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Barack Obama
Saturday Night Live
Actor(s) Fred Armisen (15 appearances + 3 specials; 2008—)
Creator(s)
First Appearance 33x05 - Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood
Last Appearance 35x04 - Gerard Butler/Shakira
Episode Count 18

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. Though Obama was mentioned frequently during the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, a proper impression of him was formulated until the first show after the end of the 2007 Writers Strike when Fred Armisen took on the role.

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Basic Information

During the 2008 election, Illinois Senator Barack Obama managed to win the Democratic primary race (despite a hotly contested battle with Hillary Clinton) and rallied the nation with a message of change against Republican candidate Senator John McCain. After a race that gradually got uglier over time, Obama managed to win the election in a near landslide and became the first African-American to be elected president.

Fred Armisen is the only Saturday Night Live cast member to portray Obama. Although the race had technically started at least two years before election day, an impression of Obama didn't appear in SNL sketches until February 2008, after the WGA strike had ended. Unlike his predecessor, whose speech flubs provided a wealth of comedic potential, Obama's demeanor is much more reserved and, frankly, less obviously funny. Many of his appearances make light of his cool demeanor and his policies, rather than absurd quotations.

In addition to Armisen, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has appeared in two sketches, not as Barack Obama but rather as an Incredible Hulk style version known as "The Rock Obama." In these sketches, lawmakers make Obama so furious that he loses his temper and turns into a muscle-bound version of himself. He retains his unflappable personality, but adds a propensity for throwing people who cross him out the Oval Office window.

Candidate Obama appeared as himself on SNL in 2007 as well, predating the Armisen parody by several months.

Appearances

  1. 33x05 - Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood: (Armisen) "CNN Univision Democratic Debate."
  2. 33x06 - Ellen Page/Wilco: (Armisen) "Democratic Candidates Debate."
  3. 33x08 - Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey: (Armisen) "3 a.m. Call Dramatization."
  4. 33x10 - Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley: (Hammond) "Petraeus Report on Iraq."
  5. 33x12 - Steve Carell/Usher: (Armisen) "There Can Only Be One."
  6. 34x03 - Anna Faris/Duffy: (Armisen) "First Presidential Debate."
  7. SP26 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (1): (Armisen) "Second Presidential Debate."
  8. SP27 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (2): (Armisen) "Third Presidential Debate."
  9. 35x06 - Jon Hamm/Coldplay: (Armisen) "The Barack Obama Variety Half-Hour."
  10. 35x10 - John Malkovich/T.I.: (Armisen) "Cool Obama."
  11. 34x14 - Steve Martin/Jason Mraz: (Armisen) "Obama Remembers."
  12. 34x17 - Dwayne Johnson/Ray LaMontagne: (Armisen) "The Rock Obama."
  13. 34x19 - Seth Rogan/Phoenix: (Armisen) "Obama's Business Rulings."
  14. 34x20 - Zac Efron/Yeah Yeah Yeahs: (Armisen) "Obama Returns."
  15. SP33 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday 2009 (2): (Armisen) "Obama Interviews."
  16. 35x02 - Ryan Reynolds/Lady Gaga: (Armisen) "Obama's Checklist."
  17. 35x03 - Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor: (Armisen) "Obama's Nobel Prize."
  18. 35x04 - Gerald Butler/Shakira: (Armisen) "The Rock Obama."

Key Cabinet Members

  1. 17x03 - Kirstie Alley/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: (Nealon) "Clarence Thomas Hearings."
  2. 33x04 - Brian Williams/Feist: (Sudeikis) "Clinton Halloween Party" and "Before the Debate."
  3. 34x04 - Anne Hathaway/The Killers: (Sudeikis) "Vice Presidential Debate."
  4. 35x06 - Jon Hamm/Coldplay: (Sudeikis) "Biden/Murtha Rally" and "The Barack Obama Variety Half-Hour."
  5. 34x07 - Ben Affleck/David Cook: (Sudeikis) "A Special Message from Senator John McCain & Governor Sarah Palin."
  6. 34x08 - Paul Rudd/Beyoncé: (Sudeikis) "The Office of the Vice President Elect."
  7. 34x14 - Steve Martin/Jason Mraz: (Sudeikis) "Obama Remembers."
  8. 34x20 - Zac Efron/Yeah Yeah Yeahs: (Sudeikis) "Obama Returns."
  9. 35x04 - Gerald Butler/Shakira: (Sudeikis) "The Rock Obama."
  10. 35x06 - January Jones/Black Eyed Peas: (Sudeikis) "Biden Fixed Health Care."
See Hillary Clinton.

General Election Opponents

  1. 25x11 - Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez: (Parnell) "Breakfast in New Hampshire."
  2. 25x13 - Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple: (Parnell) "Weekend Update."
  3. 31x08 - Alec Baldwin/Shakira: (Parnell) "The O'Reilly Factor."
  4. 33x08 - Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey: (Hammond) "NBC Special Report."
  5. 33x10 - Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley: (Hammond) "Petraeus Report on Iraq."
  6. 34x02 - James Franco/Kings of Leon: (Hammond) "McCain Recording Session."
  7. 34x03 - Anna Faris/Duffy: (Hammond) "First Presidential Debate."
  8. SP26 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (1): (Hammond) "Second Presidential Debate."
  9. SP27 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (2): (Hammond) "Third Presidential Debate."
  10. SP28 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (3): (Hammond) "Bush's Endorsement."
  11. 34x17 - Dwayne Johnson/Ray LaMontagne: (Hammond) "The Rock Obama."
  • Name: Sarah Palin - Republican Vice Presidential Candidate
  • Portrayed By:
    • Tina Fey (5 appearance + 1 special; 2008)
  • Total Appearances: 5 + 1 special
  1. 34x01 - Michael Phelps/Lil Wayne: (Fey) "A Non-Partisan Message from Sarah Palin & Hilary Clinton."
  2. 34x03 - Anna Faris/Duffy: (Fey) "CBS Evening News."
  3. 34x04 - Anne Hathaway/The Killers: (Fey) "Vice Presidential Debate."
  4. 34x05 - Josh Brolin/Adele: (Fey) "Palin Press Conference."
  5. SP28 - SNL Weekend Update Thursday (3): (Fey) "Bush's Endorsement."
  6. 34x07 - Ben Affleck/David Cook: (Fey) "A Special Message from Senator John McCain & Governor Sarah Palin."

Other Associates

Trivia

Quotes & Catchphrases

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