Top 10 SNL Cast Members Whose Careers Ended After Leaving
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- Not every SNL cast member goes on to greatness after leacing the show. For this list, we’ll be looking at former cast members of the long-running variety series who just never found much success outside the show. Our countdown includes Peter Aykroyd, Ellen Cleghorne, Jay Pharoah, Brooks Wheelan, and more! Know any other ‘Not Ready for Primetime Players’ who didn’t quite live up to their potential? Then let us know in the comments.
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So Taram Kiliam didn't make the cut ?
Yall lied on Jay pharaoh he still going fix this video
I think Jay's on this list because even though he hasn't disappear completely people thought he was going to be more successful.
forgot jenny slate
I disagree with Jay Pharoah being on here. He's still very active and making movies and apearring on TV shows.
Only when they can’t afford the real actor they want lol he’s not very original tbh
The video isnt "Cast members that aren't active" it's memebrs that aren't big, household names. Jay Pharaoh is rememberd for his impressions not anything he has done post SNL. It's sad I agree but it is what it is.
YES! Thank you! I was about to type that! He was in Soderbergh’s very underrated “Unsane” and he just did a Netflix romcom with Christina Milian called “Resort to Love”.
Facts
I was a huge fan of Jay Pharaoh when he was on the show, and I have yet to see him in ANYTHING since, so I think it’s justified for him to be on here.
Hands down, Jay Pharaoh was the best male impersonator in SNL history. You could never hear his voice when performing which almost never happens. I did see him last summer on Kimmel. He was definitely underutilized on SNL and deserves future work.
I agree.Jay Pharoah funny.
@@memoriesofmychildhood7297 I would not say "Hands Down.'" Darrell Hammond is excellent and I believe good arguments could be made for Dana Carvey and Bill Hader, as well.
@@shawnuel
Bill Hader’s Alan Alda impression is probably the best impression of any celebrity I’ve seen. Damn that’s a good impression.
Definitely not as good as Darrel Hammond or Dana Carvey, but he’s talented for sure.
While I do not think he was the best in history he still works in Hollywood and he killed both the wings and impersonations in his episode of "Hot Ones".
Cheri Oteri comes to mind
For me it’s Jan Hooks. She did a few guest spots here and there, but never got that breakout role. One of my favorite SNL cast members of all-time, very versatile performer, and one of the funniest women in the history of the show. She should have been a bigger star.
Jan Hooks, nice name drop! She was very funny
RIP to her. I had kind of a crush on her. :(
I think Phil Hartman's death was hard on her. She'll always be my favourite female SNL alumn.
@@nah....6151 And a nice run on 30 Rock.
Definitely gone too soon
I actually met Tim Kazurinsky when I was in high school. The English Department conducted a day of writing workshops and he was the host of one of them, talking about comedy writing. He's a really nice guy. He talked a bit about being on SNL and said he hated being in the sketches with the chimpanzee.
That's great. I loved him as sweetchuck😅
@@IronMikeDyson1979 him and Bobcat were a hilarious comedy duo
Yet those sketches with the monkey were the most popular and the ones he's known for.
@@sandraandrews9907 Chimpanzees, not monkeys. Chimps are apes.
I would’ve never agreed to even be in the same room as a chimpanzee. Those things are unpredictable, violent, and incredibly strong.
Yeah Jay Pharoah is super active about 10 leading roles in the past 3-4 years
I feel bad for Jay Pharaoh he is incredibly talented
His career has not ended. I've seen him on many things.
I love Jay Pharaoh. He's so talented and he still does a lot of stuff. He's got a bright future ahead of him and he should be a movie star. He's for sure going to get a TV show someday soon.
I love Jay Pharaoh too! He, along with Kenan Thompson were very underated on SNL!!!!!!!! I still put them as better comedians than the over hyped, and overexposed Kevin Hart! They should be higher because they do more, and they don't have to try hard in being funny, where as Hart is a one-note performer, he shouts too much, and tries too hard to be funny!Both Pharaoh, and Thompson can do so much with their talents, just a little facial expression, and impersonations are so perfectly done!!!!!!!!!! Two of my favorite modern comedians!!!!!!?
