SNL50: The Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live (1975) began as an experimental sketch comedy show, and became an American institution. Five decades later, special guests and some of the original cast members unite with the current cast to celebrate.

Paul Simon

(Self - Musical Guest)

Sabrina Carpenter

(Self - Musical Guest / Self - Sophie (Kelsey Squad))

Miley Cyrus

(Self - Musical Guest)

Brittany Howard

(Self - Musical Guest)

Lil Wayne

(Self - Musical Guest (as Lil Wayne))

The Roots

(Themselves - Musical Guests)

Paul McCartney

(Self - Musical Guest)

Ben Affleck

(Self (archive footage))

Casey Affleck

(Self (archive footage))

Kirstie Alley

(Self (archive footage))

Rusty Anderson

Adria Arjona

(Self - Audience Member)

Fred Armisen

(Self - Audience Member / Self - Lawrence Welk / Self - Lorne's Best Friend from Growing Up)

Awkwafina

(Self - Audience Member)

Dan Aykroyd

(Self (archive footage))

Alec Baldwin

Nate Bargatze

(Self - Audience Member)

Drew Barrymore

Vanessa Bayer

(Lorne's Best Friend from Growing Up)

Lake Bell

(Self - Audience Member)

Jim Belushi

John Belushi

(Self (archive footage))

Beck Bennett

(Scott (The Doormats))

Robert Blake

(Self (archive footage))

David Bowie

(Self (archive footage))

Lauren Bowles

(Self - Audience Member)

Jim Breuer

(Self - Audience Member)

Matthew Broderick

(Self - Audience Member)

Adrien Brody

(Self (archive footage))

A. Whitney Brown

(Self - Audience Member)

Quinta Brunson

(Self - Audience Member)

Aidy Bryant

Dan Bulla

Bad Bunny

(Self - Santiago)

David Byrne

(Self - Audience Member)

John Candy

(Self (archive footage))

Kate Capshaw

(Self - Audience Member)

Brandi Carlile

(Self - Audience Member)

George Carlin

(Self (archive footage))

Jim Carrey

(Various (archive footage))

Dana Carvey

(Self (archive footage))

Dave Chappelle

Chevy Chase

Jayni Chase

(Self - Audience Member)

Michael Che

Cher

(Self - Audience Member)

Ellen Cleghorne

Stephen Colbert

(Self - Audience Member)

Howard Cosell

(Self (archive footage))

Kevin Costner

(Self - Audience Member)

Billy Crystal

(Self - Audience Member)

Macaulay Culkin

(Self (archive footage))

Alan Cumming

(Self (archive footage))

Jane Curtin

(Self - Audience Member)

Larry David

(Self - Audience Member)

Pete Davidson

Mikey Day

Robert De Niro

Laura Dern

(Self - Audience Member)

Denny Dillon

(Self - Audience Member)

Peter Dinklage

(Self - Audience Member)

Andrew Dismukes

James Downey

(Self (archive footage))

Rachel Dratch

(Debbie Downer)

Adam Driver

(Self / Hot Dog)

Nora Dunn

(Self - Audience Member)

Christine Ebersole

(Self - Audience Member)

Ayo Edebiri

alexander edwards

(Self - Audience Member)

Dean Edwards

(Self - Audience Member)

Abby Elliott

(Self - Audience Member)

Jimmy Fallon

Chris Farley

(Various (archive footage))

Wally Feresten

Will Ferrell

(Robert Goulet / Big Red)

Tina Fey

Chloe Fineman

Jared Fogle

(Self (archive footage))

Will Forte

Zach Galifianakis

Heidi Gardner

Ana Gasteyer

(Margaret Maharelle)

John Goodman

(Self (archive footage))

Bill Hader

(Self / Stefon (archive footage))

Brad Hall

(Self - Audience Member)

Jon Hamm

(Self / General Fairfax)

Darrell Hammond

(Announcer (voice))

Jack Handey

Tom Hanks

Woody Harrelson

Kevin Hart

(Self (archive footage))

Phil Hartman

(Self (archive footage))

Theresa Hayde

Buck Henry

(Self (archive footage))

Martin Herlihy

(Self - Audience Member)

Marcello Hernández

John Higgins

(Self - Audience Member)

Steve Higgins

(Announcer (voice))

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

(Self - Audience Member)

Jan Hooks

(Self - Performer (archive footage))

Melanie Hutsell

Scarlett Johansson

(Self - Audience Member / Janice Maharelle / Audrey)

Elton John

(Self (archive footage))

Dwayne Johnson

(Self (archive footage))

James Austin Johnson

(Self / Whiskey Bottle)

Nick Jonas

Leslie Jones

Colin Jost

Kim Kardashian

(Holly Maharelle)

Chris Kattan

(Self - Audience Member)

Tim Kazurinsky

(Self - Audience Member)

R. Kelly

(Self (archive footage))

Taran Killam

(Self / Various)

David Koechner

(Self - Audience Member)

Gary Kroeger

(Self - Audience Member)

Abraham Laboriel Jr.

