List of Saturday Night Live guests (U–Z)

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels.^[1] It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night.^[2] The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics.^[3][4][5] SNL features a two-tiered cast: the repertory cast members, and newer cast members known as "Featured Players."^[6] A typical episode of SNL features a single host, who delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. The format also features a musical guest, and a number of episodes have featured celebrity cameos.^[7][8]

George Carlin was the first to host the show.^[9] Candice Bergen was both the first female host in November 8, 1975, and the first to host a second time in December of the same year.^[10][11] On occasion, the episode's host also serves as the musical guest; the first was Paul Simon on October 18, 1975.^[12] The most recent to pull double duty was Timothée Chalamet on January 25, 2025.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15]

The list below shows the people who have appeared on the show. It is split into three sections: "Host", if the person hosted the show at any given time; "Musical guest", if a person was the musical guest on the show at any given time; and "Cameo", which is for a person who has appeared on the show but did not act as host or musical guest.