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List of Saturday Night Live guests

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics, and it has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests. SNL features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players", and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." A typical episode of SNL features a guest host, who delivers the opening monologue and goodnights, introduces the musical guest, and performs in sketches with the cast. While the format also features a musical guest, and many episodes feature celebrity cameos, the focus of the show is the guest host.

George Carlin hosted the show on its premiere episode. Three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host and she was the first to host a second time later in 1975. Guests who host five times become members of the Five-Timers Club, introduced on the December 8, 1990, episode, when Tom Hanks became the seventh person to host their fifth episode. Actor Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having done so seventeen times since 1990; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who has hosted sixteen times since 1976.

Several former cast members have returned to take on hosting duties. Original cast member Chevy Chase has hosted the most times, eight in total. Tina Fey follows behind, having hosted six times, while Bill Murray and Will Ferrell have hosted five times. On December 11, 1982, Eddie Murphy became the only person to host while still a member of the cast, filling the role at the last minute when the scheduled host (his 48 Hours co-star Nick Nolte) became ill. Multiple former writers have also returned to host: Conan O'Brien (one in 2001), Louis C.K. (four since 2012), Larry David (twice since 2016) and John Mulaney (six since 2018).

Musical guests can be solo acts or bands, who perform two to three musical numbers. Dave Grohl is the most frequent musical guest, performing on sixteen shows since 1992. There have been 47 episodes on which the show's host also served as the musical guest; the first was Paul Simon on the second episode on October 18, 1975. The most recent to pull double duty was Sabrina Carpenter on October 18, 2025. The Rolling Stones are the only band to ever serve as both host and musical guest during the same episode, which aired October 7, 1978.

In 1982, at age 7, Drew Barrymore became the youngest person to host the show. Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age in 2010; several cast members were on standby to replace her if she became fatigued but she appeared through the whole show as planned. In 2000, singer Britney Spears was the youngest person to both host and simultaneously serve as the show's musical guest, at 18 years and 161 days old.

In addition to making cameo appearances, political figures have also hosted the show. Donald Trump, who hosted in 2004 (promoting The Apprentice) and in 2015 as a presidential hopeful, is the only host who eventually became President of the United States. Al Gore hosted in 2002, the only former vice president to do so. Former, current, or future presidential candidates who have hosted include Ralph Nader (1977), Jesse Jackson and George McGovern (both 1984), Steve Forbes (1996), Rudy Giuliani (1997), John McCain (2002), and Al Sharpton (2003). Sarah Palin appeared on SNL in 2008 after weeks of Tina Fey doing impressions of her on the show. In more recent years, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Nikki Haley appeared on the show during their presidential campaigns in 2016, 2020 and 2024, respectively. In 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared alongside Kate McKinnon's impersonation of her. In November 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the last pre-election episode alongside Maya Rudolph, who portrayed her on the show. The episode also featured Virginia Senator and former candidate for Vice President Tim Kaine.

List of guests

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live guests (A–D), List of Saturday Night Live guests (E–H), List of Saturday Night Live guests (I–L), List of Saturday Night Live guests (M–P), List of Saturday Night Live guests (Q–T), List of Saturday Night Live guests (U–Z)

Five-Timers Club

History

The Five-Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times. SNL first mentioned the Club on December 8, 1990, when Tom Hanks said that it was his fifth appearance as host in his monologue: After Hanks delivered his monologue, the show segued to a sketch set in a richly appointed private club, featuring Hanks and Five-Timers Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, and Paul Simon, who had actually only served as host four times. Then-writer Conan O'Brien appeared in a cameo as a doorman.

Chevy Chase was the first former SNL cast member to both host the show and join the Five-Timers Club. This was subsequently done by Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, and Kristen Wiig. Martin Short joined this list upon hosting on December 21, 2024. Mulaney is the second former writer to join the Five-Timers Club, as Fey was the head writer as well as a cast member. The Five-Timers Club was next mentioned when Danny DeVito was inducted in 1999 (although it was actually his sixth time hosting). The mark featured on the show when reached by hosts John Goodman (1994), Alec Baldwin (1994), Christopher Walken (2001), Drew Barrymore (2007), Justin Timberlake (2013), Ben Affleck (2013), Scarlett Johansson (2017), Melissa McCarthy (2017), Dwayne Johnson (2017), Jonah Hill (2018), Paul Rudd (2021), John Mulaney (2022), Woody Harrelson (2023), Emma Stone (2023), Kristen Wiig (2024), and Martin Short (2024).

