Person

Jay Leno

Acting · Born 1950-04-28 · New Rochelle, New York, USA

Biography

James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992 to 2009.

Known for

Filmography

2026Come What May
2025Hollywood SquaresSelf
2025Shifting GearsJay Leno
2025Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, ActionSelf - Host, 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' (archive footage)
2024Midas ManEd Sullivan
2023Girl You Know It's TrueJay Leno (archive footage)
2023ArnoldSelf
2023The Many Faces of Jim CarreySelf (Archive Footage)
2022Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)Self
2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Self
2022Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent StorySelf
2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden GirlSelf
2022Betty White: A CelebrationSelf
2021Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes AroundSelf
2021Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of HousesSelf
2021Bug TherapyFly (voice)
2021The Eyes of Tammy FayeSelf (archive Footage)
2021You Bet Your Life with Jay LenoHost
2021Untold: Deal with the DevilSelf (archive footage)
2021Hart to HeartSelf
2021Rulon Gardner Won't Die
2020Des O'Connor: The Ultimate EntertainerSelf
2020The Comedy StoreSelf
2020VOMO: Vote or Miss OutSelf
2020You Cannot Kill David ArquetteSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020The New York Times PresentsSelf (archive footage)
2020Celebrity IOUSelf
2020Skrrt with OffsetHimself
2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure AwaitsSelf
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest Host
2019Lights Out with David SpadeSelf - Panelist
2019Peyton's PlacesSelf
2019Jeff Dunham: Talking HeadsSelf
2019Biography: Comedy IconsSelf
2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars CelebrateSelf
2019Drive Like AndrettiSelf
2019Luke Perry: In His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
2018The Kominsky MethodSelf
2018The Steve Irwin StorySelf (archive footage)
2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
2018The Indian Wrecking CrewNarrator
2018The Zen Diaries of Garry ShandlingSelf
2018Dirty MoneySelf (archive footage)
2017I Am Sam KinisonSelf
2017A Very Pentatonix ChristmasSelf
2017Jerry Before SeinfeldSelf
2017SteveSelf
2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf
2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)
2017Dumb: The Story of Big Brother MagazineSelf (archive footage)
2017GilbertSelf
2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial
2017Diamond Dallas Page: Positively LivingSelf
2017Mickey and the Roadster RacersBilly Beagle (voice)
2016Bleed for ThisHimself (uncredited)
2016Ask the Storybots
2016First ImpressionsHimself
2016Join or Die with Craig FergusonSelf
2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf - Host
2015The MuppetsSelf
2015Ted 2Jay Leno
2015Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanSelf
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf
2015Lip Sync BattleSelf
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf
2014Elf: Buddy's Musical ChristmasFake Santa #1 (voice)
2014The 7DCrystal Ball (voice)
2014Phineas and Ferb Save SummerColonel Contraction (voice)
2014Good Morning BritainSelf
2014Glen Campbell: I'll Be MeSelf
2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic StripSelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2013Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music TaleSelf
2013Delivery ManSelf
2013The Arsenio Hall ShowSelf
20121600 PennJay Leno
2012Blake Shelton's Not So Family ChristmasSelf
2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf
2012Vanilla Ice ArchiveSelf (archive footage)
2012Johnny Carson: King of Late NightSelf
2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf
2011The Fairly OddParents: Timmy's Secret WishCrimson Chin (voice)
2011Last Man StandingJoe
2011The UndefeatedSelf - on The Tonight Show (archive footage)
2011Boys of BonnevilleSelf
2011Justin Bieber: Never Say NeverSelf (archive footage)
2011EpisodesJay Leno
2010Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
2010Katt Williams: 9 LivesSelf
2010I'm Still HereJay Leno (uncredited)
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)
2010Exit Through the Gift ShopSelf (uncredited)
2010Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam KinisonSelf
2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf - Host
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009Annul VictorySelf
2009Love the BeastSelf
2008Top Gear AustraliaSelf
2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin KingJack O'Lantern (voice)
2008His Highness HollywoodSelf
2008IgorKing Malbert (voice)
2008Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. HareMurray Hare (voice)
2008The Great Buck HowardHimself
2007Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsSelf
