IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Lorenzo McIntosh
Played by Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson's hardened inmate from Saturday Night Live's recurring Scared Straight sketches, which ran from 2008 to 2012 and returned for the SNL 50th anniversary special in 2025. Brought to a police station to frighten young offenders,…
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Kenan Thompson's hardened inmate from Saturday Night Live's recurring Scared Straight sketches, which ran from 2008 to 2012 and returned for the SNL 50th anniversary special in 2025. Brought to a police station to frighten young offenders, he delivers threats about prison life that keep spiraling off course.
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