Michael Che is an American actor, comedian, and writer who has a net worth of $4 million.
He is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he serves as co-anchor on Weekend Update and co-head writer alongside Colin Jost. Che and Jost co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018.
Che’s SNL salary is $15,000 per episode which works out to around $315,000 per season since there are 21 episodes in one season. The salary of cast members increases depending on how long they have been part of SNL. Reportedly, first-year cast members make $7,000 per episode, with the second-year cast making $8,000 per episode. The ones who have made it to their fifth season and beyond make $15,000 per episode.
Che has won Writers Guild of America Awards for Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series for SNL in 2017 and 2018, and has been nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Che was briefly a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has previously worked as a writer for Saturday Night Live. At the end of September 2014, he became a Weekend Update co-anchor for the 40th season of Saturday Night Live alongside Colin Jost, replacing Cecily Strong.
On May 6, 2021 Che launched his own show on HBO Max called That Damn Michael Che.
The series makes light of current events in society and recurring themes such as love, unemployment, and loss. The episodes are sketches and vignettes from Che’s perspective.
It stars other known personalities and his fellow cast members from SNL, including Method Man, Cecily Strong, Omari Hardwick, Colin Jost and more. The show has six episodes, with each episode illustrating different aspects of navigating life.
Che has also worked in several other productions, such as Lyle (2014), Detroiters (2017), The Other Two (2019), and Sesame Street (2019), to name a few.
