Who played the doorman in the first Five-Timers Club sketch?

Conan O'Brien played the doorman in the first Five-Timers Club sketch.

The sketch appeared during Tom Hanks's December 8, 1990, episode, when Hanks hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time. O'Brien was not yet a television host or cast member; he was an SNL writer who made a brief cameo as the club's doorman, a character commonly identified as Sean.

The Five-Timers Club became a recurring SNL idea for hosts who had presented the show at least five times. Later versions featured elaborate sets, celebrity cameos, robes, jackets, and returning former cast members. Because O'Brien later became a major late-night host, viewers sometimes assume he was already famous when he appeared in the original sketch.

A related mix-up is that appearing in the sketch did not make O'Brien a Five-Timers Club host. He was acting in a cameo role, not joining the club as someone who had hosted SNL five times.