Roy Wood Jr. on the incredible first responders in Los Angeles, spending an evening riding around with the firefighters at station 16 in Compton, wanting to be a firefighter as a kid, and his new Hulu comedy special “Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers.”
Roy Wood Jr.: Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer for the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, and a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning The Daily Show. This year, Wood Jr. guest hosted The Daily Show and headlined the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017. He can currently be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s comedy mini series COMMAND Z opposite Michael Cera. He recently appeared in a leading role on-screen opposite Jon Hamm in the Paramount feature CONFESS, FLETCH. On the TV side, Wood Jr. has guest starred and recurred on hit shows such as ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, SPACE FORCE, BETTER CALL SAUL, THE LAST OG and FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS.
In 2017, he was named the new host of Comedy Central’s storytelling series, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. His first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, FATHER FIGURE, premiered in 2017. His second Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, “Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You,” premiered in 2019. His third Comedy Central special, “Imperfect Messenger” premiered in 2021 and was named one of Vulture’s “Best Comedy Specials of 2021”.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy® nominated “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC’s late-night talk show. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is well known for its viral video successes, with over 16 billion views and more than 19 million subscribers on the show’s YouTube channel. Some of Kimmel’s most popular comedy bits include Celebrities Read Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Halloween Candy YouTube Challenge, Jimmy and Cousin Sal pranking Aunt Chippy and music stars like Rihanna and Dua Lipa surprising Jimmy in the middle of the night.