Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 13, 1964
Age
61
Place of Birth
Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Popularity
0.9
Tavis Smiley
Acting
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.
Latest News
Known For
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV
4.6
Meet the Press
1947 · TV
6.9
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · TV
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
8.3
The Boondocks
2005 · TV
7.3
Tavis Smiley
2004 · TV
6.9
Sinister
2012 · Movie
8.0
The Parkers
1999 · TV
5.2
American Dreams
2002 · TV
4.8
Fatherhood
2004 · TV
Filmography
2022
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.1
2018
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.7
2016
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
Movie
0.0
2012
Sinister
Movie · Anchor
6.9
2011
Fear of a Black Republican
Movie · Self
0.0
2010
Still Bill
Movie · Self
7.1
2009
Stand
Movie · Self
0.0
2005
The Boondocks
TV
8.3
2005
The Colbert Report
TV · Self
6.9
2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Movie · Self
0.0
2005
Dancing with the Stars
TV · Self - Contestant
6.1
2004
Fatherhood
TV
4.8
2004
Tavis Smiley
TV · Self - Host
7.3
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · Self
6.1
2002
American Dreams
TV · Thurgood Marshall
5.2
1999
The Parkers
TV
8.0
1996
The Daily Show
TV · Self
6.4
1996
The Daily Show
TV · Self - Guest
6.4
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV
5.4
1947
Meet the Press
TV
4.6