Wyatt Cenac (/?wa?.?t s??næk/; born April 19, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is a former correspondent and writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, airing his last segment on December 13, 2012.
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nationality
American
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series, WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor
Movies
Jacqueline Argentine, Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn, Growing Up And Other Lies, Hits, Sleepwalk with Me, Medicine for Melancholy, Moves: The Rise And Rise Of The New Pornographers, Fanboy And Chum Chum: Brain Freeze
TV Shows
Fanboy & Chum Chum, The Daily Show
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Fact
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Had a strained professional relationship with Jon Stewart after Stewart's impersonation of presidential candidate Herman Cain on an episode of the Daily Show. Wyatt took offense to it, claiming it sounded like the character "Kingfish" from the Amos N' Andy Show, and when he confronted Stewart with his objection to the impression, Stewart became upset and stormed out of the room after berating Cenac. This led to Cenac leaving the show, but they appeared to patch things up in time for Stewart's last show as host of the Daily Show, in which Cenac made a cameo appearance.
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Wyatt Cenac was cast in the movie Medicine for Melancholy (2008) after the director, Barry Jenkins, watched him on YouTube, then tracked him down on Myspace.
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In 2009, Wyatt Cenac was a guest writer for Marvel comics.
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Wyatt has tattoos on both arms.
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Colin Quinn was a huge influence on his career. Wyatt Cenac left college for a year when he was 19 to intern at Saturday Night Live (1975). While Cenac was interning, Quinn took him under his wing and encouraged him to start comedy writing.
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