The following are the most frequent recurring characters and celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live listed by cast member. For the 70th Emmy Awards, Saturday Night Live received 22 nominations and won nine awards.
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Fred Armisen
Barack Obama Billiam, from Gays in Space (2005–06) Billy Smith (2003–04) David Paterson Fericito, often featured in ¡Show Biz Grande Explosion! (2002–05) Frondi, a man who says whatever is on his mind Gabe Fisher, a member of the Adult Students (2003) Garth, of holiday singing duo Garth & Kat (2009–15) Gunther Kelly, one of The Kelly Brothers (2003–06) Henry Quincy Lundford of The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour (2005) Leonard, co-host of Club Traxx (2003-04) Mackey, the elderly drummer from Rialto Grande (2003) Nicholas Fehn, a political comedian who never has a point (2007–12) Nuni Schoener (2005–07) One of the "Two Gay Guys from..." (2006–12) Prince (2004–12) Roger Brush, a women's advice talk show producer who often fills in for the female host and ends up giving bad advice (2009–12) Steve Jobs Willie Tater from Appalachian Emergency Room (2004) Randy Newman Stuart from The Californians
Dan Aykroyd
Beldar Conehead (1977–79) Bob Dole Bob Widette (1978) E. Buzz Miller (1977) Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers (1976–78) Floyd Hunger, from The Mall sketches Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute George, one of the cooks at Olympia Cafe Irwin Mainway from Consumer Probe and other sketches (1976–) Jack Neehauser from St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus (1978) Jimmy Carter (1977–79) Jimmy Joe Red Sky, from Nick The Lounge Singer sketches Joe, one of The Ex-Police Julia Child Leonard Pinth-Garnell (1977–79) Mel of Mel's Char Palace (1975) Mike Mendoza Ray the Telepsychic Richard Nixon (1975–79) Robert Stack Rod Serling Sheriff Brady, in the Land Shark sketches Tom Snyder Vincent Price Yortuk Festrunck (1977)
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Vanessa Bayer
Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy Hillary Clinton Kourtney Kardashian Miley Cyrus Miss Meadows Rachel Green Rebecca Stern-Markowitz-san from J-Pop America Fun Time Now (2011) Totino's lady
Jim Belushi
Captain Kangaroo Hank Rippy, host of Hello Trudy! (1983) Jesse Donnelly That White Guy (1985)
John Belushi
Elizabeth Taylor Frank Leary, from St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus (1978) Fred Silverman Henry Kissinger Jake Blues of The Blues Brothers (1976–78) Jeff Widette (1978) Joe Cocker Kevin from The Mall sketches Kuldroth from Coneheads sketches Larry Farber Lowell Brock from H & L Brock (1976) Marlon Brando Matt Hooper, in the Land Shark sketches Pete, owner of the Olympia Cafe Samurai Futaba (1976–79) Steve Bushakis (1976) The Hulk Truman Capote
Beck Bennett
Mike Pence Vladimir Putin Jules, Who Sees Things a Little Differently, on Weekend Update Casey from Inside SoCal Jake Tapper Mitch McConnell
Jim Breuer
Don Wong of Wong & Owens, Ex-Porn Stars (1997) Glenn, the jock brother of Azrael Abyss on Goth Talk Goat Boy (1996) Gunner Olsen, heavy metal singer (1998) Jeffrey Kaufman, host of Issues with Jeffrey Kaufman (1997) Jim Lehrer Joe Pesci Joe Jr., son of Joe Blow (1995)
Paul Brittain
Harry Reid Johnny Depp James Franco "Sex" Ed Vincent Lord Wyndemere
A. Whitney Brown
Host of The Big Picture on Weekend Update Ed Jaymes
Aidy Bryant
Chubbina Fatzarelli of Dyke and Fats William Barr Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ted Cruz Morgan on Girlfriends Talk Show Travel expert Carrie Krum on Weekend Update
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Beth Cahill
Denise Swerski, daughter of Bob Swerski in Bill Swerski's Superfans (1991) Marcia Brady Pam, of the Delta Delta Delta sorority (1992)
Dana Carvey
