Trevor Noah

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Trevor Noah (2017)

Trevor Noah (born February 20, 1984 in Johannesburg ) is a South African cabaret artist , TV and radio presenter and actor . Since September 2015 he has been the presenter of the American The Daily Show on Comedy Central as the successor to Jon Stewart .

life and career

Trevor Noah was born in 1984 in Johannesburg as the son of Patricia Nombuyiselo, a South African Xhosa , and Robert Noah, an immigrant German-Swiss . His parents' relationship was forbidden because of the apartheid laws in force at the time . Noah's mother was arrested and his father moved back to Switzerland. As an illegally born child, he lived with his grandmother in Orlando , a township in Soweto , for the first few years . After apartheid was abolished, his mother took him to Johannesburg. In January 1990 he started school at Maryvale Catholic Primary School .

Noah began his career in 2002 as an actor on the South African soap opera Isidingo . He later worked as a radio and TV presenter with his own late night show until he focused on his work as a comedian . The main themes in Noah's comedy appearances were his childhood experiences, life in the township and his intercultural experiences.

In 2011 Noah moved to the United States . This was followed by his first appearances on US television: 2012 in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and 2013 in The Late Show with David Letterman . Noah was the first South African stand-up comedian to appear in the two US late-night formats . As of late 2014, he worked as the Daily Show's recurring correspondent with Jon Stewart . Since September 2015 he has hosted this show as Stewart's successor under the name The Daily Show with Trevor Noah .

Noah speaks seven languages: English , Afrikaans , Zulu , Xhosa , Tswana , Tsonga and German .

Awards

In 2017 Trevor Noah received an MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Host and an Emmy for The Daily Show . His autobiography Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2017 .

Publications

Audio books

  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (author reading), Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, ISBN 978-1531865047

Web links

Commons : Trevor Noah  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tim Walker: Trevor Noah: All the way from Soweto to the very biggest gig in comedy. In: The Independent . April 3, 2015, accessed January 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Sven Behrisch: Hoi tame! The new Jon Stewart is half Swiss. In: The magazine. 37/2015, September 12, 2015, pp. 10-19.
  3. ↑ Julia Panknin: Trevor Noah becomes "The Daily Show" presenter. In: 20 minutes. March 30, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Loyiso Sidimba: Trevor Noah 'fled' to Hollywood. In: channel24. March 11, 2012, accessed August 11, 2015 .
  5. ^ Decca Aitkenhead: The Daily Show's Trevor Noah: 'I am extremely political'. In: theguardian.com. November 1, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 .
  6. ^ Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. In: BBC News. March 31, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Nina Rehfeld: FAZ: But he shoots sharply. October 29, 2015, accessed December 27, 2015 .
  8. ^ The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central , May 26, 2016, accessed February 15, 2017 (English, YouTube channel ).
  9. ↑ channel24: 5 things Americans need to know about Trevor Noah! Retrieved August 11, 2015 .
  10. ^ Joyce Hackel: Trevor Noah gets personal. In: PRI's The World. Public Radio International , November 15, 2016, accessed February 15, 2017 .
  11. ↑ 69th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. In: outstanding short form variety series. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences , 2017, accessed September 16, 2017 ( link to video ).
personal data
SURNAME Noah, Trevor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African comedian, TV and radio host, actor and author
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg