Larry Wilmore
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Larry Wilmore (b. 1962) is an African-American television producer, writer, comedian, and actor.
He has been working in television for nearly thirty years, primarily as a writer. He has written for Into the Night with Rick Dees, In Living Color, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The PJs (which he co-created), The Bernie Mac Show (which he created) and The Office, the latter of which he appeared in two episodes, "Diversity Day" and "Gay Witch Hunt". He also wrote the episode "Performance Review". He has also made appearances on such television series as The Facts of Life and Sister, Sister.
In March 2006, Hollywood Reporter reported Wilmore landed his first major on-camera role, co-starring in an untitled comedy pilot with Christine Baranski and Ed O'Neill.[1] The pilot wasn't picked up for series.
For the 2007/2008 season, ABC hired Wilmore to develop a half hour pilot for comedian Cedric The Entertainer but the script wasn't well received and the project was abandoned.
As of August 22, 2006, he is serving as the "Senior Black Correspondent" (briefly being the "Black Correspondent") on The Daily Show.
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In 2002, Wilmore won an Emmy in the category Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on the pilot of The Bernie Mac Show.
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Current: Dan Bakkedahl • Samantha Bee • Jason Jones • John Oliver • Rob Riggle • Lewis Black • John Hodgman • Aasif Mandvi • Demetri Martin • Larry Wilmore
Notable Former: Dave Attell • A. Whitney Brown • Steve Carell • Stephen Colbert • Rob Corddry • Vance DeGeneres • Dave Gorman • Ed Helms • Craig Kilborn • Beth Littleford • Mo Rocca • Nancy Walls
