Who could replace Jon Stewart on The Daily Show?
by yrnej | created - 11 Feb 2015 | updated - 14 Feb 2015 | PublicWe all know Jon Stewart can't be replaced but who do you think could do a great job of taking over The Daily Show (1996) desk?
Discuss the list here
1. Samantha Bee
Producer | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Studied at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She waited tables for five years, did some theatre work and the odd commercial. Even kept her comedic bent alive in the Toronto sketch comedy group, the Atomic Fireballs, she formed with three other women.
2. W. Kamau Bell
Producer | We Need to Talk About Cosby
W. Kamau Bell was born on January 26, 1973 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022), United Shades of America (2016) and Sorry to Bother You (2018). He has been married to Dr. Melissa Hudson Bell, Ph.D. since 2009. They have two ...
3. Lewis Black
Actor | Inside Out
Lewis Black was born on August 30, 1948 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Inside Out (2015), Man of the Year (2006) and Accepted (2006).
4. Steve Carell
Actor | The Office
Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...
5. Wyatt Cenac
Writer | The Daily Show
Wyatt Cenac was born on April 19, 1976 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Daily Show (1996), aka Wyatt Cenac (2017) and People of Earth (2016).
6. Nate Corddry
Actor | The Circle
Nate Corddry was born on September 8, 1977 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Circle (2017), St. Vincent (2014) and The Ugly Truth (2009).
7. Rob Corddry
Actor | Warm Bodies
Rob Corddry was born on February 4, 1971 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Warm Bodies (2013), Childrens Hospital (2008) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). He has been married to Sandra Beth Leftowits since 2002. They have two children.
8. Vance DeGeneres
Producer | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Vance DeGeneres was born on September 2, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) and Bull Durham (1988). He has been married to Joanne Brooks since August 17, 2013. He was previously married to ...
9. Craig Ferguson
Writer | I'll Be There
By August of 1994, Craig Ferguson was established as one of Great Britain's leading comedians - he had just had huge success at the Edinburgh Festival. In January 1995 he moved to Los Angeles where he now works as an actor-writer-director-producer-creator.
10. Tina Fey
Actress | Date Night
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,...
11. Bill Hader
Actor | The Skeleton Twins
Bill Hader is an American comedian and actor who is known for playing in Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013. He created and starred in the HBO show Barry. He also played Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Colonel Custer from Night at the Museum 2, Fear from Inside Out and ...
12. Jon Hamm
Actor | Mad Men
Jon Hamm is an American actor and producer from St. Louis, Missouri who is known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. He also played Mister Sinister in a deleted scene of The New Mutants and Legion, Brogan from Shrek Forever After, and other films and shows including Sucker Punch, Million Dollar Arm,...
13. Neil Patrick Harris
Actor | How I Met Your Mother
Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town 120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the fourth grade. ...
14. Ed Helms
Actor | The Hangover
Edward Parker Helms is an American actor, comedian, writer and singer from Atlanta, Georgia who is known for playing the preppy Cornell alumni Andy "Nard Dog" Bernard from The Office and Stuart Price from The Hangover trilogy. He also acted in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, The Lorax, ...
15. John Hodgman
Actor | Coraline
John Hodgman was born on June 3, 1971 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Coraline (2009), Baby Mama (2008) and Arthur (2011). He has been married to Katherine Fletcher since 1999. They have two children.
16. D.L. Hughley
Actor | Inspector Gadget
Hughley is the second of four children. His father was an airline maintenance worker and his mother was a homemaker.
He grew up in L.A.'s South Central where he was a member of the Bloods gang after getting kicked out of high school. However, he turned his life around after a cousin was shot. He ...
17. Penn Jillette
Writer | Penn & Teller Get Killed
Penn Jillette was born on March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989), Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003) and Hackers (1995). He has been married to Emily Zolten Jillette since November 23, 2004. They have two children.
18. Hari Kondabolu
Actor | All About Steve
Hari Kondabolu was born on October 21, 1982 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for All About Steve (2009), Manoj (2007) and From Here (2020).
