Saturday Night Live in Order From Best to Worst by Year
by TheDeadGodfather | Public
***** = Beyond Perfection ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Good *** = Not Bad **1/2 = Not Funny but Acceptable ** = Awful or Can't Remember
Lorne Michael Lipowitz
November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1975-1980 *****
1985-1990 ***1/2
1990- **1/2
Producer, Writer
Duncan Dickie Ebersol
July 28, 1947 in New York City
1980-1985 *****
Producer
Daniel Edward Aykroyd
July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1975–1979 *****
John Adam Belushi
January 24, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois - March 5, 1982 (age 33) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (acute cocaine and heroin intoxication)
1975–1979 *****
Cornelius Crane Chase
October 8, 1943 in Woodstock, New York
1975–1976 *****
Jane Therese Curtin
September 6, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1975–1980 *****
Garrett Gonzalez Morris
February 1, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana
1975–1980 *****
Gilda Susan Radner
June 28, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan - May 20, 1989 (age 42) in Los Angeles, California (ovarian cancer)
1975–1980 *****
William James Murray
September 21, 1950 in Wilmette, Illinois
1977–1980 *****
Edward Regan Murphy
April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York
1980–1984 *****
Joseph Charles John Piscopo
June 17, 1951 in Passaic, New Jersey
1980–1984 *****
Timothy J. Kazurinsky
March 3, 1950 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1981–1984 *****
Phillip Edward Hartmann
September 24, 1948 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada - May 28, 1998 (age 49) in Encino, California (homicide)
1986–1994 *****
Michael John Myers
May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
1989–1995 *****
Christopher Lee Kattan
October 19, 1970 in Los Angeles, California
1996–2003 *****
Daniel Jason Sudeikis
September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia
2005–2013 *****
March 13, 1954 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
1981–1984 ****1/2
Mary Margaret Gross
March 25, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois
1981–1985 ****1/2
Dana Thomas Carvey
June 2, 1955 in Missoula, Montana
1986–1993 ****1/2
Christopher Julius Rock III
February 7, 1965 in Andrews, South Carolina
1990–1993 ****1/2
James E. Breuer
June 21, 1967 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York
1995–1998 ****1/2
Julia Elizabeth Scarlett Louis-Dreyfus
January 13, 1961 in New York City
1982–1985 ****
William Edward Crystal
March 14, 1948 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York
1984–1985 ****
Christopher Haden-Guest
February 5, 1948 in New York City
1984-1985 ****
Martin Hayter Short
March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1984–1985 ****
Randall Rudy Quaid
October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas
1985-1986 ****
Janet Vivian Hooks
April 23, 1957 in Decatur, Georgia - October 9, 2014 (age 57) in New York City (throat cancer)
1986-1991 ****
Alexander Rae Baldwin III
April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York
****
Host 1990
Robert Michael Schneider
October 31, 1963 in San Francisco, California
1990–1994 ****
Julia Anne Sweeney
October 10, 1959 in Spokane, Washington
1990–1994 ****
Thomas Christopher Parnell
February 5, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee
1998–2001+2002–2006 ****
Rachel Susan Dratch
February 22, 1966 in Lexington, Massachusetts
1999–2006 ****
Amy Meredith Poehler
September 16, 1971 in Burlington, Massachusetts
2001-2008 ****
December 4, 1966 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York
2002-2013 ****
Orville Willis Forte IV
June 17, 1970 in Alameda County, California
2002-2010 ****
Andrew David Samberg
August 18, 1978 in Berkeley, California
2005–2012 ****
Kristen Carroll Wiig
August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York
2005–2012 ****
Abigail Elliott
June 16, 1987 in New York City
2008-2012 ****
Vanessa Polster Bayer
November 14, 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio
2010- ****
Jared Antonio Farrow
October 14, 1987 in Chesapeake, Virginia
2010- ****
Sasheer Zamata Moore
May 6, 1986 in Indianapolis, Indiana
2014- ****
January 1, 1943 in Lorain, Ohio
1979–1980 ***1/2
1985–1986 ***1/2
Father Guido Sarducci
Damon Kyle Wayans
September 4, 1960 in New York City
1985-1986 ***1/2
Timothy Meadows
February 5, 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan
1991-2000 ***1/2
John William Ferrell
July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California
1995-2002 ***1/2
Cheryl Ann O'Teari
September 19, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995-2000 ***1/2
James Thomas Fallon Jr.
September 19, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York
1998-2004 ***1/2
Kenan S. Thompson
May 10, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia
2003- ***1/2
Taran Hourie Killam
April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California
2010- ***1/2
Harry Julius Shearer
December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California
1979-1980 ***
1984-1985 ***
July 13, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois - August 21, 1994 (age 40) in Markham, Illinois (breast cancer)
1985-1986 ***
Christopher Crosby Farley
February 15, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin - December 18, 1997 (age 33) in Chicago, Illinois (accidental opiate/cocaine intoxication and coronary atherosclerosis)
1990-1995 ***
Adam Richard Sandler
September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York
1991-1995 ***
Norman Gene MacDonald
October 17, 1963 in Québec City, Québec, Canada
1993-1998 ***
Molly Helen Shannon
September 16, 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio
1995-2001 ***
Ana Kristina Gasteyer
May 4, 1967 in Washington, D.C.
1996-2002 ***
Maya Khabira Rudolph
July 27, 1972 in Gainesville, Florida
2000-2007 ***
Michaela Suzanne Watkins
December 14, 1971 in Syracuse, New York
2008-2009 ***
Jenny Sarah Slate
March 25, 1982 in Milton, Massachusetts
2009-2010 ***
Kate McKinnon Berthold
January 6, 1984 in Sea Cliff, New York
2012- ***
Alan Stuart Franken
May 21, 1951 in New York City
1977–1980 **1/2
1985–1986 **1/2
1987–1995 **1/2
Robert John Downey Jr
April 4, 1965 in New York City
1985-1986 **1/2
Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall
April 14, 1968 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts
1985-1986 **1/2
June 13, 1969 in Jamestown, New York
1994-1995 **1/2
Darrell C. Hammond
October 8, 1955 in Melbourne, Florida
1995–2009 **1/2
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney
June 26, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1995–1997 **1/2
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
1998-2006 **1/2
Seth Adam Meyers
December 28, 1973 in Bedford, New Hampshire
2001-2014 **1/2
