Background
Che was born in Manhattan, the son of Rose and Nathaniel Campbell, and was named after Che Guevara by his father, a history buff.
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Michael Che
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He 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 and replacing Cecily Strong. Che is also the first black co-anchor in the history of Weekend Update.
He is the youngest of seven children, and was raised in New York"s Lower East Side, graduating from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Che started doing stand-up comedy in 2009. He would regularly work several sets per night.
In 2012, Che appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. In 2013, Variety called Che one of "10 Comics to Watch", while Rolling Stone named him one of "The 50 Funniest People."
Che joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 2013, at first as a guest writer and soon after as regular writer
On April 28, 2014, it was announced that Che would join The Daily Show in June as a correspondent.
Che made his onscreen debut as a Daily Show correspondent on June 4, 2014. Although he appeared in only nine segments during his brief time on the show, he was lauded by television Guide for his work, in particular "Race/Office: Live From Somewhere", in which in response to the 2014 Ferguson protests, he continuously changed the location from where he was reporting his remote segment (with each change in location accompanied by a background change via the green screen), in order to ostensibly find a place where a black man would not be harassed by police officers, ultimately going into outer space. These are regarded by television Guide as his signature segments on the program
On September 11, 2014, he was named to take over for Cecily Strong as the Weekend Update anchor for the 40th season of Saturday Night Live alongside Colin Jost.
Che is the first African-American co-anchor in the history of Weekend Update.
