History Creator / TimMeadows

* ''Film/{{Benchwarmers}}'' as Wayne

* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'': Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (recurring)

* ''Series/PokerFace''

* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' as Creator/SammyDavisJr

Meadows was hired as a cast member in 1990 (along with Creator/ChrisRock). At the time, it was the first time two African-American males were hired. Despite being overshadowed by Chris Rock and almost being let go after the infamous Season 20 (due to Creator/LorneMichaels being forced to revamp his cast and show), Meadows ended up staying on since Ellen Cleghorne left and Lorne wanted the show to have some racial diversity. Being the most seasoned member of the almost entirely new cast gave him the opportunity to take on more starring roles in sketches and finally break out. With this, Meadows became the first black cast member to stay on the show longer than five seasons and one of the show's longest-running cast members at a literal decade (1990-2000).

* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'': Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (2 episodes)

* ''Series/EasyToAssemble as Tim (5 episodes)

* ''Series/TheOffice'' as Christian (1 episode)

* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'': Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (1 episode)

* ''Series/MarryMe'' as Kevin 1

!Audio Roles
* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'': Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (one episode)

* ''Pocast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'': Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (one episode)

* ''Series/MapleworthMurders'' as Andy Hapsburg (recurring)

Meadows was hired as a cast member in 1990 (along with Creator/ChrisRock). At the time, it was the first time two African-American males were hired. Despite being overshadowed by Chris Rock and almost being let go after the infamous Season 20 (due to Lorne Michaels being forced to revamp his cast and show), Meadows ended up staying on since Ellen Cleghorne left and Lorne wanted the show to have some racial diversity. Being the most seasoned member of the almost entirely new cast gave him the opportunity to take on more starring roles in sketches and finally break out. With this, Meadows became the first black cast member to stay on the show longer than five seasons and one of the show's longest-running cast members at a literal decade (1990-2000).

* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' as Sammy Davis Jr.

* ''Series/MiracleWorkers'' as Dave Shelby (1 episode)

Meadows was hired as a cast member in 1990 (along with Creator/ChrisRock). At the time, it was the first time two African-American males were hired. Despite being overshadowed by Chris Rock and almost being let go (due to Lorne Michaels being forced to revamp his cast and show), Meadows ended up staying on since Ellen Cleghorne left and Lorne wanted the show to have some racial diversity. With this, Meadows became the first black cast member to stay on the show longer than five seasons and one of the show's longest-running cast members at a literal decade (1990-2000).

Meadows was hired as a cast member in 1990 (along with Creator/ChrisRock). At the time, it was the first time two African-American males were hired (and, later, with Ellen Cleghorne joining the cast, the first time ''Saturday Night Live'' had more than two African-American cast members). Meadows was overshadowed by Chris Rock (and later, most of the white cast members) in the first half of being on the show. When Lorne Michaels was forced to revamp his cast and show following season 20's disastrous turn with critics and in the ratings, Michaels almost let Tim Meadows go, along with most of the cast. Meadows ended up staying on since Ellen Cleghorne left and Lorne wanted the show to have some racial diversity. With this, Meadows became the first black cast member to stay on the show longer than five seasons[[note]]For comparison: Garrett Morris stayed on for five seasons; Yvonne Hudson and Danitra Vance were only on for a year; Damon Wayans was fired in the middle of season eleven due to improv-ing without Lorne Michaels' permission [though Wayans would have left anyway, due to CreativeDifferences and the fact that he didn't like working with a mostly-white cast and crew], Chris Rock left after three years, Ellen Cleghorne left after four years, though she's still the first black female cast member to last longer than a year; and even the uber-popular Eddie Murphy -- the show's first successful black cast member and the reason why ''SNL'' survived its shaky sixth season -- only lasted four seasons and left to do movies and stand-up[[/note]] and one of the show's longest-running cast members at a literal decade (1990-2000).

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