Saturday Night Live (person)

The original 1975 cast of SNL consisted of:

• Dan Aykroyd
• John Belushi
• Chevy Chase
• George Coe
• Jane Curtin
• Garrett Morris
• Laraine Newman
• Michael O'Donoghue
• Gilda Radner

www.saturday-night-live.com has a complete list of casts from each season, but I thought it would be more useful to list the additions and subtractions each year:

1976

• Left: George Coe and Michael O'Donoghue
• Joined: Bill Murray

1977

• Left: Chevy Chase
• Joined: Tom Davis and Al Franken

1978

• Left: None.
• Joined: Don Novello

1979

• Left: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi
• Joined: Harry Shearer, Peter Aykroyd, Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Tom Schiller, Paul Shaffer and Alan Zweibel

1980

• Left: everyone, including show-runner Lorne Michaels
• Joined: Denny Dillon, Robin Duke, Gilbert Gottfried, Tim Kazurinsky, Gail Matthius, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Ann Risley, Charles Rocket, Tony Rosato, Yvonne Hudson, Mitchell Kriegman, Matthew Laurance, Laurie Metcalf, Emily Prager and Patrick Weathers (Dick Ebersol replaced Lorne Michaels)

1981

• Left: Denny Dillon, Gilbert Gottfried, Gail Matthius, Ann Risley, Charles Rocket, Yvonne Hudson, Mitchell Kriegman, Matthew Laurance, Laurie Metcalf, Emily Prager and Patrick Weathers
• Joined: Christine Ebersole and Mary Gross
• Returned: Brian Doyle-Murray

1982

• Left: Christine Ebersole, Tim Kazurinsky, Brian Doyle-Murray and Tony Rosato
• Joined: Brad Hall, Gary Kroeger and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1983

• Left: None.
• Joined: Jim Belushi

1984

• Left: Robin Duke, Brad Hall, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo
• Joined: Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Harry Shearer, Martin Short and Pamela Stephenson

1985

• Left: everyone, including show-runner Dick Ebersol
• Joined: Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, A. Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Don Novello, Dan Vitale and Damon Wayans
• Returned: show-runner Lorne Michaels

1986

• Left: Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, Al Franken, Don Novello, Dan Vitale and Damon Wayans
• Joined: Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Meaney and Kevin Nealon

1987

• Left: Kevin Meaney
• Returned: Al Franken

1988

• Left: None.
• Joined: Mike Myers and Ben Stiller

1989

• Left: Ben Stiller
• Joined: None.

1990

• Left: Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz
• Joined: Chris Farley, Al Franken, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade and Julia Sweeney

1991

• Left: Jan Hooks, Dennis Miller and A. Whitney Brown
• Joined: Beth Cahill, Ellen Cleghorne, Siobhan Fallon, Melanie Hutsell and Rob Smigel

1992

• Left: Victoria Jackson, Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon
• Joined: None.

1993

• Left: Dana Carvey and Chris Rock
• Joined: Michael McKean, Norm Macdonald, Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman

1994

• Left: Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Julia Sweeney and Sarah Silverman
• Joined: Morwenna Banks, Chris Elliott, Janeane Garofalo, Mark McKinney, Laura Kightlinger, Molly Shannon

1995

• Left: nearly everybody -- Morwenna Banks, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Chris Farley, Janeane Garofalo, Michael McKean, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Adam Sandler, Al Franken, Laura Kightlinger and Jay Mohr
• Joined: Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, David Koechner, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls, Chris Kattan , Colin Quinn and Fred Wolf

1996

• Left: David Koechner, David Spade and Nancy Walls
• Joined: Ana Gasteyer and Tracy Morgan

1997

• Left: Mark McKinney and Fred Wolf
• Joined: None.

1998

• Left: Jim Breuer, Norm Macdonald
• Joined: Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz

1999

• Left: None.
• Joined: Rachel Dratch and Maya Rudolph

2000

• Left: Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri and Colin Quinn
• Joined: Tina Fey and Jerry Minor

2001

• Left: Chris Parnell, Molly Shannon and Jerry Minor
• Joined: Dean Edwards, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler and Jeff Richards

2002

• Left: Will Farrell and Ana Gasteyer
• Joined: Fred Armisen and Chris Parnell

2003

• Left: Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan
• Joined: Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson

2004

• Left: Jimmy Fallon and Jeff Richards
• Joined: Rob Riggle

2005

• Left: Rob Riggle
• Joined: Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig

2006

• Left: Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz

2007

• No changes.

2008

• Left: Amy Poehler
• Joined: Abby Elliott, Bobby Moynihan, Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson

2009

• Left: Darrell Hammond, Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson
• Joined: Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate

2010

• Left: Will Forte and Jenny Slate
• Joined: Paul Brittain, Vanessa Bayer, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah

2011

• No changes.

2012

• Left: Paul Brittain, Abby Elliott, Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig
• Joined: Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong

2013

• Left: Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Tim Robinson and Jason Sudeikis
• Joined: Beck Bennett, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Mike O’Brien, Noël Wells and Brooks Wheelan

2014

• Left: John Milhiser, Seth Meyers, Mike O'Brien, Nasim Pedrad, Noël Wells and Brooks Wheelan (Don Pardo also left when he died in mid-2014)
• Joined: Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Leslie Jones, Colin Jost and Sasheer Zamata
• Returned: Darrell Hammond (replaces Don Pardo as the announcer and returns on screen very occasionally as Bill Clinton or Donald Trump)

2015

• Left: None.
• Joined: Jon Rudnitsky

2016

• Left: Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky
• Joined: Mikey Day, Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor

2017

• Left: Vanessa Bayer, Bobby Moynihan and Sasheer Zamata
• Joined: Heidi Gardner, Luke Null and Chris Redd

2018

• Left: Luke Null
• Joined: Ego Nwodim

Questions, comments, additions or subtractions? /msg avalyn.

Most recent update: August 28, 2018.