In 2006, a sketch featuring Steve Martin and Baldwin introduced the Platinum Lounge, featuring only hosts that have hosted the show at least twelve times, on the occasion of Baldwin's 13th time hosting the show (Steve Martin had hosted 14 times at the time). Martin Short appeared as a waiter, as he would during many subsequent Five-Timers Club sketches. Since then, John Goodman has become the third person to host more than twelve times. The club has been spoofed by SNL itself. During her fourth appearance as host in April 2019, Emma Stone anticipated "Four-Timers Club" honors in her monologue. Paul Rudd was the next person to host for the fifth time, although his show was affected due to the rise of Omicron cases, which resulted in a reduced cast and no audience.

Jonah Hill was taken to the Club by Five-Timer Tina Fey. Once in, he is greeted by Candice Bergen, and Drew Barrymore. Seeing no men in the club, Hill wonders if it's "Ladies Night". He is told by Fey that the other men "are not allowed in right now" because of presumed harassment problems. During her fifth monologue, Kristen Wiig is welcomed by multiple former hosts appearing in Five Timers jackets despite not being members, including Martin Short (hosted four times), Matt Damon (two times), Fred Armisen (once), Jon Hamm (three times), Will Forte (once), and Ryan Gosling (twice; he hosted his third episode the following week), who presented Wiig with the jacket. Actual club member Paul Rudd also appeared alongside former SNL writer Paula Pell and producer Lorne Michaels.

Episodes

Date	Host	Episode
December 12, 1990	Tom Hanks	Hanks was in the first Five-timer's sketch with Paul Simon, Steve Martin and Elliott Gould welcoming him to the club.
March 9, 2013	Justin Timberlake	Timberlake is joined by fellow Five-timers Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen with cameos from Martin Short and Dan Aykroyd.
March 11, 2017	Scarlett Johansson	Johansson is presented with a Five-Timers jacket from non-members and longtime cast members Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson.
May 14, 2017	Melissa McCarthy	McCarthy was presented with a Five-Timers jacket from Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in the goodnights.
May 20, 2017	Dwayne Johnson	Johnson was presented with a Five-Timers jacket from Alec Baldwin and Tom Hanks in the monologue.
November 3, 2018	Jonah Hill	Hill was presented with a Five-Timers jacket from his fellow members Tina Fey, Candice Bergen, and Drew Barrymore.
December 18, 2021	Paul Rudd	Rudd was presented with a Five-Timers jacket from his fellow members Tom Hanks and Tina Fey with Steve Martin and Martin Short appearing in a pre-taped message.
February 26, 2022	John Mulaney	Mulaney was given a Five-Timers jacket from his fellow Five-Timers members Paul Rudd, Steve Martin, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, and Elliott Gould with a surprise cameo from Conan O'Brien.
February 25, 2023	Woody Harrelson	Harrelson and Jack White is gifted his five-timers jackets from Scarlett Johansson and Kenan Thompson in the goodnights.
December 2, 2023	Emma Stone	Stone was given a Five-Timers jacket from her fellow Five-Timers Club members Tina Fey and Candice Bergen in her opening monologue.
April 6, 2024	Kristen Wiig	Wiig is welcomed by her fellow Five-Timer member Paul Rudd and non-members Martin Short, Matt Damon, Fred Armisen, Jon Hamm, Will Forte, and Ryan Gosling.
December 21, 2024	Martin Short	Short is welcomed by his fellow Five-Timers Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, and John Mulaney with a cameo from Jimmy Fallon and he gave Short a Five-Timers jacket.

