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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 5, 1958
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Biography
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil deGrasse Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know | Self |
| 2023 | Velma | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) |
| 2023 | UFOs: Investigating the Unknown | Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium |
| 2022 | Pantheon | Dr. Moore (voice) |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? | Self |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Contestant |
| 2019 | Retro Tech | Self - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Could You Survive The Movies? | Self |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | |
| 2017 | Talking with Chris Hardwick | Self |
| 2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Self - Voice of Coffee Maker |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self |
| 2016 | Match Game | Self - Panelist |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self - Host |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self |
| 2015 | Miles from Tomorrowland | Main Title Narration (voice) |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's Garage | Self |
| 2014 | Cosmos | Self - Host |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Planetarium Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self |
| 2013 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Waddles' Machine (voice) |
| 2012 | The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries | Self |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Self (voice) |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self |
| 2005 | NOVA scienceNOW | Host |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 2003 | MythBusters | Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) |
| 1999 | Futurama | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) |
| 1974 | NOVA | Self - Host |
| 1974 | NOVA | Self - Narrator |