Background and career
Horacio Sanz (born June 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is an American comedian and actor. Sanz was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1998 to 2006.
Horacio Sanz was born on June 4, 1969, in Santiago, Chile to Sylvia and Carlos Sanz. He is the youngest of three sons and the younger brother of actor Carlos Sanz. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Sanz performed at various theaters in Chicago, including The Court Theater and The Second City, where he was a member of their Chicago ETC theater. While in Chicago, Sanz was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) sketch comedy and improv troupe. Sanz can still be seen regularly performing with the sketch troupe at their long-running improv show "ASSSSCAT 3000", at both of the UCB's comedy theaters, located in New York City and Los Angeles.
Sanz joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in September 1998 as the first Hispanic cast member. At the beginning of SNL'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, SNL announced that Sanz would not be returning due to budget cuts. Sanz returned to SNL as a guest on February 3, 2007, appearing as Elton John, and on November 3, as presidential candidate Bill Richardson and again on the December 17, 2011, Christmas show as himself in a musical number ("I Wish It Was Christmas Today") and as a member of Beethoven's orchestra ("Beethoven: Meet The Band").
Aaron Neville as a courtroom judge on City Court, who sang and overused cocoa butter Gobi, the cannabis-loving co-host of Jarret's Room Jasper Hahn, a cartoonist whose creations always start out as raunchy drawings of genitals Rick, stepfather of Kaitlin (played by Amy Poehler) Jeffrey's Clothing Store customer Carol, a cheerful and crass woman Ferey Mühtar, host of "The Ferey Mühtar Talk Show" Manuel Pantalones, bandleader on "Showbiz Grande Explosion" Frankie Hilbert, from the Boston Teens Vasquez-Gomez-Vasquez One of the Telemundo actors from "Besos Y Lagrimas" Gerardo Sammo Hung Matt LeBlanc as his character Joey Tribbiani from the TV show Friends Elton John Billy Joel Rosie O'Donnell Gene Shalit Umberto Unity Ozzy Osbourne
Sanz was part of the cast of the short-lived ABC sitcom In the Motherhood in 2009, playing the role of Horatio the "manny" (male nanny). In 2010, Sanz and his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell starred together on Big Lake, a Comedy Central sitcom from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. From 2010 to 2011, Sanz was a writer and producer on the Comedy Central sketch series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. In 2015, he started his own podcast called The Hooray Show, which features comedy sketches and interviews with his friends in comedy. Sanz appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens, the Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
