David Sedaris
Biography
David Raymond Sedaris is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries.” He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Much of Sedaris's humor is ostensibly autobiographical and self-deprecating and often concerns his family life, his middle-class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, his Greek heritage, homosexuality, jobs, education, drug use, and obsessive behaviors, as well as his life in France, London, New York, and the South Downs in England. He is the brother and writing collaborator of actress Amy Sedaris.
In 2019, Sedaris was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Full filmography
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- BoJack Horseman (2014) as Cutie Cutie Cupcake (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
- Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
- Do I Sound Gay? (2015) as Self
- Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017) as Self
- Sex, Drugs & Bicycles (2020)
- This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible (2012) as Self
- Strijdmakker (2025) as Self