Kyle Mooney

Mooney was born the youngest in a family of three boys in San Diego, California, to parents Linda (née Kozub) and Brian Mooney. Linda was a former reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Brian is an environmental consultant and planner. He has two older brothers, Sean and Ryan. Mooney's Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a television star. and was hailed as class clown. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group Commedus Interruptus. After a six-week audition process in 2003, the three new members added to the group were Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2007. ==Career==

Good Neighbor In 2007, Mooney, Bennett, Rutherford and Dave McCary formed the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor, uploading video content on the YouTube channel GoodNeighborStuff. Bennett and McCary joined Saturday Night Live alongside Mooney in 2013 (as a performer and director, respectively), and Rutherford was hired as a writer the following year. In 2014, Good Neighbor was featured on NewMediaRockstars' Top 100 Channels, ranked at No. 98. Saturday Night Live Mooney auditioned to join Saturday Night Live in the summer of 2012 but was rejected; he successfully auditioned the following year, joining the cast during the show's 39th season. On September 28, 2013, he debuted as a featured player. At the start of the season 41, Mooney was upgraded to repertory status. Mooney brought some of his YouTube characters to the show, including his person-on-the-street interviews, the 4/20 Weed-Smoking Guy, Chris Fitzpatrick, Todd from Inside SoCal, and Bruce Chandling. His celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live include Jim Acosta, Woody Allen, Criss Angel, Fred Astaire, David Axelrod, Jeff Bezos, Neil Cavuto, Lincoln Chafee, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cotton, Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, Bruce Jessen, Steve Jobs, John Kennedy, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Lawrence, Macklemore, Howie Mandel, Chuck Norris, Rand Paul, Pope Francis, Axl Rose, Skrillex, Stephen Stills, and Steven Tyler. He left the show in 2022 at the conclusion of season 47, ending a nine-season run. during Charli XCX's hosting debut, and the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special. Other work Mooney has appeared on a number of shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. He has also served as a writer and performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Mooney co-created, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, released on Netflix on December 10, 2021. He appears in several roles including twins Skip and Treybor, Bruce Chandling, and animated characters Randy and Brusho. The eight-episode series is co-directed by McCary and series co-creator Ben Jones. Mooney and Jones created the show based on a mutual appreciation of retro Saturday-morning cartoon blocks. Mooney directed the disaster comedy Y2K for A24. The movie debuted at the South by Southwest Festival on March 9, 2024, and was released on December 6, 2024. Under the name Kyle M., Mooney released his debut album, The Real Me, on March 21, 2025 through independent record label, Stones Throw. In August 2025, Mooney and Bennett launched the podcast ''What's Our Podcast?'' ==Personal life==

In 2021, Mooney married actress Kate Lyn Sheil. In December 2023, Mooney revealed that he and his wife had welcomed a daughter. Mooney is a self-described collector and owns a VHS collection that he started as a child. Through connections made while working on SNL, he has been able to get several VHS tapes autographed by the actors who have starred in them, including a Beetlejuice VHS signed by both Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin. ==Filmography==

Film Television Web series and shorts ==Discography==

;Studio albums • The Real Me (2025) ;EPs • Christmas Wish (2025) ==Bibliography==