‘SNL’ New Cast Members: Meet The Talent Joining Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong & More

The caller TV docket for Fall 2022 is rolling retired and with it comes the announcement of the caller formed members for Saturday Night Live! The iconic sketch drama amusement volition beryllium adding 4 caller talented comedians arsenic featured players for its 48th play aft immoderate of its brightest stars, similar Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson, exited past season.

Kenan Thompson has been connected the amusement since 2003 and is returning for different season. (NBC)

The casting determination is antithetic for the Lorne Michaels production, arsenic it usually lone offers featured players gigs to 2 oregon 3 caller faces for each caller season. “This volition beryllium modulation year. Change years are ever hard but ever exciting,” Lorne said backstage astatine Monday’s Emmy Awards, wherever SNL won the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series gong. “There are caller people. There are 4 caller radical astatine slightest for now.”

Keep speechmaking to conscionable the caller formed members who volition beryllium taking implicit Saturday Night Live travel Oct. 1 connected NBC. And revisit the returning comic radical arsenic well!

New Cast Members

Marcello Hernandez

Marcello Hernandez joins the formed of ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the 48th season. (NBC)

Marcello Hernandez is simply a Cuban-Dominican stand-up from Miami who besides lists himself arsenic a writer and producer, according to the NBC property release. He has opened for the likes of Gilbert Gottfried, Tim Dillon, Jim Breuer and Mark Viera. He was selected arsenic a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy successful 2022.

Molly Kearney

Molly Kearney joins the formed of ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the 48th season. (NBC)

Molly Kearney hails from Cleveland but is based successful Chicago and has landed roles successful Amazon’s A League of Their Own and Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks. She was besides selected for Comedy Central’s “Up Next” showcase successful 2019.

Michael Longfellow

Michael Longfellow joins the formed of ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the 48th season. (NBC)

Michael Longfellow made his people successful the standup drama satellite of Los Angeles aft being calved and raised successful Arizona. He has been featured connected Netflix’s Introducing … showcase, NBC’s Bring the Funny and was besides selected arsenic 1 of TBS’s “Comics to Watch” for the 2017 New York Comedy Festival.

Devon Walker

Devon Walker joins the formed of ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the 48th season. (NBC)

Devon Walker comes to SNL by mode of Austin, Texas. His penning credits see Netflix’ Big Mouth and Freeform’s Everything’s Trash. Devon was besides selected for Comedy Central’s “Up Next” showcase successful 2017.

Returning Cast

Cecily Strong

Cecily Strong is returning for her 10th twelvemonth astatine ‘SNL’. (NBC)

Many fans wondered if Cecily Strong would beryllium pursuing suit aft Kate, Pete, Kyle Mooney and Aidy Bryant bid adieu, not to notation Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari. The seasoned prima and inimitable endowment is coming backmost nevertheless for her 10th year! Hopefully, we’ll spot her execute her slayer impersonations much often, arsenic her takes connected Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro and French histrion Catherine Deneuve near audiences successful stitches.

Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson is coming back. Thank heavens. He’s been connected the amusement since 2003. Enough said.

Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang is coming backmost for the 48th play of ‘SNL’. (NBC)

Bowen Yang has made rather the splash since opening his SNL career arsenic a writer successful 2018. The adjacent twelvemonth helium was successful beforehand of the camera and tearing up the spot with his hilarious characters, truthful overmuch truthful helium was nominated for an Emmy successful 2021!

Heidi Gardner

Heidi Gardner is acceptable for different play of ‘SNL’. (NBC)

Since 2017, Heidi Gardner has cracked up audiences with her zany characters. She’ll beryllium returning to the amusement for its 48th play aft having starred successful Hustle with Adam Sandler, which was released successful the summer.

Colin Jost

Returning formed subordinate Colin Jost has co-anchored Weekend Update since 2014. (NBC)

Colin Jost is the caput writer of the program, truthful it’s apt helium volition beryllium returning. The comedian has besides been the co-anchor for Weekend Update since 2014.

Sarah Sherman

Sarah Sherman is simply a spot of a newbie herself, arsenic she joined past season. (NBC)

The assortment amusement needs a zany, off-the-wall subordinate like Sarah Sherman! The hilarious prima volition beryllium returning and hopefully badgering Colin immoderate more!

Ego Nwodim

Ego Nwodim is returning for different play to ‘SNL’. (NBC)

Ego Nwodim came to play connected Saturday Night Live successful its 44th season. Her signature benignant of wit and hilarious impersonation of Dione Warwick volition surely airy up the adjacent season.

Michael Che

Michael Che volition beryllium returning to ‘SNL’ for the 48th season. (NBC)

Michael Che volition beryllium joining Colin astatine the Weekend Update table for the 48th season. The standup comedian has been a writer connected the amusement since 2014. He and Colin besides co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018.

Chloe Fineman

Chloe Fineman has intelligibly been the breakout prima of the sketch amusement implicit the past fewer years, with her adept impressions of Britney Spears, Meryl Streep and Drew Barrymore landing her connected galore a late-night speech show. She adjacent had a comedic relation successful the caller remake of Father of the Bride.

Mikey Day

Mikey Day is the go-to feline for ‘SNL’ and volition beryllium returning for the 48th season. (NBC)

Mikey Day is the glue that keeps the amusement together! Since helium archetypal got a penning gig connected the amusement backmost successful 2013, the hilarious histrion has go the go-to feline for characters ranging from mundane to each benignant of crazy.

Punkie Johnson

Punkie Johnson is returning for her 3rd play connected ‘Saturday Night Live’. (NBC)

Punkie Johnson became a featured subordinate 2 seasons agone and looks to beryllium uncovering her stride successful some penning and performing. The LGBTQ+ prima is the eighth achromatic pistillate formed subordinate successful the show’s history.