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| x Mike Myers |
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1988 | 1995 | Contract player |
Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title...
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| x Dana Carvey |
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1986 | 1993 | Contract player |
Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American comedian and actor, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Wayne's World.
Carvey was born in Missoula, Montana, the son of Billie, a schoolteacher, and William...
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| x Chris Farley |
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1990 | 1995 | Contract player |
Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. He was a member at Chicago's Second City Theatre and the cast of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He also starred in a...
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| x Will Ferrell |
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1995 | 2002 | Contract player |
John William "Will" Ferrell (pronounced /ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. He first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a film career, starring in...
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| x Mark McKinney |
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1994 | 1997 | Contract player |
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the long-running sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series (1989 to 1995) and feature film ...
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| x Molly Shannon |
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1994 | 2001 | Contract player |
Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her work as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995-2001, and is currently starring on the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim. She is also...
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| x Chris Parnell |
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1998 | 2006 | Contract player |
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in 1998-2001 and 2002-2006. He has a recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman (pronounced spuh-CHE-men) on NBC's Emmy...
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| x Tim Meadows |
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1991 | 2000 | Contract player |
Timothy Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian who performed on the TV show Saturday Night Live.
Meadows was born in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Mardell, a nurse's assistant, and Lathon Meadows, a janitor. Meadows'...
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| x Chris Kattan |
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1996 | 2003 | Contract player |
Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan (born October 19, 1970) is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (né Jerome C. Kattan), is...
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| x Colin Quinn |
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1995 | 2000 | Contract player |
Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, and as an MTV personality in the late 1980s.
Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn to an Irish-American family and was raised...
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| x John Belushi |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1979 | Contract player |
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of Jim Belushi.
Belushi...
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| x Dan Aykroyd |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1979 | Contract player |
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an...
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| x David Spade |
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1990 | 1996 | Contract player |
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964(1964-07-22)) is an American actor, comedian and television personality who first became famous in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 starred as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot...
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| x Jane Curtin |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1980 | Contract player |
Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedienne. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on Saturday Night Live in 1975, she would go on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a...
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| x Michael McKean |
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1993 | 1995 | Contract player |
David Ivor St. Hubbins (born 1947) is a fictional character who is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the mock rock band Spinal Tap, which was the subject of "mockumentary" film This Is Spinal Tap (1984). David is played by actor Michael McKean...
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| x Julia Sweeney |
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1990 | 1994 | Contract player |
Julia Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian and author best known for her Saturday Night Live career and autobiographical solo shows.
Sweeney was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Jeri, a homemaker, and Robert M...
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| x Al Franken |
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1987 | 1995 | Featured player |
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American actor, author, political commentator, and politician. He is the current United States Senator-elect from the State of Minnesota.
Franken has worked as a comedian, writer and liberal...
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| 1975 | 1980 | ||||
| x Kristen Wiig |
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2005 | Contract player |
Kristen Carroll Wiig (pronounced /ˈwɪɡ/ "wig"; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and impressionist, currently appearing as a cast member of Saturday Night Live.
She is a member of The Groundlings, and also appeared in the first...
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| x Chevy Chase |
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Oct 11, 1975 | Oct 30, 1976 | Contract player |
Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night...
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| x George Coe |
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Oct 11, 1975 | Oct 25, 1975 | Contract player |
George Coe is an American actor who has appeared in many films, television shows and on the stage.
He portrayed Ben Cheviot, the eventual head of Network 23, in Max Headroom (TV series). He was also an original member of the "Not Ready For Prime...
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| x Garrett Morris |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1980 | Contract player |
Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American comedian and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980.
Morris was a church-choir...
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| x Laraine Newman |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1980 | Contract player |
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedienne and actress.
Newman was born on March 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, the granddaughter of a Jewish cattle rancher from Arizona. Newman attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly...
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| x Michael O'Donoghue |
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Oct 11, 1975 | Oct 25, 1975 | Contract player |
Michael O'Donoghue (January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994) was a 20th century American writer and performer. He was known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor, was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine, and was the first...
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| x Gilda Radner |
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Oct 11, 1975 | 1980 | Contract player |
Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedienne and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award. Radner's death at 42...
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| x Tom Davis |
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1975 | 1980 | Featured player |
Tom Davis (born 13 August 1952) is a comedy writer and performer. He is an Emmy Award winner, and is best known working with partner Al Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis".
Davis attended The Blake School, where he built up a...
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| x Bill Murray |
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1977 | 1980 | Contract player |
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American comedian and actor. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in films including Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, and Groundhog Day.
Murray, the fifth...
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| x Don Novello |
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1978 | 1980 | Featured player |
Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character ...
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| 1985 | 1986 | ||||
| x Jim Downey |
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1979 | 1980 | Featured player |
James Downey (born 1952 or 1953) is an American comedy writer and occasional actor. Downey is best known as a long-time writer for Saturday Night Live.
Downey attended Harvard University, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Russian. While at Harvard...
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| x Paul Shaffer |
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1979 | 1980 | Featured player |
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer. Currently, he is the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Paul Shaffer was raised in Fort...
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| x Tom Schiller |
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1979 | 1980 | Featured player |
Tom Schiller is an American Emmy Award winning writer best known for his eleven-year stint writing and directing short films for Saturday Night Live. (following the shows original short film makers Albert Brooks and Gary Weis) His films, often...
