Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.

Filmography

• 2016Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
• 2012Sinister — Anchor, Thanks
• 2009Stand — Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• The Boondocks — Tavis Smiley (voice)
• Fatherhood
• American Dreams — Thurgood Marshall
• The Parkers
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Meet the Press

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2022Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Fear of a Black Republican — Self
• 2010Still Bill — Self
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• 2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• Tavis Smiley — Self - Host
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Daily Show — Self, Self - Guest