The Church Lady (1986–2011) A Grumpy Old Man (1989) Bob Dylan Buddy Precisely, the snobby Maitre'D in Celebrity Restaurant (1988) Casey Kasem Ching Chang (1986) Chris, Pat's love interest Dennis Miller Derek Stevens (1986) Garth Algar from Wayne's World (1988–2015) George F. Will George H. W. Bush (1989–93) George Michael Hans (1987) Johnny Carson Jimmy Stewart Lane Maxwell Larry Roman (1990) Lyle Billup, the Effeminate Heterosexual (1989) Lyle Clark from Toonces the Driving Cat (1989) Marco, one of The Kitchen Boys Massive Headwound Harry Mickey Rooney Mishu from Miss Connie's Fable Nook (1986) One of the Elevator Fans (1991) One of the Two Sammies (1986) Paul McCartney Regis Philbin Robin Leach Ross Perot Strom Thurmond Ted Koppel Tom Brokaw
Chevy Chase
Gregg Allman Gerald Ford (1975–76) Land Shark (1975–82) Leonard Nimoy
Ellen Cleghorne
Jackée Harry Joycelyn Elders Pop's Daughter, in Tales From The Barbecue (1991) Queen Shenequa (1991) Robin Quivers Tina Turner Whoopi Goldberg Zoraida the NBC Page
Billy Crystal
Buddy Young Jr. (1984) Fernando of Fernando's Hideaway (1984) Joe Franklin Lew Goldman (1984) Ricky of Ricky & Phil (1985) Sammy Davis Jr. Willie of Willie & Frankie (1984)
Jane Curtin
Barbara, friend of Rhonda Weiss (1977) Betty Ford Betty Widette (1978) Enid Loopner, Lisa Loopner's mother (1979) Iris de Flaminio (1980) Joan Face, Heavy Sarcasm sketch (1979) Miss Hathaway from The Bel-Airabs (1979–80) Pat Nixon Prymaat Conehead (1977–79)
Joan Cusack
Brooke Shields Salena of The Further Adventures of Biff and Salena (1986)
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Pete Davidson
Chad Michael Avenatti
Tom Davis
The Franken and Davis Show (1978)
Mikey Day
Matt Schatt Donald Trump Jr. Joe Biden Prince Harry Josh from Science Room Supercentenarian Mort Fellner
Denny Dillon
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.
Jimmy Chance, co-host of Actors on Film Rudy Randolph of The Rudy Randolphs (1985)
Rachel Dratch
Abe Scheinwald (2003–05) Anne Robinson Debbie Downer (2005–20) Denise McDenna, one of the Boston Teens (1999–11) Elizabeth Taylor Harry Potter Julie, the lady who always speaks in the "Telephone Operator Voice" Loretta, leader of the "Space Lesbians" in Gays in Space Lynne Bershad from Delicious Dish (2000) Nicole, The Girl With No Gaydar One of the cocktail waitresses in Rialto Grande (2003) One of the dancers in The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour (2005) Phoebe of Phoebe and her Giant Pets (2004) Qrplt*xk, the drooling mutant with the baby arm growing from its head Ruth Weinstock, one of the Adult Students (2003) Sheldon from Wake Up Wakefield! (2001) Virginia Klarvin, one of The Lovers
Robin Duke
Mrs. T (1982) Paulette Clooney (1981) Wendy Whiner (1982–84)
Nora Dunn
Ashley Ashley (1986) Babette (1986) Denise Venetti, host of Learning To Feel (1988) Liz Sweeney, of The Sweeney Sisters (1986) Loose Chang, wife of Ching Chang (1986) Mrs. Campbell, Wayne Campbell's mom Pat Stevens (1985)
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Dean Edwards
Don Cheadle Michael Jackson Chris Tucker Denzel Washington
Abby Elliott
Anna Faris Sally Field Angelina Jolie Joan Cusack Khloé Kardashian Rachel Berry Meryl Streep Christina Aguilera Rachel Maddow Zooey Deschanel
Chris Elliott
Chris Berman Yasser Arafat
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Jimmy Fallon
Barry Gibb from The Barry Gibb Talk Show (2003–13) Jarret (2000–04) Joey Mack on Z105 (2002) Kip Bloater Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy (1999–01) One of the Jeffrey's clerks (2001) Osama bin Laden Pat Sullivan, Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1999–2000 one of The Boston Teens (1999–11) Patrick Fitzwilliam, co-host of Top o' the Morning (2002) Randy Goldman from Wake Up Wakefield! (2001) Rodney "The Zipper" Calzoun from Rialto Grande (2003) Señor Galupe Juameras from The How Do You Say? Ah, Yes, Show (1998) The Leather Man (2002) Wade from 7 Degrees Celsius (1999)
Siobhan Fallon
Meg, of the Delta Delta Delta sorority (1992) Christy, one of the co-workers in the Pat sketches (1994) Katharine Hepburn
Chris Farley
