James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992 to 2009.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1977
The Simpsons
1998
Family Guy
2006
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2021
The Mike Douglas Show
1980
Saturday Night Live
1986
The View
2003
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Friends
1995
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
259
Writing
4
Producing
1
Crew
1
2026
Come What May
2026
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
as Himself
2026
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
2025
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
Shifting Gears
as Jay Leno
2025
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
as Self - Host, 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' (archive footage)
2024
Midas Man
as Ed Sullivan
2024
Top Gear Australia
as Self
2023
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
as Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Girl You Know It's True
as Jay Leno (archive footage)
2023
The Fabulous Hudson Hornet
2023
Arnold
as Self
2023
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2023
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
2022
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
as Self
2022
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
as Self
2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
2021
Bug Therapy
as Fly (voice)
2021
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
as Self
2021
Untold: Deal with the Devil
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Self (archive Footage)
2021
Rulon Gardner Won't Die
2021
Val
as Self (archive)
2021
The New York Times Presents
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses
as Self
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest Host
2021
Hart to Heart
as Self
2021
You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno
as Host
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
as Self
2020
Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer
as Self
2020
The Comedy Store
as Self
2020
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2020
Skrrt with Offset
as Himself
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
2019
Drive Like Andretti
as Self
2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
as Self
2019
Luke Perry: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
as Self
2019
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2019
Peyton's Places
as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self - Panelist
2018
The Indian Wrecking Crew
as Narrator
2018
The Steve Irwin Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
as Self
2018
Last Man Standing
2018
The Kominsky Method
as Self
2018
Dirty Money
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Gilbert
as Self
2017
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
as Self
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
as Self
2017
I Am Sam Kinison
as Self
2017
Jerry Before Seinfeld
as Self
2017
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Mickey and the Roadster Racers
as Billy Beagle (voice)
2017
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2017
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2017
Steve
as Self
2016
Bleed for This
as Himself (uncredited)
2016
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
2016
Family Guy
as Mayor Jay Leno (voice)
2016
First Impressions
as Himself
2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2016
Ask the Storybots
2016
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
as Self
2016
Steve Harvey
as Self
2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
as Self
2015
Ted 2
as Jay Leno
2015
The Muppets
as Self
2015
Last Man Standing
as Joe
2015
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self - Host
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2014
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Fake Santa #1 (voice)
2014
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
as Self
2014
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
as Self
2014
Good Morning Britain
as Self
2014
60 Minutes
as Self
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2014
The 7D
as Crystal Ball (voice)
2014
Episodes
as Jay Leno
2014
Phineas and Ferb
as Colonel Contraction (voice)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2013
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
as Self
2013
Delivery Man
as Self
2013
Wampler's Ascent
as Self
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
2013
Overhaulin'
as The Insider
2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2012
Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas
as Self
2012
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
as Self
2012
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
1600 Penn
as Jay Leno
2011
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Boys of Bonneville
as Self
2011
The Undefeated
as Self - on The Tonight Show (archive footage)
2011
The Fairly OddParents: Timmy's Secret Wish
as Crimson Chin (voice)
2010
I'm Still Here
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
2010
Katt Williams: 9 Lives
as Self
2010
Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison
as Self
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
Exit Through the Gift Shop
as Self (uncredited)
2010
Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
2010
Chelsea Lately
2010
Hannah Montana
as Jay Leno
2009
Love the Beast
as Self
2009
Annul Victory
as Self
2009
Entourage
as Jay Leno
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self - Host
2009
Family Guy
as Jay Leno
2009
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2009
Top Gear
as Self
2009
Top Gear
as Self
2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Murray Hare (voice)
