James Corden is an Emmy Award-winning host, writer, and producer; a Tony Award Winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor; and a multiple BAFTA Award winner.
Corden will next be seen starring in the Amazon Original series Mammals from Jez Butterworth, opposite Sally Hawkins, for which he also serves as executive producer. The series will be released globally by Prime Video on November 11th, 2022 and will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 7th.
Corden hosts The Late Late Show, which premiered on CBS in March 2015. The show has garnered Corden four Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Variety Special - Pre-Recorded" for Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met Mccartney Live From Liverpool
James Corden is an Emmy Award-winning host, writer, and producer; a Tony Award Winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor; and a multiple BAFTA Award winner.
Corden will next be seen starring in the Amazon Original series Mammals from Jez Butterworth, opposite Sally Hawkins, for which he also serves as executive producer. The series will be released globally by Prime Video on November 11th, 2022 and will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 7th.
Corden hosts The Late Late Show, which premiered on CBS in March 2015. The show has garnered Corden four Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Variety Special - Pre-Recorded" for Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met Mccartney Live From Liverpool (2019), "Outstanding Interactive Program" (2016), and "Outstanding Variety Special" for The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special (2016 and 2017). The Late Late Show has been nominated for seventeen additional Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Variety Talk Series" in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2019, Corden was the most Emmy-nominated performer/producer/writer, totaling seven nominations. The Late Late Show also received four consecutive Critics Choice Award nominations for "Best Talk Show," winning in 2016 and 2020, and a Writers Guild Award nomination for "Comedy/Variety Talk Series" in 2019. The Late Late Show has set YouTube records with over 10 billion views and has achieved the highest ratings with any host since the show's inception. The Late Late Show channel has a subscriber base of over 27 million. It holds the top 3 most watched Late Night videos on YouTube with Adele Carpool Karaoke (255 million), One Direction Carpool Karaoke (191 million) and Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke (157 million).
Corden is the co-creator and executive producer of Carpool Karaoke: The Series for Apple TV+. The series won four consecutive Emmy Awards in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 for "Outstanding Short Form Variety Series" with a nomination in 2022; won the Producers Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Short-Form Program" in 2020 and 2022 with nominations in 2018 and 2019; won the 2020 Critics' Choice Real TV Award for "Best Short Form Series;" and was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award in 2022 for "Best Short Form Live-Action Series." Additionally, he served as executive producer of Drop The Mic, which aired on TBS.
Corden hosted The 70th Annual Tony Awards in 2016, which drew 8.7 million viewers, the highest viewership in 15 years and garnered him the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Program." He also hosted The 73rd Annual Tony Awards in 2018 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety Special (Live)." Additionally, Corden hosted the 59th and 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017 and 2018, respectively and received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Variety Special (Live)" in 2018. Corden also starred in James Corden's Next James Corden on Snapchat and won two Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series" and "Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series" in 2018. And in 2019, he received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program" for The World's Best.
Corden is well known for starring as Smithy in the critically acclaimed BBC comedy series Gavin And Stacey, which he co-created and co-wrote with Ruth Jones. For this role, he won the BAFTA Television Award for "Best Male Comedy Performance" in 2008 and the British Comedy Award for "Best Male Comedy Performer" in 2007. The series received the British Comedy Award for "Best TV Comedy" in 2008 and the National Television Award for "Most Popular Comedy Program" in 2010. In 2019, Corden co-wrote and starred in the Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special, which premiered on Christmas Day and was watched by 11.6 million people. It broke the show's viewership records making it the highest-watched holiday special in over a decade and garnering him the 2020 BAFTA TV Award for "Must See Moment."
In the UK, Corden hosted the BAFTA Award-winning UK sports-themed comedy game show, A League Of Their Own. Additionally, he starred in, produced, and wrote the BAFTA-nominated comedy thriller The Wrong Mans for the BBC and was awarded the Royal Television Society Award for "Comedy Writer of the Year" in 2013. Other notable roles in the UK include Fat Friends, from 2000 to 2005, garnering him a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for "Network Newcomer On Screen" and a recurring role in the popular BBC science fiction series Doctor Who as Craig Owens, the Doctor's roommate.
Corden served as host for the Brit Awards, the biggest event in the British music industry, from 2010 to 2014. Throughout his career, Corden has been awarded the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for "Comedy Writer of the Year;" the South Bank Show Award for Comedy; the TRIC Award for "Best Comedy;" the National Television Award for "Best Comedy;" and the 2015 BAFTA Britannia Award for "British Artist of the Year."
On stage, Corden starred in the acclaimed comedic play One Man, Two Guvnors, which he first performed at The National Theatre in London and then on Broadway. His performance garnered him the 2012 Tony Award for "Best Leading Actor in a Play." He is also well known for playing Timms in Nick Hytner's The History Boys on Broadway and his 2016 feature film adaptation.
In film, Corden starred in Ryan Murphy's The Prom opposite Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman and received a 2021 Golden Globe nomination for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy." The film was nominated for the 2021 Golden Globe for "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy" and the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Film – Wide Release."
Corden lent his voice to the title character in Peter Rabbit 2, which was released in theaters on June 11, 2021. He reprised his role from Peter Rabbit, which made over $350 million, and co-stars Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, and Margot Robbie. Additionally, he was seen in the live-action musical Cinderella, which he co-wrote and produced. The film stars Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, and Idina Menzel; and was launched exclusively around the world in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video in September 2021.
Corden's other film credits include Ben Falcone's Superintelligence opposite Melissa McCarthy, Gary Ross' Oceans 8 alongside Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, and Awkafina; Rob Marshall's Golden Globe-nominated feature, Into The Woods opposite Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt; John Carney's Begin Again with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; The Three Musketeers with Orlando Bloom; Gulliver's Travels with Jack Black and Jason Segel; How To Lose Friends And Alienate People with Jeff Bridges; Trolls and Trolls World Tour opposite Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick – the former grossing over $346 million and the latter breaking digital records, earning over $100 million in movie rentals as well as a 2021 Annie Award nomination for "Best Animated Series;" and he voiced a role in Smallfoot with Zendaya and Channing Tatum.
In 2015, Corden received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to drama at Buckingham Palace.
