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Kenan Thompson

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 10, 1978 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He is also known for his roles in the films Good Burger and Fat Albert as well as on Kenan & Kel and All That.

Known For

Acting
2026LorneSelf
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf - SNL Cast Member 2003 - Present
2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
2025Downey Wrote ThatSelf
2025Being EddieSelf
2025Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan ThompsonSelf
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2024Child StarSelf
2024Will & HarperSelf (uncredited)
2024Atrocity Inc.Self
20242024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf - Host
2024An SNL Thanksgiving
2024Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf - Host
2024Celebrity SubstituteSelf
2023Good Burger 2Dexter Reed
2023Trolls Band TogetherTiny Diamond (voice)
20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf - Host
2023Trolls: It Takes ThreeTiny Diamond (voice)
2023BupkisReferee
2022BrosJames Baldwin
20222022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf - Host
2022The Boys Presents: DiabolicalMo-SLO’s Dad (voice)
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha GodSelf
2022Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockJack Hammer (voice)
2021Trolls Holiday in HarmonyTiny Diamond (voice)
2021Jonas Brothers Family RoastSelf
2021Home Sweet Home AloneGavin Washington
2021Clifford the Big Red DogVet
2021The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2Police Officer
2021That's My JamSelf - Guest
2021ChuckyCab Driver
2021That Damn Michael Che
2021KenanKenan
2020Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to SchoolTiny Diamond (voice)
2020Hubie HalloweenSgt. Blake
2020Trolls World TourTiny Diamond (voice)
2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf
2020Celebrity Escape RoomSelf
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMr. P. Nut Jones
2020Trolls: TrollsTopiaTiny Diamond (voice)
2020Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSelf - Contestant
2019Wonder ParkGus (voice)
2019Playmobil: The MovieBloodbones (voice)
2019DadsSelf
2019Master Maggie
2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
2019Desus & MeroSelf
2019Bless the HartsTravis (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019The Masked SingerSelf - Guest Panelist
2019Bring the FunnySelf - Judge
2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSelf
2019All That
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Kenan Thompson (voice)
2018The GrinchBricklebaum (voice)
2018A Legendary Christmas with John & ChrissySelf
2018The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon StorySelf
2018Double DareSelf - Contestant
2017Going in StyleManager Keith Schonfeld
2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism ProgramsSelf
2016Rock DogRiff (voice)
2016Brother NatureMiesha
2016Maya & MartySelf
2016Match GameSelf - Panelist
2015The Opposite SexMitch
2015Live from New York!Self
2015Hot OnesSelf
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015Nature CatRonald (voice)
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtRoland
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2014They Came TogetherTeddy
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2013The Smurfs 2Greedy Smurf (voice)
2013The AwesomesImpresario (voice)
2013Hollywood Game NightSelf
2012The Magic of Belle IsleHenry
2012Studio CSelf - Special Guest
2011The SmurfsGreedy Smurf (voice)
2011iParty with VictoriousKenan Thompson
2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10Deandre Cole
2010Saturday NightSelf
2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)
2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and AgainSelf
2010ConanSelf
2009Stan HelsingTeddy
2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy PoehlerVarious (archive footage)
2009Sit Down Shut UpSue Sezno
2009Make My Day
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009ArcherThe Broker (voice)
2008WienersWyatt
2008Space ChimpsRingmaster (voice)
2008Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2007iCarlyKenan Thompson
2006Snakes on a PlaneTroy
2006PsychJoon
2006Rachael Ray
2006America's Got TalentSelf - Guest Judge
2005Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow WhiteMirror (voice)
2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The MovieFlutter (voice)
2005Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2004Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessKenard
2004Fat AlbertFat Albert
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
2003Love Don't Co$t a ThingWalter Colley
2003My Boss's DaughterHans
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002The Master of DisguiseKenan
2002Big Fat LiarParty Goer
2001Off Centre
2000Two Heads Are Better Than NoneKenan Rockmore
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleLewis
1999The Parkers
1999Mark Twain PrizeSelf
1998Oh Yeah! CartoonsHost
1998FelicityDeForrest Ingram
1997Good BurgerDexter Reed
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1997The ViewSelf
1997Figure It OutSelf
1996D3: The Mighty DucksRuss Tyler
1996Kenan & KelKenan Rockmore
1996The Steve Harvey ShowJunior
1996Sabrina, the Teenage WitchKenan Thompson
1995HeavyweightsRoy
1994D2: The Mighty DucksRuss Tyler
1994Sister, SisterTrevor
1994All That
1994All ThatVarious
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1987Kids' Choice AwardsHost
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Host
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf - Host
-Good Burger 3Dexter Reed
-Untitled Lani Pixels ProjectMike (voice)
-Pierre the Pigeon-HawkSniff (voice)
-Kenan & Kel Meet FrankensteinKenan
-Unwanted
Production
2025Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan ThompsonExecutive Producer
2024CrosswordExecutive Producer
20242024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonExecutive Producer
2024Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonExecutive Producer
20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonExecutive Producer
2023Good Burger 2Producer
2021KenanExecutive Producer
2019All ThatExecutive Producer
-Halloween StoreProducer
-Sleepaway CampProducer
-MachoProducer
-Kenan & Kel Meet FrankensteinProducer
-UnwantedProducer
Writing
1996Kenan & KelWriter
Crew
1996Kenan & KelActor's Assistant