2008
Igor
as King Malbert (voice)
2008
The Great Buck Howard
as Himself
2008
His Highness Hollywood
as Self
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Jack O'Lantern (voice)
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2007
Underdog
as Jay Leno
2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
as Himself
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
Christmas Is Here Again
as The Narrator (voice)
2007
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
as Self
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Fast Tony (voice)
2006
AKA Tommy Chong
as Himself
2006
Cars
as Jay Limo (voice)
2006
Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
as Nega-Chin (voice)
2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
as Flamethrower (voice)
2006
Family Guy
as Jay Leno (voice)
2005
Harley-Davidson: The Spirit of America
as Self
2005
Robots
as Fire Hydrant (voice)
2005
Joey
as Jay Leno
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2004
Mr. 3000
as Self
2004
First Daughter
as Jay Leno
2004
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2004
The Fairly OddParents
as The Crimson Chin / Self (voice)
2004
The Ashlee Simpson Show
2003
Calendar Girls
as Himself
2003
Stuck on You
as Jay Leno
2003
The Bernie Mac Show
as Jay Leno
2003
The View
as Self
2003
Pet Star
as Self - Judge
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
The Fairly OddParents
as The Crimson Chin / The Nega-Chin (voice)
2003
Scrubs
as Jay Leno
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self
2002
Comedian
as Self
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
Juwanna Mann
as Himself
2002
John Q
as Jay Leno
2002
Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
2002
Mr. Bill Goes Hollywood
2002
The Anna Nicole Show
2002
The Fairly OddParents
as Crimson Chin Doll (voice)
2002
The Osbournes
as Self
2001
50 Years of NBC Late Night
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Titus
as Jay Leno
2001
The Fairly OddParents
as The Crimson Chin (voice)
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2000
Space Cowboys
as Jay Leno
2000
DAG
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
2000
The West Wing
as Jay Leno
2000
Dilbert
as Jay Leno (voice)
2000
The Drew Carey Show
as Lewis' Boss
2000
BattleBots
as Jay Leno
1999
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
as Self
1999
Y2K
as Self (uncredited)
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1999
EDtv
as Jay Leno
1999
Providence
as Lucky the Dog (voice)
1999
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
1998
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
as Self
1998
WCW Road Wild 1998
as Jay Leno
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
1998
Totally Bill Hicks
as Self
1998
The Simpsons
as Jay Leno (voice)
1998
South Park
as Jay Leno (voice)
1998
V.I.P.
as Jay Leno
1998
The Entertainment Biz
as Self
1997
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
as Self
1997
Contact
as Jay Leno
1997
Mad City
as Jay Leno
1997
In & Out
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
as Jay Leno
1997
Wag the Dog
as Jay Leno
1997
Just Shoot Me!
as Jay Leno
1997
Caroline in the City
as Self
1997
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1997
Veronica's Closet
as Jay Leno
1996
Love in Hollywood
as Self
1996
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
as Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)
1996
The Birdcage
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
1996
Seinfeld
as Jay Leno
1996
Wings
as Jay Leno
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self
1996
The Nanny
as Jay Leno
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Presenter
1995
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
as Self (uncredited)
1995
Home Improvement
as Jay
1995
Friends
as Jay Leno (uncredited)
1995
Mad About You
as Jay Leno
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jay Frog (voice)
1994
Major League II
as Self
1994
Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride
as Self
1994
Day of Reckoning
as Self
1994
Look Who's Laughing
as Himself
1994
The Flintstones
as Bedrock's Most Wanted Host
1994
Top Slots - Spotting the Best
as Magazine Cameo
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Jay Leno
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Dave
as Jay Leno
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Himself
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Vorb (voice)
1993
Frasier
as Don (voice)
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
as Jay Leno
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Host
1992
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1991
The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay Leno
as Self / Host
1990
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1990
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
Collision Course
as Detective Tony Costas
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
as Self
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as Self
1986
Jay Leno: The American Dream
as Himself
1986
The Jay Leno Special
as self
1986
Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party
as Self
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1986
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
Madame's Place
as Self
1981
Alice
1980
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1979
Americathon
as Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
1979
Laverne & Shirley
1978
American Hot Wax
as Mookie
1978
Almost Heaven
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1977
Silver Bears
as Albert Fiore
1977
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Carpenter (uncredited)
1977
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1976
Good Times