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Roy Wood Jr

Highest Rated: 100% The Neutral Ground (2021)

Lowest Rated: 75% The Death of Dick Long (2019)

Birthday: Dec 11, 1978

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Comedian Roy Wood, Jr.'s talent for observational humor and raucous prank calls made him a popular presence on the club and talk show circuit before landing his breakout project as a correspondent for "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central, 2015- ). Born December 11, 1978 in Birmingham, Alabama, Wood got his start as a performer in 1998 while working as a morning news reporter at a radio station in Tallahassee, Florida. When Wood ended his shift, he would remain in the studio and tell jokes with the on-air talent, which led to performances at local comedy clubs. Wood continued to pursue comedy after earning his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Florida A&M University in 2001; he returned to Birmingham to serve as head writer and producer for the Buckwilde Morning Show on WHBJ, where he earned a reputation for making prank phone calls on unsuspecting individuals. Wood also began appearing on television, most notably on "The Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 1993-2015), and at prominent comedy festivals like Montreal's Just for Laughs. After leaving WHBJ in 2007, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he contributed to various radio morning shows, including Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole on Sirius XM Radio, before returning to WHBJ in 2010 to host his own award-winning "Roy Wood, Jr. Show." The following year, Wood left the station a second time for a recurring role on the TBS sitcom "Sullivan & Son" (2012-2014), which was promoted to series regular in its second season. Wood, Jr., released his first official comedy album, Things I Think, I Think, in 2013, shortly before "Sullivan" ended its network run, and was cast briefly opposite Whoopi Goldberg and fellow comedian Jermaine Fowler in the ABC sitcom pilot "Delores & Jermaine" (2014). The pilot was not picked up for series broadcast, but Wood, Jr., bounced back the following year when he was named as one of three new correspondents for "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah."

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Highest rated movies

100% The Neutral Ground
Watchlist
86% 74% Confess, Fletch Watchlist 75% 86% The Death of Dick Long Watchlist
Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You
Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 74% Confess, Fletch Unknown (Character) $711.6M 2022
100% No Score Yet The Neutral Ground Executive Producer - 2021
75% 86% The Death of Dick Long Dr. Richter (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You Unknown (Character) - 2019

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Host,
Correspondent
2015-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2023-2024
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest,
Host
2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have I Got News For You Executive Producer,
Host,
Creator
2024
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2024
No Score Yet 35% Password Self 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Guest,
Contestant
2023
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Conversations Project Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Command Z Sam (Character) 2023
No Score Yet 63% Game Theory With Bomani Jones Guest 2022-2023
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014 2021 2023
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2017-2018 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Cannon Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2015 2019-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The $100,000 Pyramid Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wilmore Guest 2020
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2017 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crank Yankers Unknown (Guest Voice) 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Is Not Happening Host 2018-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2018
75% No Score Yet The Opposition With Jordan Klepper Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedy Jam Self 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Jay Oakerson's What's Your F... Deal?! Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Train With Wyatt Cenac Unknown (Character) 2016
No Score Yet 29% Sullivan & Son Roy (Character) 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2011-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Comic Standing Contestant 2010