The original 1975 cast of SNL consisted of:
www.saturday-night-live.com has a complete list of casts from each season, but I thought it would be more useful to list the additions and subtractions each year:
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
- Left: everyone, including show-runner Lorne Michaels
- Joined: Denny Dillon, Robin Duke, Gilbert Gottfried, Tim Kazurinsky, Gail Matthius, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Ann Risley, Charles Rocket, Tony Rosato, Yvonne Hudson, Mitchell Kriegman, Matthew Laurance, Laurie Metcalf, Emily Prager and Patrick Weathers (Dick Ebersol replaced Lorne Michaels)
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
- Left: everyone, including show-runner Dick Ebersol
- Joined: Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, A. Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Don Novello, Dan Vitale and Damon Wayans
- Returned: show-runner Lorne Michaels
1986
- Left: Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, Al Franken, Don Novello, Dan Vitale and Damon Wayans
- Joined: Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Meaney and Kevin Nealon
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
- Left: nearly everybody -- Morwenna Banks, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Chris Farley, Janeane Garofalo, Michael McKean, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Adam Sandler, Al Franken, Laura Kightlinger and Jay Mohr
- Joined: Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, David Koechner, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls, Chris Kattan , Colin Quinn and Fred Wolf
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Questions, comments, additions or subtractions? /msg avalyn.
Most recent update: August 28, 2018.