Nathan Lane

David Letterman

(Self - Audience Member)

DJ T. Lewis

Riki Lindhome

(Self - Audience Member)

Lucy Liu

(Self (archive footage))

Blake Lively

(Self - Audience Member)

Michael Longfellow

(Scared Straight Kid / Guest at Wedding)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

(Self - Audience Member)

Jon Lovitz

(Self - Audience Member)

Natasha Lyonne

(Guardian Angel)

Norm Macdonald

(Self (archive footage))

Madonna

(Self (archive footage))

Peyton Manning

(Self - Audience Member)

Ben Marshall

(Self - Audience Member)

Steve Martin

Melissa McCarthy

(Self / Various (archive footage))

Mark McKinney

(Self - Audience Member)

Kate McKinnon

(Colleen Rafferty / Rudy Giuliani)

Malcolm McRae

(Self - Audience Member)

Tim Meadows

(Self - Audience Member)

Seth Meyers

Lorne Michaels

Dennis Miller

(Self (archive footage))

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Finesse Mitchell

(Self - Audience Member)

Jay Mohr

(Self - Audience Member)

Jason Momoa

(Self - Audience Member)

Kyle Mooney

(Scott (The Doormats))

Tracy Morgan

Bobby Moynihan

John Mulaney

(Self / Hot Dog Vender)

Olivia Munn

(Self - Audience Member)

Eddie Murphy

(Tracy Morgan / 'All the Way' Ray May)

Bill Murray

Mike Myers

(Linda Richman)

Kevin Nealon

(Self (archive footage))

Morgan Neville

(Self - Audience Member)

Laraine Newman

Ego Nwodim

Conan O'Brien

(Self - Audience Member)

Catherine O'Hara

(Self - Audience Member)

Sandra Oh

(Self - Audience Member)

Jenna Ortega

(Self - Audience Member)

Cheri Oteri

(Self - Audience Member)

Ashley Padilla

(Guest at Wedding)

Keke Palmer

(Self - Audience Member)

Sarah Jessica Parker

(Self - Audience Member)

Chris Parnell

(Self - Audience Member)

Pedro Pascal

(Renaldo / Kermit)

Nasim Pedrad

(Self - Audience Member)

Lenny Pickett

Chris Pine

(Self - Audience Member)

Joe Piscopo

(Self - Audience Member)

Aubrey Plaza

Amy Poehler

(Self / Betty Caruso)

James Poyser

Richard Pryor

(Self (archive footage))

Questlove

Colin Quinn

(Self (archive footage))

Gilda Radner

(Self / Various (archive footage))

Brian Ray

Ryan Reynolds

(Self - Audience Member)

Donna Richards

Jeff Richards

(Self - Audience Member)

Keith Richards

(Self - Audience Member)

Rob Riggle

Tim Robinson

(Various (archive footage))

Chris Rock

Seth Rogen

Ray Romano

(Self - Audience Member)

Speedy Rosenthal

Gena Rositano

Paul Rudd

Maya Rudolph

(Heroin / Statue of Liberty / Jodi Deitz)

Andy Samberg

(Dale (The Doormats))

Adam Sandler

Horatio Sanz

(Self - Audience Member)

Akiva Schaffer

Rob Schneider

(Self - Audience Member)

Jerry Seinfeld

(Self - Audience Member)

Jessica Seinfeld

(Self - Audience Member)

Paul Shaffer

(Self - Audience Member)

Molly Shannon

(Kelsey's Mom / Sally O'Malley)

Al Sharpton

(Self - Audience Member)

Sarah Sherman

(Self - Kelsey Squad / Mike Bloomberg)

Martin Short

(Self - Kelsey's Dad)

Sarah Silverman

(Self - Audience Member)

Robert Smigel

G.E. Smith

JB Smoove

(Self - Audience Member)

David Spade

Steven Spielberg

Ringo Starr

(Self (archive footage))

Kristen Stewart

(Self (archive footage))

Ben Stiller

(Self - Audience Member)

Emma Stone

Meryl Streep

(Colleen Rafferty Sr.)

Cecily Strong

(The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party)

Jason Sudeikis

(Michael Jackson / Officer Sikorski)

Patrick Swayze

(Self (archive footage))

Julia Sweeney

(Self - Audience Member)

Terry Sweeney

(Self - Audience Member)

Jorma Taccone

Anya Taylor-Joy

(Self - Audience Member)

Christine Taylor

(Self - Audience Member)

Miles Teller

Kenan Thompson

(Florian Frank / Darnell Hayes / Lorenzo 'Mack Attack' MacIntosh)

Billy Bob Thornton

(Self (archive footage))

Emil Wakim

(Travis Bickle / Guest at Wedding)

Devon Walker

(Self - ICE Agent / Eric Adams)

Sam Waterston

(Self (archive footage))

Jack White

(Self - Audience Member)

Joseph Whitmeyer

(Self - Hairstylist)

Wix Wickens

Jane Wickline

(Guest at Wedding)

Kristen Wiig

(Dooneese Maharelle / Green M&M)

Casey Wilson

(Self - Audience Member)

Rita Wilson

(Self - Audience Member)

Bowen Yang

(Self - Scott (The Doormats))

Matt Yonks

Alan Zweibel

(Self - Audience Member)