Kenan Thompson is an American actor

Actor

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 and comedian

Comedian

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. He is best known for his work as a cast member of NBC

NBC

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's long-running sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

. He is also known for his starring roles in the films Good Burger

Good Burger

Good Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...

 and Fat Albert

Fat Albert (film)

Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The movie was produced by Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox, and stars Kenan Thompson as the title character....

, his portrayal of Kenan Rockmore on the Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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 sitcom Kenan & Kel

Kenan & Kel

Kenan & Kel is an American teen sitcom produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions that originally aired on Nickelodeon from July 1996 to July 2000. The show starred friends and then-All That cast members Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Sixty-two episodes and a made-for-TV movie were produced over four...

, and as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That

All That

All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...

. He ranks at #88 on VH1

VH1

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's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Throughout the 1990s, he frequently collaborated with fellow comedian Kel Mitchell

Kel Mitchell

Kel Johari Mitchell is an American actor, comedian, singer, rapper, screenwriter, producer, parodist, dancer and musician. He was best known for his work as a regular cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, his portrayal of Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel,...

.

Early life and career

He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, the son of Fletcher and Elizabeth Ann Thompson. He has one sibling, Kerwin Thompson. He began acting at age 15, appearing in the school play The Gingerbread Duck. One of his earliest roles was as an entertainment for CNN's "Fake News for Kids", and he would go on to star in All That

All That

All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...

, and Kenan & Kel

Kenan & Kel

Kenan & Kel is an American teen sitcom produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions that originally aired on Nickelodeon from July 1996 to July 2000. The show starred friends and then-All That cast members Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Sixty-two episodes and a made-for-TV movie were produced over four...

. While Kenan attended Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School in East Point, Georgia, he began filming his first movie, D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was originally released on March 25, 1994...

.

Movie and TV career

Kenan has starred in several films including Good Burger

Good Burger

Good Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...

, based on the All That sketch of the same name, and Fat Albert

Fat Albert (film)

Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The movie was produced by Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox, and stars Kenan Thompson as the title character....

, in which he played the title character. He has also had supporting roles in the movies Heavyweights

Heavyweights

Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...

, D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was originally released on March 25, 1994...

, love Don't Cost a Thing

Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)

Love Don't Cost a Thing, stylized as Love Don't Co$t a Thing, is a 2003 teen comedy film written and directed by Troy Beyer and starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian It also stars Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn...

, Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Barbershop 2: Black in Business is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on February 6, 2004...

,My Bosses Daughter,he also starred in Rocky and Bullwinkle the movie with co-star Kel Mitchell, and Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American horror-action-thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006 in North America...

. Kenan had a recurring role on The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.-Synopsis:...

 as Junior, with co-star Kel Mitchell

Kel Mitchell

Kel Johari Mitchell is an American actor, comedian, singer, rapper, screenwriter, producer, parodist, dancer and musician. He was best known for his work as a regular cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, his portrayal of Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel,...

. Recently, he returned to Nickelodeon for the show The Mighty B!

The Mighty B!

The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...

 as the voice of Rocky Rhodes.

In 2009, Thompson was a regular voice actor in the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 cartoon series, Sit Down, Shut Up. He was voice acting principal, "Sue Sezno," who, as evidenced 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

USA Network

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 TV show Psych

Psych

Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...

, 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"

IParty with Victorious

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, a crossover episode of TV sitcoms "iCarly"

ICarly

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 and "Victorious

Victorious

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". Thompson is the current host of TeenNick's

TeenNick

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 1990's programming block, The '90s Are All That

The '90s Are All That

The '90s Are All That is a programming block that airs on TeenNick. The block shows requested Nickelodeon shows from the 1990s, airing in a two-hour block running every night from midnight to 2 a.m., with an encore from 2 to 4 a.m...

.

