Acting

John Oliver

Born 1977-04-23 · Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Instadocs: The Prediction Games
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Untold: The Fall of Favre
as Self - Host, Last Week Tonight (archive footage)
2025
Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2023
The Horne Section TV Show
as John Oliver
2022
LuLaRich
as Self
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
as Self
2021
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
as Self
2020
The Lion King
as Zazu (voice)
2019
Love, Death & Robots
as Thumb Bringer (voice)
2019
Wonder Park
as Steve (voice)
2019
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas
Executive Producer
2018
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
Big Mouth
as Harry (voice)
2017
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
Oh, Hello: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland
as Self
2017
Cross Wars
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Danger Mouse
as Augustus P. Crumhorn IV (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Paul McCartney
2015
The True Cost
as Self
2015
Hot Ones
as Self - Guest
2015
The Concert for Valor
as Self
2014
Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
Thanks
2014
The Men in Blazers Show
as Self
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self - Host
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Executive Producer
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writer
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Creator
2014
Harmontown
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Alex
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Rick and Morty
as Dr. Xenon Bloom (voice)
2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2013
The Smurfs 2
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2013
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
as Coach Green (voice)
2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
Gravity Falls
as Wax Sherlock Holmes (voice)
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
2012
Billy on the Street
as Self
2011
The Smurfs
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Ian (voice)
2011
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self - Correspondent
2010
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
as Self - Host
2010
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
Executive Producer
2010
Community
as Professor Ian Duncan
2009
Community
as Xim-Xam / Mix-Max (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Important Things with Demetri Martin
as The King / The Prince / William Shakespeare
2009
The Love Guru
as Dick Pants
2008
Water and Power
as The Daily Show's John Oliver
2008
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
as Self
2008
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
Writer
2008
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
Executive Producer
2008
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
Mock the Week
as Self
2005
Robot Chicken
as Serpentor/British gentleman
2005
Green Wing
as Car Salesman
2004
The Soup
as Self
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
My Hero
as Man from the BBC
2000
People Like Us
1999
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
as Self
1997
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Senior Policy Analyst
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Correspondent
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Host
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Corrrespondent
1996
The Daily Show
Writer
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
The Simpsons
as Booth Wilkes-John (voice)
1989
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
Days of Our Lives
as Devlin St. John
1965
General Hospital
as Z
1963