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.

Filmography

• 2027Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk — Sniff (voice)
• 2026Chapter 51 — Executive Producer
• 2026Scary Movie — 'Jermaine'
• Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson — Self, Executive Producer
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
• 20242024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• 2024Crossword — Executive Producer
• Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Bupkis — Referee
• 2023Good Burger 2 — Dexter Reed, Producer
• 2023Trolls Band Together — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• 2023Trolls: It Takes Three — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• 2022Bros — James Baldwin
• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock — Jack Hammer (voice)
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Mo-SLO’s Dad (voice)
• Chucky — Cab Driver
• 2021Clifford the Big Red Dog — Vet
• 2021Home Sweet Home Alone — Gavin Washington
• Kenan — Kenan, Executive Producer
• That Damn Michael Che
• 2021The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 — Police Officer
• 2021Trolls Holiday in Harmony — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• 2020Hubie Halloween — Sgt. Blake
• 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover — Mr. P. Nut Jones
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• 2020Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• Trolls: TrollsTopia — Tiny Diamond (voice)
• All That — Executive Producer
• Bless the Harts — Travis (voice)
• 2019Master Maggie
• 2019Playmobil: The Movie — Bloodbones (voice)
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Kenan Thompson (voice)
• 2019Wonder Park — Gus (voice)
• 2018The Grinch — Bricklebaum (voice)
• 2017Going in Style — Manager Keith Schonfeld
• 2016Brother Nature — Miesha
• 2016Rock Dog — Riff (voice)
• 2015An SNL Valentine — (archive footage)
• Nature Cat — Ronald (voice)
• 2015The Opposite Sex — Mitch
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Roland
• 2014They Came Together — Teddy
• The Awesomes — Impresario (voice)
• 2013The Smurfs 2 — Greedy Smurf (voice)
• 2012The Magic of Belle Isle — Henry
• 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 — Deandre Cole
• 2011The Smurfs — Greedy Smurf (voice)
• 2011iParty with Victorious — Kenan Thompson
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• Archer — The Broker (voice)
• Make My Day
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Various (archive footage)
• Sit Down Shut Up — Sue Sezno
• 2009Stan Helsing — Teddy
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• 2008Space Chimps — Ringmaster (voice)
• 2008Wieners — Wyatt, Executive Producer
• iCarly — Kenan Thompson
• Psych — Joon
• Rachael Ray
• 2006Snakes on a Plane — Troy
• 2005Candy Paint — Tyrell
• 2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie — Flutter (voice)
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
• 2005Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White — Mirror (voice)
• 2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business — Kenard
• 2004Fat Albert — Fat Albert
• 2003Love Don't Co$t a Thing — Walter Colley
• 2003My Boss's Daughter — Hans
• 2002Big Fat Liar — Party Goer
• 2002The Master of Disguise — Kenan
• Off Centre
• 2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle — Lewis
• 2000Two Heads Are Better Than None — Kenan Rockmore
• The Parkers
• Felicity — DeForrest Ingram
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons — Host
• 1997Good Burger — Dexter Reed
• 1996D3: The Mighty Ducks — Russ Tyler
• Kenan & Kel — Kenan Rockmore, Actor's Assistant, Writer
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Kenan Thompson
• The Steve Harvey Show — Junior
• 1995Heavyweights — Roy
• All That — Various
• 1994D2: The Mighty Ducks — Russ Tyler
• Sister, Sister — Trevor
• Kids' Choice Awards — Host
• Good Burger 3 — Dexter Reed
• Halloween Store — Producer
• Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein — Kenan, Producer
• Macho — Producer
• Sleepaway Camp — Producer
• Stewie — Royal (voice)
• Untitled Lani Pixels Project — Mike (voice)
• Unwanted — Producer

Appearances as themselves (62)

• 2026AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Self
• 2026Lorne — Self
• The Pete Davidson Show — Self - Guest
• 2025Being Eddie — Self
• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Cast Member 2003 - Present
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Atrocity Inc. — Self
• Celebrity Substitute — Self
• 2024Child Star — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• 2024Will & Harper — Self (uncredited)
• 20222022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self - Host
• Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2021Jonas Brothers Family Roast — Self
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• 2020Celebrity Escape Room — Self
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• Bring the Funny — Self - Judge
• 2019Dads — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Masked Singer — Self - Guest Panelist
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy — Self
• Double Dare — Self - Contestant
• 2018The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story — Self
• 2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• Maya & Marty — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Live from New York! — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest, Self - "Game of Jones"
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• Studio C — Self - Special Guest
• Conan — Self
• 2010Saturday Night — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Snakes on a Blog — Self
• 2007Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles — Self
• 2007Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes — Self
• 2007The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' — Self
• America's Got Talent — Self - Guest Judge
• 2006Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Mark Twain Prize — Self
• Figure It Out — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Host