​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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
2014
The Daily Show
2008
Late Show with David Letterman
2014
Rick and Morty
2013
The Colbert Report
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2021
Bob's Burgers
2017
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
67
Writing
3
Producing
4
Crew
1
2026
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Days of Our Lives
as Devlin St. John
2026
General Hospital
as Z
2025
Untold: The Fall of Favre
as Self - Host, Last Week Tonight (archive footage)
2025
Love, Death & Robots
as Thumb Bringer (voice)
2025
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2025
60 Minutes
as Self
2024
Hot Ones
as Self - Guest
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Alex
2023
Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2022
The Horne Section TV Show
as John Oliver
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
as Self
2021
LuLaRich
as Self
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2020
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
as Self
2020
Big Mouth
as Harry (voice)
2019
Wonder Park
as Steve (voice)
2019
The Lion King
as Zazu (voice)
2019
The Men in Blazers Show
as Self
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Paul McCartney
2017
Oh, Hello: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland
as Self
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
Cross Wars
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Bob's Burgers
as Ian (voice)
2017
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
Billy on the Street
as Self
2016
Danger Mouse
as Augustus P. Crumhorn IV (voice)
2016
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2015
The True Cost
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2014
The Concert for Valor
as Self
2014
Harmontown
as Self
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self - Host
2014
Community
as Xim-Xam / Mix-Max (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
Robot Chicken
as Serpentor/British gentleman
2014
The Simpsons
as Booth Wilkes-John (voice)
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
2013
The Smurfs 2
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty
as Dr. Xenon Bloom (voice)
2013
The Soup
as Self
2013
The Daily Show
as Self - Host
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
2012
Gravity Falls
as Wax Sherlock Holmes (voice)
2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
as Coach Green (voice)
2011
The Smurfs
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self - Correspondent
2010
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
as Self - Host
2009
Important Things with Demetri Martin
as The King / The Prince / William Shakespeare
2009
Community
as Professor Ian Duncan
2009
Water and Power
as The Daily Show's John Oliver
2008
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
as Self
2008
The Love Guru
as Dick Pants
2008
The Daily Show
as Self
2008
The Colbert Report
as Self
2007
The Daily Show
as Self - Senior Policy Analyst
2007
The Daily Show
as Self - Corrrespondent
2006
The Daily Show
as Self - Correspondent
2005
Mock the Week
as Self
2004
Green Wing
as Car Salesman
2001
People Like Us
2001
My Hero
as Man from the BBC
1997
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
as Self