Larry Wilmore

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Larry Wilmore (b. 1962) is an American Emmy and Peabody award winning television producer, writer, comedian, and actor.

He has been working in television for nearly thirty years, primarily as a writer. He has written for Into the Night with Rick Dees, In Living Color, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The PJs (which he co-created), The Bernie Mac Show (which he created) and The Office, on which he appeared in three episodes, "Diversity Day", "Gay Witch Hunt", and "Money", as the character Mr. Brown. He also wrote the episode "Performance Review". He has also made appearances on such television series as The Facts of Life, Sister, Sister and How I Met Your Mother.

In March 2006, Hollywood Reporter reported Wilmore landed his first major on-camera role, co-starring in an untitled comedy pilot with Christine Baranski and Ed O'Neill.[1] The pilot was not picked up for series.

For the 2007/2008 season, ABC hired Wilmore to develop a half hour pilot for comedian Cedric The Entertainer but the script wasn't well received and the project was abandoned.

As of May 19th, 2008, he is serving as the "Senior Black Correspondent" (briefly being the "Black Correspondent," and on one occasion the "Senior Mexican Correspondent") on The Daily Show.

His younger brother Marc Wilmore is also a writer, producer and actor.

[edit] Awards

• In 2001, Wilmore won a Peabody Award and a Humanitas for his work on The Bernie Mac Show.
• In 2002, Wilmore won an Emmy in the category Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on the pilot of The Bernie Mac Show.

[edit] External links

• Larry Wilmore at the Internet Movie Database
• Veteran TV Writer Moves in Front of the Camera Profile from Oct. 10, 2007 on Nightline
• Larry Wilmore videos from the Daily Show
• Wilmore Shines as 'Senior Black Correspondent': June 5, 2007 Interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air on National Public Radio
• They call me Mr. Correspondent article from The New York Times with a good profile and interview

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Alex Reid (2001) · Larry Wilmore (2002) · Tucker Cawley (2003) · Mitchell Hurwitz (2004) · Mitchell Hurwitz / Jim Vallely (2005) · Greg Garcia (2006) · Greg Daniels (2007) Complete list: (1955-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

v • d • e Current correspondents and contributors to The Daily Show Samantha Bee • Lewis Black • Buck Henry • John Hodgman • Jason Jones • Aasif Mandvi • Demetri Martin • John Oliver • Rob Riggle • Kristen Schaal • Larry Wilmore