Alex Moffat

For other uses, see Alex Moffat (disambiguation).

Alexander Everett Moffat (/ˈmɒfət/; born March 25, 1982)^[1] is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he debuted as a featured player during the show's 42nd season in 2016, alongside Mikey Day and Melissa Villaseñor. After two seasons as featured players, all three became repertory cast members in 2018, beginning with the show's 44th season.^[2] Moffat left SNL in 2022, after six years as a cast member.^[3] In 2023, he made his Broadway debut in The Cottage.^[4]

Alex Moffat
Moffat in April 2017
Born	Alexander Everett Moffat (1982-03-25) March 25, 1982 (age 42)[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Denison University (BA)
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2012-present
Spouse	Caroline Rau
Children	1

Early life

Alex Moffat was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from North Shore Country Day School in 2000.^[5] Afterwards he attended Denison University, graduating in 2004.^[6]

Career

Moffat started his comedy career as a Chicago-based improviser and featured performer at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, Annoyance Theatre, and Zanies Comedy Club.^[2][7] In 2015, Moffat co-starred alongside John Ashton in the indie-drama Uncle John, and in 2016, he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live.^[8]

Saturday Night Live

Moffat made his debut on Saturday Night Live on the October 1, 2016 season 42 episode hosted by Margot Robbie with musical guest The Weeknd, alongside Mikey Day and Melissa Villaseñor.^[9] After auditioning to join the cast the previous three seasons, he eventually was hired as part of a showcase at iO Theater in Chicago that also featured future cast member Sarah Sherman.^[10] His screentest included Chris Hemsworth and future president Joe Biden, who he would later portray.^[11] Moffat became a repertory cast member in 2018, beginning with season 44.^[12] On the December 19, 2020 episode, Moffat appeared in the cold open playing President-elect Joe Biden, taking over the role from Jim Carrey.^[13] He left the show at the end of the show's 47th season in 2022, following six years as a cast member.

Celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live

• Casey Affleck
• David Beckham
• Joe Biden
• Richard Branson
• Billy Bush
• Tucker Carlson
• Anderson Cooper
• Bill Cowher
• Willem Dafoe
• Mark Davis
• Steve Doocy
• Ross Duffer
• Al Franken
• Hugh Grant
• Kelsey Grammer
• Chuck Grassley
• Tom Green
• Kit Harington
• Chris Harrison
• Chris Hemsworth
• Phil Jackson
• Ernie Johnson Jr.
• Egils Levits
• Arie Luyendyk Jr.
• Paul Manafort
• Marc Maron
• Conor McGregor
• Gavin Newsom
• Beto O'Rourke
• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Joe Scarborough
• Adam Schiff
• Chuck Schumer
• Brady Skjei
• Eric Trump
• Prince William^[14]
• Glenn Youngkin^[15]
• Geoff Zakarian^[16]
• Mark Zuckerberg^[17]

Recurring characters on Saturday Night Live

• The Guy Who Just Bought a Boat, a preppy snob who gives dating advice and makes offhand comments about how horrible his sexual prowess is (according to the season 43 episode hosted by Ryan Gosling, he has a cousin (played by Gosling) known as The Guy who Just Joined Soho House, who acts similar to him, and in season 45, Ryan Reynolds played his frat brother, The Guy Who Knows the Owner, in a cameo appearance).^[18][19]
• Terry Fink, a film critic who gives whimsical reviews on films during the Weekend Update segment, and in one episode, gave reviews for films nominated for Academy Awards, where he claimed to have watched every film from 2022 in two days, stating "All thanks to a little multivitamin I take called LSD".^[20]

Personal life

He is married to Caroline Rau, and their first child, daughter Everett, was born in January 2021.^[21] He lives in Brooklyn.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Uncle John	Ben	Nominated – Best Actor – Midwest Independent Film Festival (2015)
2017	Rachel	Ben	Short film
2018	Ralph Breaks The Internet	Jimmy (voice)
2019	Someone Great	Will
2020	The Opening Act	Chris Palmer
	Holidate	Peter
2021	Dating and New York	Trent Wilkinson
	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Albert
2022	Christmas with the Campbells	Shawn Campbell
	Susie Searches	Hayden Powers
2023	80 for Brady	Nat
2025	Kinda Pregnant	Rawn
TBA	Brewmance	Samuel	Post-production[22]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016–2022	Saturday Night Live	Various	121 episodes
2017	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday	Eric Trump/Conor McGregor	2 episodes
2018	Billions	Anthony Radaelli	Episode: "Kompenso"
2020	F is for Family	Sandy Calabasas (voice)	3 episodes
2022	Home Economics	Dennis	Episode: "Wedding Bouquet, $125"
2023	The Bear	Josh	4 episodes
2024	Bad Monkey	Evan Shook	8 episodes
2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Himself	Television special
	Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special	Stabber	Television special

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2023	The Cottage	Clarke	Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway	[4]
	Gutenberg! The Musical!	Producer	James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway	[23]
2024	The Big Gay Jamboree	Keith	Orpheum Theatre, Off-Broadway	[24]

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Heads Will Roll (Audible Original - Audio Comedy)	Odin	10 episodes

References

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14. "Prince Harry Pokes Fun at Prince William's Haircut During Hilarious Saturday Night Live Spoof". people.com. January 21, 2018.
15. "A new 'Trump.' SNL's Johnson attracts attention for mimicry". independent.co.uk. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021.
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18. "Saturday Night Live's 43rd season kicks off with Ryan Gosling and a lack of ambition". The A.V. Club. October 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
19. Love, Matthew (November 24, 2019). "Saturday Night Live Recap: Dems Debate as Will Ferrell Crushes on Ryan Reynolds". Vulture. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
20. "'SNL's Weekend Update: Resident Film Critic Terry Fink Reviews 2022 Oscar Nominees 'The Power Of The Dog,' 'Encanto' & 'Belfast'". Yahoo Finance. March 13, 2022. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
21. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Pete Davidson Shared Alex Moffat's Instagram Password with All the SNL Writers". YouTube.
22. D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 22, 2024). "'SNL' Alum Alex Moffat & Kennedy McMann Are Having A 'Brewmance'". Deadline. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
23. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
24. https://playbill.com/production/the-big-gay-jamboree-off-broadway-orpheum-theatre-2024

External links

• Alex Moffat at IMDb