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| x Alan Zweibel |
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1979 | 1980 | Featured player |
Alan Zweibel (born May 20, 1950) is a producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Zweibel grew up in the New York City suburbs of...
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| x Brian Doyle-Murray |
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1981 | 1982 | Featured player |
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and actor. An alumnus of Saturday Night Live, he is the brother of Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films, including Caddyshack, Scrooged,...
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| 1979 | 1980 | ||||
| x Harry Shearer |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
Derek Albion Smalls (born 1941) is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer. He is the bassist for mock rock group Spinal Tap. He co-starred in the hit spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap with guitarists Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and...
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| 1979 | 1980 | ||||
| x Gilbert Gottfried |
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1980 | 1981 | Contract player |
Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian and actor whose most salient feature is a distinctively loud, rasping, grating voice. He has played numerous roles in film and television, perhaps most notably voicing the...
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| x Matthew Laurance | 1980 | 1981 | Featured player | ||
| x Gail Matthius | 1980 | 1981 | Contract player |
Gail Matthius (born December 8, 1953 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American actress and voice actress. She was a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its critical and ratings low point at the time (the 1980-1981 season headed by...
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| x Laurie Metcalf |
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1980 | 1981 | Featured player |
Lauren Ophelia "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne. She is also a major force in Chicago theater, probably best known for her performance in the 1983...
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| x Emily Prager | 1980 | 1981 | Featured player | ||
| x Ann Risley | 1980 | 1981 | Contract player |
Anna "Ann" Risley (b. September 30, 1949, Madison, Wisconsin) was a cast member of the TV series Saturday Night Live for the 12 episodes of the 1980-1981 season. These 12 broadcasts were the first episodes after producer Lorne Michaels left the show...
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| x Charles Rocket |
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1980 | 1981 | Contract player |
Charles Rocket (August 24, 1949 – October 7, 2005) was an American film and television actor, notable for his tenure as a cast member on Saturday Night Live as well as for his appearances as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film Dumb and Dumber and...
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| x Patrick Weathers | 1980 | 1981 | Featured player | ||
| x Tony Rosato | 1980 | 1982 | Contract player |
Tony Rosato (born December 26, 1954) is an Italian-Canadian actor who has appeared in television and movies in both Canada and the United States.
Rosato was born in Naples, Italy, and raised in Halifax, Ottawa, and Toronto. He planned to study...
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| x Robin Duke | 1980 | 1984 | Contract player |
Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and comedian. Duke is most famous for her work on the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live although in recent years her latest venture, Women Fully Clothed, a...
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| x Tim Kazurinsky | 1980 | 1984 | Contract player |
Tim Kazurinsky (born March 3, 1950) is an American comedian best known for performances on the NBC show Saturday Night Live. Typically his characters were mousey, sheepish types.
Kazurinsky was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Kazurinsky started out...
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| x Eddie Murphy |
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1980 | 1984 | Contract player |
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member...
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| x Joe Piscopo |
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1980 | 1984 | Contract player |
Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo (born June 17, 1951) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Piscopo attended West Essex High School and was a member of the drama club "the...
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| x Christine Ebersole |
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1981 | 1982 | Contract player |
Christine Ebersole (born 21 February 1953) is an American actress and singer.
Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School and went on to graduate from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
After...
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| x Mary Gross | 1981 | 1985 | Contract player |
Mary Gross (born March 25, 1953) is an American comedian and actress, perhaps best known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Gross's...
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| x Brad Hall |
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1982 | 1984 | Contract player |
William Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. He was also the creator of the TV series The Single Guy and Watching Ellie....
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| x Gary Kroeger | 1982 | 1985 | Contract player |
Gary Kroeger (born April 13, 1957) is an American actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985.
Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Kroeger attended Northern University High School and graduated from Northwestern University in 1981....
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| x Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
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1982 | 1985 | Contract player |
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian best known for her roles as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and as Christine Campbell on the current CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old...
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| x Billy Crystal |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the...
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| x Christopher Guest |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
Nigel Tufnel (1948-) is the fictional lead guitarist of the rock band Spinal Tap featured in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. He is played by actor Christopher Guest.
Nigel's hobbies include collecting guitars; particularly noteworthy...
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| x Rich Hall |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
Rich Hall (born 10 June 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American comedian and writer. He was a writer and performer on the sketch comedy TV series Fridays, Not Necessarily the News, and Saturday Night Live. He has appeared several times on the...
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| x Martin Short |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.
Short, youngest of five children,...
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| x Pamela Stephenson |
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1984 | 1985 | Contract player |
Pamela Helen Stephenson Connolly (born December 4, 1949) is a New Zealand actress, comedian and clinical psychologist, now a resident of New York City, USA.
Stephenson was born in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. After attending the University of...
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| x Joan Cusack |
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1985 | 1986 | Contract player |
Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian.
Joan Cusack was born in New York City to an Irish American Catholic family. She was raised in Evanston, Illinois. Her mother, Nancy, is a former...
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| x Robert Downey Jr. |
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1985 | 1986 | Contract player |
Robert John Downey, Jr. (born on April 4, 1965) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, film producer, and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he appeared in one of his father's films, and has worked...
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| x Anthony Michael Hall |
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1985 | 1986 | Contract player |
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who starred in several successful teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on...
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| x Randy Quaid |
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1985 | 1986 | Contract player |
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, and BAFTA Award-nominated American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in Independence Day (1996), Kingpin (1996),...
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