Meet the 3 Actors Reportedly Joining Saturday Night Live This Season

That was fast. Just a day after Will Forte confirmed that he would be leaving Saturday Night Live after eight MacGrubular seasons, Lorne Michaels has already reportedly hired a trio of new cast members for the show's 36th season. Check out video from each rumored new cast member (one of whom happens to do a mean Seth Rogen) below.

1. Taran Killam

Sketch Pedigree: Groundlings cast member, former MADtv cast member

Credits: Scrubs (second generation), Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out, How I Met Your Mother (his fiancee is series star Colbie Smulders), My Best Friend's Girl

Known Impressions: Seth Rogen, Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Giamatti and Matthew McConaughey

(Killam appears at :58)

2. Vanessa Bayer

Sketch Pedigree: iO Chicago and Second City's Touring Company the Annoyance Theater

Credits: Commercials (like the Blue Cross one below)

3. Paul Brittain

Sketch Pedigree: iO Chicago (performer and instructor)

Credits: Sports Action Team (as Steve Prefontaine below)

· Casting news: Paul Brittain, Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer look set to join SNL for its 36th season [The Comic's Comic]