"Saturday Night Live" officially announced three new cast members for the upcoming season: Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, and Melissa Villaseñor.
They'll debut when the NBC sketch show returns on October 1.
The three new hires join "SNL" after the show let go of six-year veterans Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah in August.
So who are these newcomers? Here's a quick look at their careers before joining "SNL":
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Mikey Day
You may recognize Day already — he has been a writer with "SNL" since 2013. He recently filled the head writer position on the NBC variety show "Maya & Marty," even appearing in several sketches.
He plays a fireman in this sketch:
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He was also a recurring cast member on Nick Cannon's "Wild 'N Out" on MTV.
His writing credits include Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken," and he has appeared on "Mad TV." He got his start as part of the improv group The Groundlings.
Alex Moffat
Moffat is much greener than Mikey Day. He has performed in many of Chicago's biggest performance and improv theaters, including being a member of the improv group The Second City.
According to his bio for the feature film "Uncle John," the Chicago native had a web-based series called "El Show with Alex Moffat." He also appeared in a comedy pilot for NBC.
He attended Denison University.
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