SNL Five Timers Club: Celebs Who Hosted Saturday Night Live 5 Times (Photos)

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Welcome to the club, Kristen Wiig!

On April 6, 2024, the actress, 50, became the latest celebrity to join SNL's Five-Timers Club, a.k.a. the group of stars who've hosted the show five times or more.

According to NBC, it was actually Tom Hanks who started the club, when he was "inducted" as part of a sketch on the Dec. 8, 1990 episode. But there were already five members when he joined — and there are now 25 in total, with more official fanfare around hitting the milestone, too.

Here, a list of every member of SNL's Five-Timers Club.

01 of 25

Buck Henry

SNL 5-Timers Club — Buck Henry on SNL. Getty

1st Time Hosting: Jan. 17, 1976

5th Time Hosting: Nov. 19, 1977

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 10

The late actor and filmmaker was the very first host to reach the Five-Timers Club!

02 of 25

Steve Martin

1st Time Hosting: Oct. 23, 1976

5th Time Hosting: April 22, 1978

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 16

Fun fact: Martin took the least amount of time to gain admittance into the Five-Timers Club — he hosted five times in 546 days.

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Elliott Gould

1st Time Hosting: Jan. 10, 1976

5th Time Hosting: Feb. 15, 1980

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 6

Friends star Gould hosted his sixth and seemingly last episode of Saturday Night Live just nine months after joining the Five-Timers Club.

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Chevy Chase

1st Time Hosting: Feb. 18, 1978

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 6, 1986

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 8

The original "Weekend Update: host may have left SNL after just one season, but he couldn't stay away for long: he has hosted the show eight times (and made plenty of guest appearances)!

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Candice Bergen

1st Time Hosting: Nov. 8, 1975

5th Time Hosting: May 19, 1990

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Bergen made SNL history when she became the show's very first female host in 1975, and then she did it again when she became the first woman to join the Five-Timers Club in 1990!

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Tom Hanks

1st Time Hosting: Dec. 14, 1985

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 8, 1990

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 10

Hanks is actually the one who first mentioned the notorious Five-Timers Club on air when he hosted in 1990. At the time, he showed off his "membership card" and was welcomed into the "club" by members Steve Martin, Elliot Gould and honorary member Paul Simon (who only hosted four times, but was a musical guest so often that they let him in).

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Danny DeVito

1st Time Hosting: May 15, 1982

5th Time Hosting: Jan. 9, 1993

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 6

DeVito has hosted SNL six times in total, earning his Five-Timer membership in 1993.

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John Goodman

1st Time Hosting: Dec. 2, 1989

5th Time Hosting: May 7, 1994

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 13

Goodman has hosted SNL a whopping 13 times, which makes him one of the most frequent hosts of the show, just behind Steve Martin (15 times) and Alec Baldwin (17 times).

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Alec Baldwin

1st Time Hosting: April 21, 1990

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 10, 1994

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 17

Baldwin holds the record of most times hosting SNL, and his stint as Donald Trump earned him an Emmy Award in 2017.

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Bill Murray

1st Time Hosting: March 7, 1981

5th Time Hosting: Feb. 20, 1999

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Murray, who was part of the show's cast from 1977 to 1980, made it into the Five-Timers Club in 1999, but has not hosted since.

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Christopher Walken

1st Time Hosting: Jan. 20, 1990

5th Time Hosting: May 19, 2001

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 7

Looks like the people at SNL had a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell ... and Christopher Walken.

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Drew Barrymore

1st Time Hosting: Nov. 20, 1982

5th Time Hosting: Feb. 3, 2007

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 6

Barrymore made history her first time hosting in 1982, when she was the youngest host in the show's history at just 7 years old! She didn't stop there, though, eventually joining the Five-Timers Club in 2007.

