Jay Pharoah rattling through 11 celebrity impressions in 60 seconds is a truly impressive feat

His Pete Davidson is on point.
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Sam Haysom
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Jay Pharoah doing impressions on "The Tonight Show"
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Impressions can either be cringey or impressive, but Jay Pharoah's impressions on The Tonight Show — specifically the 11 he manages to rattle through in a single minute — fall comfortably into the latter category.

The comedian starts things off with a pitch perfect Denzel Washington before transitioning seamlessly into Pete Davidson and Barack Obama, and then rounding things off with a passionate Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Impressive, but then again it may not have been too much of a stretch — apparently he has over 200 impressions under his belt in total.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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