List of Saturday Night Live guests (U–Z)

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The following is a list of people who have been guests on Saturday Night Live . This section consists of people who fall between the letters U and Z.

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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 at any given time.

U

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
U2 Green check.svg
UB40 Green check.svg
Bob Uecker Green check.svg
Tracey Ullman Green check.svg
Carrie Underwood Green check.svg
Kate Upton Green check.svg
Keith Urban Green check.svg
Robert Urich Green check.svg
Usher Green check.svg
Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New YorkGreen check.svg

V

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
Vampire Weekend Green check.svg
James Van Der Beek Green check.svg
Eddie Van Halen Green check.svg
Kenny Vance Green check.svg
Luther Vandross Green check.svgGreen check.svg
The VanguardGreen check.svg
Nia Vardalos Green check.svg
Jimmie Vaughan Green check.svg
Stevie Ray Vaughan Green check.svg
Vince Vaughn Green check.svg
Tesco Vee Green check.svg
Suzanne Vega Green check.svg
Reginald VelJohnson Green check.svg
Sofia Vergara Green check.svg
Veruca Salt Green check.svg
Abe Vigoda Green check.svg
The Voices of TomorrowGreen check.svg
The Voices of UnityGreen check.svg
Matt Vogel Green check.svg

W

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
Andrew W.K. Green check.svg
Robert Wagner Green check.svg
Mark Wahlberg Green check.svg
Scott WainioGreen check.svg
Loudon Wainwright III Green check.svg
John Waite Green check.svg
Tom Waits Green check.svg
Wale Green check.svg
Christopher Walken Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Jimmie Walker Green check.svg
Nancy Walker Green check.svg
Summer Walker Green check.svg
Morgan Wallen Green check.svg
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Green check.svg
The Wallflowers Green check.svg
Megan WalloverGreen check.svg
Nancy Walls Green check.svg
Barbara Walters Green check.svg
Christoph Waltz Green check.svg
Wanz Green check.svg
Skip WardGreen check.svg
Andy Warhol Green check.svg
Malcolm-Jamal Warner Green check.svg
Jennifer Warnes Green check.svg
Elizabeth Warren Green check.svg
Emily Warren Green check.svg
Dionne Warwick Green check.svg
Kerry Washington Green check.svgGreen check.svg
John Waters Green check.svg
Sam Waterston Green check.svg
Muse Watson Green check.svg
Andrew Watt Green check.svg
J. J. Watt Green check.svg
Jeff "Tain" Watts Green check.svg
Damon Wayans Green check.svg
Carl Weathers Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Sigourney Weaver Green check.svg
Barrett Wilbert Weed Green check.svg
The Weeknd Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Weezer Green check.svg
Becky WeinbergGreen check.svg
Max Weinberg Green check.svg
Marc Weiner Green check.svg
Bruce Weitz Green check.svg
Raquel Welch Green check.svg
David Wells Green check.svg
George Wendt Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Fred Wesley Green check.svg
Kanye West Green check.svg
Paul Westerberg Green check.svg
Forest Whitaker Green check.svg
Betty White Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Jack White Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Rondell White Green check.svg
Shaun White Green check.svg
The White Stripes Green check.svg
Bradley Whitford Green check.svg
Steve Whitmire Green check.svg
Kristen Wiig Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Wilco Green check.svg
Olivia Wilde Green check.svg
Fred Willard Green check.svg
Allison Williams Green check.svg
Barry Williams Green check.svg
Brian Williams Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Cindy Williams Green check.svg
Deniece Williams Green check.svg
Gerald Williams Green check.svg
Jesse Williams Green check.svg
Lucinda Williams Green check.svg
Robin Williams Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Tyler James Williams Green check.svg
Vanessa L. Williams Green check.svg
Walter Williams Green check.svg
Wendy Williams Green check.svg
Bruce Willis Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Andrew Wilson Green check.svg
Brian Wilson Green check.svg
Flip Wilson Green check.svg
Luke Wilson Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Owen Wilson Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Rainn Wilson Green check.svg
Dave Winfield Green check.svg
Oprah Winfrey Green check.svg
Debra Winger Green check.svg
Henry Winkler Green check.svg
Kate Winslet Green check.svg
Edgar Winter Green check.svg
Johnny Winter Green check.svg
Dean Winters Green check.svg
Bill Withers Green check.svg
Betty WitherspoonGreen check.svg
Reese Witherspoon Green check.svg
Mark Wohlers Green check.svg
Peter Wolf Green check.svg
Scott Wolf Green check.svg
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk Green check.svg
Megan WolloverGreen check.svg
Stevie Wonder Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Wayne Wonder Green check.svg
Elijah Wood Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Ron Wood Green check.svg
James Woods Green check.svg
Jamila Woods Green check.svg
Jimmy Workman Green check.svg
World Party Green check.svg
Steven Wright Green check.svg
Noah Wyle Green check.svg

X

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
Charli XCX Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Xhibit Green check.svg
The xx Green check.svg

Y

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
Gideon Yago Green check.svg
The Yale Whiffenpoofs Green check.svg
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Green check.svg
yMusic Green check.svg
Dwight Yoakam Green check.svg
Neil Young Green check.svg
Paul Young Green check.svg
Young Jeezy Green check.svg
Young Thug Green check.svgGreen check.svg

Z

PerformerHostMusical guestCameo
Bobby Z. Green check.svg
Zac Brown Band Green check.svg
John Zacherle Green check.svg
Frank Zappa Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Todd Zeile Green check.svg
Renée Zellweger Green check.svg
Catherine Zeta-Jones Green check.svg
Maddie Ziegler Green check.svg
Nick Zinner Green check.svg
Bob Zmuda Green check.svg
Mark Zuckerberg Green check.svg
Zwan Green check.svg
Alan Zweibel Green check.svg

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