Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson

Known for
Acting
Born
May 10, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Good Burger 3

Good Burger 3

Movie · as Dexter Reed

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Untitled Lani Pixels Project

Untitled Lani Pixels Project

Movie · as Mike (voice)

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Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein

Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein

Movie · as Kenan

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Unwanted

Unwanted

Movie

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Stewie

Stewie

TV · as Royal (voice) · 1 ep

2027
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk poster

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Movie · as Sniff (voice)

2026
Lorne poster

Lorne

Movie · as Self

2026
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy poster

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

Movie · as Self

2026
Scary Movie poster

Scary Movie

Movie · as 'Jermaine'

2026
The Pete Davidson Show poster

The Pete Davidson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self - SNL Cast Member 2003 - Present

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

Movie · as Self

2025
Being Eddie poster

Being Eddie

Movie · as Self

2025
Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson poster

Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson

TV · as Self · 12 eps

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · 1 ep

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Child Star poster

Child Star

Movie · as Self

2024
Will & Harper poster

Will & Harper

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2024
Atrocity Inc. poster

Atrocity Inc.

Movie · as Self

2024
2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self - Host

2024
An SNL Thanksgiving poster

An SNL Thanksgiving

Movie · as (archive footage)

2024
Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps

2024
Celebrity Substitute poster

Celebrity Substitute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Good Burger 2 poster

Good Burger 2

Movie · as Dexter Reed

2023
Trolls Band Together poster

Trolls Band Together

Movie · as Tiny Diamond (voice)

2023
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self - Host

2023
Bupkis poster

Bupkis

TV · as Referee · 1 ep

2022
Bros poster

Bros

Movie · as James Baldwin

2022
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self - Host

2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical poster

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TV · as Mo-SLO’s Dad (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God poster

Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock poster

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

TV · as Jack Hammer (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Trolls Holiday in Harmony poster

Trolls Holiday in Harmony

Movie · as Tiny Diamond (voice)

2021
Jonas Brothers Family Roast poster

Jonas Brothers Family Roast

Movie · as Self

2021
Home Sweet Home Alone poster

Home Sweet Home Alone

Movie · as Gavin Washington

2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog poster

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Movie · as Vet

2021
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 poster

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

Movie · as Police Officer

2021
That's My Jam poster

That's My Jam

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Chucky poster

Chucky

TV · as Cab Driver · 1 ep

2021
That Damn Michael Che poster

That Damn Michael Che

TV · 1 ep

2021
Kenan poster

Kenan

TV · as Kenan · 19 eps

2020
Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School poster

Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School

Movie · as Tiny Diamond (voice)

2020
Hubie Halloween poster

Hubie Halloween

Movie · as Sgt. Blake

2020
Trolls World Tour poster

Trolls World Tour

Movie · as Tiny Diamond (voice)

2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival poster

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Movie · as Self

2020
Celebrity Escape Room poster

Celebrity Escape Room

Movie · as Self

2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover poster

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Movie · as Mr. P. Nut Jones

2020
Trolls: TrollsTopia poster

Trolls: TrollsTopia

TV · as Tiny Diamond (voice) · 23 eps

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
Wonder Park poster

Wonder Park

Movie · as Gus (voice)

2019
Playmobil: The Movie poster

Playmobil: The Movie

Movie · as Bloodbones (voice)

2019
Dads poster

Dads

Movie · as Self

2019
Master Maggie poster

Master Maggie

Movie

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2019
Desus & Mero poster

Desus & Mero

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Bless the Harts poster

Bless the Harts

TV · as Travis (voice) · 6 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self - Panelist · 2 eps

2019
Bring the Funny poster

Bring the Funny

TV · as Self - Judge · 11 eps

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
All That poster

All That

TV · 1 ep

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

TV · as Kenan Thompson (voice) · 1 ep

2018
The Grinch poster

The Grinch

Movie · as Bricklebaum (voice)

2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy poster

A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy

Movie · as Self

2018
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story poster

The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story

Movie · as Self

2018
Double Dare poster

Double Dare

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2017
Going in Style poster

Going in Style

Movie · as Manager Keith Schonfeld

2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs poster

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Movie · as Self

2016
Rock Dog poster

Rock Dog

Movie · as Riff (voice)

2016
Brother Nature poster

Brother Nature

Movie · as Miesha

2016
Maya & Marty poster

Maya & Marty

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

2015
The Opposite Sex poster

The Opposite Sex

Movie · as Mitch

2015
Live from New York! poster

Live from New York!

