Kenan Thompson

Biography

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.

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Self - Guest

Hot Ones

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk	Sniff (voice)
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self
2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Self
2024	Child Star	Self
2024	Will & Harper	Self (uncredited)
2024	Atrocity Inc.	Self
2024	2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson	Self - Host
2023	Good Burger 2	Dexter Reed
2023	Trolls Band Together	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2023	2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson	Self - Host
2023	Trolls: It Takes Three	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2022	Bros	James Baldwin
2022	2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson	Self - Host
2021	Trolls Holiday in Harmony	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2021	Jonas Brothers Family Roast	Self
2021	Home Sweet Home Alone	Gavin Washington
2021	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Vet
2021	The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2	Police Officer
2020	Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020	Hubie Halloween	Sgt. Blake
2020	Trolls World Tour	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self
2020	Celebrity Escape Room	Self
2020	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover	Mr. P. Nut Jones
2019	Wonder Park	Gus (voice)
2019	Playmobil: The Movie	Bloodbones (voice)
2019	Dads	Self
2019	Master Maggie
2018	The Grinch	Bricklebaum (voice)
2018	A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy	Self
2018	The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story	Self
2017	Going in Style	Manager Keith Schonfeld
2017	Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs	Self
2016	Rock Dog	Riff (voice)
2016	Brother Nature	Miesha
2015	The Opposite Sex	Mitch
2015	Live from New York!	Self
2014	They Came Together	Teddy
2013	The Smurfs 2	Greedy Smurf (voice)
2012	The Magic of Belle Isle	Henry
2011	The Smurfs	Greedy Smurf (voice)
2011	iParty with Victorious	Himself
2011	Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10	Deandre Cole
2010	Saturday Night	Self
2010	The Women of SNL	Various (archive footage)
2009	Stan Helsing	Teddy
2009	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler	Various (archive footage)
2008	Wieners	Wyatt
2008	Space Chimps	Ringmaster (voice)
2006	Snakes on a Plane	Troy
2005	Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White	Mirror (voice)
2005	Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie	Flutter (voice)
2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Kenard
2004	Fat Albert	Fat Albert
2003	Love Don't Co$t a Thing	Walter Colley
2003	My Boss's Daughter	Hans
2002	The Master of Disguise	Kenan
2002	Big Fat Liar	Party Goer
2000	Two Heads Are Better Than None	Kenan Rockmore
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Lewis
1997	Good Burger	Dexter Reed
1996	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Russ Tyler
1995	Heavyweights	Roy
1994	D2: The Mighty Ducks	Russ Tyler
	Good Burger 3	Dexter Reed
	Untitled Lani Pixels Project	Mike (voice)

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night	Self
2024	Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson	Self - Host
2023	Bupkis	Referee
2022	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Mo-SLO’s Dad (voice)
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2022	Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God	Self
2022	Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock	Jack Hammer (voice)
2021	That's My Jam	Self
2021	Chucky	Cab Driver
2021	That Damn Michael Che
2021	Kenan	Kenan
2020	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Tiny Diamond (voice)
2020	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Self - Contestant
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2019	Desus & Mero	Self
2019	Bless the Harts	Travis (voice)
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2019	The Masked Singer	Self - Guest Panelist
2019	Bring the Funny	Himself - Judge
2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self
2019	All That
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Kenan Thompson (voice)
2018	Double Dare	Self - Contestant
2016	Maya & Marty	Self
2016	Match Game	Self - Panelist
2015	Hot Ones	Self
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	Nature Cat	Ronald (voice)
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Roland
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2013	The Awesomes	Impresario (voice)
2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self
2010	Conan	Self
2009	Sit Down Shut Up	Sue Sezno
2009	Make My Day
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	Archer	The Broker (voice)
2008	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2007	iCarly	Kenan Thompson
2006	Psych	Joon
2006	Rachael Ray
2006	America's Got Talent	Self - Guest Judge
2005	Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2001	Off Centre
1999	The Parkers
1998	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Host
1998	Felicity	DeForrest Ingram
1997	The View	Self - Guest
1997	The View	Self
1997	Figure It Out	Self
1996	Kenan & Kel	Kenan Rockmore
1996	The Steve Harvey Show	Junior
1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Kenan Thompson
1994	Sister, Sister	Trevor
1994	All That
1994	All That	Various
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1987	Kids' Choice Awards	Host
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Various Characters
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self
1949	The Emmy Awards	Self - Host