10 Ten Funniest Fat Comedians

5. Chris Farley


In Saturday Night Live, Chris Farley worked with his fellow cast members, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler, in a group that came to be known by the audience as the Bad Boys of SNL.

During his tenure on Saturday Night Live, Farley was involved in various comedy films such as Airheads, Coneheads and Wayne’s World. Following the 1994-1995, Farley and many of his fellow cast members stopped performing in Saturday Night Live, so he began focusing on film career. He died prematurely on December 1997, due to declining health related to alcohol and drug problems. Farley was awarded a star posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005. Farley was also known for his off-screen pranks in the SNL office.