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Bowen Yang returns to Saturday Night Live as Jensen Huang

The former cast member appeared in the November 14 cold open, joining host John Mulaney in a sketch about tech executives.

By Priya Ramanathan

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Saturday Night Live brought back Bowen Yang for an unexpected appearance on November 14, with the former cast member portraying NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang. Yang, 36, entered near the end of the episode’s opening sketch, which featured host John Mulaney as a CIA official.

The sketch centered on a fictional gathering of technology executives. Mulaney’s character warned those assembled that women showing romantic interest in them could be spies, then introduced Yang’s character as someone with a cautionary lesson for the group.

The ensemble included Jeremy Culhane as Elon Musk and Andrew Dismukes as Mark Zuckerberg. Ben Marshall portrayed Sam Altman, James Austin Johnson played Peter Thiel, and Jane Wickline appeared as Dario Amodei.

The appearance brought Yang back to Studio 8H nearly a year after his departure from the weekend comedy show. He had spent eight years on Saturday Night Live before leaving.

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