John Oliver

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actor comedian human political satirist producer television host writer

John Oliver is a British-American comedian and political satirist best known as the host of the HBO news-comedy show "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."

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Label Occurrences
John Oliver canonical 8
John Oliver (correspondent, guest host) 1
John William Oliver 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
human ⓘ
political satirist ⓘ
producer ⓘ
television host ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocatesFor LGBT rights ⓘ
campaign finance reform ⓘ
net neutrality ⓘ
almaMater Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
awardReceived Peabody Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1977-04-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer HBO ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Oliver ⓘ
fullName John Oliver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John William Oliver
genre news satire ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasNotableSegmentType long-form investigative monologue ⓘ
hostOf Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge Footlights
network HBO ⓘ
notableWork Community ⓘ
John Oliver: Terrifying Times ⓘ
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ⓘ
The Daily Show ⓘ
surface form: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
occupation satirist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
performedStandUpIn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfBirth Birmingham, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
politicalAlignment liberal ⓘ
portrayedCharacter Ian Duncan ⓘ
portrayedCharacterIn Ian Duncan in Community ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Kate Norley ⓘ
subjectOf internet memes ⓘ

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Jon Stewart → influenced → John Oliver ⓘ
The Daily Show → presenter → John Oliver ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Oliver (correspondent, guest host)
Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club → hasMember → John Oliver ⓘ
Stephen Colbert → hasInfluenced → John Oliver ⓘ
John Oliver → fullName → John Oliver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John William Oliver
The Lion King (2019 film) → voiceCastMember → John Oliver ⓘ
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver → creator → John Oliver ⓘ
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver → presenter → John Oliver ⓘ
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver → starring → John Oliver ⓘ
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver → executiveProducer → John Oliver ⓘ