James Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English comedian, writer, actor, producer and TV personality. He is co-creator and star of BBC comedy shows Gavin & Stacey and Horne & Corden, and hosted The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Filmography

• 2026California Schemin' — Ray Stone
• 2026The Christophers — Barnaby Sklar
• 2025Smurfs — No Name (voice)
• 2024A Carpool Karaoke Christmas — Self, Executive Producer
• 2024Gavin & Stacey: The Finale — Neil 'Smithy' Smith, Writer, Executive Producer
• Mammals — Jamie Buckingham, Executive Producer
• 2022Super Greed: The Fight for Football — Associate Producer
• Visual Suspect — Creator
• 2021Cinderella — James, Producer
• 2021Friends: The Reunion — Self - Moderator, Producer
• 2021Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway — Peter Rabbit (voice)
• Game On! — Executive Producer
• 2020Superintelligence — Superintelligence (voice) / James Corden
• 2020The Prom — Barry Glickman
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Biggie (voice)
• 2020Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School — Biggie (voice)
• 2020We Love Gavin and Stacey
• 2019Cats — Bustopher Jones
• 2019Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas — Neil 'Smithy' Smith, Writer
• The World's Best — Host
• 2019Yesterday — James Corden
• 2018Flopsy Turvy — Peter Rabbit (voice)
• Just Another Immigrant
• 2018Ocean's Eight — John Frazier
• 2018Peter Rabbit — Peter Rabbit (voice)
• 2018Smallfoot — Percy Patterson (voice)
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self, Producer, Executive Producer
• Drop the Mic — Self, Creator
• 2017The Emoji Movie — Hi-5 (voice)
• 2017Trolls Holiday — Biggie (voice)
• 2017Trolls: Dress Up — Biggie (voice)
• A League of Their Own US Road Trip
• 2016Trolls — Biggie (voice)
• 2015Kill Your Friends — Roger Waters
• 2015Roald Dahl's Esio Trot — Narrator
• 2015The Lady in the Van — Street Trader
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Host, Writer, Producer
• 2014Begin Again — Steve
• 2014Into the Woods — Baker
• Tom Daley Goes Global — Narrator
• Us & Them — Original Series Creator
• 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage — Timms
• 2013One Chance — Paul Potts
• 2013That Night — Boy
• The Wrong Mans — Phil Bourne, Writer, Creator
• 2012Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Up All Night — Craig Owens
• Stella — Writer
• 2011National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors — Francis Henshall
• OK! TV
• 2011The Gruffalo's Child — The Mouse (voice)
• 2011The Three Musketeers — Planchet
• Channel 4's Comedy Gala — Writer
• 2010Gulliver's Travels — Jinks
• John Bishop's Britain
• 2010The One Ronnie
• The Rob Brydon Show
• Horne & Corden
• 2009Lesbian Vampire Killers — Fletch
• 2009Now That’s What I Call Comedy — Smithy
• 2009Planet 51 — Soldier #2 (voice)
• 2009The Gruffalo — Mouse (voice)
• 2008Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 — Neil 'Smithy' Smith, Producer, Writer
• 2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People — Post Modern Review Staff
• 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek Story — Clem Cattini
• 2008The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
• Gavin & Stacey — Neil 'Smithy' Smith, Producer, Writer, Associate Producer, Creator
• 2007Where Have I Been All Your Life? — Liam
• 2006Heroes and Villains — Sam
• 2006Starter for 10 — Tone
• 2006The History Boys — Timms
• Doctor Who — Craig Owens
• 2005Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman — Kirky
• The F Word
• The Soup
• 2003Heartlands — Shady
• Little Britain — Dafydds Brother Dewi
• 2002All or Nothing — Rory
• 2002Cruise of the Gods — Russell
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story — Bran - Thunderdell's Son
• Teachers — Jeremy
• Fat Friends — Jamie Rymer
• 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? — Walter
• Boyz Unlimited — Gareth Jones
• 1998TwentyFourSeven — Carl 'Tonka' Marsh
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Ben Forsythe
• Out of Tune
• The Bold and the Beautiful — Busboy, Craig the Busboy
• Great Performances
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Producer, Additional Writing
• The Choir — Executive Producer, Creator

Appearances as themselves (88)

• After Hours with James Corden — Self - Host
• 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025Flintoff — Self
• 2025Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell — Self
• 2024Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale — Self
• 2024I Am: Celine Dion — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Chris Rock: Road To Live Special — Self
• 2023Late Night Nightmare — Self
• 2023Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices — Self
• 2022Betty White: A Celebration — Self
• 2022George Michael: Freedom Uncut — Self
• 2022James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise — Self
• 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self (archive footage)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Kardashians — Self
• 2021Adele One Night Only — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• 2020David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self
• Gone Mental with Lior — Self
• The New York Times Presents — Self (archive footage)
• 2019On Broadway — Self
• 2019One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz — Self
• RuPaul — Self
• 2019The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show — Self
• 2018Care to Laugh — Self
• 2018Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool — Self
• Happy Together — Himself
• The Shop — Self
• What the Fit — Self
• 2017Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 — Himself - Host
• 2017George Michael: Freedom — Self
• 2017Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? — Self
• Talking with Chris Hardwick — Self
• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Self / Smithy
• Chelsea — Self
• John Bishop: In Conversation with... — Self
• 2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood — Self
• 2016The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special — Self - Host
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015One Direction the London Session — Self
• That's So Last Century — Himself
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Kumars — Self
• The Michael McIntyre Chat Show — Self - Guest
• 2014The One and Only Mike Leigh — Self - actor
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2014When Corden Met Barlow — Self
• 1D Day — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self - Contestant
• 2013Gary Barlow and Friends — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• Billy on the Street — Self
• A League of Their Own — Self - Host
• James Corden's World Cup Live — Self - Host
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• 2009Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall — Self
• Chris Moyles' Quiz Night — Self
• Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack — Himself - Hijacker
• Lily Allen and Friends — Self - Guest
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self, Self - Guest
• 8 Out of 10 Cats — Self
• Doctor Who Confidential — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
• The Friday Night Project — Self - Host
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Big Brother's Big Mouth — Self - Host
• Big Fat Quiz — Self - Contestant
• 2003Coogan's Runner — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Top Gear — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Team Captain, Self - Host
• The Daily Show — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• GMTV — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 60 Minutes — Self, Self (archive footage)
• The Grammys — Self, Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self