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Two new faces will be on the SNL stage when the new season starts
Kenan Thompson and Finesse Mitchell joins the cast of SNL this year as a featured players.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson made his television debut as a member of Nickelodeons all-kid sketch comedy series All That. He and his partner Kel Mitchell debuted in a spinoff show Kenan and Kel in 1996. Thompson also had a recurring role on the WBs Felicity. Thompsons feature film credits include D2: The Mighty Ducks, Good Burger Rocky & Bullwinkle and Heavyweights with Ben Stiller. This year, Thompson appeared in The Boss Daughter with Ashton Kutcher and will soon be seen in Barbershop 2. Thompson lives in Los Angeles and New York. His birthday is May 10.
Stand-up comic Finesse Mitchell makes his SNL debut this season. He has appeared on NBCs Late Friday and has made regular appearances on BETs Comic View. He performs in college campuses across the country and in Americas hottest comedy clubs including the Miami Improv, The Punchline and Chris Tuckers Comedy Café in Atlanta as well as Los Angeles Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory.
Mitchell was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and is a graduate of the University of Miami. Mitchell lives in Los Angeles and New York. His birthday is June 12.
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'SNL's' Kenan is 'Fat Albert'
Hollywood Reporter - 3/10/04
"Fat Albert" is alive and kicking.
Kenan Thompson, former star of Nickelodeon's "Kenan and Kel" and now in theaters with "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" is the new leading man in the adaptation of Bill Cosby's famed CBS cartoon, "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids."
The 20th Century Fox film follows Fat Albert and his posse of friends, who come to life when they walk out of the cartoon and into the real world. The film will start with animation, move into live-action and end in the animated world.
The project is gearing up for a mid-April start with a cast that also includes Omarion of B2K fame as Reggie, Raven-Symone ("That's So Raven") in the animated part of Danielle, Jermaine Williams ("ER") as Mush Mouth, Jeremy Suarez ("Brother Bear") in the animated role of Russell and Aaron Frazier as Weird Harold.
Director Joel Zwick ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") will direct the project he boarded nearly a year ago.
Thompson steps into a role once filled by newcomer Omar Benson Miller. Miller was to topline with Forest Whitaker at the helm in early 2002. However, that package fell apart because of a conflict of visions between Whitaker and Cosby, who created the characters.
With Zwick on board, the filmmakers went back to Thompson who had screen tested the first time around with Whitaker, sources said. Cosby co-wrote the original draft of the screenplay, and will serve as a producer.
Thompson is the most recent addition to the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," and his first impression on the Lorne Michaels series was of Cosby. His other credits include "Love Don't Cost a Thing," "Good Burger" and "All That."
'SNL' Delivers Pink Slips
A February staff shakeup at "SNL" has resulted in the departure of one cast member and two writers.
Three-season veteran Jeff Richards was quietly dismissed before the February 7 episode, as were writers James Eagan and Ken Scarborough.
Two Chicago-based improv comics -- Liz Cackowski and John Lutz -- have been tapped to fill the writing spots.
NBC is mum on the changes. Asked about Richards' disappearance by The New York Observer, a spokesman said only, "The show just made a shift in the cast."
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