John Oliver is a British and American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver began as a comedian in the United Kingdom, growing to wider recognition after his work as senior British correspondent on the late-night news satire program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. Oliver guest-hosted the show for eight weeks in 2013 and received positive reviews, and soon after, HBO announced Oliver would receive his own talk show. Since 2014, he has hosted Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, for which he has received widespread recognition for influencing US legislature and culture, a phenomenon dubbed the "John Oliver effect". Additionally, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central from 2010 to 2013. Oliver's acting career includes roles such as Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community, Vanity Smurf in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013), and Zazu in the 2019 remake of The Lion King.
Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards, one WGA Award, and one Grammy Award for his work at The Daily Show. For Last Week Tonight, he has received twenty Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, eight PGA Awards, and seven WGA Awards. Additionally, Oliver has received nominations for his writing on the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, and co-wrote Earth (The Book) while at The Daily Show, receiving a Grammy Award for the audiobook. In 2021, Oliver was awarded the Great Immigrants Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Oliver has two locations named after him: The John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward at the Australia Zoo, part of a gag by actor Russell Crowe; and the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant in Danbury, Connecticut, announced by the Danbury mayor after Oliver criticised the city's jury selection process.
Awards, honours, and nominations Awards, honours, or nominations for Oliver himself are indicated with a hyphen (—).
+Awards and nominations received by John Oliver Award Year Work Category Result Critics' Choice Real TV Awards 2019 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Best Talk Show 2021 Best Show Host 2022 Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Best Talk Show 2016a 2016b 2020 2022 2023 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards2011Rally to Restore Sanity and/or FearOutstanding Special Class Writing Dorian Awards2014 Wilde Wit of the Year 2015 Wilde Wit of the Year 2016 Wilde Wit of the Year 2017 Wilde Wit of the Year 2018 Wilde Wit of the Year Environmental Media Awards 2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Best Reality Television GLAAD Media Awards2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode 2016 2018 2019 Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas 2023Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Grammy Awards2011The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)Best Spoken Word Album Great Immigrants Awards 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards 2017 Best Host Peabody Award2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Entertainment 2017 People's Choice Awards2019Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 2020 Nighttime Talk Show of 2020 2021 Nighttime Talk Show of 2021 2022 Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards2008The Daily Show with Jon StewartOutstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Outstanding Variety Talk Series 2016 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2017Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2018Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2019Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2020Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2021Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2022Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2023Outstanding Scripted Variety Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2024Outstanding Scripted Variety Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 2025Outstanding Scripted Variety Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Producers Guild of America Awards2015Last Week Tonight with John OliverOutstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television 2023 2024 Television Critics Association Awards2015Last Week Tonight with John OliverOutstanding Achievement in News and Information 2016 2017 2018Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Webby Awards2015Last Week Tonight with John OliverBest Writing in Social 2016 Writers Guild of America Awards2009The Daily Show with Jon StewartTelevision: Comedy-Variety Talk Series 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also List of awards and nominations received by The Daily Show List of awards and nominations received by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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