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Tavis Smiley

Acting Born Sep 13, 1964 Gulfport, Mississippi, USA 18 credits

Biography

Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.

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Known for

The Daily Show

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

The Colbert Report

as Self

The Boondocks

2005
Film

Sinister

as Anchor

Full filmography

  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self
  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self - Guest
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
  • Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Contestant
  • The Colbert Report (2005) as Self
  • Meet the Press (1947)
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Boondocks (2005)
  • American Dreams (2002) as Thurgood Marshall
  • The Parkers (1999)
  • Sinister (2012) as Anchor
  • Tavis Smiley (2004) as Self - Host
  • Fatherhood (2004)
  • Still Bill (2010) as Self
  • Stand (2009) as Self
  • Fear of a Black Republican (2011) as Self
  • Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation (2005) as Self
  • Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016)