He isnt funny and he is a bad actor. Not gonna happen.
He had a TV show already
He’s way better than Skete Davidson. Who half assed his way through the last two seasons.
Jay Pharoah was absolutely hilarious on SNL.
Dude is hella underrated.
Ellen Cleghorne should have been a bigger star. I liked her.
Jay Pharoh’s impression of Stephen a smith still kills me
I haven't seen in him anything since SNL.
Firing Jay Pharaoh is one of the biggest mistakes in SNL’s history.
It’s funny because Chris Redd is horrible at impressions
Biggest mistakes.
Well they passed on Jim Carrey. That was probably their biggest mistake.
They fired Julia Louis Dreyfus after just one year.
They passed on Kevin hart and Lisa kudrow (who was an improv legend at the time).
They didn’t know how to use Larry David or Ben Stiller, they both only lasted a year there.
@@zhaoliang4217Larry David was a writer, not a performer.
Stiller was hired as a writer and featured performer. And he left, not fired. After 4 episodes because he wanted to make more shorts and they didn’t want that.
Pharaoh may be the person on this list whose career is *least* over. That said, he’s just fading slowly and his star hasn’t been nearly as bright as it was on SNL.
Brooks Wheelan was the first Pete Davidson. His comedy wasn't the norm-decades old SNL pat type of comedy. In the time when Brooks was hired, SNL was trying to evolve its comedy to compete with edgier platforms like Comedy Central. (remember the slew of new cast members that only lasted one season?)
And Brooks is genuinely hilarious. His episode of Ridiculousness and AP Bio are classics. But the blame of him not reaching his full potential, and lasting only one season is all SNL's fault and lack of vision.
Now, (several years later) SNL has evolved its comedic style, and the cast of today reflects that. Brooks Wheelan's time on SNL was ahead of its time; and we all have missed out on what laughs could have been.
I'm surprised Chris Kattan didn't make the list.
I was waiting for him to show up…but not even as an honorable mention! I always thought he was cute! At least I got to see him almost naked in “A Night at the Roxbury”!
Yes, I was sure both him abd Cheri Oteri would be here
Totally
Mango!
@@chantedavidson610for real, especially when you consider how long they were on SNL and how good they were on the show.
Dude no, Lorraine Newman did not deserve to be on this list. Like she's very active in voiceover, beyond Spongebob. As Told by Ginger, Fairly Oddparents, she voiced pretty much every female character on Metalocalypse. Her career has not ended.
@daydreamcomedianne, I agree with you! Lorraine has been pretty active . She was also on Curb your Enthusiasm. I dint realize how young she was on snl
*Ellen Cleghorne was an under-rated actress on SNL!!* 😆😆
I couldn't agree more! She was brilliant and intense.
I am surprised that Denny Dillon, Gail Matthius, and even Finesse Mitchell aren’t on this list.
I can’t believe Jay Pharaoh was cut from SNL. His impressions were amazing.
Bobby Moynihan is my guy! He’s done a few movies and he’s been on Ducktales and We Bare Bears and a few Star Wars shows. He’s my favorite snl star
This makes me sad. There are some insanely talented folks on this list.
I watched this to find out whatever happened to Ella Cleghorne - she was amazing and I loved her SO much!
Tim Kazurinsky’s career didn’t end right after SNL. He did the Police Academy movies, and that’s not nothing, considering there were like, what, 23 of them?
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Brooks Wheelan was apart of “E-Meth” probably the only good thing to come from season 39. But I’ll always appreciate him for that
That movie Johnny Dangerously ended up being a classic 😂
Touche
Almost made me cry from laughing so hard! Michael Keaton was GREAT in it!
@@davidl570 I almost cried from laughing once, once ‼️
I liked it too, but I only saw it once ..."ONCE"! It's on my list if they don't 'disappear' it like many others.
@@johncmitchell4941 👍🏿👍🏿😅
The funniest thing about this video is the thumbnail, RESPECT for going the extra mile NOT to click bait anybody 😂
I was a big fan of Brooks Wheelan. His Weekend Update appearance about Brooks Wheelan Disease had me crying with laughter. Saw him live at ACME Comedy Club, and he was hysterical.
