John Oliver
John Oliver
John William Oliver is an English comedian, political commentator, television host, and occasional actor. He is widely known in the United States for hosting HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 April 1977
roles wizards clay
It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.
heart issues veteran
Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.
sunshine thinking might
I think it might honestly be time for the Sunshine State to officially change its motto to the Worst State.
mean gun florida
Florida, just because you're shaped like some combination of a gun and a d*ck doesn't mean you have to act that way.
dream america american-dream
I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.
knives political world
It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.
trying actors authority
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.
fighting names bars
If your name is Sepp, at the bare minimum you’ve strangled someone in a bar fight.
soul watches news
I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.
soccer player wanted
I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.
training comedian conversation
Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.
comedy sketch-comedy
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
laughing comedian sound
I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.
politician knows
I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.