(1985-03-25) March 25, 1985 (age 39) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Medium
Stand-up, television, film
Education
Elgin Community College
Years active
2009–present
Genres
Sketch comedy
Subject(s)
American culture
pop culture
Website
iamchrisredd.com
Christopher Jerell Redd[1] (born March 25, 1985) is an American comedian and actor. After several years performing stand-up comedy, Redd was hired to join the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 43rd season in 2017, making his debut alongside Heidi Gardner and Luke Null, and serving as a cast member for five seasons until 2022. For his work on the show, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2018 for co-writing the SNL song "Come Back Barack". He is also known for his roles in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Disjointed (2017–2018), and Kenan (2021–2022).
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comedy and a Netflix pot series, ChrisRedd's star on the rise". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2021. "Why ChrisRedd Got A Job At Olive Garden"....
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television series co-created by and co-starring Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, ChrisRedd, and Sam Jay. The series premiered on Peacock on March 10, 2022. The series...
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produced by Josh Ruben. It stars Aya Cash, Josh Ruben, Rebecca Drysdale and ChrisRedd. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24...
joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) along with Luke Null and ChrisRedd for its forty-third season. After her first year on SNL, Gardner was hired...
Aselton, Christopher McDonald, Jerry O'Connell, Jessica Parker Kennedy, ChrisRedd, Stephanie Drake and Margolin. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles...
frequent customer of Ruth's Alternative Caring and Dank's girlfriend ChrisRedd as Steve "Dank" Dankerson, a frequent customer of Ruth's Alternative Caring...
Chicago alum Luke Null, and stand-up comedian ChrisRedd, who previously did sketch comedy at Second City. Redd had been incorrectly reported as joining the...
Karlie Redd (née Lewis; born April 15) born Keisha Lewis, is an American television personality, rapper, model and actress. She rose to prominence for...
November 2018, she co-starred with Quavo and Saturday Night Live member ChrisRedd in the holiday campaign for Madden NFL 19. In 2019, Minaj announced a...
September 2017). "'Saturday Night Live' Taps Heidi Gardner, Luke Null & ChrisRedd as New Cast Members, Adds 7 Writers for Season 43". Deadline. Retrieved...
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(September 26, 2017). "'Saturday Night Live' Taps Heidi Gardner, Luke Null & ChrisRedd As New Cast Members, Adds 7 Writers For Season 43". Deadline. Retrieved...
he then won in 2018 for the lyrics to "Come Back Barack" (along with ChrisRedd and Will Stephen). In 2014, SNL head writer Brian H. Tucker noted that...
Davidson (since 2014), Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, (both since 2016), ChrisRedd (since 2017), and the only season for Athari. This was also the final...
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monologue in that episode, he acknowledged his firing. Heidi Gardner and ChrisRedd were upgraded to repertory status this season, while Ego Nwodim remained...
Crumbs". Doctor Oz. Oz Media LLC. 14 July 2021. "S5E2Rachel Dratch vs. ChrisRedd and Dr. Oz vs. Daphne Oz". ABC. Archived from the original on 9 September...