Timothée Chalamet To Perform As Bob Dylan On ‘SNL’ As ‘A Complete Unknown’ Star & Dave Chappelle Are Set As January Hosts

Saturday Night Live is going big for the start of the year.

The NBC show has tapped Dave Chappelle as host of its return show on January 18, while Timothée Chalamet will perform double duty the following week as host and as musical guest, performing as Bob Dylan, who he plays in A Complete Unknown.

Chappelle, coming off the back of his latest special The Dreamer, has previously hosted the show three times, in November 2016, 2020 and 2022. He has also cameoed twice in 2019 and in January 2024.

GloRilla, who received two Grammy nominations this year for her single Yeah Glo!, will be the musical guest on January 18.

On January 25, Chalamet will host, his third time hosting the show, having previously hosted in December 2020 and November 2023. He also made a cameo in April 2021.

But it’s his turn as Dylan on the show that will excite fans; he stars as Dylan in the James Mangold-directed film, which came out at the end of last year. The film portrays Dylan through the early years including the controversial moment he picked up the electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

Chalamet sings around 40 Dylan songs in the film, while also playing guitar and harmonica.

After the January shows, SNL will then return mid-February to mark its 50th anniversary with a live primetime broadcast, SNL50: The Anniversary Special, on Sunday, Feb. 16.

Saturday Night Live is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.