Emmy-Nominated Comedian, Writer, and Actor
Roy Wood Jr.: Biography at a Glance
- Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, Emmy-nominated documentary producer, and for 8 years served as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning The Daily Show.
- His stand-up special, Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You, remains Comedy Central’s highest-rated original stand-up premiere.
- Wood Jr. recently guest hosted The Daily Show and headlined the White House Correspondents' Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017.
- Wood has executive produced several projects including the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, an HBO MAX project 1% Happy, and an untitled medical field comedy for NBC.
- The Neutral Ground, his Emmy-nominated documentary explores America's complicated relationship with the confederacy and the monuments that continue to honor it.
- He also collaborates on two Comedy Central podcasts, Roy’s Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes.
- Wood was named the host of Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening and his recent credits include guest appearances in Only Murders in the Building, Better Call Saul, The Last O.G., and Space Force.
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Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer for the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, and for 8 years served as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning The Daily Show. Wood Jr. recently guest hosted The Daily Show and headlined the White House Correspondents' Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017.
Wood co-starred alongside Jon Hamm in Paramount Pictures' long-awaited Fletch remake, Confess, Fletch and has guest appearances in Only Murders in the Building, Better Call Saul, The Last O.G., and Space Force.
His first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure, debuted in 2017, the same year he was named the new host of Comedy Central’s storytelling series, This is Not Happening. Debuting in 2019, his second Comedy Central special Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You, remains the network’s highest-rated original stand-up premiere. In 2021, his third Comedy Central special Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger, aired hyper-recent material just two weeks after taping.