2007Christmas Is Here AgainThe Narrator (voice)
2007Keeping Up with the KardashiansSelf
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf
2007Phineas and FerbColonel Contraction (voice)
2007UnderdogJay Leno
2007Chelsea Lately
2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70sSelf (archive footage)
2007The Astronaut FarmerHimself
2006Carson CountryWriter
2006Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!Nega-Chin (voice)
2006AKA Tommy ChongHimself
2006CarsJay Limo (voice)
2006Ice Age: The MeltdownFast Tony (voice)
2006Hannah MontanaJay Leno
2006Tales of the Rat FinkFlamethrower (voice)
2005Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N OutSelf
2005RobotsFire Hydrant (voice)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2005Harley-Davidson: The Spirit of AmericaSelf
2004First DaughterJay Leno
2004JoeyJay Leno
2004EntourageJay Leno
2004The Ashlee Simpson Show
2004Mr. 3000Self
2004Overhaulin'The Insider
2003Stuck on YouJay Leno
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Calendar GirlsHimself
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.Self
2002Top GearSelf
2002The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002ComedianSelf
2002Pet StarSelf - Judge
2002The Anna Nicole Show
2002Juwanna MannHimself
2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2002The OsbournesSelf
2002John QJay Leno
2002Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
2002Mr. Bill Goes Hollywood
2001The Bernie Mac ShowJay Leno
2001ScrubsJay Leno
200150 Years of NBC Late NightSelf (archive footage)
2001The Fairly OddParentsThe Crimson Chin (voice)
2000DAGJay Leno (uncredited)
2000BattleBotsJay Leno
2000Space CowboysJay Leno
2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2000TitusJay Leno
1999Y2KSelf (uncredited)
1999The West WingJay Leno
1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf
1999Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?Self
1999EDtvJay Leno
1999Family GuyJay Leno (voice)
1999DilbertJay Leno (voice)
1999ProvidenceLucky the Dog (voice)
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf
1998Totally Bill HicksSelf
1998V.I.P.Jay Leno
1998Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last TimeSelf
1998WCW Road Wild 1998Jay Leno
1998Jackie Chan: My StoryThanks
1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sSelf
1998The Entertainment BizSelf
1997Wag the DogJay Leno
1997Mad CityJay Leno
1997Veronica's ClosetJay Leno
1997In & OutJay Leno
1997South ParkJay Leno (voice)
1997The ViewSelf
1997ContactJay Leno
1997Just Shoot Me!Jay Leno
1997Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday ToastSelf
1997Meet Wally SparksJay Leno
1996Love in HollywoodSelf
1996The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)
1996Muppets TonightSelf
1996The BirdcageJay Leno (uncredited)
19963rd Rock from the SunJay Leno (uncredited)
1995Sinatra: 80 Years My WaySelf - Presenter
1995Caroline in the CitySelf
1995The Drew Carey ShowLewis' Boss
1995The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short ShowSelf (uncredited)
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildJay Frog (voice)
1994FriendsJay Leno (uncredited)
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994Bill Hicks: It's Just a RideSelf
1994The FlintstonesBedrock's Most Wanted Host
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
1994Major League IISelf
1994Look Who's LaughingHimself
1994Day of ReckoningSelf
1994Top Slots - Spotting the BestMagazine Cameo
1993Wayne's World 2Himself
1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryVorb (voice)
1993The NannyJay Leno
1993FrasierDon (voice)
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993DaveJay Leno
1993Homicide: Life on the Street
1992Mad About YouJay Leno
1992The Larry Sanders ShowJay Leno
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Host
1991The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay LenoSelf / Host
1991Home ImprovementJay
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirJay Leno
1990WingsJay Leno
1989The SimpsonsJay Leno (voice)
1989SeinfeldJay Leno
1989Collision CourseDetective Tony Costas
1989Clive James' Postcard fromSelf
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf
1987Jay Leno's Family Comedy HourSelf
1986The Jay Leno Specialself
1986Disneyland's Summer Vacation PartySelf
1986Jay Leno: The American DreamHimself
1986Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceSelf
1982Madame's PlaceSelf
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1979AmericathonLarry Miller (Poopy Butt)
1978Almost Heaven
1978American Hot WaxMookie
1977Playboy's Playmate Party
1977Silver BearsAlbert Fiore
1977Fun with Dick and JaneCarpenter (uncredited)
1976Alice
1976Laverne & Shirley
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1974Good Times
196860 MinutesSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf

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