Having a great manager and selecting the right vehicle is very important. It's hard to survive cancelled shows and bad movies. SNL is such a team ,I forgot most of these cast members until this video.
I still can't imagine why they let Jay Pharoah go. He was amazing.
Me neither I wonder why
To be fair working alongside Eddie Murphy back in the day must have been like standing next to a supernova. Does anyone remember anyone else in the cast at the time? Unfortunate for Tiim and the other cast members.
You can say the same during Kristen Wiig era. Her entire presence on the sketch drowned out every other female castmembers. Only male cast members and Maya Rudolph (Which at that time was basically a glorified ex-member/ cameo guest) able to balance things out back then.
@@manchesterunitedno7 Poehler was still there for Wiig’s first 3 or so seasons. I think Fey and Dratch overlapped 1 year.
Abby Elliot said the presence of Kristen Wiig means that she had a hard time breaking out before she left the show
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss was on SNL at the same time Eddie Murphy was, but she wasn't particularly memorable on the show. She was one of the few cast members who blew up after leaving the show.
Piscopo was on SNL before my time but the only reason I ever heard of him was that one line from The Simpsons where Bart is watching Tuesday Night Live and said that he missed Joe Piscopo
And Joe is in the Tom Petty song "Jammin' Me" "Take back Vanessa Redgrave. Take back Joe Piscopo. Take Back Eddie Murphy. Give them some place to go" His last name rhymes in the lyric
I heard of Joe Piscopo through Al Bundy insult.
I live in the same town as him. Went to school with his kid, pretty cool guy
James Belushi tried out, but some compared him unfavorably to his famous late brother John. He didn’t quite click during SNL, but he did find something to do in a sitcom years after that.
James Belushi was in one of my favorite SNLs. It was a talk show entitled..."Where were you when...." and it was where were you when Kennedy was killed? Three people, one Belushi, all acted like they didnt even know Kennedy had been shot.
Belushi says he found out about Kennedy being shot 9 years later in college.
Robin Duke then says she had just been told backstage.
Tim Kazurinsky hadnt heard and started crying
Jay Pharoah was awesome. His impressions are hysterical.
You didn't discuss the REAL reason why Joe Piscopo dropped off the comedy radar:
After leaving SNL he was going to the gym, working out...INTENSELY...and taking steroids. He appeared on the cover of (if I remember coreectly) the magazine "Muscle & Fitness" extremely built, muscles bulging, and outright frightening. He couldn't get any more comedy gigs because he looked absolutely frightening!!!!
He burned his bridges with his inflated ego with his Hollywood fame or whatever happened happened there😅
There are other SNL comedians that "look frightening" and still got work.
@@Paulafan5 lol
I do remember seeing his name associated to bodybuilding, only years later did I find out he was actually a comedian.
Hard to be famous with ous in your name.
“Nothing But Trouble” is a very underrated film.
It’s a TERRIBLE movie. But I used to watch it whenever it came on on Saturday afternoons. Good times.
It might be one of the best bad movies ever made.
Apparently it’s gaining cult status as people are now viewing it as an actual good movie that it was misunderstood at the time. To me it’s just weird.
It's a good movie in that it's bad... Not "Sharknado" bad, but definitely better than that garbage.
Surprising Terry Sweeney was not on the list.
I think Terry Sweeney contracted HIV shortly after his stint on SNL and died shortly afterward. Danita Vance also only starred in one season of SNL and died of ovarian cancer shortly afterward.
@@728huey that is not true terry is still alive and does not have aids...look him up all gay people do not get hiv or aids
This is why Keanan hasn’t left yet ! He knows without SNL he’s done ✅
Which must be why he earned an Emmy nom. for best lead actor in the first year of his sitcom.
@@shawnuel it’s all about politics . That show isn’t even that funny
Also, without him, SNL would only be half as funny (if that).
Staying in the spotlight is so hard for a performer that once they hit it big, they tend to ride it out. Most actors who leave voluntarily don't make it.
@@excaliber8713 I actually agree with you.
