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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 5, 1958 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2024This Is Me…NowTaurus
2024The Greatest Love Story Never ToldSelf
2024Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-IkoneSelf
2024Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space EconomySelf
2024Grave ConversationsSelf
2023Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeSelf
2023VelmaNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
2023UFOs: Investigating the UnknownSelf - Director, Hayden Planetarium
2022Carbon: The Unauthorised BiographySelf
2022PantheonDr. Moore (voice)
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Self
2022Celebrity Jeopardy!Self
2021Woman in MotionSelf
2021This Is PopSelf (archive footage)
2021Celebrity Wheel of FortuneSelf - Contestant
2020Cosmos: Mundos Posibles
2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
2019Retro TechSelf - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019Could You Survive The Movies?Self
2018The Last Sharknado: It's About TimeMerlin
2018MARS: Inside SpaceXSelf
2018Black Hole ApocalypseSelf
2018Turning PointSelf
2018Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2017Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer SimpsonSelf
2017Food EvolutionNarrator
2017Logic's Everybody DocumentarySelf
2017The Mars GenerationSelf
2017The Truth Is in the StarsSelf
2017Bill Nye: Science GuySelf
2017The BoundaryNeil deGrasse Tyson
2017Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?Self
2017Future '38Neil deGrasse Tyson
2017Talking with Chris HardwickSelf
2017Bill Nye Saves the WorldSelf - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice)
2016Ice Age: Collision CourseNeil deBuck Weasel (voice)
2016Zoolander 2Neil deGrasse Tyson
2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeNeil deGrasse Tyson
2016For the Love of SpockSelf
2016Scrat: Spaced OutNarrator
2016Fight For SpaceSelf
2016The Atheist DelusionSelf (archive footage)
2016Lazer TeamSelf
2016ChelseaSelf
2016Match GameSelf - Panelist
2015Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelf
2015Hubble's Cosmic JourneyNarrator (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf - Host
2015Hot OnesSelf
2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
2015Miles from TomorrowlandMain Title Narration (voice)
2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
2014CosmosSelf - Host
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014BoJack HorsemanPlanetarium Narrator (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf - Guest
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
2010Regular ShowSelf (voice)
2009400 Years of the TelescopeNarrator (voice)
2009How Life BeganSelf
2008EinsteinNeil deGrasse Tyson
2008Q&ASelf - Panellist
2007The Big Bang TheoryNeil deGrasse Tyson
2006Last Days on EarthSelf
2006Nova: Monster Of The Milky WaySelf
2005The Colbert ReportSelf
2005NOVA scienceNOWHost
2005The Colbert ReportSelf (uncredited)
2004OriginsNarrator
2004Stargate AtlantisNeil deGrasse Tyson
2003MythBustersSelf
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2002Unfolding UniverseSelf
1999Family GuyNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1999FuturamaNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1997The ViewSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1989The SimpsonsNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1974NOVASelf - Host
1974NOVASelf - Narrator
-MiP: The Journey Across the UniverseNeil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
-GracieSelf
-Neil deGrasse Tyson - Conspiracy Theories & SkepticismSelf
Production
2023Shot in the ArmExecutive Producer