‘SNL’ 5-Timers Club: Who has hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ at least five times?
The “SNL” 5-Timers Club has been around since December 1990, when Tom Hanks joked in his monologue that a person’s fifth time hosting is when they receive a membership card into the club. Hanks then left the stage and joined Steve Martin, Elliott Gould and Paul Simon in an expensive-looking set with hors d’oeuvres, waiters and a doorman. The iconic club set would be seen multiple times on NBC’s late sketch comedy throughout the decades, often (but not always) when a new host is anointed as a five-timer. Members of the club are always seen wearing exclusive jackets embroidered with a “5” badge.
So who has hosted “Saturday Night Live” at least five times? Scroll through our “SNL” 5-Timers Club members list above, which includes (in alphabetical order by last name) some of the most recognizable people in the industry, including Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and Tom Hanks.
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Kristen Wiig is the latest member to join the Five-Timers Club, and she will do so during the April 6, 2024 episode. Other recent inductees are Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson (both in 2023), John Mulaney (in 2022), Paul Rudd (in 2021), Will Ferrell (in 2019), Jonah Hill (in 2018), and Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne Johnson and Melissa McCarthy (all in 2017).
Those who have hosted the most times through the decades include Alec Baldwin (17), Steve Martin (16), John Goodman (13), Tom Hanks (10) and Buck Henry (10).
While the illustrious list is primarily dominated by men, seven women are also members: Drew Barrymore, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, Scarlett Johansson, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone and Kristen Wiig.
The regular cast members for “SNL” Season 49 are, in credits order: Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang. The featured players are: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Chloe Troast and Devon Walker. In a move of solidarity, none of the cast members from last year’s strike-truncated 48th cycle have departed (aside from Cecily Strong, who left mid-season).
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