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John Oliver

Oliver in 2016

John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Starting his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom, he came to wider attention for his work in the United States as Senior British Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. After an eight-week stint as guest-host on The Daily Show received positive reviews, Oliver was given his own late-night show on HBO, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which he has hosted since 2014. Oliver has received widespread critical and popular recognition for his work on the series, and its influence over US culture, legislation and policymaking has been dubbed the "John Oliver effect". He has received sixteen Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight, and was included in the 2015 Time 100. In television and film, Oliver acted on Community, the Smurfs films, and the 2019 remake of The Lion King. (Full article...)

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Main editors: MyCatIsAChonk
Promoted: August 19, 2023
Reasons for nomination: 47th birthday
Support as nominator. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 23:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The 23rd is already taken per this discussion (search for "April 23"); also see WT:Today's featured article/April 2024. Happy to run him next year if you like. - Dank (push to talk) 00:31, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - I was not aware of that, I just saw the blank space at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2024 and assumed it was open, sorry. Withdraw nom MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 02:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sure, no reason you would be aware ... I won't record this as a "fail", it's just an early start on next year's TFAR nomination. FWIW, we tend to get just about all of our WP:TFAR and WP:TFAP nominations by no later than the middle of the month before the month before ... so, sometimes we can work things in by this point, sometimes we can't. I'd love to see more of your nominations. - Dank (push to talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]