John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British comedian,
writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United
Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the US on The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart as its senior British correspondent from
2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for
The Daily Show and was its guest host for an eight-week period in
2013. In addition, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The
Bugle (2007â€"2015) with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had
previously co-hosted the radio series Political Animal, and hosted
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central from 2010 to
2013. He has also acted on television, most notably in a recurring
role as Dr Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community, and in films,
notably voice-over work in The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), and
the 2019 remake of The Lion King. He is now a naturalized US
citizen.Since 2014, Oliver has been the host of the HBO series Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver. He has received widespread critical and
popular recognition for his work on the series, whose influence over
US culture, legislation, and policymaking has been dubbed the "John
Oliver effect". For his work on Last Week Tonight, Oliver has won
thirteen Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards and was included in the
2015 Time 100, being described as a "comedic agent of
change...powerful because he isn't afraid to tackle important issues
thoughtfully, without fear or apology". Many have described Oliver's
work as journalism or investigative journalism, a claim both Oliver
himself and other journalists dispute.Oliver was born on 23 April 1977
in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, to Carole and Jim
Oliver. His father was both a school headmaster and social worker, and
his mother was a music teacher. Both of his parents are originally
from Liverpool, Merseyside. His uncle was the composer Stephen Oliver.
William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen
Victoria, was his paternal great-great-grandfather.
writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United
Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the US on The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart as its senior British correspondent from
2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for
The Daily Show and was its guest host for an eight-week period in
2013. In addition, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The
Bugle (2007â€"2015) with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had
previously co-hosted the radio series Political Animal, and hosted
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central from 2010 to
2013. He has also acted on television, most notably in a recurring
role as Dr Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community, and in films,
notably voice-over work in The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), and
the 2019 remake of The Lion King. He is now a naturalized US
citizen.Since 2014, Oliver has been the host of the HBO series Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver. He has received widespread critical and
popular recognition for his work on the series, whose influence over
US culture, legislation, and policymaking has been dubbed the "John
Oliver effect". For his work on Last Week Tonight, Oliver has won
thirteen Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards and was included in the
2015 Time 100, being described as a "comedic agent of
change...powerful because he isn't afraid to tackle important issues
thoughtfully, without fear or apology". Many have described Oliver's
work as journalism or investigative journalism, a claim both Oliver
himself and other journalists dispute.Oliver was born on 23 April 1977
in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, to Carole and Jim
Oliver. His father was both a school headmaster and social worker, and
his mother was a music teacher. Both of his parents are originally
from Liverpool, Merseyside. His uncle was the composer Stephen Oliver.
William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen
Victoria, was his paternal great-great-grandfather.
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