Kenan Thompson made his screen debut in the 1994 American sports comedy-drama film ‘D2: The Mighty Ducks’ directed by Sam Weisman. The film was largely panned by critics and holds a 21% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That same year, he also joined the cast of the American sketch comedy television series ‘All That’ created by Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins. He remained a part of the show until 1999. However, he made guest appearances on the show in 2002 and 2005. He again joined ‘All That’ after its revival in 2019 and remained a part of the show until it went off-air in 2020. Thompson continued to star in television series and shows such as ‘The Steve Harvey Show’ (1996-1998), ‘Kenan & Kel’ (1996-2000), ‘Sister, Sister’ (1997), ‘Sabrina, the Teenage Witch’ (1998), ‘Cousin Skeeter’ (1999), ‘The Parkers’ (2000), ‘Felicity’ (2001), and ‘Off Centre’ (2002). In 2003, he became a part of the American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show ‘Saturday Night Live’ created by Lorne Michaels. The show has become one of the longest-running television programs in the United States. Thompson also appeared in television shows like ‘Wild 'n Out’ (2005), ‘Crank Yankers’ (2007), ‘The Mighty B!’ (2008), ‘Psych’ (2009), ‘iCarly’ (2011), and ‘The '90s Are All That’ (2011).
In 2011, he voiced the ‘Greedy Smurf’ in the American 3D live-action/computer-animated comedy film ‘The Smurfs’ directed by Raja Gosnell. Even though the film was panned by critics, it managed to gross over $563.7 million on a $110 million budget. He continued to star in films such as ‘The Magic of Belle Isle’ (2012), ‘The Smurfs 2’ (2013), ‘The Opposite Sex’ (2014), ‘Brother Nature’ (2016), ‘Going in Style’ (2017), ‘The Grinch’ (2018), ‘Wonder Park’ (2019), ‘Trolls World Tour’ (2020), and ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ (2021). He last appeared in the American sketch comedy streaming television series ‘That Damn Michael Che’ in 2022.
The Magic of Belle Isle is a comedy drama film which is about an alcoholic novelist who moves to a small village hoping that he will regain his writing strength. He soon meets and befriends a mother of three children, and with her help, he tries to rejuvenate his life and his work.
Joe, Willie and Albert, three lifelong friends get cheated of their pension money by a bank. Therefore, they plan to rob the same bank, in order to be able to take care of themselves and their loved ones.
Heavyweights is a comedy drama film which revolves around the lives of a few fat kids who are lured into joining a camp with the promise of quick weight loss. However, they soon find out that the former owners have declared bankruptcy and the new owner is a fitness fanatic. He turns the lives of the kids into a nightmare.
An international competition for junior league hockey is taking place at Los Angeles. Coach Gordon Bombay is picked to lead Team US. He reunites the members of the `Mighty Ducks’, a group of teens whom he once helped achieve victory.
A dim-witted high school student wrecks his teacher’s car, and in order to pay for the damages, he is forced to get a summer job at a fast food restaurant. However, a brand new restaurant opens across the street, which is planning to put them out of business, and therefore, along with his co-worker, the student tries his best to save their food joint.
Calvin Palmer Jr. is the owner of the Inner City barbershop in Chicago which was founded by his grandfather. However, his business is threatened because a developer named Quentin Leroux, who opens a rival barbershop chain across the street.
FBI agent Nelville Flynn convinces witness Sean Jones to testify against mob boss Eddie Kim in Los Angeles and books the entire first-class section of the Pacific Air Flight 121 from Hawaii. Meanwhile, Kim arranges for a crate full of venomous snakes to be released mid-air in the plane to bring it down prematurely.
Molly is the owner of a small sweet shop. Joel, who works for a gigantic candy company, is assigned to shut her down. However, the two start falling for one another.
An unruly team of hockey misfits manage to earn a scholarship to a prestigious school named Eden Hall Academy. With the help of their coach, they soon take on the arrogant varsity team of the school.
In this family comedy, 14-year-old Jason Shephard, a pathological liar, is determined to get Marty Wolf, a cunning Hollywood producer, to confess that his latest blockbuster movie is based on a story he stole from Jason.
Love Don’t Cost a Thing is a teen comedy film which tells the story of Alvin, a nerdy boy who is extremely intelligent and is skilled at designing car engines. However, he wishes to join the popular groups at high school. He meets Paris, a pretty cheerleader, who agrees to pretend that she is dating him, in order to help him achieve his goal. Things get complicated when Paris actually begin to fall for Alvin, but Alvin rebuffs her feelings and continues to flirt with other girls.
The simple-minded delicatessen worker Hubie Dubois of Salem, Massachusetts, is targeted and mocked at by his community. Though he helps as Halloween monitor and is devoted to the town’s celebrations, kids and adults play practical jokes on him. But the Halloween turns spooky when all those who were mean to Hubie start disappearing, while Hubie gets embroiled in a real murder investigation.
Tom Stansfield, smitten with his demanding boss Taylor’s daughter Lisa, mistakenly agrees to house-sit, hoping to get closer to Lisa. But Lisa goes partying, while Tom has to deal with Taylor’s ex-secretary, then his son who hides drugs in bathroom, which is consumed by Taylor’s pet owl, adding to the chaos. Instead of getting the girl, Tom is in danger of losing his job.
Max is a mischievous but resourceful young boy, who is left alone after his parents decide to go on a vacation to Japan without him. Things get complicated when a couple tries to break into Max’s home, as their eyes are set on a precious heirloom. Now it is up to Max to do whatever he can to protect the heirloom, and keep the intruders out.
After finishing his work for the day, Stan, along with his best friend and his ex-girlfriend, makes their way to a Halloween party. However, things don’t go as planned.
In order to save his family from the clutches of a criminal mastermind, a waiter uses his inherited powers of disguise.
Based on Dr. Seuss’ 1957 book, Grinch Stole Christmas, the story centers on a green colored, pot-bellied creature called Grinch, who lives in isolation with his faithful dog. He becomes furious when his neighbors, a bunch of warm hearted humanoids called the Whos, start celebrating Christmas noisily, and decides to sabotage it.
Gargamel, the wicked wizard drives the little blue people, the Smurfs, out of their enchanted village, after which they land in the Central Park of New York City. They meet Patrick Winslow whom they follow to his home. The lost Smurfs need help to get away from human-world and reach their village before Gargamel captures them to snatch their potent, youth-providing essence.
Wicked wizard Gargamel, who is after the magical Smurf-essence, creates Smurf-like Naughties, to seize the essence. When he learns that only Smurfette knows the secret spell to turn the Naughties into genuine Smurfs who can get him the essence, Gargamel kidnaps and takes her to Paris. Now the Smurfs, with the help of their human friends, must rescue her from the sorcerer.
While exploring an alien planet, astronaut chimps Luna, Tina, and Ham are taken into custody by Zartog, an evil inhabitant. Will the astronauts succeed in breaking the shackles of Zartog and find their way back?
The fictional character Fearless Leader, Boris Badenov, and Natasha Fatale, manage to escape into the real world. In order to stop them, Karen, an FBI agent, asks Rocky and Bullwinkle for their help.
Kenan Thompson Awards
| Saturday Night Live | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | 2018 |
