Acting
Johnny Carson
1925-2005
Known for Koyaanisqatsi, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Jerry Before Seinfeld.
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Born10/23/1925
Died01/23/2005
AgeDied at 79
BirthplaceCorning, Iowa, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asJohn Carson, 约翰尼·卡森, John William Carson
Biography
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 Center Honor in 1993.
Movie Credits
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - Johnny Goes Home (1982)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story (2013)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. (2023)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner (2021)
Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017)
Looking for Love (1964)
Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain (2023)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (2007)
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
The Capote Tapes (2021)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
Lucy and Desi (2022)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
Audrey (2020)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Life Itself (2014)
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
The Front Runner (2018)
