--- title: Chris Pine on SNL: I'm Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth description: Chris Pine used his monologue on "Saturday Night Live" to explain how he's different from Chris Pratt, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth canonical: https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-07T15:36:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:47:29.798Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Chris Pine Swears He's Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth While Hosting 'Saturday Night Live' og:description: "We're all white guys, but these aren't the white guys I am." og:url: https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pine Swears He's Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth While Hosting 'Saturday Night Live' twitter:description: "We're all white guys, but these aren't the white guys I am." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Pine Swears He's Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth While Hosting _Saturday Night Live_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 7, 2017 3:36 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 7, 2017 3:36 PM UTC [Chris Pine](http://time.com/4447981/chris-pine/) made his message very clear during his first gig hosting [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4769896/saturday-night-live-where-is-kellyanne-conway/)_:_ No, he’s not [Chris Pratt](http://time.com/4750289/chris-pratt-funny-video/). Or [Chris Hemsworth](http://time.com/4529786/zac-efron-chris-hemsworth-polished-man/). Or [Chris Evans](http://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/). The actors — all similar in their ages, appearances and levels of fame — are often confused with each other, and Pine used his opening monologue on Saturday night to set the record straight. “As many of you know I have a movie coming out this weekend. It’s called _Guardians of the Galaxy_,” he said as the audience applauded. “See? See? I knew that was going to happen. I am not in _Guardians of the Galaxy_. That is Chris Pratt. I am Chris Pine.” But the [_Star Trek_](http://time.com/4424014/star-trek-beyond-chris-pine-idris-elba/) star had a difficult time explaining why he’s unique. In fact, _Saturday Night Live_ star [Leslie Jones](http://time.com/4755978/leslie-jones-time-100-selfies/) came on stage with him — immediately confusing him with Evans and Hemsworth. When he told her he was Chris Pine, Jones said, “OK, that’s good enough,” and took a selfie with him. “Thank you, Thor,” she said, referring to Hemsworth’s Marvel Comics character, as she walked away. Pine then unveiled a poster of the four famous men named Chris, attempting to show the differences between the scruffy, blond men. Pine then broke into song, using “Uptown Girl” to explain the difficulty of often being confused with these others men. “I’m not that Chris, I look just like him, but I’m not that Chris. Not Pratt or Hemsworth, I’m a different guy. Not Evans either,” Pine sang. “We’re all white guys, but these aren’t the white guys I am,” he continued, before _Saturday Night Live_ star Kate McKinnon walked on stage. She appeared to know which Chris he was — but only with the help of some notes on her hand. “Yes, of course you’re in _Star Trek_,” she said, glancing down at the notes on her hand. “And, uh, _Wonder Woman_.” Watch the full opening monologue in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"Chris Pine Swears He's Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth While Hosting Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2017-05-07T15:36:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:47:29.798Z","description":"Chris Pine swears he's different from Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth","url":"https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/","keywords":["SNL"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/snl/","name":"SNL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4769957/chris-pine-snl-host-saturday-night-live/","name":"Chris Pine Swears He's Not Chris Pratt or Chris Hemsworth While Hosting Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```