How many years was darrell hammond on snl

See the gallery. Watch the video. Sign In. Down 4, this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». A Saturday Night Live cast member from to - the longest tenure of any SNL cast member - Hammond was one of the sketch TV show's strongest and funniest performers.

As well as being part of skits where he had chemistry with See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. The Rise of Will Smith. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Projects In Development Swinging in Suburbia. Details only on IMDbPro ».

Create a list ». Second Bananas — Real-Life U. Vice President Portrayals. Favorite SNL-ers. Jon's Favorite SNL people. Celebrity Jeopardy! Lisa Picard is Famous premiere. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? I think people wanted me to do well with it, but it made no sense. It was destined for the scrap heap. I was just trying to get through read-through. When I first started doing him, I was trying to duplicate him sound molecule for sound molecule.

Silly-smart is always what they used to say we should strive for, because Monty Python perfected it. But, Connery suddenly was silly and smart. He was an ultrawit. And once again, it made no sense!

Why would he be mad at Alex Trebek? That was the intro to that character. Did you ever meet him or hear what he thought of your impression? By Anna Tingley. Known for his iconic impersonations of Sean Connery, Regis Philbin and former President Bill Clinton, Hammond held the record for the longest tenure on the show 14 seasons until he was surpassed by Kenan Thompson in The doc weaves together comedy and tragedy as Hammond retraces his years of misdiagnoses — over 40 doctors diagnosed the comedian with mental illnesses such as multiple personality disorder, manic depression and schizophrenia, until a suicide attempt brought him to Dr.

Nabil Kotbi. I felt this huge wave of compassion rush through my body and go out to everybody. The doc will be distributed by Abramarama and will make its Los Angeles premiere on Sept. Home Film News. From a young age, Darrell Hammond admittedly struggled with alcoholism and cocaine. Much later, in , during an interview with CNN , he revealed that he was brutally abused by his mother when he was a child. As a consequence of all of this, he was later even hospitalized due to several psychiatric issues and diagnoses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.