-head writer of Saturday Night Live.
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Michael Che resigned as head writer ahead of the show's 48th season in 2022.
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At a stand-up show on March 26,2022, Michael Che announced that he was leaving the desk after the current season, although he didn't state when or why he is leaving.
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In 2014, Michael Che appeared in the movie Top Five, appearing as one of Chris Rock's character's friends.
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On September 17,2018, Michael Che co-hosted the Emmy Awards with Colin Jost.
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Michael Che has appeared as a special guest on several episodes of the podcast "The Roundtable of Gentlemen".