The two actors saw similar rises to fame early in their careers Jemal Countess/WireImage; SGranitz/WireImage Kenan Thompson remembers constantly auditioning against another comedian for the same ...

Kenan Thompson released a memoir in 2023 titled ... out that he disliked having to film a shirtless scene in 2008's "Wieners" and found some of his future episodes of "Saturday Night Live ...

Here’s how it works. And according to his own account, Kenan Thompson was always up against the following TV and movie mainstay: Anthony Anderson, I would always see his name on the list.

But when the man read the winner’s name from the envelope, it turned out to be Kenan Thompson. As Thompson accepted an Oscar, he said, “To my fellow nominees, you did beautiful work this year.