John Oliver is an Emmy and Writer’s Guild Award winning writer. His HBO show “Last Week Tonight” debuted in 2014, presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Since 2006 Oliver has been a correspondent and guest host on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” He first came to prominence as a cutting-edge political stand up in the UK, with a string of television appearances and sold-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival.

Having made the move to America to work on “The Daily Show,” Oliver won the Breakout Award at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2007 and went on to write and star in his first hour long Comedy Central stand up special “John Oliver: Terrifying Times” in April 2008. Such was its success that Oliver has now hosted several seasons of his own stand up series for Comedy Central, “John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show,” an hour long show featuring a hand-picked selection of his favorite comedians. Guest headliners have included Marc Maron, Hannibal Buress, Janeane Garofalo, Chris Hardwick and Deon Cole.

With long-time collaborator Andy Zaltzman, Oliver co-writes and co-presents the hugely popular weekly satirical podcast “The Bugle.” Oliver and Zaltman previously wrote and starred in three series of “The Department” (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison, as well as two series of BBC Radio 4 show “Political Animal,” based on their satirical live stand-up show.

Oliver also continues to successfully tour the U.S. as a stand up. He has a regular guest role on NBC’s sitcom “Community,” is the voice of Vanity Smurf in “The Smurfs” movie and its sequel “The Smurfs 2,” and has appeared in “The Simpsons” as Marge and Homer’s next-door neighbor, Booth Wilkes-John.

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