Jeremy Culhane will appear as a featured player on the 51st season of “Saturday Night Live.”
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Ahead of it’s upcoming 51st season, “Saturday Night Live” has added five new cast members, including L.A. Native Jeremy Culhane.
The 33-year-old actor and writer is from Altadena, a Los Angeles suburb just north of Pasadena. Culhane trained at The Groundlings School, an L.A.-based improvisation and sketch comedy theatre that has a history of producing “SNL” greats like Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph.
Culhane rose to internet notoriety through his viral sketches and regular appearances on Dropout TV. He also performs with the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, a improvisational sketch comedy group, founded in part by “SNL” alum Amy Poehler.
Culhane’s credits include Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Sex Lives of College Girls, 9-1-1, and Yes Day. He also co-hosts the podcast “Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists” with fellow comedians Kylie Brakeman, Angela Giarratana, and Patrick McDonald.
Following the news Culhane took to his instagram (@jazzy_jelly) to react. Posting the official “SNL” cast announcement, along with a playful childhood beach photo captioned “Holy shit I think.”
Joining Culhane as featured players are Tommy Brennan, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska. This news comes just days after multiple cast members announced their departure from the show, and executive producer Lorne Michaels revealed there would be cast shake-ups post-50th anniversary.
The new season of “SNL” premieres Oct. 4 at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT, live on NBC and Peacock.