Acting credits
126
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Johnny Carson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 89Series: 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 - 2026
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Johnny Carson.
as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • Movie
as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023 • Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022 • Movie
Finster
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 • Movie
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Audrey
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 • Movie
as Himself
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Front Runner
2018 • Movie
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Johnny Carson.
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Soccer's American Dream
2026 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
The Sounds of Baseball
2020 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 7 eps
There's... Johnny!
2017 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
The Nineties
2017 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
The Seventies
2015 • Series
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 • Series
as Johnny Carson (voice) • 1 eps
The Simpsons
1989 • Series
Creator
Mr. President
1987 • Series
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
Night Court
1984 • Series
1 eps
Newhart
1982 • Series
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
Cheers
1982 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 • Series
as Johnny Carson • 1 eps
Here's Lucy
1968 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 • Series
as Narrator • 1 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 • Series
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966 • Series
as Herald (uncredited) • 1 eps
Get Smart
1965 • Series
as Self - Host • 3765 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
You're in the Picture
1961 • Series
as Self - Host • 3 eps
Kraft Music Hall
1958 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Dick Clark Show
1958 • Series