John Oliver spent seven years, including a summer hosting for Jon Stewart in 2013, as a writer and correspondent for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” Since then, he has done everything from interviewing UN Ambassadors to breaking his nose fighting for the Confederate army. As a writer, he has been nominated for both Emmys and Writers Guild Awards, and he won the Breakout Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. He performs stand-up around the U.S. and his Comedy Central Hour Special “Terrifying Times” debuted in April, 2008. Along with Andy Zaltzman, he also writes and stars in a weekly podcast, “The Bugle: Audio Newspaper for a Visual World.” You’ve also seen him on his Comedy Central show “John Oliver’s NY Stand-up,” “NBC’s Community,” and his own Comedy Central Special. John currently stars in his own show, “Last Week Tonight” on HBO.
