Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

As part of the Lonely Island with childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, Samberg helped invent a new comedic format at Saturday Night Live — the SNL Digital Short — turning viral video into a mainstream television staple during his run there from 2005 to 2012. He went on to headline Brooklyn Nine-Nine for eight seasons as Jake Peralta, winning a Golden Globe for the role, and has voiced characters across the Hotel Transylvania and Spider-Verse franchises.