DOING THE DONALD: COMIC TAKES ON THE PREZ
No actor has quite managed to capture the true ridiculousness of Donald Trump quite like Alec Baldwin in his hilarious Saturday Night Live skits, but there are some comedians who have come close:
Phil Hartman
Saturday Night Live, 1988-1990
Long before Baldwin donned a blond toupée, the late Phil Hartman played Trump in a series of sketches. The first mocked Donald and Ivana Trump (Jan Hooks) as outof-touch rich people at Christmastime, while later skits depicted the couple’s tabloid divorce.
Darrell Hammond Saturday Night Live, 1999-2011
Before Baldwin, Hammond was the go-to impersonator of
Trump, starting with two sketches in 1989 and then off and on in multiple sketches over the next decade. He returned to don a too-long red tie, along with fellow Trump impersonator Taran Killam and Trump himself, when the future prez was guest host in 2015.
Taran Killam
Saturday Night Live, 2015
After Trump announced his bid for the White House, Killam grimaced his way through sketches as the (then) longshot candidate in a series of episodes through the early months of the 2016 campaign.
Johnny Depp #FODTrumpMovie: Introducing Ivana, 2016
The heavily made-up Pirates of the Caribbean star played a 1980s-era Trump in a “found” video posted by Funny or Die in February 2016.
Meryl Streep
The Public Theater, 2017
The actress, left, criticised Trump in her Golden Globes speech and then parodied him during a gala benefit for The Public Theater in New York in 2017.
Alec Baldwin
Saturday Night Live, since 2016
The former 30 Rock star began playing Trump in October 2016, a month before the mogul’s surprise election victory. He’s continued to lampoon Trump throughout his presidency, often in the cold open that kicks off the show, and has received an Emmy nomination for his work.