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The following is a list of actors, comedians and celebrities who auditioned for a part in the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live but did not get ... ListofcelebritieswhounsuccessfullyauditionedforSaturdayNightLive FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thefollowingisalistofactors,comediansandcelebritieswhoauditionedforapartintheNBCsketchcomedyseriesSaturdayNightLivebutdidnotgetcastintheshow.[1][2][3]Manyofthesecelebritiesmanagedtoachievesuccessfulcareersintheentertainmentindustry,withsomeofthemeventuallyappearingontheshowasaguesthostorinsomeothercapacity.[4][5][6]Thislistisinalphabeticalorderbylastname. Contents ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ A[edit] DaveAttellauditionedin1993,butwashiredasawriterfortheshowduringits19thseasoninstead.[3][7] B[edit] CharlieBarnettauditionedin1980,butpasseditupbecausehewasself-consciousabouthisinabilitytoread.[7] RichardBelzerclaimedthatseriescreatorLorneMichaelspromisedtocasthimintheshowbutlaterchangedhismind.[3][4][7] SandraBernhardcameinwithMarjorieGross"intoJean’sofficeanddidashtick"[8] RachelBloomauditionedin2012.[5] KevinBrennanauditionedforapartintheWeekendUpdateafterColinQuinnlefttheshow.Brennanwasawriterfortheshow's25thseason.[9] NicoleByerauditionedin2013whentheshowwaslookingtoaddanAfrican-AmericanwomantothecastbutlosttoSasheerZamata.[10] C[edit] JimCarreyauditionedin1980.[4][5][6][11][12]Hewentontohosttheshowthreetimesin1996,2011and2014.[1][3]LorneMichaelsregretsnothiringCarrey.[2] LouisC.K.auditionedin1993.[7]Hewentontohosttheshowfourtimes.[4] JenniferCoolidgeauditionedin1995.[3][6][11][9] StephenColbertauditionedin1992.[3][4][5][6][12] DavidCrossauditionedin1992.[3][4][7] D[edit] GeenaDavisauditionedin1984butlosttheparttoPamelaStephenson.Shelaterhostedin1989.[3][7] TommyDavidsonauditionedin1987butwaspassedoverwhenLorneMichaelstoldhimtheywere"notlookingforablackcomedian".[13] GabrielleDennisauditionedin2013whentheshowwaslookingtoaddanAfrican-AmericanwomantothecastbutlosttoSasheerZamata.[10][14] F[edit] DaveFoleyauditionedin1985.[3] ThecastofABC'sFridays(MarkBlankfield,MaryedithBurrell,MelanieChartoff,LarryDavid,RichHall,DarrowIgus,BrandisKemp,BruceMahler,MichaelRichards,andJohnRoarke)wasofferedthechancetobeonSNLin1982,butalldeclined.Twoyearslater,RichHallandLarryDavidwouldbehiredontheshow(HallwasacastmemberwhileDavidwasawriter). G[edit] ZachGalifianakisauditionedin1999.[5][6][11][12]Hewaseventuallyhiredtowritefortwoepisodesoftheshow's25thseason.[2]Healsohostedtheshowthreetimesin2010,2011and2013.[1][3] JonGlaserauditionedin1995.[9] DonaldGloverauditionedtwicefortheshowonlytolosethepartstoBobbyMoynihanandFredArmisen.[3]Heeventuallyhostedtheshowin2018.[1][4][6] JohnGoodmanauditionedin1980.[6][7][11]Helaterwentontohosttheshowthirteentimes.[1][2][3] KathyGriffinauditionedin1990butlosttheparttoJuliaSweeney.[3][6][11] H[edit] TiffanyHaddishauditionedin2013whentheshowwaslookingtoaddanAfrican-AmericanwomantothecastbutlosttoSasheerZamata.