James Corden

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James Corden
OBE
James Corden at 2015 PaleyFest.jpg
Corden at the 2015 PaleyFest
Born James Kimberley Corden
(1978-08-22) 22 August 1978 (age 45)
Hillingdon, London, England, UK
Education Holmer Green Upper School
Occupation Actor, writer, producer, comedian, television host
Years active 1996–present
Home town Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England
Spouse(s) Julia Carey (m. 2012)
Children 2
Comedy career
Medium Film, television, theatre
Genres Satire/political satire/news satire, observational comedy, sketch comedy
Subject(s) American politics, British politics, American culture, English culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media
Influences Graham Norton, Chris Evans, Jonathan Ross,[1] Conan O'Brien,[2] David Letterman,[3] Stephen Colbert[4]

James Kimberley Corden, OBE (born August 22, 1978)[5] is an English actor, writer, producer, comedian, television host and left-wing political activist. He currently hosts the late-night television talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS, succeeding Craig Ferguson, whose decade-long tenure on The Late Late Show ended in December 2014.[6] Corden has also presented the Sky 1 comedy panel show A League of Their Own since 2010.

Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010), for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the No.1 single "Shout", along with British grime artist Dizzee Rascal, an unofficial anthem of the England football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[7]

In 2011, he played the lead part in the comedy play One Man, Two Guvnors, which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and then to Broadway, and was also cinecast worldwide via National Theatre Live. For his performance in the Broadway run of the play, Corden won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.[8]

Early life

Corden was born in Hillingdon, Greater London, the son of Margaret and Malcolm Corden. His father was a musician in the Royal Air Force band and his mother was a social worker.[9] He grew up in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire[10] and attended Park Middle School and Holmer Green Upper School.[5] He has an older sister, Andrea Henry, and a younger sister, Ruth Corden.[11]

Career

Early career

Corden's first stage appearance was at the age of 18 with a one-line part in the 1996 musical Martin Guerre.[12] His early television work included Gareth Jones in the 1999 series Boyz Unlimited, He also starred in Tango advertisements in 1998 and had a role as a bookish student in Teachers and in 2000 a small part in an episode of Hollyoaks. Corden had guest appearances on Little Britain and Dalziel and Pascoe, both in 2004. Corden's early film credits include Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), Mike Leigh's All or Nothing (2002), Heartlands (2002), and Cruise of the Gods (2002).[13]

Rise to prominence

From 2000 through early 2005, Corden starred in the British television series Fat Friends as Jamie Rymer. He garnered a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for Network Newcomer On Screen for his work. Beginning in 2004, Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and 2006 film adaptation versions of the play.[14][15][16] Also in 2006, he appeared in the film Starter for 10.[13]

From 2007 through early 2010, Corden co-starred in his own series, the BBC Three sitcom Gavin & Stacey. He co-wrote the series with his Fat Friends co-star Ruth Jones; Corden and Jones played the two friends of the two title characters. The series proved popular and was well-received critically. For the show, Corden won Best Male Comedy Performer and Gavin & Stacey won Best New British Television Comedy at the 2007 British Comedy Awards.[17] At the 2008 Television BAFTAs, Corden won the BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance, and Gavin & Stacey won the BAFTA's Audience Award for Programme of the Year.[8][18] In December 2008 the show won Best TV Comedy in the 2008 British Comedy Awards. Gavin & Stacey also won the award for Most Popular Comedy Programme at the National Television Awards in 2010.[19]

Work outside Gavin & Stacey

During the two year, seven months run of Gavin & Stacey, Corden's professional endeavours outside the successful series proved somewhat checkered.[12] He guest hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth, with Gavin & Stacey co-star Mathew Horne, in August 2007. In 2008, he appeared in the film of Toby Young's autobiography How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. He collaborated again with Horne on a 2009 sketch show named Horne & Corden, described by the BBC as a "traditional comedy entertainment show in the style of Morecambe and Wise".[20] The show ran for only one series and was poorly received by the critics, with Corden later admitting "the absolute truth is I wasn't good enough."[21]

