List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches by cast member

See also: Saturday Night Live TV show sketches, listed alphabetically, listed chronologically.

The following are the most frequent recurring characters and celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live listed by cast member.

A[edit]

Fred Armisen[edit]

Dan Aykroyd[edit]

B[edit]

Vanessa Bayer[edit]

Jim Belushi[edit]

  • Captain Kangaroo
  • Hank Rippy, host of "Hello Trudy!" (1983)
  • Jesse Donnelly
  • That White Guy (1985)

John Belushi[edit]

Beck Bennett[edit]

Jim Breuer[edit]

Paul Brittain[edit]

A. Whitney Brown[edit]

  • Host of "The Big Picture" on Weekend Update
  • Ed Jaymes

Aidy Bryant[edit]

C[edit]

Beth Cahill[edit]

Dana Carvey[edit]

Chevy Chase[edit]

Ellen Cleghorne[edit]

Billy Crystal[edit]

Jane Curtin[edit]

Joan Cusack[edit]

D[edit]

Pete Davidson[edit]

Tom Davis[edit]

Mikey Day[edit]

Denny Dillon[edit]

  • Amy Carter
  • Debbie of Vickie & Debbie (1980)
  • Mary Louise, a mentally disturbed child who talked to her sock puppet, Sam the Snake
  • Pinky Waxman of The Waxmans
  • Yoko Ono

Robert Downey Jr.[edit]

  • Jimmy Chance, co-host of "Actors on Film"
  • Rudy Randolph of The Rudy Randolphs (1985)

Rachel Dratch[edit]

Robin Duke[edit]

Nora Dunn[edit]

E[edit]

Dean Edwards[edit]

Abby Elliott[edit]

Chris Elliott[edit]

F[edit]

Jimmy Fallon[edit]

Siobhan Fallon[edit]

Chris Farley[edit]

Will Ferrell[edit]

Tina Fey[edit]

Will Forte[edit]

Al Franken[edit]

G[edit]

Heidi Gardner[edit]

  • Angel, Every Boxer's Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever
  • Bailey Gismert, a teen film critic on Weekend Update
  • Baskin Johns, a Goop staffer
  • Brie Bacardi
  • Jill Biden

Janeane Garofalo[edit]

Ana Gasteyer[edit]

Gilbert Gottfried[edit]

  • Leo Waxman, Pinky Waxman's husband on What's It All About?

Mary Gross[edit]

Christopher Guest[edit]

H[edit]

Bill Hader[edit]

Anthony Michael Hall[edit]

  • Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant—a 15-year-old genius who was mentally retarded
  • Fed Jones, one half of "Two Jones" Brothers (the other brother named Ned Jones was played by Damon Wayans), two criminals who sell stolen items such as radios, bikes, purses, computers, and cable TV installation

Rich Hall[edit]

Darrell Hammond[edit]

Phil Hartman[edit]

Jan Hooks[edit]

Melanie Hutsell[edit]

J[edit]

Victoria Jackson[edit]

Colin Jost[edit]

K[edit]

Chris Kattan[edit]

Tim Kazurinsky[edit]

Laura Kightlinger[edit]

Taran Killam[edit]

David Koechner[edit]

Gary Kroeger[edit]

L[edit]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus[edit]

Jon Lovitz[edit]

M[edit]

Norm Macdonald[edit]

Gail Matthius[edit]

  • Valley Girl Vickie, an air-headed teenager who bothers others with her vacuous questions and statements

Michael McKean[edit]

Mark McKinney[edit]

Kate McKinnon[edit]

Tim Meadows[edit]

Seth Meyers[edit]

Dennis Miller[edit]

  • Koko the French Clown, one of the pixies from Mrs. Connie's Fable Nook
  • Steve, one of the Stand-Ups

Jerry Minor[edit]

Finesse Mitchell[edit]

Alex Moffat[edit]

Jay Mohr[edit]

Kyle Mooney[edit]

Tracy Morgan[edit]

Garrett Morris[edit]

  • Chico Esquella, Latin Baseball Player
  • Head master of the New York School for the hard of hearing on Weekend Update. Morris would just repeat what Chevy Chase said, but in a much louder voice.

Bobby Moynihan[edit]

Eddie Murphy[edit]

Bill Murray[edit]

Mike Myers[edit]

N[edit]

Kevin Nealon[edit]

  • Tarzan
  • Sam Donaldson
  • Mr. Subliminal
  • Franz from Hans and Franz
  • One of the Elevator Fans
  • Jimmy, of "Jimmy & Frank, the Doormen"
  • One of Two Sammies
  • Frank Gannon, Politically Incorrect Private Investigator
  • Mr. No Depth Perception

Laraine Newman[edit]

Don Novello[edit]

O[edit]

Michael O'Donoghue[edit]

  • Mr. Mike

Cheri Oteri[edit]

P[edit]

Chris Parnell[edit]

Nasim Pedrad[edit]

Jay Pharoah[edit]

Joe Piscopo[edit]

Amy Poehler[edit]

Q[edit]

Randy Quaid[edit]

  • Rudy Randolph, Jr: a Texas pitchman selling off famous dictators' worldly possessions. Has a son named Rudy Randolph III (played by Robert Downey Jr.)
  • Ronald Reagan (1985–86)

Colin Quinn[edit]

R[edit]

Gilda Radner[edit]

Jeff Richards[edit]

Rob Riggle[edit]

Ann Risley[edit]

Chris Rock[edit]

Charles Rocket[edit]

Tony Rosato[edit]

Maya Rudolph[edit]

S[edit]

Andy Samberg[edit]

Adam Sandler[edit]

Horatio Sanz[edit]

Rob Schneider[edit]

Molly Shannon[edit]

Harry Shearer[edit]

Martin Short[edit]

  • Ed Grimley, a nerdy Wheel of Fortune fan who plays the triangle and has a goldfish for a pet. This character was originally created for the show SCTV, but wasn't as popular there as it was on SNL. A short-lived cartoon series was made based on this character from 1988 to 1989.
  • Jackie Rogers, Jr., an albino entertainer who appears on the sketch The Joe Franklin Show. He hosted the game show parody (on SNL) called Jackie Rogers's $100,000 Jackpot Wad
  • Lawrence Orback (best known as one of the Synchronized Swimmers)
  • Nathan Thurm
  • Irving Cohen
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Katharine Hepburn

Sarah Silverman[edit]

Jenny Slate[edit]

Robert Smigel[edit]

David Spade[edit]

Pamela Stephenson[edit]

Cecily Strong[edit]

Jason Sudeikis[edit]

Julia Sweeney[edit]

Terry Sweeney[edit]

T[edit]

Kenan Thompson[edit]

V[edit]

Danitra Vance[edit]

Melissa Villaseñor[edit]

W[edit]

Nancy Walls[edit]

  • Gail Lafferty, a church bazaar attendee always itching for a fight with other attendees (in one episode, she was thrown through a window by an attendee played by Teri Hatcher)
  • Cindy, the Timelife hotline operator
  • Susan Taylor, neighbor who's always invited to Frank Henderson's (Will Ferrell) barbecues in the Get Off The Shed! sketches
  • Bobbie Battista
  • Martha Stewart

Michaela Watkins[edit]

Damon Wayans[edit]

  • Keith, one of The Stand-Ups
  • Ned Jones, one of "The Two Jones"

Patrick Weathers[edit]

Kristen Wiig[edit]

Casey Wilson[edit]

Fred Wolf[edit]

Z[edit]

Alan Zweibel[edit]