Trivia: Parents went to law school with Bill Clinton. Started doing stand-up during his junior year in college. Worked as an intern at Comedy Central when he first moved to New York. Professes to be afraid of possums. Made his on-camera debut on Saturday Night Live as a clapboard operator in a sketch about Activia yogurt.

Trivia: Best known for his 2005 live-action rendering of the Bill Cosby character Fat Albert on the big screen -- a character he brought to life with the aid of a trusty fat suit and the trademark, "Hey, Hey, Hey!" -- wunderkind comic Kenan Thompson honed his skills as a small fry by entertaining classmates with uproarious comedy routines on the playground in his childhood home of Atlanta. Thompson landed his big break by auditioning at age 15 for All That, a Nickelodeon sketch comedy series that (like The Mickey Mouse Club of years prior) functioned as a kind of unofficial petri dish for burgeoning young talent. Series producer and director Brian Robbins reportedly viewed Thompson's audition, tagged his ability to mimic and his comic timing as "dead-on," and hired the young man on the spot. The young comic wowed Nickelodeon, and network heads not only offered him his own sitcom within a year, co-starring another young schtickmeister, Kel Mitchell, but a network-produced movie, the 1997 Good Burger (also starring Mitchell). Numerous additional film roles ensued, and though Mitchell began with goofy, schtick-heavy comedies (Master of Disguise [2002], My Boss' Daughter [2003]), he periodically revealed an interest in stretching his ability into other genres, such as avant-garde/experimental video (Public Lighting [2004]) and action-saturated horror (Snakes on a Plane [2006]). In 2008, however, Thompson hearkened back to comedy by voicing one of the titular primates in the goofy live-action fantasy Space Chimps. Meanwhile, alongside his film work, Thompson achieved even greater success on the small screen. His debut series, All That, had been conveniently described by more than one critic as "SNL for the small set," and paved the way for Thompson's involvement in the real Saturday Night Live; he joined the SNL cast in 2003.

Trivia: Was a regular performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Starred in three seasons of the LOGO series The Big Gay Sketch Show. Made her Saturday Night Live debut on April 7, 2012. Was the first active SNL cast member to win an Emmy for their work on the show, when she won in 2016.

Trivia: First starring role was in sixth grade when she played a lawyer who was prosecuting Hitler. Decided on a comedy career while attending college. Studied at the Second City Conservatory and is a member of the Second City National Touring Company. Was a member of the female improv troupe Virgin Daiquiri. Big break came in the summer of 2012 when producer Lorne Michaels spotted her in a comedy showcase in Chicago and cast her on Saturday Night Live.

Trivia: Started her comedic training at iO Chicago while in college. Is an alum of Chicago's Second City improv troupe, where many other Saturday Night Live greats were discovered. Made her SNL debut in the show's 38th season, along with Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong, who also hail from Chicago's comedy scene. Her first impression on SNL was of CNN correspondent Candy Crowley, who moderated the second 2012 presidential debate.

Trivia: When he stopped playing football in high school to focus on acting, his father tried to get him to stay on the team by bribing him with a car. Took classes at Second City improv school in Chicago while still in high school. Formed Good Neighbor comedy troupe while an undergrad at the University of Southern California with fellow students Kyle Mooney and Nick Rutherford (and later added friend Dave McCary to the group). Starred in the popular "It's Not Complicated" series of commercials from AT&T in 2013.

Trivia: Voted Most Likely to Be a TV Star in middle school. Formed Good Neighbor comedy troupe while an undergrad at the University of Southern California with fellow students Beck Bennett and Nick Rutherford (and later added friend Dave McCary to the group). Started writing and performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2007. Appeared in commercials for Taco Bell, McDonald's and Comcast.

Trivia: Served as president of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine in the early 2000s. Studied the History and Literature of Russia and Britain at Harvard. Wrote for the cartoon Kappa Mikey before joining Saturday Night Live. His brother Casey Jost is a member of the Staten Island improv comedy trio ManCrush. Won three WGA Awards for his work on SNL. Has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the Huffington Post, the Staten Island Advance and Radar magazine.

Trivia: The youngest of seven siblings. After graduating high school, designed t-shirts and sold them on the streets of New York. Performed at his first open mic night at age 26. Made his stand-up television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. Named one of Variety magazine's 10 Comics to Watch in 2013. Was a correspondent on The Daily Show for only three months in 2014; he left the job to write for Saturday Night Live. Was the first stand-up comedian to perform on Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2014.

Trivia: Lost his father, a firefighter, in the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the age of 7. Began doing stand-up comedy at 16. Was discovered by Nick Cannon at age 17. Made his television premiere on Gotham Comedy Live. Was named as one of Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch for 2014. Is the first cast member of Saturday Night Live to be born in the 1990s.

Trivia: A veteran of Los Angeles' famed Groundlings comedy troupe, comedic performer and writer Mikey Day did the majority of his early work on cable television. Among other accomplishments, he authored blackouts for -- and performed on -- Damon Wayans' short-lived Showtime sketch comedy series The Underground, guest starred on Reno 911!, and appeared as himself in the reality program Faking the Video. In 2007, Day landed a role opposite Katt Williams, Jeremy Piven, and Snoop Dogg in the direct-to-video urban comedy Katt Williams: American Hustle -- The Movie.

