John oliver richard ayoade biography
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John Oliver
British and American comedian and presenter
For other people named John Oliver, see John Oliver (disambiguation).Not to be confused with John Olver.
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian who hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom and came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for The Daily Show and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. He also co-hosted the comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously worked on the radio series Political Animal and The Department. From 2010 to 2013, he hosted the stand-up series John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. His acting roles include Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community and voice work in the animated films The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), and The Lion King remake (2019).
As the host of Last Week Tonight since 2014, Oliver has received widespread critical and popular recognition for the series, including winning 16 Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards. T
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John Oliver: British comedian written off at home has last laugh in US
"John Oliver has based his debut Edinburgh show on death, a concept he can be no stranger to, given the lukewarm reception his obscure observations receive."
So began a review on the leading British comedy website, Chortle, of the 2002 Edinburgh Festival stand-up routine of a Birmingham-born comedian who tonight debuts his own coast-to-coast show on America's HBO.
In the US, Oliver has made it to the A-list. In New York's subways, his face stares back at you alongside posters for the new Mad Men series and other small-screen hits.
Put his image on British public transport and few would recognise him. Despite the cult popularity of The Bugle, a podcast that Oliver, 37, makes with fellow British comedian Andy Zaltzman, the new HBO star is pretty much invisible in his homeland.
A year after that 2002 review, Chortle editor Steve Bennett saw Oliver again and described him as "a comedic craftsman, taking sometimes unpromising raw materials to create a thing of art". But – aside from a slot on the BBC3 show The State We're In and some panel appearances on Mock the Week – British television largely ignored him.
"It's very rare that someone makes it in the States and has almost no profile over here,"
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| Richard Ellef Ayoade | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born | 1977 |
| Nationality | English |
| Gender | Male |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| Hair colour | Black |
| Height | 6' 2" (1.88 m) |
| Career | |
| Years Active | 1997-present |
| In The IT Crowd | Maurice Moss |
| Notable Roles |
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Richard Ellef Ayoade (b. 1977) is authentic English stand-up comedian, feature, presenter, bumptious and novelist most acclaimed for his portrayal rule Maurice Moss in say publicly British sitcom, The Wrecked Crowd, importance well renovation his roles in Solon Barratt mount Noel Fielding's The Strong Boosh soar Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
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