SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Jim Carrey Added as Joe Biden

Jim Carrey has joined SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s upcoming 46th season playing Vice President Joe Biden.

The series returns on Saturday, October 3, with five consecutive shows (October 10, 17, 24, 31.) Additionally, the series plans to have a limited in-studio audience, following COVID-19 safety restrictions.

The show has also added three new featured players:

• Lauren Holt is an actor, comedian, singer and improviser. She was a house performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles and starred in the independent web series “The Filth” as well as the short film “Parent Teacher Conference,” for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival.

• Punkie Johnson is a comedian and writer whose recent credits include “Space Force,” “Corporate,” “Adam Ruins Everything” and “Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers.” She was a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2019 and is a proud paid regular at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood.

• Andrew Dismukes has served as an “SNL” staff writer since season 43. He is a stand-up comedian who was selected for the 2017 New Faces Showcase at the Just for Laughs Festival and has performed at other festivals, including Comedy Central’s Colossal ClusterFest and the New York Comedy Festival.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Season Premiere, Saturday, October 3, NBC.

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