After five seasons as a cast member on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Chris Redd has announced he won’t be returning when the show premieres new episodes on Oct. 1.
A Chicago native, he came up through the local comedy ranks as a stand-up comedian as well as an improviser and sketch comedy performer at iO Theater as well as Second City (where he is a touring company alum), before joining “SNL” in 2017.
It didn’t take for him long to distinguish himself on the show, both as a writer and a performer. Just a few weeks into his tenure, he helped create and co-starred in the R&B parody “Come Back Barack,” which would end up winning Redd and his fellow writers an Emmy for original music and lyrics.
