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Saturday Night Live Cast Members

By TomHoerup

  • First Episode Airs

    First Episode Airs
    First episode airs on NBC featuring a cast starring the likes of Jon Belushi, Chevy Chase, and others.

  • 1979

    1979
    Eddie Murphy joins the cast for a span of four years. Murphy went on to have a sucessfull film career.

  • Cast of Unknowns Helps Ratings

    Cast of Unknowns Helps Ratings
    In the season prior, the entire cast was fired, and a new cast featuring Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz made an impression. The older, more experienced cast, though not hugely famous, made much more successfull seasons.

  • The Comedy Legend

    The Comedy Legend
    The 1991 season introduced the first major changes to the cast in years, introducing the king of comedy, Chris Farley. David Spade was also added in this season.

  • Fallon Starts his Sucess.

    Fallon Starts his Sucess.
    Jimmy Fallon was introduced to the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1998. Fallon has his own late night talk show on air now.