Movie · as Self

2015
An SNL Valentine poster

An SNL Valentine

Movie · as (archive footage)

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Nature Cat poster

Nature Cat

TV · as Ronald (voice) · 77 eps

2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt poster

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

TV · as Roland · 4 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
They Came Together poster

They Came Together

Movie · as Teddy

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - "Game of Jones" · 10 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 6 eps

2013
The Smurfs 2 poster

The Smurfs 2

Movie · as Greedy Smurf (voice)

2013
The Awesomes poster

The Awesomes

TV · as Impresario (voice) · 30 eps

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Magic of Belle Isle poster

The Magic of Belle Isle

Movie · as Henry

2012
Studio C poster

Studio C

TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2011
The Smurfs poster

The Smurfs

Movie · as Greedy Smurf (voice)

2011
iParty with Victorious poster

iParty with Victorious

Movie · as Kenan Thompson

2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Movie · as Deandre Cole

2010
Saturday Night poster

Saturday Night

Movie · as Self

2010
The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL

Movie · as Various (archive footage)

2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Stan Helsing poster

Stan Helsing

Movie · as Teddy

2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Movie · as Various (archive footage)

2009
Sit Down Shut Up poster

Sit Down Shut Up

TV · as Sue Sezno · 13 eps

2009
Make My Day

Make My Day

TV · 7 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as The Broker (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Wieners poster

Wieners

Movie · as Wyatt

2008
Space Chimps poster

Space Chimps

Movie · as Ringmaster (voice)

2008
Laser cats 3 poster

Laser cats 3

Movie · as Mayor Top-hat

2008
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday poster

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

TV · 9 eps

2007
Snakes on a Blog poster

Snakes on a Blog

Movie · as Self

2007
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles poster

Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles

Movie · as Self

2007
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes poster

Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Self

2007
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' poster

The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'

Movie · as Self

2007
iCarly poster

iCarly

TV · as Kenan Thompson · 1 ep

2006
Snakes on a Plane poster

Snakes on a Plane

Movie · as Troy

2006
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane poster

Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane

Movie · as Self

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Joon · 1 ep

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · 1 ep

2006
America's Got Talent poster

America's Got Talent

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 4 eps

2005
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White poster

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White

Movie · as Mirror (voice)

2005
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie poster

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie

Movie · as Flutter (voice)

2005
Candy Paint poster

Candy Paint

Movie · as Tyrell

2005
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out poster

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

TV · 1 ep

2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business poster

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Movie · as Kenard

2004
Fat Albert poster

Fat Albert

Movie · as Fat Albert

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing poster

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Movie · as Walter Colley

2003
My Boss's Daughter poster

My Boss's Daughter

Movie · as Hans

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
The Master of Disguise poster

The Master of Disguise

Movie · as Kenan

2002
Big Fat Liar poster

Big Fat Liar

Movie · as Party Goer

2001
Off Centre poster

Off Centre

TV · 2 eps

2000
Two Heads Are Better Than None poster

Two Heads Are Better Than None

Movie · as Kenan Rockmore

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie · as Lewis

1999
The Parkers poster

The Parkers

TV · 1 ep

1999
Mark Twain Prize poster

Mark Twain Prize

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Oh Yeah! Cartoons poster

Oh Yeah! Cartoons

TV · as Host · 39 eps

1998
Felicity poster

Felicity

TV · as DeForrest Ingram · 4 eps

1997
Good Burger poster

Good Burger

Movie · as Dexter Reed

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1997
Figure It Out poster

Figure It Out

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1996
D3: The Mighty Ducks poster

D3: The Mighty Ducks

Movie · as Russ Tyler

1996
Kenan & Kel poster

Kenan & Kel

TV · as Kenan Rockmore · 63 eps

1996
The Steve Harvey Show poster

The Steve Harvey Show

TV · as Junior · 4 eps

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Kenan Thompson · 1 ep

1995
Heavyweights poster

Heavyweights

Movie · as Roy

1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks poster

D2: The Mighty Ducks

Movie · as Russ Tyler

1994
Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister

TV · as Trevor · 1 ep

1994
All That poster

All That

TV · as Various · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
Kids' Choice Awards poster

Kids' Choice Awards

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters · 484 eps

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep