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"Featured" players are people who were brought on to SNL on a trial basis, but never got picked up as regular cast members. There are definitely some relative unknowns here, but also a lot of people who went on to great fame and fortune.
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Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which affiliates with the Democratic Party.
Franken first became famous as a writer and...
Dates on SNL:
- 1987 ,
- 1975
Tom Davis
Tom Davis (born 13 August 1952) is a comedy writer and performer. He is an Emmy Award winner, and is best known working with partner Al Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis".
Davis attended The Blake School, where he built up a...
Dates on SNL:
- 1975
Don Novello
Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character ...
Dates on SNL:
- 1978 ,
- 1985
Jim Downey
James Downey (born 1952 or 1953) is an American comedy writer and occasional actor. Downey is best known as a long-time writer for Saturday Night Live.
Downey attended Harvard University, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Russian. While at Harvard...
Dates on SNL:
- 1979
Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer. Currently, he is the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman. His memoir, We'll Be Here For the...
Dates on SNL:
- 1979
Tom Schiller
Tom Schiller is an American Emmy Award winning writer best known for his eleven-year stint writing and directing short films for Saturday Night Live (following the show's original short film makers Albert Brooks and Gary Weis). His films, often...
Dates on SNL:
- 1979
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel (born May 20, 1950) is a producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Zweibel grew up in the New York City suburbs of...
Dates on SNL:
- 1979
Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist. An alumnus of Saturday Night Live, he is the older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films,...
Dates on SNL:
- 1981 ,
- 1979
Matthew Laurance
Dates on SNL:
- 1980
Laurie Metcalf
Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne and the voice of Mrs. Davis in Toy Story. She is also a major force in Chicago theater, probably...
Dates on SNL:
- 1980
Emily Prager
Dates on SNL:
- 1980
Patrick Weathers
Dates on SNL:
- 1980
Dan Vitale
Dates on SNL:
- 1985
Damon Wayans
Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced /ˈdeɪmən ˈweɪ.ənz/; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor, known as one of the popular Wayans brothers.
Wayans was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elvira, a homemaker and...
Dates on SNL:
- 1985
A. Whitney Brown
Alan Whitney Brown (born July 8, 1952) is an Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian probably best known for his recurring appearances on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s in a Weekend Update segment called "The Big Picture". He was one of the...
Dates on SNL:
- 1985
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller (Benjamin Edward Stiller) was born in November 30, 1965 in New York, NY. Son of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben has followed his parents footsteps. He always had interest both in acting and directing since he was a kid. Ben...
Dates on SNL:
- 1988
Beth Cahill
Beth Cahill (September 15, 1963) is an American television actress who is best known for having been a featured cast member on Saturday Night Live during the 1991-1992 season. She was also a writer for some episodes. During her time on the show,...
Dates on SNL:
- 1991
Robert Smigel
Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, humorist, comedian and writer known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Smigel was once a member of...
Dates on SNL:
- 1991
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedienne, writer, actress, singer, and musician. Although usually credited as Sarah Silverman, she is sometimes credited by her nickname, Big S. Her satirical comedy addresses social...
Dates on SNL:
- 1993
Jay Mohr
Jay Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor, impressionist and stand-up comedian.
Mohr was born Jon Ferguson Mohr in Verona, New Jersey to Jean, a nurse, and Jon Mohr, a marketing executive. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia. He also...
Dates on SNL:
- 1993
Jerry Minor
Jerry C. Minor (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, writer and comedian known for his roles in numerous comedy programs such as Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, Carpoolers and Lucky Louie.
Minor was born in Memphis, Tennessee but grew up in...
Dates on SNL:
- 2000
Dean Edwards
Dean Edwards (born July 30, 1970) is a stand-up comedian and actor. Born in The Bronx, New York, he is a veteran of the United States National Guard. He developed a reputation for working clean and taught classes in stand-up comedy technique.
In...
Dates on SNL:
- 2001
Rob Riggle
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. "Rob" Riggle, Jr., USMCR (born April 21, 1970) is an American Marine Corps officer, actor and comedian best known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006-2008, as a cast member on...
Dates on SNL:
- 2004
Peter Aykroyd
Peter Hugh Aykroyd was born to Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd in Canada. He is the younger brother of comedian Dan Aykroyd. Along with his older brother he was in the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario. The two were also on the popular NBC...
Dates on SNL:
- 1979
Yvonne Hudson
Yvonne Hudson (born November 26, 1954) is an American television actress who is best known for being the first African-American female cast member on Saturday Night Live. She joined the cast as a featured player in the show's 1980-1981 season. (The...
Dates on SNL:
- 1980
