John Oliver
- Acting
- April 23, 1977 · Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-born stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy in 2009, as well as for playing recurring character Professor Ian Duncan on the show Community. He has worked extensively with Andy Zaltzman. In addition to several collaborative stand-up acts, their body of work together includes hundreds of hours worth of satirical podcasts and radio broadcasts, including series such as Political Animal, The Department and The Bugle. He is a permanent resident of the United States and lives in New York City.
Known for
Filmography
- Instadocs: The Prediction Games · Self
- Untold: The Fall of Favre · Self
- Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- The Horne Section TV Show · John Oliver
- LuLaRich · Self
- Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days · Self
- The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo · Self
- The Lion King · Zazu (Voice)
- Love, Death & Robots · Thumb Bringer (Voice)
- Wonder Park · Steve (Voice)
- Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas · Executive producer
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs · Self
- Big Mouth · Harry (Voice)
- The Russell Howard Hour · Self
- Oh, Hello: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland · Self
- Cross Wars · Narrator (Voice)
- Danger Mouse · Augustus P. Crumhorn IV (Voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self, Paul McCartney
- The True Cost · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- The Concert for Valor · Self
- Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn · Thanks
- The Men in Blazers Show · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self, Executive producer
- Harmontown · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self, Alex
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Rick and Morty · Dr. Xenon Bloom (Voice)
- The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow · Vanity Smurf (Voice)
- The Smurfs 2 · Vanity Smurf (Voice)
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja · Coach Green (Voice)
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee · Self
- Gravity Falls · Wax Sherlock Holmes (Voice)
- The Secret Policeman's Ball · Self
- Billy on the Street · Self
- The Smurfs · Vanity Smurf (Voice)
- Bob's Burgers · Ian (Voice)
- The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear · Self
- John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show · Self, Executive producer
- Community · Professor Ian Duncan, Xim-Xam / Mix-Max (Voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Important Things with Demetri Martin · The King / The Prince / William Shakespeare
- The Love Guru · Dick Pants
- Water and Power · The Daily Show's John Oliver
- John Oliver: Terrifying Times · Self, Writer
- The Colbert Report · Self
- Mock the Week · Self
- Robot Chicken · Serpentor/British gentleman
- Green Wing · Car Salesman
- The Soup · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- My Hero · Man from the BBC
- People Like Us
- Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights · Self
- The Daily Show · Self, Writer
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- The Simpsons · Booth Wilkes-John (Voice)
- 60 Minutes · Self
- Days of Our Lives · Devlin St. John
- General Hospital · Z