John Oliver
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Acting Credits
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 ser...
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Paul McCartney
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Alex
Filmography
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: The Fall of Favre
2025
as Self - Host, Last Week Tonight (archive footage)
Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver
2023
as Self
The Horne Section TV Show
2022
as John Oliver
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
as Self
LuLaRich
2021
as Self
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
2020
as Self
Wonder Park
2019
as Steve (voice)
The Lion King
2019
as Zazu (voice)
Love, Death & Robots
2019
as Thumb Bringer (voice)
Oh, Hello: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland
2017
as Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
Cross Wars
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
as Self
Big Mouth
2017
as Harry (voice)
The True Cost
2015
as Self
Danger Mouse
2015
as Augustus P. Crumhorn IV (voice)
Hot Ones
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Paul McCartney
The Concert for Valor
2014
as Self
Harmontown
2014
as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Alex
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Dr. Xenon Bloom (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self
Gravity Falls
2012
as Wax Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
as Coach Green (voice)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
The Smurfs
2011
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Ian (voice)
Billy on the Street
2011
as Self
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010
as Self - Correspondent
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
2010
as Self - Host
Important Things with Demetri Martin
2009
as The King / The Prince / William Shakespeare
Community
2009
as Professor Ian Duncan
Community
2009
as Xim-Xam / Mix-Max (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
2008
as Self
The Love Guru
2008
as Dick Pants
Water and Power
2008
as The Daily Show's John Oliver
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self
Mock the Week
2005
as Self
Robot Chicken
2005
as Serpentor/British gentleman
Green Wing
2004
as Car Salesman
The Soup
2004
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
My Hero
2000
as Man from the BBC
People Like Us
1999
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
1997
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Senior Policy Analyst
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Correspondent
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Host
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Corrrespondent
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Booth Wilkes-John (voice)
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Days of Our Lives
1965
as Devlin St. John
General Hospital
1963
as Z