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John Oliver
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British-American comedian and television host
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-04-23 ) 23 April 1977 (age 49) , Birmingham , England
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United States (since 2019)
- Education
- University of Cambridge ( BA )
- Spouse
- Kate Norley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 )
- Relatives
- Stephen Oliver (uncle)
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film books
- Genres
- Political / news satire observational comedy black comedy sarcasm cringe comedy surreal humour
- Subjects
- American politics British culture political punditry popular culture current events mass media/news media civil rights self-deprecation
- Website
- iamjohnoliver .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
John Oliver
John Oliver is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host., John Oliver is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Erdington
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Employer
- HBO
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Lion King
- Official website
- iamjohnoliver.com
- Image
- John Oliver 1.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- John Oliver
- social media followers
- 5449317
- date of birth
- 1977-04-23
- birth name
- John William Oliver
- influenced by
- Richard Pryor
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- notable role
- Zazu
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Encyclopedic overview
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian, political commentator, and television personality. He hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013.
Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for The Daily Show and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. He also co-hosted the comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously worked on the radio series Political Animal and The Department. From 2010 to 2013, he hosted the stand-up series John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. His acting roles include Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community, as well as voice work in the animated films The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), and The Lion King remake (2019).
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