SNL Hosts With the Most Appearances, Ranked by Net Worth
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The Five Timer's Club on "Saturday Night Live" is fictional, but some hosts have appeared on the show multiple times since it first aired in 1975.
The majority of these individuals are not only cast favorites. They also are fan favorites, which is why they keep getting asked back and have made a lot of money over the years.
10. Buck Henry
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Number of SNL appearances: 10
Net worth: $3 million (deceased)
Bottom line: In the early days of "Saturday Night Live," you could not go wrong with Buck Henry. This actor, writer and director was known for his dry humor and endless wit.
Henry was a legend in Hollywood. He co-wrote the iconic film "The Graduate" and co-created "Get Smart" with none other than Mel Brooks. Henry was seen on SNL from 1976 to 1980.
He died in 2020 at 89 years old.
9. Elliot Gould
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Number of SNL appearances: 6
Net worth: $10 million
Bottom line: Younger audiences may know him as Reuben in the "Ocean's 11" franchise opposite Brad Pitt and George Clooney and as Ezra Goldman on Showtime's "Ray Donovan."
However, Gould was a leading man in the 1970s in movies like, "Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice," "M*A*S*H," "The Long Goodbye" and "California Split." He was also married to Barbara Streisand.
He most recently welcomed John Mulaney to the Five-Timers Club during a skit in February 2022.
8. John Goodman
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Number of SNL appearances: 13
Net worth: $45 million
Bottom line: John Goodman has been a mainstay in film and TV for decades — most notably in the "Roseanne/Conners" sitcom series and in movies such as "Barton Fink," "Raising Arizona," "The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Among his popular characters on "Saturday Night Live" are "Monologue Cop," who would interrupt the show's opening monologue to enforce time limits, and "Big Daddy" in the "Killer Bees" skits.
7. Christopher Walken
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Number of SNL appearances: 7
Net worth: $50 million
Bottom line: ChristopherWalken has played a wide variety of characters in movies from "The Deer Hunter" (for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) to "Pulp Fiction," "Catch Me If You Can," "True Romance" and "Hairspray," as Tracy Turnblad's dancing dad, Wilbur.
Walken was a dancer and manages to dance in almost every role he plays. He also showed his fancy footwork in Fatboy's Slim's "Weapon of Choice" music video.
Some of his most memorable sketches on SNL include "The Continental," in which he played a suave ladies' man, and "More Cowbell," in which he played a music producer recording Blue Oyster Cult who is obsessed with adding more cowbell to "Don't Fear the Reaper."
6. Chevy Chase
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Number of SNL appearances: 8
Net worth: $50 million
Bottom line: "Hi, I'm Chevy Chase and you're not" was Chase's opening salvo on SNL's "Weekend Update," as an original member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast. Chase left after the first season and went on to become a film actor with lead roles in National Lampoon's "Vacation" movies and "Fletch."
Chase was notorious for being highly abusive toward the cast and crew during the times he hosted. During a dress rehearsal in 1997, he slapped cast member Cheri Oteri. Despite saying it was a joke, SNL creator Lorne Michaels banned him from the show permanently.
5. Alec Baldwin
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Number of SNL appearances: 17
Net worth: $60 million
Bottom line: Although he's not the top dog in net worth, Alec Baldwin has appeared on "Saturday Night Live" more times than any other host, with the exception of Steve Martin.
Baldwin began his SNL reign in 1990. He's impersonated several politicians, most recently former President Donald Trump, and is known for other characters, such as the soft-spoken Pete Schweddy, proud proprietor of Schweddy Balls.
4. Danny DeVito
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Number of SNL appearances: 6
Net worth: $80 million
Bottom line: Danny DeVito first gained prominence for his role as Louie De Palma on the iconic sitcom "Taxi" and won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in the late 1970s. He has since appeared in a number of successful films, including "Batman Returns," "Throw Mama from the Train" and "Twins."
DeVito's appearances on "Saturday Night Live" were mostly in the 1990s, and audiences and critics loved him. He last appeared on the show in 2011, with "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star Charlie Day, who was hosting.
3. Drew Barrymore
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Number of SNL appearances: 6
Net worth: $125 million
Bottom line: One of the few women in the Five-Timers Club, Drew Barrymore began hosting SNL when she was just 7 years old and a breakout star from her role in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
She has since hosted five more times as an adult, once with then-husband Tom Green in 2000.
She has played both real-life political pundit Ann Coulter and Marilyn Monroe, which just goes to show the depth of her comedy range.
2. Steve Martin
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Number of SNL appearances: 17
Net worth: $140 million
Bottom line: Steve Martin first began appearing on "Saturday Night Live" in 1978. That year, he performed his iconic song "King Tut" on the show, which became an instant classic — the record sold a million copies and made it into the top 20 of the Billboard singles chart.
He and Dan Aykroyd also played "two wild and crazy guys" known as the Festrunk Brothers, which is one the most well-known sketches ever to come out of SNL.
Martin also has written for the show. His latest appearance was with "Only Murders in the Building" co-star Martin Short (who is also an SNL cast alum) in December 2022.
1. Tom Hanks
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Number of SNL appearances: 10
Net worth: $400 million
Bottom line: With roles in hit movies like "Forrest Gump," "Cast Away," "Philadelphia," and "Saving Private Ryan," Tom Hanks has been an award-winning A-list actor for decades.
He's hosted and guest-starred on "Saturday Night Live" several times, and while his characters are often memorable on the show, there's one that trumps them all — the unexplainable David S. Pumpkins.
As Pumpkins, he wears a pumpkin-laden suit and dances alongside two skeletons (Bobby Moynihan and Mikey Day) on the Haunted Elevator ride while ride patrons try to figure out what's scary about him.
They never do. He is, after all, "his own thing."