Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed by cast member)

Although over 116 comedians have been through the Saturday Night Live machine, only 86 have come out with recurring characters to date.


 * See also Listed Alphabetically, Listed Chronologically

Fred Armisen

 * Billiam from Gays in Space
 * Billy Smith
 * Fericito, often featured in ¡Show Biz Grande Explosion!
 * Gabe Fisher, a member of the Adult Students
 * Gunther Kelly, one of the Kelly Brothers
 * Henry Quincy Lundford of The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour
 * Leonard from Club Traxx
 * Mackey, from Rialto Grande
 * Noony Showner
 * Willie Tater from Appalachian Emergency Room

Dan Aykroyd

 * Beldar Conehead
 * Bob Widette
 * E. Buzz Miller
 * Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers
 * Floyd Hunger from The Mall sketches
 * George from Olympia Cafe
 * Irwin Mainway from Consumer Probe and other sketches
 * Jack Neehauser from St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus
 * Jimmy Joe Red Sky from Nick the Lounge Singer sketches
 * Joe, one of the X-Police
 * Leonard Pinth-Garnell
 * Mel of Mel's Char Palace
 * Mike Mendoza
 * Ray the Telepsychic
 * Yortuk Festrunck

Jim Belushi
See Jim Belushi.

John Belushi

 * Frank Leary from St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus
 * Jake Blues of The Blues Brothers
 * Jeff Widette
 * Kevin from The Mall sketches
 * Kuldroth from Coneheads sketches
 * Larry Farber
 * Lowell Brock from H & L Brock
 * Pete from Olympia Cafe
 * Samurai Futaba
 * Steve Bushakis

Jim Breuer

 * Don Wong of Wong & Owens, Ex-Porn Stars
 * Glenn from Goth Talk
 * Goat Boy
 * Gunner Olsen
 * Jeffrey Kaufman
 * Joe, Jr., son of Joe Blow

Beth Cahill

 * Denise Swerski, a spin-off character from Bill Swerski's Superfans
 * Pam from Delta Delta Delta

Dana Carvey

 * Buddy Precisely, manager of Celebrity Restaurant
 * Ching Chang
 * Chris, Pat's love interest
 * Church Lady
 * Derek Stevens
 * One of the Elevator Fans
 * Garth Algar from Wayne's World
 * A Grumpy Old Man
 * Hans
 * Larry Roman
 * Lyle, The Effeminate Heterosexual
 * Lyle Clark from Toonces, the Driving Cat
 * Mishu from Miss Connie's Fable Nook
 * One of the Two Sammies

Chevy Chase

 * Land Shark

Ellen Cleghorne

 * Queen Shenequa
 * Zoraido the NBC Page

Billy Crystal

 * Buddy Young, Jr.
 * Fernando's Hideaway
 * Lew Goldman
 * Ricky of Ricky & Phil
 * Willie of Willie & Frankie

Jane Curtin

 * Barbara, friend of Rhonda Weiss
 * Betty Widette
 * Enid Loopner, Lisa Loopner's mother
 * Iris de Flaminio
 * Joan Face
 * Miss Hathaway from The Bel-Airabs
 * Prymaat Conehead

Joan Cusack

 * Salena of Biff & Salena

Tom Davis

 * The Franken & Davis Show

Denny Dillon

 * Debbie of Vickie & Debbie
 * Mary Louise
 * Pinky Waxman of The Waxmans

Robert Downey, Jr.

 * Rudy Randolph
 * Jimmy Chance

Rachel Dratch

 * Abe Scheinwald
 * A cocktail watress in Rialto Grande
 * Debbie Downer
 * Denise McDenna, one of the Boston Teens
 * a dancer in the Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour
 * Lynne Bershad from Delicious Dish
 * Nicole, the Girl With No Gay-Dar!
 * Phoebe
 * Ruth Weinstock, one of the Adult Students
 * Sheldon from Wake Up, Wakefield!
 * Virginia Klarvin, one of the Lovers

Robin Duke

 * Mrs. T
 * Paulette Clooney
 * Wendy Whiner

Nora Dunn

 * Ashley Ashley
 * Babette
 * Denise Venetti, host of Learning To Feel
 * Liz Sweeney, of The Sweeney Sisters
 * Loose Chang, wife of Ching Chang
 * Mrs. Campbell, Wayne Campbell's mom
 * Pat Stevens

