Horatio Sanz

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Horatio Sanz

Born	June 4 1969 (1969-06-04) (age 38)^[1] Santiago, Chile

Horatio Sanz (born Horacio Sanz June 4, 1969^[1]) is a Chilean-American comedian and actor, known as a former cast member of Saturday Night Live. Sanz was born in Santiago, Chile to Sylvia Sanz.^[2] He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he performed at various theaters, including the The Court Theater and The Second City. Sanz is noted as the first Latino cast member on Saturday Night Live. At the beginning of Saturday Night Live's 31st season, he was the temporary replacement for Tina Fey as Amy Poehler's Weekend Update co-anchor while Fey was on maternity leave until she resumed her duties on October 22,2005. On September 20, 2006, Saturday Night Live announced that the show was dropping Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz from the show. Sanz is the third cast member in SNL history to be born outside of North America after Pamela Stephenson and Morwenna Banks. Sanz returned to SNL as a guest on February 3, 2007, appearing as Elton John, and again on November 3rd, as presidential candidate Bill Richardson.

Memorable recurring characters

Gobi, co-host of Jarret's Room
Jasper Hahn, a political cartoonist whose creations always start out as raunchy drawings of genitals.
Rick, Kaitlin's stepfather
Carol, a cheerful, yet crass woman
Manuel Pantalones, from "Showbiz Grande Explosion"
Frankie Hilbert, from The Boston Teens
Vasquez-Gomez-Vasquez, from The Adult Students

Elton John
Gene Shalit
Aaron Neville
Ozzy Osbourne
Rosie O'Donnell
Billy Joel
Freddy Fender
Stinky Faye in 'You Have to Work Blue,' a duet with Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (2003)
Saddam Hussein (in "split screen" telephone conversations with Osama Bin Laden, played by Jimmy Fallon)

Preceded by Tina Fey	Weekend Update 2005	Succeeded by Tina Fey
Notes & References
1. Sanz was a temporary replacement for Fey while she was on maternity leave from October 1 – October 8, 2005.