Saturday Night Live got everyone's attention when the show announced that Alec Baldwin would be joining the cast to impersonate presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Trump has a long history with the show. He has hosted twice, first in 2004, and then again, to great controversy, last November. Those were just times when he was on the show in an official capacity.
Five different actors, not including Baldwin, have portrayed Trump on SNL. The late Phil Hartman channeled the Republican nominee during the Marla Maples years. Darrell Hammond, perhaps the most famous Trump, picked up the mantle for the Apprentice years. Taran Killam and Jason Sudeikis also have had a go. Killam and Hammond even appeared together with Trump during his monologue for his 2015 hosting gig.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lorne Michaels credits Tina Fey with the choice of Baldwin as Trump. "We were talking about who should do it," he says. "And she said, 'Well, the person that should really play it is Alec.' And I went, 'Yeah!' A light went on."
While Alec Baldwin is an SNL veteran, the Trump challenge will be new for him. But as he told Extra, it is one that he is excited about.
"I'm doing it for him," Baldwin says, referencing an interview with Mario Lopez where Trump said he would like for Baldwin to play him.
Click through to see (and hear) some of the many Donald Trumps on SNL.
The Baldwin as Trump announcement is nothing if not dramatic. Watch as Baldwin and Kate McKinnon transform into Trump and Clinton.
Phil Hartman played Donald Trump (and that's the late Jan Hooks as Trump's second wife, Marla Maples) on "Church Chat." Dana Carvey's Church Lady just happened to be joined by her niece, played by a young Fred Savage. You can watch the clip, here.
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When Donald Trump hosted SNL in 2004, he and Darrell Hammond did a sketch called "The Prince & The Pauper." In it, Trump, played by Darrell Hammond, wants to trade places with the janitor, played by Trump. Is that meta enough for you?
You can watch the sketch, here. (Make sure to watch from the beginning. Hammond's Trump fires a 9-year-old Girl Scout played by Amy Poehler.)
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Jason Sudeikis might be the most unlikely Trump. Here, he was on a visit to Fox & Friends.
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Lions, tigers, and Trumps, oh my! Killam, Trump, and Hammond appeared together in Trump's monologue from season 41.
Photo: Courtesy of NBC.On "Weekend Update," Pete Davidson talked about how Trump's candidacy was encouraging young voters.
Maybe making up for the fact that Trump's hosting gig was criticized as a softball ratings play, SNL hit back hard with this campaign ad parody, "Racists For Trump."
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