Top 25 Longest Periods Between Successive Hostings of Saturday Night Live
by HankW180 | created - 20 Apr 2015 | updated - 23 Nov 2015 | PublicThis list highlights those who waited the longest times after hosting Saturday Night Live before the next times they hosted the show. Nothing is inferred by the creation of this list. It's just interesting; that's all.
1. Mick Jagger
Soundtrack | Alfie
Michael Philip Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent on 26th July 1943. When he was 4 he met Keith Richards until they went into secondary schools and lost touch. But one day in 1960 they accidentally met on the Dartford train line and both realized that they had an interest in rock n roll combined ...
#1 : 1754 weeks (33.62 years) elapsed between when Mick Jagger co-hosted SNL as a member of the Rolling Stones on 7 Oct 1978 and when he hosted on his own on 19 May 2012.
2. Jeff Bridges
Actor | The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (née Simpson). He grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up, without ...
#2 : 1451 weeks (27.81 years) passed between the two times Jeff Bridges hosted SNL, on 26 Feb 1983 & on 18 Dec 2010.
3. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
#3 : 1254 weeks (24.03 years) passed between the 1st time Bruce Willis hosted SNL on 30 Sep 1989 & the 2nd time on 12 Oct 2013.
4. Sigourney Weaver
Actress | Alien Resurrection
Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable characters, both dramatic and comic, ranging from Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist to Gwen/Tawny in Galaxy Quest and most recently, 14-year-old Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water. With a career spanning over 50 years, Weaver has ...
#4 : 1214 weeks (23.27 years) separated the 1st time Sigourney Weaver hosted SNL on 11 Oct 1986 from the 2nd time on 16 Jan 2010.
5. Woody Harrelson
Actor | True Detective
Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, where his mother was from. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he...
#5 : 1174 weeks (22.50 years) passed between the 2nd time Woody Harrelson hosted SNL on 16 May 1992 & the 3rd time on 15 Nov 2014.
6. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
#6 : 1168 weeks (22.39 years) passed between the 2nd time Michael Keaton hosted SNL on 14 Nov 1992 & the 3rd time on 4 Apr 2015.
7. Christina Applegate
Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record producer/executive Robert Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. October 10, 1977) and Kyle (b. July 15...
#7 : 1013 weeks (19.41 years) passed between the two times Christina Applegate hosted SNL, on 15 May 1993 & on 13 Oct 2012.
8. Madeline Kahn
Actress | Paper Moon
Madeline Kahn was born Madeline Gail Wolfson of Russian Jewish descent on September 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Freda Goldberg (later known as Paula Kahn), who was still in her teens, and Bernard B. Wolfson, a garment manufacturer. She began her acting career in high school and went on to...
#8 : 949 weeks (18.19 years) passed between the 2nd time Madeline Kahn hosted SNL on 8 Oct 1977 & the 3rd time on 16 Dec 1995.
9. Chris Rock
Actor | Top Five
Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.
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#9 : 939 weeks (18.00 years) passed between the two times Chris Rock was the host of SNL, on 2 Nov 1996 & on 1 Nov 2014.
10. Drew Barrymore
Producer | Charlie's Angels
Since melting audiences' hearts at the age of just six in E.T. (1982), Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most beloved and singularly gifted actresses of her generation. Born in Culver City, California to John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore, the clutches of fame were near inescapable for ...
#10 : 852 weeks (16.33 years) passed between the 1st of the six times Drew Barrymore hosted SNL on 20 Nov 1982 at age 7 & the 2nd time on 20 Mar 1999 at age 24.
11. Charles Barkley
Actor | Hot Shots!
Charles Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player who is an analyst on Inside the NBA (1988).
Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominant power forwards. An All-American power forward at Auburn University, he was drafted as a junior ...
#11 : 850 weeks (16.29 years) passed between the two times Charles Barkley hosted SNL, on 25 Sep 1993 & on 9 Jan 2010.
12. Martin Short
Actor | Innerspace
Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the ...