In 2009, Corden starred as the lead character in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers, which was not a success. That year he was in the main cast of the feature Telstar, and likewise in the animated Planet 51 along with Mathew Horne.[13][20]

In February 2009, he co-presented the BRIT Awards with Mathew Horne and Kylie Minogue.[22] On 13 March 2009, he appeared in a sketch for Comic Relief giving the England football team a motivational talk, and later presented a section with Horne showing their best bits of comedy from the previous two years along with highlights from the night.[20]

In March 2010, Corden began hosting the Sky1 comedy/sports panel show A League of Their Own alongside team captains Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp. In March 2010, he presented Sport Relief 2010 alongside Davina McCall and others, and contributed a "sequel" to the 2009 England football team sketch, this time giving a motivational talk to various sport stars including Jenson Button and David Beckham.[23]

In March 2010, Corden took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London. On 5 June 2010, he performed his England World Cup single with Dizzee Rascal on the finale of Britain's Got Talent. The proceeds from the single went to Great Ormond Street Hospital.[citation needed]

In June 2010, Corden played Craig Owens in the Doctor Who episode "The Lodger", in which the Doctor moved in with him. Corden returned as Owens in "Closing Time" in the sixth series. In December 2010, This Is JLS, an hour long Christmas special featuring the boyband and The X Factor runners up, was aired on ITV1, with Corden writing and producing some of the sketches featured in the special. In 2010 he also was in the main cast of the film Gulliver's Travels.[13]

One Man, Two Guvnors and other projects

In February 2011, Corden again presented the 2011 BRIT Awards. In March, Corden reprised his Gavin & Stacey role as Smithy in a Red Nose Day sketch for Comic Relief. The sketch included appearances by Gordon Brown, JLS, Paul McCartney and Justin Bieber. It received positive reviews from critics and was highly regarded as the best sketch of the night.[24] In 2011, he appeared in The Three Musketeers.[13]

Starting in June 2011, Corden played the lead role in the hit comedy play One Man, Two Guvnors. The play was also cinecast worldwide as part of the National Theatre Live cinecasts, and transferred from the National Theatre to the West End after touring. The show received universal critical acclaim, and won Best Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for 2011.[14][25]

The Guardian deemed it "A triumph of visual and verbal comedy. One of the funniest productions in the National's history."[26] The Daily Telegraph described it as "the feelgood hit of the Summer";[27] while The Independent called it a "massive hit",[28] and the Evening Standard "a surefire hit".[29]

Corden made a cameo appearance in the music video for the single "Mama Do the Hump" by Rizzle Kicks, released in December 2011, which reached #2 in the charts. In April 2012, One Man, Two Guvnors transferred to Broadway, with Corden continuing to play the lead. In June 2012, he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his performance.[8]

In February 2012, Corden hosted the BRIT Awards for the third time. Corden starred as the Baker in the film adaptation of the musical Into the Woods (2014).[30]

The Wrong Mans

For his next project Corden teamed with friend and fellow Gavin & Stacey star Mathew Baynton to create, write and star in The Wrong Mans, a six-part comedy-thriller for BBC Two. The premiere was on 24 September 2013.[31] The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States where it began airing in November 2013.[32]

The Late Late Show

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On 8 September 2014, CBS announced that Corden was to succeed Craig Ferguson as host of the American late-night talk show The Late Late Show on 23 March 2015.[6][33][34][35]

Personal life

Corden married Julia Carey on September 15, 2012.[36] The couple have two children: son Max (born March 22, 2011) and daughter Carey (born October 27, 2014).[37] He is a supporter of West Ham United F.C.[38]

