How many Saturday Night Live regulars have been nominated for Academy Awards?

Answer 1

Saturday Night Live is nominated for the following Emmys for the 2019 show season: Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Outstanding Music Direction Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality, or Competition Series

Answer 2

"Saturday Night Live," which began in the fall of 1975, has won 64 Primetime Emmy Awards in 243 nominations.

"The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special," which aired in February 2015, received four Primetime Emmys.

Answer 3

By my count, six...

Dan Aykroyd (cast member from 1975-79; nominated for Driving Miss Daisy)

Bill Murray (cast member from 1977-80; nominated for Lost in Translation)

Eddie Murphy (cast member from 1980-84; nominated for Dreamgirls)

Randy Quaid (cast member from 1985-86; nominated for The Last Detail - only instance where Oscar nom happened *before* time on SNL)

Joan Cusack (cast member from 1985-86; nominated TWICE, for Working Girl and In & Out)

Robert Downey, Jr. (cast member from 1985-86; nominated TWICE, for Chaplin and Tropic Thunder)

None of them won.