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The sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has parodied Donald Trump since 1988, covering his time as a real estate broker to his popular run as host of The Apprentice, and during as well as after his presidency.
Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral. A week later, Baldwin did the first of several encore performances, starting with a sketch in which he...
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- Jeremy Fuster
- Phil Hartman
- Darrell Hammond
- Jason Sudeikis
- Taran Killam
- Alec Baldwin
- James Austin Johnson
Phil Hartman was the first to portray Donald Trump for Saturday Night Live. Hartman joined the cast forseason 12 in 1986 as a cast member, where he would remain until 1994.Between 1988 and 1990, Hartman portrayed Trump in five different sketches, mainly focusing on his relationships with his then-wife, Ivana Trump, and later Marla Maples, his secon...
It would be another nine years before Donald Trump returned as a character on Saturday Night Live. The role was reprised by Darrell Hammond in 1999, who would become the show's longest-running Trump impersonator. Hammond played the role regularly until 2009, but reprised it in 2011 and again in 2015. Hammond received rave reviews for his performanc...
Jason Sudeikis, comedian and star ofTed Lasso, only appeared as Donald Trump once on Saturday Night Live in 2012. The skit, which was a parody of Fox & Friends, focused on Barack Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy and Trump's obsession with catching the President in a lie. While Sudeikis did a decent job impersonating Trump's physicality, his voic...
Saturday Night Live had a field day covering the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, and to cover a whirlwind of an election, SNL needed a strong actor behind Donald Trump. Taran Killam won against several other cast members in a 2015 audition for the role, where he was chosen to portray Donald Trump for the duration of the election. Killam appeared m...
Alec Baldwin is one of the best-known Trump impersonators on Saturday Night Live. Baldwin's appearance as Trump was unexpectedly announced in September 2016, leaving Darrell Hammond shaken by his sudden replacement. Showrunners claimed that Donald Trump was evolving as a candidate, and they needed a new impersonator to embody the new Trump—and that...
James Austin Johnson is the latest to take on the role of Donald Trump. Starting on Saturday Night Live season 47, Johnson's performance of Donald Trump has received rave reviews. Though Johnson has only portrayed Donald Trump twice so far, it's already clear that he has what it takes to be a great Trump impersonator. Johnson's vocal impression of ...
Dec 21, 2022 · And Donald Trump, who had been spoofed for years on SNL even prior to his presidency, has been parodied by numerous actors, including Darrell Hammond, Alec Baldwin, and currently...
The sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has parodied Donald Trump since 1988, covering his time as a real estate broker to his popular run as host of The Apprentice, and during as well as after his presidency.
Nov 7, 2021 · The comedian and actor James Austin Johnson debuted his parody of former President Trump on "SNL." Johnson's Trump character appeared alongside Cecily Strong's Jeanine Pirro and Alex Moffat,...
Sep 28, 2021 · New “Saturday Night Live” featured player James Austin Johnson has gone viral in recent years for his top-notch impression of former President Donald Trump. A 2020 Vanity Fair article...