B Fats, co-host of I'm Chillin' (1991) Bennett Brauer (1993) Beverly Gelfand from Zagat's Cindy Crawford, manager of The Gap Dom DeLuise Drinkin' Buddy, the sidekick of Middle-Aged Man (1990) Host of The Chris Farley Show (1991–93) Mark Strobel (1991) Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker (1993–97) Mr. O'Malley, friend of The Herlihy Boy (1993) Newt Gingrich One of the Hub's Gyros ("You like-a the juice?") guys (1993) Sandman from The Dark Side with Nat X Todd O'Connor, one of Bill Swerski's Superfans (1991–92) Tom Arnold Carnie Wilson Meat Loaf
Will Ferrell
George W. Bush (2000–02) Alex Trebek from Celebrity Jeopardy! (1996–2015) Baron Nocturna from Goth Talk Craig from The Rocky Roads (1995) Craig Buchanan of The Spartan Cheerleaders (1995–99) David Larry, co-host of Dog Show (1998) Dr. Beaman a.k.a. the crazy doctor (2000) Frank Henderson a.k.a. the Get Off The Shed! guy (1995) Hank, one of the Bill Brasky guys (1996–2013) Harry Caray Jacob Silj (1999) James Lipton from Inside the Actors Studio Janet Reno, host of Janet Reno's Dance Party (1997–2001) The supervisor at Jeffrey's (2001) Leslie Attebury (1997) Marty Culp (1996–2015) Peter Tanner, manager of 7 Degrees Celsius (1999) Roger Klarvin, one of the Lovers (2001–03) Robert Goulet Saddam Hussein Don West, one of the Shopping at Home Network sports memorabilia guys Sean Patrick Flannery, a classmate of Mary Katherine Gallagher Spider from The Joe Pesci Show Steve Butabi, one of The Roxbury Guys (1996) Terrence Maddox, Nude Model (1998) Tom Wilkins, co-host of Morning Latte (1997)
Tina Fey
One of the cocktail waitresses in Rialto Grande (2003) One of the dancers in The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour (2005) One of the Space Lesbians in Gays in Space Sarah Palin (2008)
Chloe Fineman
Britney Spears Jennifer Coolidge Nicole Kidman Marianne Williamson Lauren Boebert JoJo Siwa Timotheé Chalamet
Will Forte
Announcer on What Up With That? (2009–10) Brian Williams Daryl Hall George W. Bush (2004–06) Gilly's teacher Greg Stink, ESPN Color Commentator (2009–15) Harry Reid Jeff Montgomery, a very polite convicted sex offender (2008) John Edwards MacGruber (2007–10) One of the dancers in The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour (2005) One of the members of "Jon Bovi" (2006–09) Patrick Kelly, one of The Kelly Brothers (2003–06) The Falconer Tim Calhoun (2002–08) Tim Geithner Zell Miller
Al Franken
Al Franken : Social Sciences Editor of Weekend Update Al Goldstein Henry Kissinger Lyndon LaRouche One-Man Mobile Uplink Reporter Pat Robertson Paul Tsongas Stuart Smalley (1991) The Franken and Davis Show (1978) Senator Paul Simon
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Heidi Gardner
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 Deidre Jill Biden
Janeane Garofalo
Hillary Clinton Jackie Stallone Martha Stewart
Ana Gasteyer
Bobbi Mohan-Culp (1996–2015) Celine Dion Cinder Calhoun (1996) Elizabeth Dole Helen Thomas Joan Rivers Joy Behar Deana Nolan-Gray, host of Hello Dolly Gayle Gleason, host of Pretty Living (1998) Ginger Attebury (1997) Gladys Stubbs from Tiger Beat's Ultra Super Duper Dreamy Love Show (1998) Jonette from Gemini's Twin (2000) Kincaid (1996) Margaret Jo McCullin, cohost of Delicious Dish (1996) Mary Faye, one of the Southern Gals (1997) Sally Jessy Raphael Martha Stewart Allison Janney as C. J. Cregg on The West Wing
Gilbert Gottfried
Leo Waxman, Pinky Waxman's husband on What's It All About?
Mary Gross
Celeste (1982) Pee-wee Herman Dr. Ruth Westheimer Alfalfa, of The Little Rascals Chi Chi, of Chi Chi & Consuela (1984)
Christopher Guest
Frankie, of Willie & Frankie (1984) Herb Minkman Rajeev Vindaloo (1984) Alan Barrows, one of The Folksmen (1984) Tippi Turtle (1984)
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Bill Hader
Stefon Al Pacino James Carville Gizmo/Gremlins Eliot Spitzer Willem Dafoe Alan Alda Keith Morrison Vincent Price Daniel Day-Lewis Clint Eastwood John Mark Karr Lindsey Buckingham Julian Assange Michael Richards Eddie Vedder Peter O'Toole Mike The Situation Dwayne Vogelcheck Greg the Alien on Game Time with Randy and Greg One of the Gay Guys from New Jersey (2008–09) Vinny Vedecci, the host of La Revista Di La Television Con Vinny Vedecci (2008–10)