Best Saturday Night Live Actors

RIP. You will be missed. - GeneralJP

My top 5
1: Dana Carvey
2: Phil Hartman
3: Eddie Murphy
4: Jan Hooks
5: Jon Lovitz - GeneralJP

Ferrell was very overrated. He basically did the same stupid routine over and over, in a different costume.

My Top Ten
1. Eddie Murphy
2. Dana Carver
3. Bill Murray
4. Phil Hartman
5. Kate McKinnon
6. Mike Myers
7. Kristen Wiig
8. David Spade
9. John Belushi
10. Gilda Radner

My top 20 and the reasons why
1. Dan Aykroyd (The Coneheads; E. Buzz Miller; Julia Child)
2. Phil Hartman (Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer; Bill Clinton)
3. Will Ferrell (George W. Bush; More Cowbell; The Love-ahs)
4. Bill Hader (Stefon; Al Pacino; Herb Welch)
5. Gilda Radner (Roseanne Roseannadanna; Emily Litella; Baba Wawa)
6. Dana Carvey (George H.W. Bush; Garth; The Church Lady)
7. Amy Poehler (Hillary Clinton; Bronx Beat; Weekend Update)
8. Kate McKinnon (Hillary Clinton; Alien Abduction; Elizabeth Warren)
9. Eddie Murphy (Mr. Robinson; Buckwheat; Gumby)
10. Chris Farley (Matt Foley; Chippendales; The Chris Farley Show)
11. Darrell Hammond (Bill Clinton; Sean Connery; Donald Trump)
12. Kristen Wiig (The Target Lady; Penelope; Shana)
13. John Belushi (The Blues Brothers; Samurai Futaba; Olympia Cafe)
14. Mike Myers (Linda Richman; Dieter; Wayne)
15. Tina Fey (Weekend Update; Sarah Palin; Space Lesbians)
16. Fred Armisen (Nuni; Stuart; Two ...more

Amazing.

"Livin' in a van down by the river! " He was just hilarious! - Shake_n_Bake13

This guy was living in a van down by the river

This guy was better than the whole original cast. There, I said it. - unclejoe1917

Definitely Dana Carvey. Have you seen his Jimmy Stewart impersonations?! - GeneralJP

All of his impersonations were sopt-on and pure genius. Phil Hartman very very good also and personally my favorite, but my vote has to go to Carvey because of his amazingly funny Jimmy Stewart, Ross Perot, Tim McLaughlin etc. mimicks.

wayne's world was awesome... he is so funny on it.. he was the best. - jwileson

COME ON! Dan Aykroyd is to me what Morgan Freeman is to most other people. HE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE! - BigBerry25

He really sells it, I can't help but laugh when he says a joke

He is such a talented and exceptional performer, completely dedicated to every sketch. The fact that even though he was very anxious before the live shows but he still nailed every single performance is so inspiring.

Bill Hader is the funniest of all the cast. He has a gift of making a simple puppet hilarious.

Even withstanding the fact that Stefon is the most overrated SNL character of all time, Bill Hader is the most talented, unique, and inspiring cast member ever (arguably rivaling Phil Hartman, Will Ferrell, Chris Farley, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey).

What are you people thinking? This one is a no brainer. - RdrTech

JIMMY FALLON IS JUST PLAIN FUNNY AND AWESOME, THAT IS ALL!

Should be top 5 - errrr

Shes hilarious

SHE IS HILARIOUS!

Overrated. #19 in snl history? Really. Cecily Strong and Vanessa Bayer are funnier women in her own cast. I just don't get her. She's the female Chris Kattan. - kpopcraze

There's ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party...

The BEST SNL cast member!

One of the absolute best

The best no doubt - u_maddox_bro

He played Sbebe Harbey in the one skit

Facial expressions - Boblikespie01

How is kristian wiig on this list she should be taken off

I’ve never not laughed when Kenyan Thompson was on stage. Enough said.

She was the best Debbie Downer!

Of the hundreds of cast members to come through the snl machine. He is one of the worst. - kpopcraze

He was hilarious on SNL - Shake_n_Bake13

He was funny as hell and hosted the show a bunch of times.