Jimmy Fallon

 * Jarret
 * a clerk at Jeffrey's
 * Joey Mack on Z105
 * Kip Bloder
 * The Leather Man
 * Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy
 * Pat Sullivan, one of the Boston Teens
 * Patrick Fitzwilliam, co-host of Top O' The Morning
 * Randy Goldman from Wake Up, Wakefield!
 * Rodney "The Zipper" Calzoun from Rialto Grande
 * Señor Guadalupe Juameras from The How Do You Say? Ah Yes, Show
 * Wade from 7 Degrees Celsius

Siobhan Fallon

 * Meg from Delta Delta Delta

Chris Farley

 * B Fats, cohost of I'm Chillin'
 * Bennett Brauer
 * Beverly Gelfand from Zagat's
 * Cindy Crawford, manager of The Gap
 * Middle-Aged Man's Drinkin' Buddy
 * employee at Hub's Gyros
 * Mark Strobel
 * Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker
 * Mr. O'Malley, supporter of The Herlihy Boy
 * Sandman from The Dark Side with Nat X
 * Todd O'Connor from Bill Swerski's Superfans

Will Ferrell

 * Alex Trebek from Celebrity Jeopardy!
 * Baron Nocturna from Goth Talk
 * Craig from The Rocky Roads
 * Craig Buchanan, a Spartan Cheerleader
 * David Larry, cohost of Dog Show
 * Don West from the Shopping at Home Network
 * Dr. Beamen
 * Frank Henderson from Get Off The Shed!
 * Hank, a Bill Brasky buddy
 * Jacob Silj
 * James Lipton from Inside the Actors Studio
 * the supervisor at Jeffrey's
 * Leslie Attebury
 * Marty Culp
 * Peter Tanner, manager of 7 Degrees Celsius
 * Roger Klarvin, one of the Lovers
 * Sean Patrick Flannery, a classmate of Mary Katherine Gallagher
 * Spider from The Joe Pesci Show
 * Steve Butabi, a Roxbury guy
 * Terrence Maddox, Nude Model
 * Tom Wilkins, cohost of Morning Latte

Will Forte

 * The Falconer
 * a dancer for The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour
 * Patrick Kelly
 * Tim Calhoun

Al Franken

 * Lester Crackfield
 * Stuart Smalley

Ana Gasteyer

 * Bobbi Mohan-Culp
 * Cinder Calhoun
 * Deana Nolan-Gray, host of Hello Dolly
 * Gayle Gleason, host of Pretty Living
 * Ginger Attebury
 * Gladys Stubbs from Tiger Beat's Ultra Super Duper Dreamy Love Show
 * Jonette from Gemini's Twin
 * Kincaid
 * Margaret Jo McCullin, cohost of Delicious Dish
 * Mary Faye, one of the Southern Gals

Darrell Hammond

 * Bill Clinton
 * Al Gore
 * Sean Connery from Celebrity Jeopardy!

Phil Hartman

 * Ki-rok from Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Peter Graves
 * Charlton Heston

Chris Kattan

 * Antonio Banderas

Jon Lovitz

 * Master Thespian
 * Satan
 * Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar

Norm MacDonald

 * Burt Reynolds
 * Bob Dole
 * Larry King

Tim Meadows

 * Leon Phelps from The Ladies Man

Tracy Morgan

 * Brian Fellow from Brian Fellow's Safari Planet
 * Star Jones

Eddie Murphy

 * James Brown in the hot tub


 * Gumby


 * Buckwheat


 * Mr. Robinson (Parody of Mr. Rogers)

Mike Myers

 * Wayne campbell
 * Dieter
 * Linda Richman
 * Middle-Aged Man

Don Novello

 * Father Guido Sarducci

Chris Parnell

 * Tom Brokaw

Joe Piscopo

 * Frank Sinatra

Colin Quinn

 * Robert De Niro from Joe Pesci Show

Gilda Radner

 * Roseanne Rosannadanna
 * Emily Litella
 * Baba Wawa

Jeff Richards

 * Drunk Girl

Chris Rock
Nat X

Maya Rudolph

 * Donatella Versace

Adam Sandler

 * Opera Man
 * Cajan Man
 * Canteen Boy

Horatio Sanz
Mañuel Pantalones on the talk show, ¡Show Biz Grande Explosion!

Molly Shannon

 * Mary Katherine Gallagher

Nancy Walls
Married to Steve Carell