Saturday Night Live

Kenan Thompson returned to sketch comedy when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

 in 2003, becoming the first SNL cast member to be born after SNLs premiere in 1975 and the first SNL cast member to have been a cast member on children's shows (All That and Kenan and Kel). He was a feature player until 2005 (spanning the 29th and 30th seasons), and was promoted to repertory player at the beginning of season 31 (the 2005-2006 season).

Personal life

On September 30, 2010, US Weekly announced that Thompson and his girlfriend Christina Evangeline are engaged. He married her on November 11, 2011.

SNL characters

Thompson's recurring characters on Saturday Night Live include:

• Deandre Cole (a talk-show host whose entire show, BET's "What Up With That
  What Up With That
  What Up With That is a recurring sketch on the NBC television series Saturday Night Live which first aired in 2009. It stars Kenan Thompson as DeAndre Cole, host of a talk show on BET...
  
  ?" is an extended musical number)
• Barbara Birmingham (a chain-smoking nanny with outre advice on disciplining children)
• DJ Dynasty Handbag from MTV4's Deep House Dish
• Jake Denmont (Mrs. Denmont's son on Appalachian Emergency Room)
• Jean K. Jean (a French Def Comedy Jam performer)
• Lorenzo McIntosh (an imprisoned convict hired by local authorities to scare juvenile delinquents straight by using movie references)
• Oscar Rogers (a financial analyst whose only advice for solving the current economic crisis is to "fix it!")
• Virginiaca Hastings, a sassy woman who flirts with store clerks.
• Dave "Beef Jelly" Winfield, one of the comedians in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" video series

Celebrity impersonations

Thompson's celebrity impersonations include:

• Amber Riley
  Amber Riley
  Amber Patrice Riley is an American actress and singer best known for her role on the series Glee as Mercedes Jones.-Early life and career:...
  
   (as Mercedes Jones
  Mercedes Jones
  Mercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Mercedes was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and...
  
   from Glee
  Glee (TV series)
  Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
  
  )
• Al Roker
  Al Roker
  Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays...
  
  
• Al Sharpton
  Al Sharpton
  Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton, Jr. is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election...
  
  
• Alfonso Ribeiro
  Alfonso Ribeiro
  Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro is an American actor, director, dancer, game show host, and comedian. While he received attention for his performance in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and his appearance as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial featuring Michael Jackson, Ribeiro is best...
  
   (as himself and as Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
• apl.de.ap
  Apl.de.ap
  Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. better known as apl.de.ap , is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.-Early life:Pineda was born in Belfast...
  
   from The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
  
  
• Aretha Franklin
  Aretha Franklin
  Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
  
  
• Barry Bonds
  Barry Bonds
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• Bernie Mac
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• Bill Cosby
  Bill Cosby
  William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...
  
   (whom Thompson also impersonated on *All That
  All That
  All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...
  
  )
• Cee Lo Green
• Charles Barkley
  Charles Barkley
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• Charles Rangel
• Colin Powell
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• Don King
• Emmanuel Lewis
  Emmanuel Lewis
  Emmanuel Lewis is an American actor, best known for playing the title character in the 1980s television sitcom Webster. He is tall. Lewis graduated from Midwood High School in 1989 and then Clark Atlanta University in 1997...
  
  
• Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle was an American actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the CBS television sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times.-Biography:...
  
  , (as Florida Evans
  Florida Evans
  Florida Evans Dixon was the fictional supporting character on the sitcom Maude and the lead character in its spin-off, Good Times. She was the hard-working mother of the Evans family...
  
   on Good Times
  Good Times
  Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...
  
