Kenan Thompson is an American actor and comedian. Thompson began his acting career in the early 1990s and garnered fame as an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That.

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He often collaborated with fellow All That co-star Kel Mitchell in his early career. In 1996, they began starring in their own sitcom, Kenan & Kel (1996–2000).

 

He has been a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, and is the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history, surpassing Darrell Hammond.

 

Thompson is also known for his roles in The Mighty Ducks franchise, Good Burger, and as the title character in the 2004 film Fat Albert.

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He received a Primetime Emmy Award with three nominations and is ranked #88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.

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Kenan 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.

 

He has also 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.

 

Thompson had a recurring role on The Steve Harvey Show as Junior, with co-star Kel Mitchell.

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In 2009, Thompson was a regular voice actor in the Fox cartoon series Sit Down, Shut Up, portraying Sue Sezno, who, as evinced by her last name, always says no.

 

The series premiered on April 19, 2009, but was canceled after only four episodes due to low ratings and less-than-favorable reviews.

 

Thompson provided the voice for the LeBron James puppet in Nike's MVP "Most Valuable Puppets" commercials, which were produced to be shown throughout the 2009 NBA Playoffs.

 

Thompson also guest starred on the USA Network TV show Psych in Season 4's "High Top Fade Out" (episode 7). He played an estranged college singing buddy of the character Gus. In 2011, he briefly returned to Nickelodeon, as he guest starred in "iParty with Victorious," a crossover episode of TV sitcoms iCarly and Victorious.

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Thompson appeared as a host of sorts of TeenNick's 1990s programming block, The '90s Are All That, appearing in many of the block's early bumpers and hyping material. He would return to the block, now called NickSplat but at the time called The Splat, for All That's 22nd anniversary, with segments filmed at the 2015 New York Comic-Con.

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In 2015, Fandango announced that Thompson would play their brand character, the fictional character Miles Mouvay. Thompson would play Mouvay in 18 videos, eight 30-second commercials, and a few comedic skits.

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Thompson returned to sketch comedy when he joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2003, becoming the first SNL cast member born after SNL's premiere in 1975. Thompson was a featured player until 2005 (spanning the 29th and 30th seasons) and was promoted to repertory player at the beginning of season 31 (2005–2006).

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In 2013, he refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded that SNL hire black women instead.

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Thompson has been a cast member on SNL for 16 seasons, 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 seasons.

 

Thompson became the most senior cast member in the 2013–14 season, following the departure of Seth Meyers. He is also the longest-serving African-American cast member, surpassing Tim Meadows, who stayed on the show for ten seasons. He is also the second-oldest current cast member after Leslie Jones (born 1967).

 

Thompson also holds the record for most celebrity impressions performed on the show, performing 129, beating Hammond's previous record of 107. Source.