Aziz Ansari made his debut as FBI Director Kash Patel in tonight's "Saturday Night Live" cold open, during which he explained why he is actually a "trailblazer" who deserves to be celebrated more by ...

Aziz Ansari and Colin Jost opened SNL playing Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth in a White House press briefing sketch satirizing the administration.

Colin Jost revealed how his Pete Hegseth impression came about, and what it was like acting alongside Matt Damon.

The Academy Award winner is gearing up for a starring turn in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which hits theaters this ...

Well, last night, Aziz made his return to TV with somewhat of a rare public appearance during SNL's cold open. He was tapped to play embattled FBI head honcho Kash Patel — because what's a SNL cold ...

Aziz Ansari plays Kash Patel in Saturday Night Live cold open, with Colin Jost and Ashley Padilla in a White House press briefing sketch based on recent political news.

The May 9 host revived his famous impression, appearing alongside the "Weekend Update" anchor who first asked him to do it ...

This week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” stared with a political cold open that brought Aziz Ansari to the sketch show. The segment began with Ashley Padilla’s Karoline Leavitt launching a press ...

Sun, May 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM UTC First up to the podium was Ashley Padilla as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who announced, "As some of you know, I'm about to go on maternity leave. That ...

SNL accurately satirizes Hegseth's behaivor during press conferences. Ansari's portrayal of Patel is a hilarious caricature of his arrogant, incompetent FBI leadership. Viewers and social media loved ...

"Saturday Night Live " mocked FBI Director Kash Patel's customized Kentucky bourbon bottles.