Kenan Thompson is by now an iconic american actor and comedian.
He got his start at a young age in The Mighty Ducks 2 film March 1994 and the next month in April All That premiered with Thompson being one of the original cast mates, on Nickelodeon. Thompson was amongst the original cast of young people who would go on to make television history.
Considered by some as a kid-version of Saturday Night Live, the sketch comedy series saw Thompson perform a number of now iconic characters, including: Randy (from Cooking With Randy And Mandy), Superdude (from The Adventures of Superdude), Ishboo, Pierre Escargot, Bruno the Ballerina, Principal Pimpell, Miss Piddlin and Lester Oaks (Lester Oaks: Construction Worker) and Mavis (of Mavis and Clavis).
Mavis and Clavis was the beginning of Thompson becoming one-half of a dynamic duo opposite Kel Mitchell that teamed up for various other projects including the movie Good Burger and a self titled All That spin-off series, Kenan & Kel (which ran 4 seasons from 1996 to 2000).
In 2003, Thompson he joined the NBC Saturday Night Live. In 2004, he starred in the box office success Fat Albert in the title role.
In 2011, he voiced the character Greedy Smurf in the CGI animated adaption the 1980's popular television show, The Smurfs. He reprised his role as Greedy in the 2013 sequel. In 2015, Thompson's long awaited reunion with Kel Mitchell took place on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The reunion saw Thompson reprise his role as Lester Oaks in the Good Burger sketch - SEE HERE.
As of 2022, Thompson has currently been on SNL since '03, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He has performed in over 1,500 sketches, hitting the mark during the March 5, 2022 episode.
He has been nominated four times for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on SNL, winning once in for co-writing "Come Back, Barack" in 2018.
For Kenan Thompson hard work has proven to pay off. He was the host of Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards (KCA) in 2021 and his work with NBC has earned him an opportunity to star in the title role of his own short lived self-titled sitcom, Kenan, which premiered on NBC in February of 2021.
Thompson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work done in television. The ceremony was held on August 11, 2022 and honored Thompson with the 2,728th star located at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard.
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