Michael Che
Born in 1983 in New York City, actor and comedian Michael Che was the youngest of 7 children. He was born and raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side, and attended the prestigious Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Performing Arts. Che's full name was Michael Che Campbell; his father, a history buff and admirer of Latin revolutionary Che Guevara, gave his son his middle name. Che began in New York City's standup circuit at the age of 26, and was the winner of New York's Funniest Stand-Up Competition. A major focus of Che's comedy was racial discrimination and inequality in the United States and the particular struggles faced by African-American men. Che joined legendary comedy ensemble show "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ) in 2013 as a writer. The following year Che joined news show parody "The Daily Show" (Comedy Central 1996- ) as a correspondent. In September of 2014 it was announced that Che would join the on-camera cast of "Saturday Night Live," taking over the Weekend Update anchor spot from fellow cast member Cecily Strong. Che was the first African-American co-anchor on Weekend Update in the series' history, a momentous occasion for the show, whose lack of cultural diversity had been criticized.
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Michael Che
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark |
Self, Executive Producer |
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Sean Patton: Number One | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Michael Che: Shame the Devil | Self | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures in Comedy | Self | - | 2015 |
100% |
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Lyle | Threes (Character) | - | 2014 |
85% |
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Top Five | Paul (Character) | $25.3M | 2014 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 2014-2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2016-2019 2021-2022 |
100% | 77% | That Damn Michael Che |
Self, Executive Producer |
2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2016-2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2018 2020-2021 |
75% | 25% | Dishmantled | Judge | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Bumping Mics With Jeff Ross & Dave Attell | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
54% | No Score Yet | Emmys | Host | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Train With Wyatt Cenac | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |
95% | 85% | Detroiters |
Unknown (Guest Star), Writer |
2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York's Funniest | Host | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Half Hour | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best Week Ever | Unknown (Character) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show | Guest | 2012 |