Timothée Chalamet hosted Saturday Night time Dwell a 3rd time on Saturday, January 25, however this time, he was additionally the episode’s musical visitor. Chalamet is the Oscar-nominated star of the Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, and true to kind, he carried out three songs by the crown prince of people music.
“This can be a historic episode, as a result of it’s the primary time an actor has additionally been the musical visitor at Saturday Night time Dwell,” Chalamet stated in his monologue on Saturday’s present. “And if you happen to’re questioning if that’s true, it’s not. That’s a distinction I share with the good Gary Busey.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda reprises Alexander Hamilton
Earlier than Chalamet even acquired on stage, nonetheless, Studio 8H featured one other huge musical star: Lin-Manuel Miranda taking part in Alexander Hamilton, as he did in his breakout Broadway position.
Miranda joined SNL regulars in a chilly open concerning the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence. “I say our lives matter not if we lose them in the reason for liberty. What issues is the nation we construct,” his Hamilton says earlier than beginning to rap. “’Trigger in America, all males are created equal / America, not England, we doin’ the sequel / And we can have leaders, however nobody factor / In America, we’ll by no means have a king.”
Enter James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump. “By no means say by no means,” his Trump says, crashing the celebration. “Kidding, in fact, although in some ways I’m not. I’m in my king period. However similar to the Founding Fathers, I’m creating a brand new nation as nicely. And similar to them, we’re doing it very white-ly…”
Adam Sandler introduces Timothée Chalamet
Weeks after his final unannounced cameo on the NBC present, former solid member Adam Sandlerstopped by SNL once more, this time to introduce Chalamet’s first musical efficiency.
“Women and gents — I like him, too — Timothée Chalamet,” Sandler stated, saying the actor’s identify very like he did throughout a bit in Nikki Glaser’s 2025 Golden Globes monologue.
Chalamet will get folksy with Bob Dylan tunes
Through the musical breaks on Saturday night time, Chalamet carried out three Bob Dylan songs: a medley of “Outlaw Blues” and “Three Angels” throughout the first half of Saturday’s episode and a rendition of “Tomorrow Is a Lengthy Time” within the second.
“You won’t know the Bob Dylan songs I’m performing, however they’re my private favorites, and I’m so grateful Saturday Night time Dwell continues to be doing bizarre stuff like this 50 years in,” the actor stated in his monologue on Saturday. “They’re both very nice for letting me do that or extremely imply and that is all an enormous prank. I sincerely can’t inform.”
Saturday Night time Dwell, Saturdays, 11:30/10:30c, NBC