Trivia: Became interested in performing after doing celebrity impressions at her high-school talent show. Began attending the Laugh Factory Comic Camp at the age of 15. Was one of the top 16 finalists in Season 6 of America's Got Talent. Has headlined more than 100 venues as a stand-up comic. Gained fame as a comedian due to her many celebrity impressions, including Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez, Barbara Walters and Sarah Silverman. Joined the 42nd season of Saturday Night Live as the show's first-ever Latina cast member.

Trivia: Moved to the Chicago suburb Naperville when he was 8 years old and began his career in rap, stand-up and improvisational comedy there.Is an alumnus of Second City Touring Company.Has listed Boxing, Football, Track & Field, Tennis, Cycling, Swimming, Baseball and Rollerblading as his athletics skills on his resume.Co-wrote the acclaimed improv-sketch-dance hybrid show "The Art of Falling" with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2014.Joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2017.

Trivia: Well-known in Chicago's improv comedy scene, having regularly performed at iO Chicago Theater, the Annoyance Theatre, Zanies and the Comedy Bar. Starred in his own one-man show titled Good Little Winnetka Boy at the Annoyance Theatre in 2010. Is a Second City alum who teaches for the Second City Training Center's teen and youth program. Joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for its 42nd season in 2016.

Trivia: Arguably the top screen comedian of the 1990s, Canadian-born entertainer Jim Carrey has combined equal parts of his idol Jerry Lewis, his spiritual ancestor Harry Ritz, and the loose-limbed Ray Bolger into a gleefully uninhibited screen image that is uniquely his own.Carrey's life wasn't always a barrel of laughs; he was born on January 17, 1962, into a peripatetic household that regularly ran the gamut from middle-class comfort to abject poverty. Not surprisingly, Carrey became a classic overachiever, excelling in academics while keeping his classmates in stitches with his wild improvisations and elastic facial expressions. His comedy club debut at age 16 was a dismal failure, but Carrey had already resolved not to be beaten down by life's disappointments (as his father, a frustrated musician, had been). By age 22, he was making a good living as a standup comic, and was starring on the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory -- a series which curiously did little to take advantage of its star's uncanny physical dexterity. Throughout the 1980s, Carrey appeared in supporting roles in such films as Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Earth Girls are Easy (1990). Full television stardom came Carrey's way in 1990 as the resident "white guy" on Keenan Ivory Wayans' Fox TV comedy In Living Color. The most popular of the comedian's many characterizations on the program was the grotesquely disfigured Fire Marshal Bill, whose dubious safety tips brought down the wrath of real-life fire prevention groups -- and also earned Carrey the ultimate accolade of being imitated by other comics. 1994 proved to be "The Year of Carrey," with the release of three top-grossing comedy films to his credit: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber. By the end of the year, Carrey was commanding seven to ten million dollars per picture. In 1995, the actor/comedian took over for Robin Williams as The Riddler in the blockbuster film Batman Forever, and, in 1996, he tried his hand at a darker and more menacing role as a maniacal cable repairman in The Cable Guy. The film, and Carrey's at-times frightening performance, received decidedly mixed reviews from critics and audiences. Despite the generally negative response to the film, Carrey still retained an interest in branching out into more dramatic roles. Following a return to all-out comedy in Liar, Liar (1997) as a chronically dishonest attorney, Carrey explored new territory with his lead role in the highly acclaimed The Truman Show (1998), Peter Weir's eerie comedy drama about the perils of all-consuming media manipulation. Critical respect in hand, Carrey returned to comedy of a different sort with the lead role in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon (1999), a much-anticipated biopic of the legendary comic Andy Kaufman. Although the film boasted a powerhouse performance from Carrey, it earned less than stellar reviews and did poor business at the box office. Such was the strength of the actor's portrayal, however, that his exclusion from the Best Actor nominations at that year's Academy Awards was a source of protest for a number of industry members. Carrey returned to straight comedy the following year with the Farrelly brothers' Me, Myself & Irene, in which he starred as a cop with a split personality, both of whom are in love with the same woman (Renée Zellweger). Though that film fared the least successful of the Farrellys' efforts to that point, Carrey's anarchic persona was given seemingly free range and the result was his most unhinged role since The Mask. That same year, he assumed the lead role in Ron Howard's Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, raking in the money at the box-office and receiving a Golden Globe nomination despite widespread critical-contempt for the film. Continuing to seek acceptance as a skilled dramatist, Carrey next appeared in the 2001 box-office bomb The Majestic.Undeterred by the failure of The Majestic, Carrey returned again to both comedy and box-office success with 2003's Bruce Almighty. After handily proving that his power as a big-screen star was very much intact, Carrey wasted no time switching gears once again as he embarked on his most ambitious project to date, the 2004 mind-bending romantic-dramedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, the film garnered rave reviews and featured what was arguably Carrey's most subtly complex and subdued performance to date.Carrey's cartooney presence on screen would make him a natural fit for the kids' movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events in 2004, as well as other family films over the coming years like A Christmas Carol and Mr. Popper's Penguins. The actor would continue to explore dramatic roles, however, such as the dark thriller The Number 23 and the critically acclaimed I Love You, Phillip Morris.