List of Saturday Night Live guests

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels.

The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics, and it has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests.

A typical episode of SNL features a guest host, who delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast.

Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age in 2010;[12] several cast members were on standby to replace her if she became fatigued but she appeared through the whole show as planned.

[13] 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.

Former, current, or future presidential candidates who have hosted include Ralph Nader (1977), Jesse Jackson and George McGovern (both 1984), Paul Simon (1988), Steve Forbes (1996), Rudy Giuliani (1997), John McCain (2002), and Al Sharpton (2003).

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 November 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the last pre-election episode alongside Maya Rudolph, who portrayed her on the show.

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).

When Dwayne Johnson hosted the show for the fifth time, fellow five-timers Baldwin and Tom Hanks appeared in the monologue to welcome him to the club.

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.

On April 6, 2024, the sixteenth episode of season 49, longtime former cast member Kristen Wiig joined the five-timer club.

[27][28] Actual club member Paul Rudd also appeared alongside former SNL writer Paula Pell and producer Lorne Michaels.

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.