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Larry Wilmore Biography | Comedian Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore ( Elister L. “Larry” Wilmore) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He hosted The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015 and 2016 and also served as the “Senior Black Correspondent” on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2014. Wilmore is also the creator of the sitcom The Bernie Mac Show.
Larry Wilmore Age
Elister L. Wilmore was born on 30 October 1961 in Los Angeles County, California, U.S. He is 61 years
Larry Wilmore Parents
Wilmore was born to parents Betty and Larry and raised in suburban Pomona and is from Evanston, Illinois. Wilmore was born catholic the third of six children. He has a brother Marc who is also a television writer, actor, and producer.
Larry Wilmore Wife
Wilmore married actress Leilani Jones in 1995 and married the couple was in the marriage for 20 years till their divorce in 2015. The couple has two children together. He resided in San Marino, California with his family until he moved to New York City to work on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore | Larry Wilmore The Nightly Show | The Larry Wilmore Show
Wilmore started hosting The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a late-night panel talk show that aired on Comedy Central on January 19, 2015. The show was a spin-off of The Daily Show, and also served as a replacement for The Colbert Report.
Larry Wilmore Bill Nye
The show was produced by Jon Stewart’s production company Busboy Productions being criticized for a controversial segment featuring Bill Nye in September 2015. That segment may have negatively affected viewership, with ratings down more than half from the year before.
Comedy Central announced on August 18, 2016 that Wilmore’s show had been cancelled. It ended on August 18, 2016 having ran for 259 episodes.
Larry Wilmore Daily Show | Larry Wilmore Comedy Central
He began appearing regularly on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 2006. There, he was billed as the “Senior Black Correspondent” or a derivative form of the title, such as the “Senior Executive Commander-in-Chief Who Happens To Be Black Correspondent” following the election of Barack Obama.
Wilmore’s work on the show mostly centered on humorous observations of the Black experience in American society.
Hyperion published Wilmore’s I’d Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts, as “a faux collection of articles, essays, radio transcripts, and letters exploring the more ludicrous angles on race.” He originated the titular phrase I’d Rather We Got Casinos in a January 2007 Daily Show appearance.
Larry Wilmore Bill Simmons
He started hosting a podcast in May 2017 as part of The Ringer podcast network which is headed by Bill Simmons.
Larry Wilmore The Office
In the American television sitcom The Office, Wilmore was a consulting producer from 2005 to 2007, and also made an appearance on the show as Mr. Brown, during the episode, “Diversity Day” as a diversity consultant.
Larry Wilmore Podcast
Black on the Air
Larry Wilmore Black On The Air
Larry hosts the podcast Black on the Air where he weighs in on the issues of the week and interviews guests in the worlds of politics, entertainment, culture, sports, and beyond.
Larry Wilmore Blackish
Wilmore served as an executive producer for the ABC television series Black-ish. He joined the plot episode in 2014 as a showrunner. Anthony Anderson announced that Larry would be stepping down as showrunner early in the show’s run due to his forthcoming late night show, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore Net Worth
Larry has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Larry Wilmore Movies
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Year |
Title |
Role |
| 2014 |
Date and Switch |
Mr. Vernon |
| 2012 |
Vamps |
Professor Quincy |
| 2010 |
Dinner for Schmucks |
Williams |
| 2009 |
I Love You, Man |
Minister |
| 1990 |
The Ghost Writer |
The Paramedic |
| 1983 |
Good-bye, Cruel World |
Sergeant, Thug |
| TBA |
The Laundromat |
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