Person
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Acting · Born 1958-10-05 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Family Guy
Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Stargate Atlantis
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Regular Show
Self (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Filmography
- 2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of HappinessSelf
- 2024Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space EconomySelf
- 2024Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-IkoneSelf
- 2024Grave ConversationsSelf
- 2024The Greatest Love Story Never ToldSelf
- 2024This Is Me…NowTaurus
- 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeSelf
- 2023UFOs: Investigating the UnknownSelf - Director, Hayden Planetarium
- 2023VelmaNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2023Shot in the ArmExecutive Producer
- 2022Celebrity Jeopardy!Self - Contestant
- 2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Self
- 2022SherriSelf - Guest
- 2022PantheonDr. Moore (voice)
- 2022Carbon: The Unauthorised BiographySelf
- 2021Last MealsSelf
- 2021This Is PopSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Woman in MotionSelf
- 2021Celebrity Wheel of FortuneSelf - Contestant
- 2019Retro TechSelf - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author
- 2019Could You Survive The Movies?Self
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2018MARS: Inside SpaceXSelf
- 2018The Last Sharknado: It's About TimeMerlin
- 2018Firing Line with Margaret HooverSelf
- 2018Turning PointSelf
- 2018Black Hole ApocalypseSelf
- 2017Future '38Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2017Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer SimpsonSelf
- 2017Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?Self
- 2017Food EvolutionNarrator
- 2017Logic's Everybody DocumentarySelf
- 2017The Truth Is in the StarsSelf
- 2017Bill Nye Saves the WorldSelf - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice)
- 2017Bill Nye: Science GuySelf
- 2017Talking with Chris HardwickSelf
- 2017The BoundaryNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2017The Mars GenerationSelf
- 2016Fight For SpaceSelf
- 2016Scrat: Spaced OutNarrator
- 2016The Atheist DelusionSelf (archive footage)
- 2016For the Love of SpockSelf
- 2016Match GameSelf - Panelist
- 2016Ice Age: Collision CourseNeil deBuck Weasel (voice)
- 2016ChelseaSelf
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2016Zoolander 2Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2016Lazer TeamSelf
- 2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
- 2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf - Host
- 2015Hubble's Cosmic JourneyNarrator (voice)
- 2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
- 2015Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelf
- 2015Hot OnesSelf
- 2015Miles from TomorrowlandMain Title Narration (voice)
- 2014BoJack HorsemanPlanetarium Narrator (voice)
- 2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf - Guest
- 2014CosmosSelf - Host
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
- 2013Dark UniverseSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2013@midnight with Chris HardwickSelf - Guest
- 2013Brooklyn Nine-NineNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2012The Reality of MeSelf
- 2012Gravity FallsWaddles' Machine (voice)
- 2012The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved MysteriesSelf
- 2011Where Did We Come From?Self
- 2010Epic Rap Battles of HistoryCharacters
- 2010Regular ShowSelf (voice)
- 2009How Life BeganSelf
- 2009400 Years of the TelescopeNarrator (voice)
- 2008Q&ASelf - Panellist
- 2008EinsteinNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2007The Big Bang TheoryNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2006Nova: Monster Of The Milky WaySelf
- 2006Last Days on EarthSelf
- 2005The Colbert ReportSelf
- 2005NOVA scienceNOWHost
- 2004OriginsNarrator
- 2004Stargate AtlantisNeil deGrasse Tyson
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2003MythBustersSelf
- 2002Unfolding UniverseSelf
- 1999FuturamaNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 1999Family GuyNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
- 1989The SimpsonsNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 1974NOVASelf - Host
- —MiP: The Journey Across the UniverseNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- —GracieSelf
- —Neil deGrasse Tyson - Conspiracy Theories & SkepticismSelf
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