Trivia
- He was on weight-loss program before getting the lead role in the movie Fat Albert.
- He's 5' 8.
- Thompson was also the host of the second season of Nickelodeon's animation showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons.
- He starred in Nickelodeon's All That from 1994 to 1999.
- Kenan was present at the 2006 Comic-Con in San Diego along with Samuel L. Jackson to promote his film Snakes on a Plane.
- Kenan's debut into acting came in 1983 as the lead role in his school's play "The Gingerbread Man".
- Kenan won a Kids' Choice Award for "Favorite Television Actor" in 2000 for his role on the show All That. Also, he was nominated for one in 1998 for Kenan and Kel.
- Kenan's big screen movie debut was in D2: The Mighty Ducks as Russ Tyler, the goalie on the team.
- Kenan appeared a total of 16 times on the show Figure It Out.
- Kenan, along with Kel, make a cameo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, playing college students.
- Kenan makes a cameo in Big Fat Liar, which starred Kenan's All That castmate Amanda Bynes.
- Kenan became a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live in 2003.
- Kenan voiced a dog named "Hamburger" on Clifford the Big Red Dog, which Kel Mitchell is a regular on.
- Kenan's most memorable impressions on SNL are: Bill Cosby, Sammy Sosa, Star Jones, and Al Sharpton.
- Kenan remains good friends with former All That castmate Josh Server and they have done many collaborations together.
- Besides Pierre Escargot, Kenan's other famous roles on All That are Lester Oaks: Construction Worker and Principal Pimpel, a prinicpal with a throbbing pimple on his forehead.
- Kenan's favorite character on All That is Pierre Escargot, a Frenchman in a bathtub who said nonsensical things.
- Kenan's signature impression is Bill Cosby.
- Kenan wrote a story for the book Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul called "The Little Notice."
- Kenan was present at the All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special.
- Kenan has his own Myspace account.
- Kenan starred alongside his friend, Kel Mitchell, in Good Burger, a spinoff of a sketch of the same name from All That.
- He had to wear a fat suit for the character of Fat Albert in which he played the title character.
- All That was his first major television gig, and that aired 20 years after Saturday Night Live first aired. Yet he's appeared on both of those variety shows.
- Kenan has remained good friends with Kel Mitchell.
- Kenan is in Wieners (2007).
- Kenan was #88 on Vh1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
- In 2002, Kenan released a comedy album, The Good Times.
- Kenan is from College Park, GA.
- He stars in Snakes On A Plane alongside Samuel L. Jackson.
- Kenan Thompson is a fan of the Atlanta Falcons.
- He is the first cast member of SNL to be born after it premiered.
- Kenan guest starred on many shows alongside Kel Mitchell in the late 1990s.
- Kenan Thompson lives in both New York and Los Angeles.
- Kenan is one of the most succesful actors to come from Nickelodeon. Others include: partner Kel Mitchell, Amanda Bynes, Alanis Morrisette, Jamie Lynn Spears, Melissa Joan Hart, Billy West, Mike O'Malley, and Marc Summers.
Quotes
- Kenan: (On Kenan and Kel) What're we gonna do now?????
- Kenan: I've been really fortunate to have gotten so many great roles. I've been doing sketch comedy since I was a kid, and it still blows me away. I don't even have any talent!
- Kenan: There’s no bigger feeling that you’re on the top of the world than when you’re on movie production and it’s your movie.
- Kenan: Certain things are always funny, like fart jokes and people falling down in front of you.
- Kenan: (Talking about Kevin Sullivan) He was just really supportive of me for some reason. When I auditioned, he let me do it a couple more times. He was giving me notes and that’s rare.
- Kenan: (Talking about Ice Cube) He’s cool and he likes comedy, but he doesn’t like to be made fun of at all. He takes that kind of serious, I think.
- Kenan: I have such respect for writers because I know they stay up til whatever time, smoking cigarettes.
- Kenan: (on how Nickelodeon affected him) I wouldn't have had that training, I wouldn't have been as good without Nickelodeon.
- Kenan: (when asked about All That ) It was really like my groundbreaking, my introduction into television.
- Kenan: WWWHHHYYY!?!?!?!
- Kenan: Awwwwww man!