#12 : 836 weeks (16.02 years) passed between the 2nd time Martin Short hosted SNL on 7 Dec 1996 & the 3rd time on 15 Dec 2012.
13. John Malkovich
Actor | Being John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...
#13 : 789 weeks (15.12 years) passed between the 2nd time John Malkovich hosted SNL on 23 Oct 1993 & the 3rd time on 6 Dec 2008.
14. Bob Newhart
Actor | Elf
Bob Newhart is an American actor and stand-up comedian. His comedic style involves deadpan delivery of dialogue, a slight stammer when talking, and comedic monologues. He has cited earlier comedians George Gobel (1919-1991), Ray Goulding (1922-1990), and Bob Elliott (1923-2016) as his main ...
#14 : 770 weeks (14.76 years) passed between the two times Bob Newhart hosted SNL, on 10 May 1980 & on 11 Feb 1995.
15. Jim Carrey
Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: ...
#15 : 764 weeks (14.64 years) passed between the two times Jim Carrey hosted SNL, on 18 May 1996 & on 8 Jan 2011.
16. Vince Vaughn
Producer | The Break-Up
Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. His parents, Vernon Vaughn (a salesman and character actor), and Sharon Vaughn, née Sharon Eileen DePalmo (a real-estate agent and stockbroker) divorced in 1991. He has two ...
#16 : 749 weeks (14.35 years) passed between the two times Vince Vaughn hosted SNL, on 5 Dec 1998 & on 13 Apr 2013.
17. Steve Buscemi
Actor | Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
#17 : 713 weeks (13.66 years) passed between the two times Steve Buscemi, whose name is pronounced Bu-sem'-ee according to JEOPARDY!, hosted SNL, on 4 Apr 1998 & on 3 Dec 2011.
18. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
#18 : 710 weeks (13.61 years) passed between the two times Reese Witherspoon hosted SNL, on 29 September 2001 & on 9 May 2015.
19. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
#19 : 705 weeks (13.51 years) passed between the two times Charlize Theron hosted SNL, on 4 Nov 2000 & on 10 May 2014.
20. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
#20 : 676 weeks (12.96 years) passed between the two times Ben Stiller hosted SNL, on 24 Oct 1998 & on 8 Oct 2011.
21. Jamie Foxx
Actor | Collateral
Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...
#21 : 674 weeks (12.92 years) passed between the two times Jamie Foxx hosted SNL, on 8 Jan 2000 & on 8 Dec 2012.
22. Matthew McConaughey
Actor | Interstellar
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is ...
#22 : 667 weeks (12.78 years) passed between the two times Matthew McConaughey hosted SNL, on 8 Feb 2003 & on 21 Nov 2015.
23. John Goodman
Actor | 10 Cloverfield Lane
John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. He's best known for his role as ...
#23 : 632 weeks (12.11 years) passed between the 12th time John Goodman hosted SNL on 3 Nov 2001 & the 13th time on 14 Dec 2013. Only two people, Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin, have hosted more SNL episodes than Mr. Goodman.
24. Donald Trump
Producer | The Apprentice
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946 at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York City, New York. He is the son of Mary Trump (née Macleod) and Fred Trump, a real estate millionaire. His mother was a Scottish immigrant who initially worked as a maid. His father was born in New ...
#24 : 605 weeks (11.60 years) passed between the two times Donald Trump hosted SNL, on 3 Apr 2004 & on 7 Nov 2015.
25. Steve Martin
Writer | Roxanne
Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic ...
#25 : 593 weeks (11.37 years) passed between the 13th time Steve Martin hosted SNL on 24 Sep 1994 & the 14th time on 4 Feb 2006. He is also at 4th, 6th & 9th places on the list of shortest periods between successive hostings, 4th place being the 13 weeks between 21 Jan 1978 & 22 Apr 1978. Steve Martin had hosted more SNL episodes than anyone else from 20 May 1989, when he exceeded Buck Henry's 10-episode record, until 24 Sep 2011, when his 15-episode record was exceeded by Alec Baldwin.
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