The cast members and frequent guests of Saturday Night Live have created over 500 recurring characters since the show debuted in 1975. Warriors, talk show hosts, musicians, salespeople, detectives, children of all ages, and even insects have taken the SNL stage and made us laugh time and time again.

Each character has their own page in The Archives, which lists who played them, as well as a summary of the sketches they appeared in.

Start browsing the characters by clicking on one of the letters below. You may browse forward or backward alphabetically on each page.

A

18		 B

48		 C

45		 D

36		 E

14		 F

23		 G

28		 H

18		 I

3		 J

41		 K

14		 L

27		 M

56

N

13		 O

4		 P

24		 Q

1		 R

29		 S

38		 T

31		 U

4		 V

8		 W

13		 X

1		 Y

1		 Z

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You may also browse using the character groups. A group is two or more characters which share a common theme, or frequently appear together in non-recurring sketches.

A text-only list of characters is also available.