Acting credits
129
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Johnny Carson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 92Series: 38Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 141028
IMDb ID: nm0001992
Known for: Acting
Born: October 23, 1925
Died: January 23, 2005
Age: 79
Place of birth: Corning, Iowa, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2027
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 7.31
Wikidata: Q310819
Also known as
John Carson • 约翰尼·卡森 • John William Carson
Other jobs
Creator (2)Writer (2)
Biography
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Movies
Movie credits linked with Johnny Carson.
Jul 16, 2027
Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff
as Self (archive footage)
2027 Movie
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
2025 Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Luther: Never Too Much
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Bad Hostage
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
as Self (Archive Footage)
2023 Movie
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Finster
2022 Movie
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
The Capote Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Audrey
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020 Movie
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
as Himself
2020 Movie
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
The Front Runner
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Johnny Carson.
Soccer's American Dream
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2025 Series
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Sounds of Baseball
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
2020 Series
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
There's... Johnny!
as Self (archive footage) • 7 eps
2017 Series
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2015 Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
The Simpsons
as Johnny Carson (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
Mr. President
Creator
1987 Series
Night Court
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1984 Series
Newhart
1982 Series
Cheers
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1982 Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
Here's Lucy
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1968 Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 2 eps
1968 Series
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Narrator • 1 eps
1967 Series
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966 Series
Get Smart
as Herald (uncredited) • 1 eps
1965 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Host • 3777 eps
1962 Series
You're in the Picture
as Himself • 1 eps
1961 Series
Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Host • 3 eps
1958 Series
The Dick Clark Show
as Self • 1 eps
1958 Series