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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2010
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2022
Conan
2021
Saturday Night Live
2003
The View
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2005
Sherri
2023
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
159
Writing
1
Producing
15
Crew
1
2027
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
as Sniff (voice) · unreleased
2026
Lorne
as Self
2026
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
as Self
2026
Scary Movie
as 'Jermaine'
2026
The Pete Davidson Show
as Self - Guest
2026
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2026
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Cast Member 2003 - Present
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
Being Eddie
as Self
2025
Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson
as Self
2025
Celebrity Substitute
as Self
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2024
Child Star
as Self
2024
Will & Harper
as Self (uncredited)
2024
Atrocity Inc.
as Self
2024
2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self - Host
2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2024
Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self - Host
2024
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
2023
Good Burger 2
as Dexter Reed
2023
Trolls Band Together
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2023
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self - Host
2023
Trolls: It Takes Three
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2023
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
2023
Bupkis
as Referee
2023
Chucky
as Cab Driver
2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2023
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2022
Bros
as James Baldwin
2022
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self - Host
2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Mo-SLO’s Dad (voice)
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2022
Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God
as Self
2022
Archer
as The Broker (voice)
2022
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
as Jack Hammer (voice)
2022
The Emmy Awards
as Self - Host
2021
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2021
Jonas Brothers Family Roast
as Self
2021
Home Sweet Home Alone
as Gavin Washington
2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog
as Vet
2021
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2
as Police Officer
2021
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2021
Hot Ones
as Self
2021
Desus & Mero
as Self
2021
Conan
as Self
2021
Bless the Harts
as Travis (voice)
2021
Kids' Choice Awards
as Host
2021
That Damn Michael Che
2021
Kenan
as Kenan
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2021
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Host
2020
Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020
Hubie Halloween
as Sgt. Blake
2020
Trolls World Tour
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
as Self
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Mr. P. Nut Jones
2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2020
Trolls: TrollsTopia
as Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2020
America's Got Talent
as Self - Guest Judge
2020
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2020
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
2019
Wonder Park
as Gus (voice)
2019
Playmobil: The Movie
as Bloodbones (voice)
2019
Dads
as Self
2019
Master Maggie
2019
Rachael Ray
2019
The Masked Singer
as Self - Guest Panelist
2019
Bring the Funny
as Self - Judge
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
All That
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Kenan Thompson (voice)
2018
The Grinch
as Bricklebaum (voice)
2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
as Self
2018
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
as Self
2018
The View
as Self
2018
Double Dare
as Self - Contestant
2018
Studio C
as Self - Special Guest
2017
Going in Style
as Manager Keith Schonfeld
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
Rock Dog
as Riff (voice)
2016
Brother Nature
as Miesha
2016
Maya & Marty
as Self
2016
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Roland
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - "Game of Jones"
2015
The Opposite Sex
as Mitch
2015
Live from New York!
as Self
2015
An SNL Valentine
as (archive footage)
2015
Nature Cat
as Ronald (voice)
2014
They Came Together
as Teddy
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2013
The Smurfs 2
as Greedy Smurf (voice)
2013
The Awesomes
as Impresario (voice)
2013
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2012
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Henry
2011
The Smurfs
as Greedy Smurf (voice)
2011
iParty with Victorious
as Kenan Thompson
2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
as Deandre Cole
2011
iCarly
as Kenan Thompson
2010
Saturday Night
as Self
2010
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Stan Helsing
as Teddy
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Various (archive footage)
2009
Psych
as Joon
2009
Sit Down Shut Up
as Sue Sezno
2009
Make My Day
2008
Wieners
as Wyatt
2008
Space Chimps
as Ringmaster (voice)
2008
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2007
Snakes on a Blog
as Self
2007
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
as Self
2007
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2007
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
as Self
2006
Snakes on a Plane
as Troy
2006
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
as Self
2005
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White
as Mirror (voice)
2005
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
as Flutter (voice)
2005
Candy Paint
as Tyrell
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Kenard
2004
Fat Albert
as Fat Albert
2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
as Walter Colley
2003
My Boss's Daughter
as Hans
2003
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
2002
The Master of Disguise
as Kenan
2002
Big Fat Liar
as Party Goer
2002
Off Centre
2001
Felicity
as DeForrest Ingram
2000
Two Heads Are Better Than None
as Kenan Rockmore
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Lewis
2000
The Parkers
1999
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
as Host
1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Kenan Thompson
1998
Figure It Out
as Self
1997
Good Burger
as Dexter Reed
1997
Sister, Sister
as Trevor
1996
D3: The Mighty Ducks
as Russ Tyler
1996
Kenan & Kel
as Kenan Rockmore
1996
The Steve Harvey Show
as Junior
1995
Heavyweights
as Roy
1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks
as Russ Tyler
1994
All That
1994
All That
as Various
Good Burger 3
as Dexter Reed
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
as Mike (voice)
Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein
as Kenan
Unwanted
Stewie
as Royal (voice)