Corden was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.[39][40] He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June.[41]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Twenty Four Seven Carl ‘Tonka’ Marsh
1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Walter
2002 All or Nothing Rory
Heartlands Shady
2005 Pierrepoint Kirky
2006 Heroes and Villains Sam
The History Boys Timms
Starter for 10 Tone
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Post Modern Review Staff #2
2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers Fletch
Telstar Clem Cattini
The Boat That Rocked Bernard Deleted scenes only
Planet 51 Soldier Vernkot (voice)
2010 Gulliver's Travels Jinks
Animals United Billy the Meerkat (voice)
2011 The Three Musketeers Planchet
2013 One Chance Paul Potts
Begin Again Steve
2014 Into the Woods The Baker
2015 Kill Your Friends Waters
The Lady in the Van Street trader Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Renford Rejects Razor #1 Episode: "Don Bruno"
1999 Boyz Unlimited Gareth 6 episodes
2000 Hollyoaks Wayne Episode: "1.524"
2000–2005 Fat Friends Jamie Rymer 20 episodes
2001 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Bran the Giant's son TV movie
2001–2003 Teachers Jeremy 9 episodes
2002 Cruise of the Gods Russell TV movie
2004 Little Britain Dewi Thomas Episode: "2.3"
Dalziel and Pascoe Ben Forsythe Episode: "The Price of Fame"
2007–2010 Gavin & Stacey Smithy 20 episodes; also creator, writer, associate producer
2009 Horne & Corden Various characters 6 episodes; also writer
The Gruffalo Mouse (voice) TV special
2010–present A League of Their Own Himself (host) 67 episodes
2010–2011 Doctor Who Craig Owens 2 episodes
2011 Little Charley Bear Narrator (voice) 22 episodes
The Gruffalo's Child Mouse (voice) TV special
2012 Stella Steven Episode: "1.10"
2013-2014 The Wrong Mans Phil Bourne 8 episodes; also creator, writer
2015 Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Narrator TV movie
2015–present The Late Late Show with James Corden Himself (host) Also writer, executive producer

Theatre

Year Title Role Location
1996 Martin Guerre (bit part) Prince Edward Theatre, West End
2004 The History Boys Timms Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London
2006 Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
St James, Wellington
Sydney Theatre, Sydney
2007 Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
2007 A Respectable Wedding Friend Young Vic, South Bank, London
2011 One Man, Two Guvnors Francis Henshall Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London
Adelphi Theatre, London
2012 Music Box Theatre, New York City

Video games

Year Title Voice
2008 Fable II Monty

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2011 "Mama Do the Hump" Rizzle Kicks

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK IRL
[42]
"Shout"
(as Shout for England with Dizzee Rascal)
2010 1 41 non-album single
"Only You"
(as Kylie Minogue featuring James Corden)
2015 - - Kylie Christmas

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2001 Royal Television Society[43] Network Newcomer – On-Screen Fat Friends Nominated
2007 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Television Comedy/Light Entertainment Gavin & Stacey Nominated
2007 British Comedy Awards[17] Best Male Comedy Newcomer Gavin & Stacey Won
2008 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Television Comedy/Light Entertainment Gavin & Stacey Won
2008 British Comedy Awards Best Television Comedy Actor Gavin & Stacey Nominated
2008 British Academy Television Awards[18] Best Comedy Performance Gavin & Stacey Won
2008 Broadcasting Press Guild Best Comedy/Entertainment Gavin & Stacey Won
2009 Broadcasting Press Guild Best Comedy/Entertainment Gavin & Stacey Nominated
2010 Television and Radio Industries Club TV Entertainment Programme Gavin & Stacey Nominated
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Play One Man, Two Guvnors Nominated
2012 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play One Man, Two Guvnors Won
2012 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor One Man, Two Guvnors Nominated
2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards Best Actor in a Play One Man, Two Guvnors Won
2012 Tony Award[44] Best Actor in a Play One Man, Two Guvnors Won
2013 Satellite Award Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Wrong Mans Nominated
2014 British Academy Television Awards[45] Best Male Comedy Performance The Wrong Mans Nominated
2014 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award[46] Best Ensemble Into the Woods Nominated
2014 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award[47] Best Cast Into the Woods Nominated
2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Award[48] Best Ensemble Into the Woods Nominated
2015 Critics' Choice Movie Award[49] Best Acting Ensemble Into the Woods Nominated
2015 Satellite Award[50] Best Cast – Motion Picture Into the Woods Won
2015 Billboard Music Award[51] Top Soundtrack Into the Woods (soundtrack) Nominated
2015 Critics' Choice Television Award[52] Best Talk Show The Late Late Show with James Corden Nominated

Published works

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