Membership

Name	Total appearances
as host	First appearance	Fifth appearance	Time to reach club	Most recent hosting appearance	{{cite web	url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/23233	title=UPDATE	SWEEPS DAY 10	Tom Hanks Hosts His First SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Since Sept. 28, 1996	publisher=Ain't It Cool News	date= May 6, 2006}}
10	January 17, 1976	November 19, 1977	1 year, 306 days	May 24, 1980
16	October 23, 1976	April 22, 1978	1 year, 181 days	December 10, 2022
6	January 10, 1976	February 16, 1980	4 years, 37 days	November 15, 1980
4	October 18, 1975	May 10, 1986	10 years, 204 days	December 19, 1987
8	February 18, 1978	December 6, 1986	8 years, 291 days	February 15, 1997
5	November 8, 1975	May 19, 1990	14 years, 192 days	May 19, 1990
10	December 14, 1985	December 8, 1990	4 years, 359 days	April 11, 2020
6	May 15, 1982	January 9, 1993	10 years, 239 days	December 11, 1999
13	December 2, 1989	May 7, 1994	4 years, 156 days	December 14, 2013
17	April 21, 1990	December 10, 1994	4 years, 233 days	February 11, 2017
5	March 7, 1981	February 20, 1999	17 years, 350 days	February 20, 1999
7	January 20, 1990	May 19, 2001	11 years, 119 days	April 5, 2008
6	November 20, 1982	February 3, 2007	24 years, 75 days	October 10, 2009
5	October 11, 2003	March 9, 2013	9 years, 149 days	March 9, 2013
5	February 19, 2000	May 18, 2013	13 years, 88 days	May 18, 2013
6	February 23, 2008	December 19, 2015	7 years, 299 days	May 19, 2018
7	January 14, 2006	March 11, 2017	11 years, 56 days	May 17, 2025
6	October 1, 2011	May 13, 2017	5 years, 224 days	December 6, 2025
5	March 18, 2000	May 20, 2017	17 years, 63 days	May 20, 2017
5	March 15, 2008	November 3, 2018	10 years, 233 days	November 3, 2018
5	May 14, 2005	November 23, 2019	14 years, 193 days	November 23, 2019
5	November 15, 2008	December 18, 2021	13 years, 33 days	December 18, 2021
6	April 14, 2018	February 26, 2022	3 years, 318 days	November 2, 2024
5	November 18, 1989	February 25, 2023	33 years, 99 days	February 25, 2023
5	October 23, 2010	December 2, 2023	13 years, 54 days	December 2, 2023
5	May 11, 2013	April 6, 2024	10 years, 330 days	April 6, 2024
5	December 6, 1986	December 21, 2024	38 years, 15 days	December 21, 2024

Guest performances

During its first 12 seasons (1975–1987), SNL frequently featured guest performances from standups, magicians, and other unusual entertainers who would do their own act on the stage in between sketches. This variety show element was lost as the show made the cast the focus. Jack Black and Kyle Gass's comedy band Tenacious D is the only act to perform in one of these slots on the show since the 1980s.

Name	Type of act	Number of guest performances
Comedy/performance art	14	10/11/75
10/25/75
11/8/75
2/28/76
1/15/77
10/15/77
12/10/77
3/11/78
2/24/79
10/20/79
11/17/79
12/22/79
1/30/82
5/15/82
Character bits	1	10/11/75
Character bit	1	10/25/75
Dance group	1	10/25/75
Short story reading	1	12/13/75
Fake impressionist	6	1/17/76
5/22/76
5/21/77
12/7/77 (as Mr. Mike)
5/20/78 (as Mr. Mike)
5/26/79 (as Mr. Mike)
Performance art	1	1/31/76
Lip syncing/dancing	1	2/14/76
Comedy duo	12	1/10/76
11/13/76
3/12/77
9/24/77
11/19/77
12/17/77
2/25/78
5/20/78
10/21/78
1/27/79
3/17/79
5/26/79
Magician	1	1/22/77
Character bit	1	10/8/77
Standup comedy	1	11/12/77
Standup comedy	1	3/25/78
Comedy duo	1	12/16/78
Juggling	6	10/3/81
10/31/81
12/12/81
3/27/82
5/22/82
5/7/83
Comedy/magic	7	10/17/81
2/27/82
10/9/82
12/11/82
2/5/83
5/14/83
2/25/84
Reading of selections from Naked Lunch and Nova Express	1	11/7/81
Character bit	1	2/6/82
Vaudeville-style comedy	1	10/23/82
Standup comedy	5	4/16/83
1/14/84
1/19/85
4/6/85
12/14/85
Comedy/magic	4	11/12/83
12/10/83
2/18/84
5/12/84
Standup comedy	1	2/11/84
Standup comedy	1	4/14/84
Standup comedy	1	5/5/84
Standup comedy	1	3/30/85
Magic/comedy	7	11/9/85
12/21/85
2/8/86
3/15/86
4/19/86
5/10/86
12/13/86
Standup comedy	5	12/7/85
1/18/86
2/15/86
5/17/86
10/18/86
Standup comedy	1	5/24/86
Musical comedy	1	5/2/98

Notes

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