[10][14]Shelaterhostedtheshowduringthe43rdseason.[15] KevinHartauditionedforapartintheshow.[3][9][11][12]Hewentontohosttheshowseveraltimessincehisfailedaudition.[1][2][5] RobHuebelauditionedmorethanonceduringthemid-2000s.[3] K[edit] MindyKalingauditionedtojoinSaturdayNightLivebutwasofferedtowritefortheshow,whichsheturneddown.[1][2][6] AndyKaufmanauditionedforaspotontheoriginalcast.[12] EllieKemperauditionedin2008.[16] MimiKennedywasofferedapartintheshowin1975,butGildaRadnerwasworriedthattheywerebothtoosimilartoeachother.[7] KerriKenney-Silverauditionedin1996.[3][6][11] JohnnyKnoxvillewasofferedthechancetohavehisstuntvideos(whichwouldlaterbeusedontheMTVshowJackass)putonSNL,buthedeclinedtheoffer.Helaterhostedtheshowin2005. NickKrollauditionedin2008.[9] LisaKudrowauditionedin1990.[3][7]Shelaterhostedtheshowin1996.[1][6][11] M[edit] MarcMaronauditionedin1995inattempttoreplaceNormMacdonald'sspotintheWeekendUpdate.[2][3][4] AndreaMartinauditionedin1984butlosttheparttoPamelaStephenson.[7] JackMcBrayerauditionedin2001.[3][4] BruceMcCullochauditionedin1985.[3] KevinMcDonaldauditionedin1985.[3]Hewasofferedapartin1995butheturneditdown.[9] AdamMcKayauditionedin1995.[3][9] T.J.Millerauditionedin2008.[2][9] KelMitchellauditionedin2003alongsideformerKenan&KelcastmateKenanThompson,whowashired.[3] JohnMulaneyauditionedin2008.Instead,hewashiredasawriterfortheshowduringits34thseason,andlaterwentontohostduringseasons43,44,45and46.[9] N[edit] KathyNajimyauditionedfortheshowin1984,butlosttoPamelaStephenson. KumailNanjianiauditionedin2012.[9]Hewentontohostin2017. P[edit] JordanPeeleauditionedtoplaytheroleofBarackObamaontheshowonlytoloseittoFredArmisen.[2][9] AubreyPlazaauditionedin2008.[11][9]Plazaalsoworkedasaninternoftheshowthreeyearsprior.[1][2][3][6] R[edit] PaulReubensauditionedin1980onlytolosetheparttoGilbertGottfried.[1][2][6]ReubensclaimsGottfriedwasfavoredoverhimbecausehewasfriendswithoneoftheproducersoftheshow.[3][7] MercedesRuehlauditionedin1980,butwaspassedoverinfavorofDennyDillon.[17] JohnRobertsauditionedin2008.[9] JeffRossauditionedin2000forapartintheWeekendUpdateafterColinQuinnlefttheshow.[3][9] AmberRuffinauditionedin2013whentheshowwaslookingtoaddanAfrican-AmericanwomantothecastbutlosttoSasheerZamata.[10] S[edit] AkivaSchafferauditionedin2005.[3][9] PaulScheerauditionedfortheshowtwicein2001and2002.[3][9] AmySedarisauditionedin1995inattempttoreplacecastmemberJaneaneGarofalo.[9] JBSmooveauditionedin2003atStandUpNYalongsideadozenothercomedians,butlostouttobothKenanThompsonandFinesseMitchell,insteadbecomingastaffwriterwithfellowhopeful,JasonSudeikis.Interestingly,futurecast-memberRobRigglealsoauditioned,butwasnothireduntil2004.[18] T[edit] JormaTacconeauditionedin2005.[3][9] ScottThompsonauditionedin1985.[3] RobertTownsendauditionedin1980onlytolosetheparttoEddieMurphy.[3][7] W[edit] BreshaWebbauditionedin2013whentheshowwaslookingtoaddanAfrican-AmericanwomantothecastbutlosttoSasheerZamata.[10][14] StephnieWeirauditionedin1999butlosttoRachelDratch.Later,WeirbecameaMADtvcastmember. 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