Biography
Johnny Carson
Acting
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Cente…
Career works
135
Movies
95
Series
40
Career average
7.3/10
Birth date
10/23/1925
Place of birth
Corning, Iowa, USA
Date of death
01/23/2005
Filmography highlights
Movies
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · 6.8
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · 7.8
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024 · 8.0
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 · 8.0
Bad Hostage
2024 · 7.0
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · 7.8
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · 8.2
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023 · 7.2
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022 · 6.4
Finster
2022
Lucy and Desi
2022 · 7.1
The Capote Tapes
2021 · 5.9
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · 7.4
Series
Soccer's American Dream
2026
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025 · 7.0
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · 7.4
The Sounds of Baseball
2020
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
There's... Johnny!
2017 · 6.4
The Nineties
2017 · 6.9
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1
The Seventies
2015 · 7.4
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.2
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
Night Court
1984 · 7.3
Newhart
1982 · 7.1
Cheers
1982 · 7.6
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · 7.4