IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Darnell Hayes
Played by Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson’s host of Saturday Night Live’s recurring Black Jeopardy quiz-show parody. Darnell introduces the contestants and culturally specific clues, then tries to keep the game moving through their digressions and misunderstandings.
2sketches in the archive
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In character. On screen.
A little more of their character.
Behind the character
The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.