
John Oliver -- Born: 1977-04-23. Occupation: actor. Employer: HBO. Education: Christ's College. Awards: Great Immigrants Award.
Born1977-04-23
Occupationactor, comedian, film actor, journalist
EmployerHBO
EducationChrist's College, Mark Rutherford School, University of Cambridge
AwardsGreat Immigrants Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Material current as of
Highlights
“That’s the only way that we can really move forward, total denial.”
hollywoodreporter.com2026-08-03Source“so I’ll just conclude by saying this: Let’s see Byron Allen do that on Comics Unleashed.”
hollywoodreporter.com2026-06-01Source“And if you’re thinking, ‘Why would you find a cartoon character sexually attractive in the first place?’ First, lots of people do, but that’s not what this thought exercise is asking, really,”
hollywoodreporter.com2026-06-01Source“I know to some, Vance might appear to be just another abrasive Maga asshole with a load-bearing beard,”
theguardian.com2026-03-16Source“But to many on the right, he’s a towering intellect.”
theguardian.com2026-03-16Source“Do you mean this show or this career? Certainly it feels like I've got some decisions to make.”
cbsnews.com2025-07-27Source“That feels like a massive misuse of time, to wonder whether someone hates you … because you have to know deep down the answer is yes.”
variety.com2024-08-23Source“We were writing the show in one or two days. We now have six researchers and six stories in different stages of development at the same time. We’re definitely better at it than when we started.”
hollywoodreporter.com2024-04-25SourceBrowse 5 more quotes
“Nothing’s happening, and everything has stayed the same,”
hollywoodreporter.com2026-08-03Source“Anyway, I would love to talk about this more, but we don’t have time,”
hollywoodreporter.com2026-06-01Source“It’s not necessarily a gift that you want, to be honest,”
variety.com2024-08-23Source“Go back and look at those first episodes,”
hollywoodreporter.com2024-04-25Source“sure, but could you do this without an office and a studio and at home?”
collider.com2022-02-20SourceIn the News
- ‘Days of Our Lives’: John Oliver Featured in New Promotvinsider.com · 2026-08-09
- Buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small businesstheverge.com · 2026-08-09
- John Oliver Talks New “Prospective Business Daddies” and Colbert Support Group and Reveals HBO Contract Extension (Exclusive)hollywoodreporter.com · 2026-08-03
- John Oliver Renews HBO Deal Through Late 2027consequence.net · 2026-08-01
- John Oliver Accuses Donald Trump Of Exploiting Crypto For Profitokmagazine.com · 2026-07-27
- John Oliver Swipes at Byron Allen While Tearing Apart Trump Pardonshollywoodreporter.com · 2026-06-01
- John Oliver Spends More Time Explaining The Shadow Docket Than Supreme Court Does On Its Rulings - Above the Lawabovethelaw.com · 2026-05-12
- John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘He’s become the archetype of the hyper-online conservative troll’ | John Oliver | The Guardiantheguardian.com · 2026-03-16
- John Oliver Not Thrilled About Paramount's Successful Warner Bros. Bidrollingstone.com · 2026-03-02
- John Oliver Makes Surprise Appearance on 'The Daily Show'variety.com · 2025-02-11
- John Oliver on the US election: ‘Despair doesn’t help anything’theguardian.com · 2024-11-11
- John Oliver Fights Back Tears Asking Viewers to Vote for Kamala Harrisvariety.com · 2024-11-04
- John Oliver Is Still Working Through the Ragenytimes.com · 2024-09-28
- How John Oliver Stays Seriously Funny With 'Last Week Tonight'variety.com · 2024-08-23
- John Oliver on Israel-Hamas war: ‘Any conversation around this has to begin with empathy’theguardian.com · 2023-11-13
- John Oliver on British monarchy: ‘Like an appendix. We’ve long evolved past needing them’theguardian.com · 2022-11-14
- Watch Out, America: John Oliver Is Officially a U.S. Citizen Nowhollywoodreporter.com · 2020-01-29
- John Oliver doesn’t think he’ll get deported — but says Trump could toss him like ‘a tea bag’washingtonpost.com · 2017-02-08
- John Oliver Returns: ‘I’m Not a Complete Nihilist’nytimes.com · 2017-02-07
- John Oliver | The Canadian Encyclopediathecanadianencyclopedia.ca · 2010-08-25
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