BAFTA & Emmy Award-Winning Television Host and Comedian; Known for Carpool Karaoke & The Late Late Show
James Corden: Biography at a Glance
- James Corden is an Emmy Award-winning television host and comedian best known for The Late Late Show and its viral video segment, Carpool Karaoke. The Late Late Show earned two Emmy Awards and twelve total nominations.
- Corden was formerly the host of the BAFTA Award-winning UK sports-themed comedy game show A League of Their Own.
- He also starred in, produced, and wrote the BAFTA-nominated comedy thriller The Wrong Mans.
- Corden was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Comedy Writer of the Year, the South Bank Show Award for Comedy, and the Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Writer of the Year for his work on The Wrong Mans.
- With sharp wit and audience-savvy humor, Corden is a dynamic host or guest speaker who brings energy, humor, and heart to every event.
Biography
James Corden is an Emmy Award-winning host, writer, producer, and actor, a Tony Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor, and a multiple BAFTA Award winner.
Corden wrapped his eight-year run as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW, which premiered on CBS in March 2015. The show garnered Corden four Emmy Award wins and an additional twenty-three Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, Corden was the most Emmy-nominated performer/producer/writer, totaling seven nominations that year. Additionally, THE LATE LATE SHOW won two Critics' Choice Awards and received two nominations for “Best Talk Show,” and was nominated for both the Writers Guild and Producers Guild Awards. THE LATE LATE SHOW also set records in the digital space, boasting five of the ten most watched late-night clips currently available online - including Carpool Karaoke with Adele, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, and Sia.
Corden is the co-creator and executive producer of CARPOOL KARAOKE: THE SERIES for Apple TV+. The series has won multiple Emmy Awards. It has also won three Producers Guild Awards, a Critics’ Choice Real TV Award, and was nominated for a Writers Guild Award. Additionally, he served as executive producer of DROP THE MIC, which aired on TBS.
THE 70th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS in 2016, hosted by Corden, drew 8.7 million viewers, the highest viewership in 15 years, and garnered him an Emmy Award and additional nomination for writing. In 2019, he returned to host THE 73rd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS and was Emmy-nominated for “Outstanding Variety Special (Live).” Additionally, Corden hosted the 59th and 60th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS and received an Emmy nomination in 2018. Corden also won two Emmy Awards for the Snapshot series, JAMES CORDEN’S NEXT JAMES CORDEN, and he received an Emmy nomination for hosting THE WORLD’S BEST.
On stage, Corden starred in the acclaimed, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, for which he won the 2012 Tony Award for "Best Leading Actor in a Play." He first performed the play at the National Theatre in London prior to making its debut on Broadway. Previously, Corden starred as “Timms” in THE HISTORY BOYS on Broadway and in the 2016 feature film adaptation – all directed by Nicholas Hytner. Corden returned to the stage at The Old Vic Theatre, starring alongside Anna Maxwell Martin in Joe Penhall’s THE CONSTITUENT, winning five-star reviews.
In film, Corden starred in Ryan Murphy’s THE PROM, opposite Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, and received a 2021 Golden Globe nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.” The film was nominated for the 2021 Golden Globe for “Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” and the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for “Outstanding Film – Wide Release.” Corden’s other feature credits include: Rob Marshall’s Golden Globe nominated, INTO THE WOODS opposite Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt; Gary Ross’ OCEANS 8 alongside Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, and Awkafina; Ben Falcone’s SUPERINTELLIGENCE opposite Melissa McCarthy; John Carney’s BEGIN AGAIN with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; CINDERELLA (which he co-wrote and produced); THE THREE MUSKETEERS; GULLIVER’S TRAVELS; HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE with Jeff Bridges; and lent his voice to PETER RABBIT, PETER RABBIT 2, TROLLS, TROLLS WORLD TOUR and SMALLFOOT.
Well known for starring as 'Smithy' in the critically acclaimed BBC comedy series GAVIN AND STACEY, which he co-created and co-wrote with Ruth Jones. Corden won the BAFTA Television Award for "Best Male Comedy Performance,” the British Comedy Award for "Best Male Comedy Performer," and the series received the British Comedy Award for "Best TV Comedy" as well as the National Television Award for "Most Popular Comedy Programme.” In 2019, Corden co-wrote and starred in the GAVIN & STACEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL which premiered on Christmas Day and was watched by 11.6 million people, breaking the show’s own viewership records, making it the highest watched holiday special in over a decade, and garnering him the 2020 BAFTA TV Award for “Must See Moment.” In May of this year, it was announced that GAVIN AND STACEY would return for one final episode, which will broadcast on Christmas Day.
In the UK, Corden hosted the BAFTA Award-winning UK sports-themed comedy game show, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. Additionally, he starred in, produced, and wrote the BAFTA-nominated comedy thriller THE WRONG MANS for the BBC and was awarded the Royal Television Society Award for “Comedy Writer of the Year.” Other notable roles in the UK include FAT FRIENDS (garnering him a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for "Network Newcomer On Screen”); and a recurring role in the popular BBC science fiction series DOCTOR WHO as 'Craig Owens', the Doctor’s roommate.
Corden served as host for the Brit Awards, the biggest event in the British music industry, from 2010 to 2014. Over the course of his career, Corden has been awarded the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for "Comedy Writer of the Year;" the South Bank Show Award for Comedy; the TRIC Award for "Best Comedy;" the National Television Award for "Best Comedy;" and the 2015 BAFTA Britannia Award for “British Artist of the Year.”
In February of this year, Sirius XM launched THIS LIFE OF MINE WITH JAMES CORDEN. A new interview series exclusive to Sirius XM in the US. Featuring in-depth, richly-produced conversations between Corden and a variety of prominent guests on the people, places, possessions, music, and memories that made them. Guests for the first run of shows include Martin Scorsese, Tom Ford, Jeremy Renner, and Julianne Moore.
Corden was awarded with an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to drama at Buckingham Palace in 2015.
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