Kenan Thompson

Career timeline

1. 1975 · Screen debut

   Saturday Night Live (TV)

2. 1978 · Born

   Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3. 1996 · Writing debut

   Kenan & Kel (TV)

4. 2011 · Breakthrough

   The Smurfs (Movie)

5. 2023 · First production

   Good Burger 2 (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   Scary Movie (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1970s

11 1990s

22 2000s

20 2010s

20 2020s

• Comedy69
• Family33
• Animation24
• Adventure15
• Fantasy14
• Drama11

Highest-rated title Trolls: TrollsTopia 2020 8.5 Most popular title Saturday Night Live 1975 6.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Kenan Thompson in our catalogue.

Neil Patrick Harris

2 titles together

Michael Che

2 titles together

1. — Stewie Upcoming as Royal (voice) TV
2. 2027 Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk Upcoming as Sniff (voice) Movie
3. 2026 Scary Movie as 'Jermaine' 6.3 Movie
4. 2025 SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night TV
5. 2023 Good Burger 2 as Dexter Reed 6.3 Movie
6. 2023 Trolls Band Together as Tiny Diamond (voice) 7.2 Movie
7. 2023 Bupkis as Referee 6.4 TV
8. 2022 Bros as James Baldwin 6.6 Movie
9. 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Mo-SLO’s Dad (voice) 7.1 TV
10. 2022 Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock as Jack Hammer (voice) TV
11. 2021 Trolls Holiday in Harmony as Tiny Diamond (voice) 7.1 Movie
12. 2021 Home Sweet Home Alone as Gavin Washington 4.8 Movie
13. 2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog as Vet 7.1 Movie
14. 2021 Chucky as Cab Driver 7.8 TV
15. 2021 The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 as Police Officer 5.2 Movie
16. 2021 That Damn Michael Che 6.3 TV
17. 2021 Kenan as Kenan 7.0 TV
18. 2020 Trolls: TrollsTopia as Tiny Diamond (voice) 8.5 TV
19. 2020 Hubie Halloween as Sgt. Blake 5.9 Movie
20. 2020 Trolls World Tour as Tiny Diamond (voice) 7.2 Movie
21. 2019 Bless the Harts as Travis (voice) 6.5 TV
22. 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Kenan Thompson (voice) 8.0 TV
23. 2019 All That TV
24. 2019 Playmobil: The Movie as Bloodbones (voice) 5.8 Movie
25. 2019 Wonder Park as Gus (voice) 6.6 Movie
26. 2018 The Grinch as Bricklebaum (voice) 6.9 Movie
27. 2017 Going in Style as Manager Keith Schonfeld 6.7 Movie
28. 2016 Brother Nature as Miesha 5.0 Movie
29. 2016 Rock Dog as Riff (voice) 6.3 Movie
30. 2016 Match Game as Self - Panelist 6.5 TV
31. 2015 Nature Cat as Ronald (voice) TV
32. 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Roland 7.1 TV
33. 2015 The Opposite Sex as Mitch 4.5 Movie
34. 2014 They Came Together as Teddy 5.5 Movie
35. 2013 The Awesomes as Impresario (voice) TV
36. 2013 The Smurfs 2 as Greedy Smurf (voice) 5.8 Movie
37. 2012 The Magic of Belle Isle as Henry 7.0 Movie
38. 2011 The Smurfs as Greedy Smurf (voice) 5.8 Movie
39. 2011 iParty with Victorious as Kenan Thompson 7.3 Movie
40. 2010 The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage) Movie
41. 2009 Stan Helsing as Teddy 4.2 Movie
42. 2009 Archer as The Broker (voice) 7.9 TV
43. 2009 Sit Down Shut Up as Sue Sezno TV
44. 2008 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday TV
45. 2008 Space Chimps as Ringmaster (voice) 5.0 Movie
46. 2008 Wieners as Wyatt 4.3 Movie
47. 2007 iCarly as Kenan Thompson 7.9 TV
48. 2006 Rachael Ray 5.1 TV
49. 2006 Snakes on a Plane as Troy 5.5 Movie
50. 2006 Psych as Joon 7.9 TV
51. 2005 Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Flutter (voice) Movie
52. 2005 Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White as Mirror (voice) Movie
53. 2005 Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out 8.1 TV
54. 2004 Fat Albert as Fat Albert 5.1 Movie
55. 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Kenard 6.1 Movie
56. 2003 Love Don't Co$t a Thing as Walter Colley 7.7 Movie
57. 2003 My Boss's Daughter as Hans 5.1 Movie
58. 2002 The Master of Disguise as Kenan 4.0 Movie
59. 2002 Big Fat Liar as Party Goer 5.9 Movie
60. 2001 Off Centre TV
61. 2000 Two Heads Are Better Than None as Kenan Rockmore 7.2 Movie
62. 2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Lewis 4.3 Movie
63. 1999 The Parkers 8.0 TV
64. 1998 Felicity as DeForrest Ingram 6.6 TV
65. 1997 Good Burger as Dexter Reed 6.2 Movie
66. 1996 D3: The Mighty Ducks as Russ Tyler 6.0 Movie
67. 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Kenan Thompson 7.8 TV
68. 1996 The Steve Harvey Show as Junior 7.0 TV
69. 1996 Kenan & Kel as Kenan Rockmore 8.1 TV
70. 1995 Heavyweights as Roy 6.2 Movie
71. 1994 All That as Various 7.8 TV
72. 1994 Sister, Sister as Trevor 7.1 TV
73. 1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks as Russ Tyler 6.2 Movie
74. 1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters 6.9 TV

1. 1996 Kenan & Kel 8.1 TV

1. 2025 Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson TV
2. 2024 Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson TV
3. 2021 Kenan 7.0 TV
4. 2019 All That TV
5. 2008 Wieners 4.3 Movie

1. 2023 Good Burger 2 6.3 Movie

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