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Justin Timberlake

1st Time Hosting: Oct. 11, 2003

5th Time Hosting: March 9, 2013

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Timberlake earned his spot in the Fiver-Timers Club in 2013, and in honor of the momentous occasion, he got to meet Steve Martin, Candice Bergen, Alec Baldwin, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks and Paul Simon in the revived Five-Timers sketch.

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Ben Affleck

1st Time Hosting: Feb. 19, 2000

5th Time Hosting: May 18, 2013

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Affleck first appeared on the show in 2000, and joined the Five-Timers Club 13 years later in May 2013.

15 of 25

Tina Fey

1st Time Hosting: Feb. 23, 2008

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 19, 2015

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 6

Fey had a pretty impressive tenure on SNL, ranging from head writer to "Weekend Update" host to Sarah Palin impressionist, and (as if that isn't enough) she has hosted the show six times since making her exit in 2006.

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Scarlett Johansson

1st Time Hosting: Jan. 14, 2006

5thTime Hosting: March 11, 2017

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 6

Johansson didn't just get an awesome jacket to commemorate her club status, she also managed to meet her husband, "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost, and the pair welcomed a baby boy in August 2021. So there are plenty of perks to being a Five-Timer!

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Melissa McCarthy

1st Time Hosting: Oct. 1, 2011

5th Time Hosting: May 13, 2017

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

It's not a surprise that the hilarious actress has hosted SNL five times. McCarthy even won an Emmy for her side-splitting portrayal of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in 2017.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

1st Time Hosting: March 18, 2000

5th Time Hosting: May 20, 2017

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

2017 was a big year for Five-Timers. First Scarlett Johansson, then Melissa McCarthy and then Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — all in the span of a few months!

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Jonah Hill

1st Time Hosting: March 15, 2008

5th Time Hosting: Nov. 3, 2018

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Hill got to join the Five-Timers in 2018, and was welcomed into the club by a few of its female members: Tina Fey, Drew Barrymore and Candice Bergen.

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Will Ferrell

1st Time Hosting: Nov. 15, 2008

5th Time Hosting: Dec.

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Ferrell graced the SNL soundstage for seven years, but you might be surprised to find that he only joined the Five-Timers Club in November 2019.

21 of 25

Paul Rudd

1st Time Hosting: Nov. 15, 2008

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 18, 2021

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Reigning Sexiest Man Alive Rudd joined the exclusive club with his fifth hosting gig on Dec. 18, 2021 — a slightly unconventional episode that was majorly scaled-back amid the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 of 25

John Mulaney

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1st Time Hosting: April 14, 2018

5th Time Hosting: Feb. 26, 2022

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Mulaney — who served as a writer on the show for four seasons beginning in 2008 — was the fourth SNL writer to host the show, despite never appearing as an official cast member. Others who have that distinction include Conan O'Brien, Louis C.K., and Larry David.

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Woody Harrelson

1st Time Hosting: Nov. 18, 1989

5th Time Hosting: Feb. 25, 2023

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Harrelson became a five-timer in 2023, after hosting periodically through the past three decades and treating viewers to his Joe Biden impression in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election.

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Emma Stone

1st Time Hosting: Oct. 23, 2010

5th Time Hosting: Dec. 2, 2023

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

Stone became the youngest member of the club at 35 years old when she was inducted in 2023. "It has always been my favorite show and since I started hosting it's also become just a huge part of my life. I've made so many memories here, and so many friends, and I even met my husband at SNL," she said in her monologue. "I'm so honored to be joining the SNL Five-Timers Club."

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Kristen Wiig

1st Time Hosting: May 11, 2013

5th Time Hosting: April 6, 2024

Number of Times Hosting in Total: 5

A whole host of five-timers were on hand for former SNL cast member Kristen Wiig's big moment in the spring of 2024. The actress and comedian began by telling the audience she was "so happy to be back" and "so excited" to be hosting SNL for the fifth time, before hilarious interruptions from people including Matt Damon, Paul Rudd and Ryan Gosling.