Tiran Killim and Jay Pharoah are truly baffling to me, they were both amazing
SWEETCHUCK IS A LEGEND! Regardless of his lack of screen time after SNL, people will always remember him on Police Academy!
This topic needs a Top 20 list.
Could you do a "SNL Cast Members Whose Careers Started After Leaving"? A few who come to mind are Jenny Slate and Sarah Silverman.
And the best, Damon Wayans
Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
That's why you have to plant seeds and roots before leaving.
Ellen Cleghorne is hilarious on “That Damn Michael Che”.
Wow I didn't even know 😕 Dan Akroyd had a brother 😳
Jay Pharaoh was amazing. His impressions are so good! And I think Brookes Wheelan actually had some potential, I wonder what went wrong?
Neither Jay Pharoah nor Larraine Newman should be on this list since neither of their careers have "ended".
Jay should not be on this list. He’s doing his thing in the entertainment business.
Milhiser appeared in several CollegeHumor sketches and Wheelan voiced Fred in Big Hero 6 the Series
Wow, Watch Mojo you hitted it right on the head. I missed your lists so so much.
I will always remember Joe Piscopo from the TNG episode The Outrageous Okona whee he plays a holographic comic.
I have never heard of any of these guys except for Jay Pharoah hopefully he'll get more chances to show his talent
So you haven't watched SNL then, why would you be bragging about that?
@@leob4403or maybe they haven’t to watched every season of SNL? Yeah?
@@akshakur3962 nah I think it's one of those annoying guys that like to brag about things they haven't seen or don't know about
That movie Johnny Dangerously although not very good left me with a couple of quotes I still use today. Whenever Piscapos character cussed he said bastitches or ice hole. The only thing in that movie that made me even smile.
That wasn't Piscapo's character - that was Richard Dimitri as Moronie, the rival crime boss. Joe Piscopo's character was Danny Vermin who had the long barrel gun and said, "It shoots through schools." That was a funny line until people started shooting up schools. "Johnny Dangerously" is one of my favorite movies. It was so over-the-top silly and very funny.
For Joe Piscopo, you forgot to mention the memorable Miller Lite commercials from the 80's he did.
Jay Pharaoh left too damn soon!!!!!
EXACTLY! Bummed me out when he left! Damn, Jay!
Didn't Jim Breuer's career ended after SNL & Half-Baked (w/ Dave Chappelle)?
No, he was still a successful stand up comedian
He is still shoving people into pools for taking away his slice of pizza
Jim Breuer is the first person I thought of
Madtv > SNL
I miss Ellen Cleghorne. She was so funny
If Loraine Newman is a well known voice actress, I wouldn’t say her career ended. It just took a different path.
Robert Downey Jr sure hasn’t done anything since SNL!
Lol at Joe Piscopo...someone needs to tell him his career is over. He has a morning talk show and is pretty successful with it.
But, Jay Pharaoh is The Host of Nickelodeon’s Unfiltered!😂🤣❤️📺🎶
Pulling a reverse Kenan. Interesting
Wow. Ellen Cleghorne was a precursor to Kenneth the Page. Wish she showed up on 30 Rock!
What? No Melanie Hutsell? Morwena Banks? Jay Mohr? Anybody from Eddie's first season that wasnt him or Joe Piscopo?
At first I was like “why the hell is Jay Pharaoh on here?” but as soon as I heard the voice I knew this was gonna be a bad list. They always give the out of touch lists to this guy.
Joe Piscopo had to be one of the funniest cast members that never really caught on.
Huh, why is it I remember Joe Piscopo having more of a career?
Jay Pharoah should be on a higher status than he is, I think we can agree with that. But I wouldn't say that he's fell off.
Joe Piscopo was a beast on that damned show! I liked all of his characters and his skits with Eddy Murphy are legendary. His performance in Johnny Dangerously is legend!
Laraine Newman was so wickedly talented its a shame she never landed a hit role in movies or tv afterwards. Lorne wanted her to repeat characters like Gilda did but she didn't want to. She did have a well-reviewed role in the John Travolta movie "Perfect." I recommend listening to her audiobook biography which contains an incredible look at the early years of SNL. Plus, she has amazing stories about living in Hollywood.