19. Beth Littleford
Actress | Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Beth Littleford is an actress and television personality, known for Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), Dog with a Blog (2012) Drillbit Taylor (2008), and The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. Dog With A Blog (2012) was nominated for an Emmy three years in a row for Best Children's Program. She won a Peabody ...
20. Kyle MacLachlan
Actor | Twin Peaks: The Return
The "boy next door, if that boy spent lots of time alone in the basement", is how Rich Cohen described Kyle MacLachlan in a 1994 article for "Rolling Stone" magazine. That distinctly askew wholesomeness made MacLachlan a natural to become famous as the alter ego of twisted director David Lynch.
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21. Al Madrigal
Actor | Night School
Al Madrigal was born on July 4, 1971 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Night School (2018), Physical (2021) and The Way Back (2020).
22. Bill Maher
Producer | Politically Incorrect
Bill Maher was born William Maher in New York City, New York, and grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. His father, William Aloysius Maher Jr., who was of Irish Catholic descent, was a radio announcer and news editor. His mother, Julie (Berman), was a nurse, who was of Jewish descent. Maher was raised...
23. Aasif Mandvi
Actor | Million Dollar Arm
Aasif Mandvi was born on March 5, 1966 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is an actor and producer, known for Million Dollar Arm (2014), Evil (2019) and The Proposal (2009). He has been married to Shaifali Puri since August 26, 2017.
24. Dennis Miller
Actor | The Net
Dennis Miller was born on November 3, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Net (1995), Joe Dirt (2001) and Murder at 1600 (1997). He has been married to Ali Espley since April 10, 1988. They have two children.
25. Olivia Munn
Actress | The Newsroom
Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised ...
26. Kumail Nanjiani
Actor | The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani was born on May 2, 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He is an actor and writer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Life as We Know It (2010) and Stuber (2019). He has been married to Emily V. Gordon since July 14, 2007.
27. John Oliver
Writer | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Oliver was born on April 23, 1977 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014), The Lion King (2019) and The Smurfs (2011). He has been married to Kate Norley since October 2011. They have two children.
28. Amy Poehler
Actress | Inside Out
Amy Meredith Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to high school teachers Eileen Frances (Milmore) and William Grinstead Poehler. Her brother is comedian Greg Poehler. She is of Irish (from her mother) and English, Irish, German, and Portuguese (from her father) descent. Amy was first ...
29. Rob Riggle
Actor | The Daily Show
Comedian, actor and United States Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Robert Allen Riggle, Jr. was born April 21, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Sandra (Shrout) and Robert Allen Riggle, who worked in insurance. Riggle has amassed notable television credits and has also earned roles in many ...
30. Mo Rocca
Writer | The 64th Annual Tony Awards
Mo Rocca was born on January 28, 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010), Bewitched (2005) and Wishbone (1995).
31. Jason Sudeikis
Actor | Ted Lasso
Jason Sudeikis was born on September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia as Daniel Jason Sudeikis. His father is Daniel Joseph Sudeikis, a Vice President of a business development and his mother is Kathryn (née Wendt), a travel agent at Brennco and President of the American Society of Travel Agents. He ...
32. Paul F. Tompkins
Actor | BoJack Horseman
Started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was half of a duo with the late Rick Roman. Dropped out of Temple University. Moved to Los Angeles in 1994. Met actor Jay Johnston through their mutual friend, Adam McKay, and created a live sketch show...
33. Aisha Tyler
Actress | Archer
Aisha Tyler is an award-winning director, actor, comedian, New York Times bestselling author, podcaster and activist. She is an Emmy-winning television host and multiple award-winning voice actor for Archer (2009).
Aisha's feature directorial debut, Axis (2017), was shot in just seven days on ...
34. Brian Unger
Actor | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Brian Unger was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, writer, and producer, known for Comedy Central's The Daily Show (1996), Discovery's Some Assembly Required (2009), History's How the States Got Their Shapes (2011), Travel Channel's Time Traveling with Brian Unger (2015) and F/X's It's ...
35. Brian Williams
Editorial_department | NBC Nightly News
Brian Williams was born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), 30 Rock (2006) and Family Guy (1999). He has been married to Jane Gillian Stoddard since June 7, 1986. They have two children.
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