List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches by cast member

See also: Saturday Night Live TV show sketches, listed alphabetically, listed chronologically.

The following are the most frequent recurring characters and celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live listed by cast member.

A edit

Fred Armisen edit

Dan Aykroyd edit

B edit

Vanessa Bayer edit

Jim Belushi edit

John Belushi edit

Beck Bennett edit

Jim Breuer edit

Paul Brittain edit

A. Whitney Brown edit

Aidy Bryant edit

C edit

Beth Cahill edit

Dana Carvey edit

Chevy Chase edit

Ellen Cleghorne edit

Billy Crystal edit

Jane Curtin edit

Joan Cusack edit

D edit

Pete Davidson edit

Tom Davis edit

Mikey Day edit

Denny Dillon edit

Robert Downey Jr. edit

Rachel Dratch edit

Robin Duke edit

Nora Dunn edit

E edit

Dean Edwards edit

Abby Elliott edit

Chris Elliott edit

F edit

Jimmy Fallon edit

Siobhan Fallon edit

Chris Farley edit

Will Ferrell edit

Tina Fey edit

Will Forte edit

Al Franken edit

G edit

Heidi Gardner edit

Janeane Garofalo edit

Ana Gasteyer edit

Gilbert Gottfried edit

Mary Gross edit

Christopher Guest edit

H edit

Bill Hader edit

Anthony Michael Hall edit

  • Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant, a 15-year-old genius who was mentally retarded
  • Fed Jones, one half of The Jones Brothers (the other brother named Ned Jones was played by Damon Wayans), two criminals who sell stolen items such as radios, bikes, purses, computers, and cable TV installation

Rich Hall edit

Darrell Hammond edit

Phil Hartman edit

Jan Hooks edit

Melanie Hutsell edit

J edit

Victoria Jackson edit

Colin Jost edit

K edit

Chris Kattan edit

Tim Kazurinsky edit

Laura Kightlinger edit

Taran Killam edit

David Koechner edit

Gary Kroeger edit

L edit

Julia Louis-Dreyfus edit

Jon Lovitz edit

M edit

Norm Macdonald edit

Gail Matthius edit

  • Valley Girl Vickie, an air-headed teenager who bothers others with her vacuous questions and statements

Michael McKean edit

Mark McKinney edit

Kate McKinnon edit

Tim Meadows edit

Seth Meyers edit

Dennis Miller edit

Jerry Minor edit

Finesse Mitchell edit

Alex Moffat edit

Jay Mohr edit

Kyle Mooney edit

Tracy Morgan edit

Garrett Morris edit

  • Chico Esquella, Latin Baseball Player
  • Head master of the New York School for the hard of hearing on Weekend Update. Morris would just repeat what Chevy Chase said, but in a much louder voice.

Bobby Moynihan edit

Eddie Murphy edit

Bill Murray edit

Mike Myers edit

N edit

Kevin Nealon edit

Laraine Newman edit

Don Novello edit

Ego Nwodim edit

O edit

Michael O'Donoghue edit

Cheri Oteri edit

P edit

Chris Parnell edit

Nasim Pedrad edit

Jay Pharoah edit

Joe Piscopo edit

Amy Poehler edit

Q edit

Randy Quaid edit

  • Rudy Randolph, Jr.: a Texas pitchman selling off famous dictators' worldly possessions. Has a son named Rudy Randolph III (played by Robert Downey Jr.)
  • Ronald Reagan (1985–86)

Colin Quinn edit

R edit

Gilda Radner edit

Chris Redd edit

Jeff Richards edit

Rob Riggle edit

Ann Risley edit

Chris Rock edit

Charles Rocket edit

Tony Rosato edit

Maya Rudolph edit

S edit

Andy Samberg edit

Adam Sandler edit

Horatio Sanz edit

Rob Schneider edit

Molly Shannon edit

Harry Shearer edit

Martin Short edit

  • Ed Grimley, a nerdy Wheel of Fortune fan who plays the triangle and has a goldfish for a pet. This character was originally created for the show SCTV, but wasn't as popular there as it was on SNL. A short-lived cartoon series was made based on this character from 1988 to 1989.
  • Jackie Rogers, Jr., an albino entertainer who appears on the sketch The Joe Franklin Show. He hosted the game show parody (on SNL) called Jackie Rogers's $100,000 Jackpot Wad
  • Lawrence Orback (best known as one of the Synchronized Swimmers)
  • Nathan Thurm
  • Irving Cohen
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Katharine Hepburn

Sarah Silverman edit

Jenny Slate edit

Robert Smigel edit

David Spade edit

Pamela Stephenson edit

Cecily Strong edit

Jason Sudeikis edit

Julia Sweeney edit

Terry Sweeney edit

T edit

Kenan Thompson edit

V edit

Danitra Vance edit

Melissa Villaseñor edit

W edit

Nancy Walls edit

  • Gail Lafferty, a church bazaar attendee always itching for a fight with other attendees (in one episode, she was thrown through a window by an attendee played by Teri Hatcher)
  • Cindy, the Timelife hotline operator
  • Susan Taylor, neighbor who's always invited to Frank Henderson's (Will Ferrell) barbecues in the Get Off The Shed! sketches
  • Bobbie Battista
  • Martha Stewart

Michaela Watkins edit

Damon Wayans edit

Patrick Weathers edit

Kristen Wiig edit

Casey Wilson edit

Fred Wolf edit

Y edit

Bowen Yang edit

Z edit

Alan Zweibel edit