Some SNL Casts left expect Some SNL casts Stars
Regarding Joe Piscopo, I’m surprised you didn’t include the clip from the 2000 Tobey Maguire/Sisqó cold opening where they took a shot at him.
Did you record this with old radio equipment?
With Jay Pharaoh, when the main thing that makes you funny is impersonating people more famous than you, it limits what you can do in Hollywood, just ask Dana Carvey.
I hated seeing Brooks Whelan leave so early just because he's so freaking hot!
Jeez this just reminds me how much better kids in the hall was and how great all those guys were but never did that much after. Dave Foley maybe but the rest of those guys were great.
We're lucky this didn't happen to Jason Sudeikis.
Who?
@@Paulafan5 Ted Lasso? We're The Millers?
Jay pharaoh lives in a giant house in California so he’s getting a check from somewhere
Norm macdonald cried his eyes out after he got fired..........
There's others like Terry Sweeney, Melanie Hutsell,Nora Dunn,Brad Hall,Damitra Vance, Victoria Jackson,Denny Dillon ,Charles Rocket,Tom Davis, and a few supporting actors on other shows, you forget were once SNL
A lot of people have an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude when it comes to fame. Just because a comic is making their career doing stand-up across the country doesn't mean their career ended.
Surprised Yvonne Hudson isn't on this list. That woman disappeared of the face of the Earth!
Also, Jay's doing fine as the new voice of Dedrick Tatum on "The Simpsons".
Dan Akroyd is a legend. Peter Akroyd is a, well I didn't know he existed.
Luke null is one of the people whom I called the first time he was introduced as "that guys gonna be gone next season." But ive been very wrong a few times too. Every year I make my calls just for fun during the intros. Chloe fineman, Heidi Gardner and the guy who always played "guy who just bought a boat" proved me wrong and deservingly so. But I've been right a few times as well. 😉
Nothing But Trouble is a classic! That is all.
There were so many one season failures, so why focus on the ones nobody liked? This list should have been only people who were GOOD on SNL, but then disappeared from movies and TV.
And when are they gonna learn the difference between a featured player and a full cast member? If you include featured people that did bad and then never worked again, the list would be endless.
Jay Pharoah is young and still very much around. Plenty of others that could be added to the list.
Who
All of Season six cast except Eddie Murphy and Gilbert Gottfried.
Joe Piscopo’s showtime special in 2012 is the most cringeworthy thing you will ever see, I implore everyone to find some clips of it
Forgot Chris Kattan
My sister and Bro in law saw Joe Piscopo doing stand up near Escanaba MI after he left SNL. They said they had low expectations, but were pleasantly surprised.
Chris Kattan was untouchable on that show. But never did much after.
He was a very gifted physical comedian but there's not much call for that in the industry outside of sketch comedy these days.
Tim Kazerinsky!!! Police academy, I love that guy.
If anyone hasn’t seen it, watch the Movie, WISE GUYS, with Joe Piscopo! One of my Favorites.
Yeah that’s a funny movie.
Ayo real ones remember Joe piscapo from sidekicks with Chuck Norris!!!! Didn't he become a body builder too?
Jay Pharaoh’s Denzel was insanely good
Jan Hooks should be on here. She was the best female cast member during the Dana Carvey/Phil Hartman era. She was the unsung backbone of the show in the 80s and early 90s. Kind of vanished after that, except maybe popping up in a few minor roles in movies every once in a while.
10: Luke Null
9: Peter Aykroyd
8: Tim Kazurinsky
7: Brooks Wheelan
6: John Milhiser
5: Ellen Cleghorne
4: Paul Brittain
3: Jay Pharoah
2: Laraine Newman
1: Joe Piscopo
Luke Null was real funny with his very little screen time, he was talented
I've never heard of him but he does seem talented from what they showed in this video.
@@TDH24Live I thought he was good in the beatboxing airplane video.
His album Guitar Comic is good. But the majority of his material is very crude and NSFTV so I can understand why he didn’t last long.
From what I saw of him, “Null” described his humor level quite well.
John Milhiser's sketch with Lady Gaga is amazing! Too bad he went into obscurity