Acting credits
124
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Johnny Carson
Acting
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Movies: 87Series: 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 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 7.31
Wikidata: Q310819
Also known as
John Carson • 约翰尼·卡森 • John William Carson
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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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Johnny Carson.
6.4
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025 Movie
8.0
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
8.0
Luther: Never Too Much
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.0
Bad Hostage
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
8.2
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
7.2
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
as Self (Archive Footage)
2023 Movie
6.3
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Finster
2022 Movie
7.1
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
5.9
The Capote Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
7.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
7.1
Audrey
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020 Movie
6.8
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
6.2
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
as Himself
2020 Movie
7.6
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
10.0
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
5.9
The Front Runner
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018 Movie
8.0
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Johnny Carson.
7.0
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.5
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
6.4
There's... Johnny!
as Self (archive footage) • 7 eps
2017 Series
6.9
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Johnny Carson (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.5
Mr. President
Creator
1987 Series
7.3
Night Court
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Newhart
1 eps
1982 Series
7.6
Cheers
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Self - TV Host (uncredited) • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 2 eps
1968 Series
5.0
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Narrator • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.6
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966 Series
7.9
Get Smart
as Herald (uncredited) • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Host • 3736 eps
1962 Series
You're in the Picture
as Himself • 1 eps
1961 Series
4.7
Kraft Music Hall
as Self • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
The Dick Clark Show
as Self • 1 eps
1958 Series