Personal Info
Birthday
October 23, 1925
Place of Birth
Corning, Iowa, USA
Known For
Acting
Johnny 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.
Acting Filmography (126)
0.0
Soccer's American Dream
TV Series2026
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
Movie2025
7.0
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
TV Series2025
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie2025
8.0
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
Movie2024
8.0
Luther: Never Too Much
Movie2024
7.0
Bad Hostage
Movie2024
7.9
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie2024
8.3
Butterfly in the Sky
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
Movie2023
0.0
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
Movie2023
7.4
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV Series2023
7.2
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Movie2023
6.7
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Finster
Movie2022
7.1
Lucy and Desi
Movie2022
5.9
The Capote Tapes
Movie2021
7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Movie2021
7.1
Audrey
Movie2020
0.0
The Sounds of Baseball
TV Series2020
7.1
My Darling Vivian
Movie2020
5.9
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
Movie2020
7.6
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Movie2019
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie2019
No Backdrop
10.0
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
Movie2019
0.0
Biography: Comedy Icons
TV Series2019
5.9
The Front Runner
Movie2018
8.0
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie2018
7.4
Game Changers
Movie2018
No Backdrop
8.0
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie2017
6.4
There's... Johnny!
TV Series2017
6.8
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Movie2017
6.9
The Nineties
TV Series2017
6.5
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
The Swingin' A's
Movie2017
7.4
The Seventies
TV Series2015
6.0
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
Movie2014
7.5
Life Itself
Movie2014
7.4
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Movie2014
7.7
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Movie2013
No Backdrop
7.7
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Movie2013
6.6
Behind the Candelabra
Movie2013
No Backdrop
7.0
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Movie2013
7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie2013
7.8
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
The Best of Johnny Carson
Movie2010
No Backdrop
0.0
The Minnie Riperton Story
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
Movie2008
6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Movie2007
No Backdrop
10.0
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
Carson Country
Movie2006
7.8
Seinfeld: How It Began
Movie2004
7.8
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Movie2003
0.0
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
Movie2002
0.0
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Movie2002
0.0
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Movie2001
No Backdrop
6.5
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Movie1998
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
7.4
The World of Jim Henson
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny!
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs!
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night
Movie1994
No Backdrop
8.0
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell
Movie1994
No Backdrop
9.0
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Movie1992
No Backdrop
7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Movie1992
8.0
The Simpsons
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
7.0
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
Movie1987
No Backdrop
7.0
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Movie1987
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Movie1986
No Backdrop
9.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie1986
No Backdrop
8.0
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie1986
0.0
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie1985
No Backdrop
2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie1985
7.3
Night Court
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
8.0
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie1983
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
Movie1983
No Backdrop
0.0
Sheena Easton: Act One
Movie1983
7.1
Newhart
TV Series1982
7.6
Cheers
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
8.0
Johnny Goes Home
Movie1982
0.0
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Movie1981
No Backdrop
3.3
Lucy Moves to NBC
Movie1980
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV Series1978
9.0
Mickey's 50
Movie1978
No Backdrop
9.0
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
Movie1977
No Backdrop
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie1976
No Backdrop
0.0
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie1976
No Backdrop
6.0
Joys
Movie1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Movie1972
6.5
Cancel My Reservation
Movie1972
No Backdrop
8.0
Pure Goldie
Movie1971
0.0
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Movie1970
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
7.0
Carnival Nights
Movie1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
6.5
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV Series1967
7.5
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
TV Series1966
7.9
Get Smart
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
9.0
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Movie1965
5.8
Looking for Love
Movie1964
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
No Backdrop
0.0
You're in the Picture
TV Series1961
No Backdrop
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
6.7
The Dick Clark Show
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Three Men on a Horse
Movie1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
6.5
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.0
Miss Universe
TV Series1955
7.8
The Johnny Carson Show
TV Series1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Series1954
No Backdrop
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
TV Series1953
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
TV Series1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
TV Series1950
No Backdrop
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
TV Series1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
7.9
The Emmy Awards
TV Series1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948