​John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-born stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy in 2009, as well as for playing recurring character Professor Ian Duncan on the show Community. He has worked extensively with Andy Zaltzman. In addition to several collaborative stand-up acts, their body of work together includes hundreds of hours worth of satirical podcasts and radio broadcasts, including series such as Political Animal, The Department and The Bugle. He is a permanent resident of the United States and lives in New York City.

Filmography

• 2025Untold: The Fall of Favre — Self - Host, Last Week Tonight (archive footage)
• The Horne Section TV Show — John Oliver
• Love, Death & Robots — Thumb Bringer (voice)
• 2019The Lion King — Zazu (voice)
• 2019Wonder Park — Steve (voice)
• Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas — Executive Producer
• Big Mouth — Harry (voice)
• 2017Cross Wars — Narrator (voice)
• Danger Mouse — Augustus P. Crumhorn IV (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest, Paul McCartney
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest, Alex
• 2014Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn — Thanks
• Rick and Morty — Dr. Xenon Bloom (voice)
• 2013The Smurfs 2 — Vanity Smurf (voice)
• 2013The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow — Vanity Smurf (voice)
• Gravity Falls — Wax Sherlock Holmes (voice)
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Coach Green (voice)
• Bob's Burgers — Ian (voice)
• 2011The Smurfs — Vanity Smurf (voice)
• John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Community — Professor Ian Duncan, Xim-Xam / Mix-Max (voice)
• Important Things with Demetri Martin — The King / The Prince / William Shakespeare
• 2008John Oliver: Terrifying Times — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2008The Love Guru — Dick Pants
• Water and Power — The Daily Show's John Oliver
• Robot Chicken — Serpentor/British gentleman
• Green Wing — Car Salesman
• My Hero — Man from the BBC
• People Like Us
• The Daily Show — Self, Self - Senior Policy Analyst, Self - Correspondent, Self - Host, Self - Corrrespondent, Writer
• The Simpsons — Booth Wilkes-John (voice)
• Days of Our Lives — Devlin St. John
• General Hospital — Z

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2026Instadocs: The Prediction Games — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• LuLaRich — Self
• 2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days — Self
• The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo — Self
• 2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs — Self
• 2017Oh, Hello: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• Hot Ones — Self - Guest
• 2015The True Cost — Self
• 2014Harmontown — Self
• 2014The Concert for Valor — Self
• The Men in Blazers Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Billy on the Street — Self
• 2010The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear — Self - Correspondent
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Mock the Week — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• The Soup — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 1997Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 60 Minutes — Self