Kenan Thompson

Person · 6 cases · 2013–2024 · American comedian and actor

How Kenan Thompson spread

Thompson reached Nickelodeon viewers through All That and Kenan & Kel, then joined Saturday Night Live and stayed for decades.

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2023202420252026199419961997200321 yrsDune: Part Two popcorn bucket · Carried it · Feb 3, 2024Taylor Swift at Chiefs games · Pushed back · Oct 14, 2023Yellowstone · Kept it going · Dec 6, 2022Popeyes Chicken Sandwich · Carried it · Nov 16, 2019Jurassic Park · Kept it going · Mar 17, 2018"Cups" (Pitch Perfect cup song) · Carried it · Nov 16, 2013Start1994Breakout1996New audience1997First big push2003Lasting markAug ’22TVBox officeOpen web

  1. 1994

    StartTV

    Thompson joined the original cast of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That. en.wikipedia.org

  2. 1996

    BreakoutTV

    Thompson and All That co-star Kel Mitchell began starring in their own Nickelodeon sitcom, Kenan & Kel. en.wikipedia.org

  3. 1997

    New audienceBox office

    Thompson starred in Good Burger, a film based on an All That sketch. en.wikipedia.org

  4. 2003

    First big pushTV

    Thompson joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live, returning to sketch comedy. usatoday.com

  5. 2022

    Lasting markAug 11 · Open web

    Thompson received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star commemorating his 20th anniversary on Saturday Night Live. web.archive.org

Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

Carried it

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Popeyes’ official chicken sandwich photograph in its Canadian launch release.

21B impressions

Taylor Swift at Chiefs games

Pushed back

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Taylor Swift cheers from a suite at her first Chiefs game

8.9M views on a sighting post

Dune: Part Two popcorn bucket

Carried it

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The sandworm lid and Dune: Part Two popcorn tin in AMC’s official TikTok cover image.

65.2M views on one X post

Jurassic Park

Kept it going

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Jurassic Park theatrical poster with the red T. rex logo

$1.06B on a $60M–$63M budget

Yellowstone

Kept it going

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A rider crossing Montana grassland, Yellowstone artwork

163M impressions

"Cups" (Pitch Perfect cup song)

Carried it

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"Cups" (Pitch Perfect cup song): cover art

51M impressions

Picture: Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, cropped