Roy Wood Jr.

Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, and a Writers Guild of America West–nominated writer. He served for eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning "The Daily Show" (2015-2023). In 2023, Wood guest hosted "The Daily Show" and headlined the "White House Correspondents' Dinner" to its highest ratings since 2017. Wood's fourth stand-up special, "Lonely Flowers," is now streaming on Hulu.

Wood is the host of CNN’s "Have I Got News for You," an American adaptation of a long-running UK comedy series that premiered in September 2024 and returned for a second season in February 2025. Wood will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming comedy "Outcome" and will next be seen in the Sundance film "Love, Brooklyn." He recently partnered with Crown Publishing to pen a memoir, "The Man of Many Fathers," which will be released in Fall 2025.

Wood co-starred alongside Jon Hamm in Paramount Pictures' "Fletch" remake, "Confess, Fletch" (2022), and had guest appearances in "Only Murders in the Building," "Better Call Saul," and "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."