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John Oliver is a British and American [1] comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver began as a comedian in the United Kingdom, growing to wider recognition after his work as senior British correspondent on the late-night news satire program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. Oliver guest-hosted the show for eight weeks in 2013 and received positive reviews, [2] [3] and soon after, HBO announced Oliver would receive his own talk show. [4] Since 2014, he has hosted Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , [5] for which he has received widespread recognition for influencing US legislature and culture, an phenomenon dubbed the "John Oliver effect". [6] [7] Additionally, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central from 2010 to 2013. [8] [9] [10] Oliver's acting career includes roles such as Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community , [11] Vanity Smurf in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013), [12] and Zazu in the 2019 remake of The Lion King. [13]
Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards, one WGA Award, and one Grammy Award for his work at The Daily Show. For Last Week Tonight, he has received fourteen Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, eight PGA Awards, and seven WGA Awards. Additionally, Oliver has received nominations for his writing on the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear , and co-wrote Earth (The Book) while at The Daily Show, receiving a Grammy Award for the audiobook. In 2021, Oliver was awarded the Great Immigrants Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Oliver has two locations named after him: The John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward at the Australia Zoo, part of a gag by actor Russell Crowe; [14] and the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant in Danbury, Connecticut, announced by the Danbury mayor after Oliver criticised the city's jury selection process. [15]
Awards, honours, or nominations for Oliver himself are indicated with a hyphen (—).
Award | Year [a] | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | 2021 | — | Best Show Host | Won | [16] |
2022 | — | Nominated | [17] | ||
Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Best Talk Show | Won | [18] |
2016a [b] | Won | [19] | |||
2016b [b] | Nominated | [20] | |||
2020 | Nominated | [21] | |||
2022 | Won | [22] | |||
2023 | Won | [23] | |||
2024 | Won | [24] | |||
Daytime Emmy Awards | 2011 | Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Outstanding Special Class Writing | Nominated | [25] |
Dorian Awards | 2014 | — | Wilde Wit of the Year | Won | [26] |
2015 | — | Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated | [27] | |
2016 | — | Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated | [28] | |
2017 | — | Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated | [29] | |
2018 | — | Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated | [30] | |
Environmental Media Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Best Reality Television | Nominated | [31] |
GLAAD Media Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | Won | [32] |
2016 | Nominated | [33] | |||
2018 | Won | [34] | |||
2019 | Nominated | [35] | |||
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas | Nominated | ||||
2023 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | [36] | ||
Grammy Awards | 2011 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) | Best Spoken Word Album | Won | [37] |
Great Immigrants Awards | 2021 | — | — [c] | Won | [38] |
MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2017 | — | Best Host | Nominated | [39] |
Peabody Award | 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Entertainment | Won | [40] |
2017 | Won | [41] | |||
People's Choice Awards | 2019 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 | Nominated | [42] |
2020 | Nighttime Talk Show of 2020 | Nominated | [43] | ||
2021 | Nighttime Talk Show of 2021 | Nominated | [44] | ||
2022 | Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 | Nominated | [45] | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominated | [46] |
2009 | Won | ||||
2010 | Nominated | ||||
2011 | Won | ||||
2012 | Won | ||||
2013 | Nominated | ||||
2014 | Nominated | ||||
2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Nominated | ||||
2016 | Won | ||||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2017 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2018 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2019 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2020 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2021 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2022 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
2024 | Outstanding Scripted Variety Series | Won | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||||
Producers Guild of America Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | Nominated | [47] |
2016 | Won | [48] | |||
2017 | Won | [49] | |||
2018 | Won | [50] | |||
2019 | Won | [51] | |||
2020 | Won | [52] | |||
2021 | Won | [53] | |||
2022 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television | Won | [54] | ||
2023 | Won | [55] | |||
2024 | Won | [56] | |||
Television Critics Association Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | Won | [57] |
2016 | Nominated | [58] | |||
2017 | Nominated | [59] | |||
2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows | Won | [60] | ||
2019 | Won | [61] | |||
2020 | Nominated | [62] | |||
2021 | Won | [63] | |||
2022 | Nominated | [64] | |||
2023 | Nominated | [65] | |||
2024 | Nominated | [66] | |||
Webby Awards | 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Best Writing in Social | Won | [67] |
2016 | Won | [68] | |||
Writers Guild of America Awards | 2009 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Nominated | [69] |
2010 | Won | [70] | |||
2011 | Nominated | [71] | |||
2012 | Nominated | [72] | |||
2013 | Nominated | [73] | |||
2014 | Nominated | [74] | |||
2015 | Nominated | [75] [74] | |||
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | ||||
2017 | Won | [76] | |||
2018 | Won | [77] | |||
2019 | Won | [78] | |||
2020 | Won | [79] | |||
2021 | Nominated | [80] | |||
2022 | Nominated | [81] | |||
2023 | Won | [82] | |||
2024 | Won | [83] |
Seth Adam Meyers is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. He hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers, a late-night talk show on NBC. Prior to hosting Late Night, he was a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2014, and served as the host's head writer as well as an anchor of the show's news parody segment Weekend Update from 2006 until he left in 2014.