  )
• Flavor Flav
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• Fred Berry
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• Gary Coleman
  Gary Coleman
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• George Clinton
  George Clinton (musician)
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• George Foreman
  George Foreman
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• Greg Gumbel
  Greg Gumbel
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• Herman Cain
  Herman Cain
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• James Harrison
• Jennifer Hudson
  Jennifer Hudson
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• Jeremiah Wright
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• Jimmy McMillan
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• Lil' Kim
  Lil' Kim
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• Leslie David Baker
  Leslie David Baker
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   (as Stanley Hudson
  Stanley Hudson
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• Louis Armstrong
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• Maya Angelou
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• Marlon Brando
  Marlon Brando
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• Michael Clark Duncan
• Bobbi Kristina Brown
• Michael Steele
• Nipsey Russell
  Nipsey Russell
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• O.J. Simpson
• Patti LaBelle
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• Plaxico Burress
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• Randy Jackson
  Randy Jackson
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• Raven Symoné
• Reba McEntire
  Reba McEntire
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• Roland Burris
  Roland Burris
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• Sammy Sosa
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• Serena Williams
  Serena Williams
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• Sinbad
  Sinbad
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• Sir Mix-A-Lot
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• Star Jones
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• Steve Harvey
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• Wanda Sykes
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• Whitman Mayo
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   (as Grady Wilson
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  )
• Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg
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• will.i.am
  Will.i.am
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• William "The Refrigerator" Perry
• Donovan McNabb
  Donovan McNabb
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  's mother, Wilma
• Boyd Tinsley
  Boyd Tinsley
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• Stuart Scott
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• Tiger Woods
  Tiger Woods
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• Kanye West
  Kanye West
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   (vocal impression only; Jay Pharoah later did a physical and vocal impersonation of Kanye West)
• Quincy Jones
  Quincy Jones
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• Mo'Nique
• Tyler Perry
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• SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels
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• Cee Lo Green
• Ice Cube
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• Theodore Roosevelt
  Theodore Roosevelt
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  .

Television

• All That
  All That
  All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...
  
   (1994–1999) - cast member
• Kenan & Kel
  Kenan & Kel
  Kenan & Kel is an American teen sitcom produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions that originally aired on Nickelodeon from July 1996 to July 2000. The show starred friends and then-All That cast members Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Sixty-two episodes and a made-for-TV movie were produced over four...
  
   (1996–2000) - Kenan Rockmore
• The Steve Harvey Show
  The Steve Harvey Show
  The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.-Synopsis:...
  
   (1996–2002) - guest appearance
• Sister, Sister
  Sister, Sister (TV series)
  Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
  
   (1997) - guest appearance
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
  
   (1998) - guest appearance
• The Amanda Show
  The Amanda Show
  The Amanda Show is an American live-action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from November 6, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came and left at different points, such as John Kassir,...
  
   (1999) - guest appearance
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons
  Oh Yeah! Cartoons
  Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
  
   (1999–2000) - host
• Felicity (2001) - guest appearance
• Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
  
   (2003 – present) - cast member
• The Parkers
  The Parkers
  The Parkers is an American sitcom . A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki and Kim Parker . The Parkers' signature "Heeyyy" greeting made its way into popular vernacular in the early 2000s.-Premise:The series centered around a mother and daughter who...
  
   (2003) - guest appearance
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (2003) Hamburger (1 episode)
• Wild 'N Out
  Wild 'N Out
  Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out is a game show on MTV starring Nick Cannon.-Premise:Similar in premise to game-type shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the show puts two teams of comedians: the "Red Squad", captained by Cannon and contained Katt Williams for the first 3 seasons, and the "Black...
  
   (2006) - guest appearance
• Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers is an American TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call...
  
   (2007) - guest appearance
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
  Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
  The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which airs live and is usually held and telecast live on a...
  
   2007 (2007) - guest appearance
• The Mighty B (2008–2009) - voice
• Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) - Sue Sezno
• Psych (2009) - guest appearance
• Victorious
  Victorious
  Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega , a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's place in a showcase while getting into...
  
   (2010) - Cameo In Audience (Jade Dumps Beck)
• iParty With Victorious
  IParty with Victorious
  "iParty with Victorious" is a 2011 three-part crossover episode of iCarly with Victorious. Although it is a crossover, the episode only counts as an iCarly episode. The episode aired on June 11, 2011, at 8/7c...
  
  , an iCarly
  ICarly
  iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
  
   and Victorious
  Victorious
  Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega , a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's place in a showcase while getting into...
  
   crossover (2011) - guest appearance
• Toronto Zoo
  Toronto Zoo
  The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened August 15, 1974 as the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo and is owned by the City of Toronto; the word "Metropolitan" was dropped from its name when the cities of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto were amalgamated to form the...
  
   Penguins (2011) - various penguins (commercial)

Film

• D2: The Mighty Ducks
  D2: The Mighty Ducks
  D2: The Mighty Ducks is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was originally released on March 25, 1994...
  
   (1994) - Russ Tyler
• Heavyweights
  Heavyweights
  Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...
  
   (1995) - Roy
• D3: The Mighty Ducks
  D3: The Mighty Ducks
  D3: The Mighty Ducks is the third film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and Walt Disney Pictures, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, and originally released to movie theaters on October 4, 1996.-Plot:The film opens with team captain Charlie Conway and...
  
   (1996) - Russ Tyler
• Good Burger
  Good Burger
  Good Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...
  
   (1997) - Dexter Reed
• Cousin Skeeter
  Cousin Skeeter
  Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of...
  
   (1999) - guest appearance
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
  The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
  The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is a 2000 comedy film based on the television cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show by Jay Ward. The animated characters Rocky and Bullwinkle shared the screen with live actors portraying Fearless Leader , Boris Badenov , Natasha Fatale , and FBI agent Karen...
  
   (2000) - Lewis
• Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000)
• Big Fat Liar
  Big Fat Liar
  Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written and produced by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, and Amanda Bynes...
  
   (2002) - party guest
• The Master of Disguise
  The Master of Disguise
  The Master of Disguise is a family fantasy comedy film released in 2002 starring actors Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin and Brent Spiner...
  
   (2002) - Guy on computer
• Love Don't Cost a Thing
  Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)
  Love Don't Cost a Thing, stylized as Love Don't Co$t a Thing, is a 2003 teen comedy film written and directed by Troy Beyer and starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian It also stars Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn...
  
   (2003) - Walter Colley
• My Boss's Daughter
  My Boss's Daughter
  My Boss's Daughter is a 2003 romantic comedy film starring Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid and Terence Stamp.- Plot :Tom Stansfield is a researcher at a publishing company who works under the tyrannical Jack Taylor . Tom has a crush on his boss' daughter, Lisa Taylor , who is completely controlled by...
  
   (2003) - Hans
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business
  Barbershop 2: Back in Business
  Barbershop 2: Black in Business is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on February 6, 2004...
  
   (2004) - Kenard
• Fat Albert
  Fat Albert (film)
  Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The movie was produced by Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox, and stars Kenan Thompson as the title character....
  
   (2004) - Albert
• Snakes on a Plane
  Snakes on a Plane
  Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American horror-action-thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006 in North America...
  
   (2006) - Troy
• Space Chimps
  Space Chimps
  Space Chimps is a 2008 computer-animated family comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Starz Media and 20th Century Fox, and it was released on July 18, 2008. The film is produced by Barry Sonnenfeld, John H. Williams, and John W...
  
   (2008) - Ringmaster
• Wieners (2008) - Wyatt
• Stan Helsing
  Stan Helsing
  Stan Helsing is a 2009 parody film, known in some parts of Asia as Scary Movie 5. Not unlike past movies, such as Scary Movie, it directs parodies at horror films...
  
   (2009) - Teddy
• The Smurfs
  The Smurfs (film)
  The Smurfs is a 2011 American 3D family film based on The Smurfs comic book series created by Peyo and the 1980s animated TV series it spawned. It was directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays, and Sofía Vergara. It is the first CGI/live-action hybrid film to...
  
   (2011) - Greedy Smurf

External links

• Kenan Thompson at the Notable Names Database
  NNDB
  The Notable Names Database , produced by Soylent Communications, the same entity that produces Rotten, Daily Rotten, Dr. Sputnik's Society Pages and Penny Postcards, is an online database of biographical details of over 36,000 people of note...