Name
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-10-05 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil deGrasse Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.011
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidabl...
4.926
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out fr...
7.356
The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almo...
7.533
The inside story of SpaceX's plan to get humanity to Mars, providing an unprecedented glim...
5.383
An intimate, fantastical and narrative-driven reflection of Jennifer Lopez's journey of se...
5.47
Four losers are thrust into the position of saving the world when they stumble upon a UFO ...
7.2
Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character...
6.778
William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the o...
- 2017 Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Self
- 2006 Last Days on Earth as Self
- 2024 MiP: The Journey Across the Universe as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2009 400 Years of the Telescope as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 The Reality of Me as Self
- 2023 Albert Brooks: Defending My Life as Self
- 2022 Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography as Self
- 2019 Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2009 How Life Began as Self
- 2015 Hot Sugar's Cold World as Self
- 2024 This Is Me…Now as Taurus
- Soon Gracie as Self
- 2024 The Greatest Love Story Never Told as Self
- 2016 Ice Age: Collision Course as Neil deBuck Weasel (voice)
- 2016 Zoolander 2 as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2024 Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self
- 2016 For the Love of Spock as Self
- 2016 Scrat: Spaced Out as Narrator
- 2017 Food Evolution as Narrator
- 2016 Fight For Space as Self
- 2008 Einstein as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2017 Logic's Everybody Documentary as Self
- 2017 The Mars Generation as Self
- 2016 The Atheist Delusion as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 The Truth Is in the Stars as Self
- 2017 Bill Nye: Science Guy as Self
- 2002 Unfolding Universe as Self
- 2006 Nova: Monster Of The Milky Way as Self
- Soon Neil deGrasse Tyson - Conspiracy Theories & Skepticism as Self
- 2018 The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Merlin
- 2018 MARS: Inside SpaceX as Self
- 2013 Dark Universe as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 The Boundary as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2015 Hubble's Cosmic Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? as Self
- 2016 Lazer Team as Self
- 2018 Black Hole Apocalypse as Self
- 2021 Woman in Motion as Self
- 2024 Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy as Self
- 2018 Turning Point as Self
- 2017 Future '38 as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2011 Where Did We Come From? as Self
- 2004 Origins as Narrator
- 2026 Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
- 2026 FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY as Himself
- 2024 13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses
- 2015 The Simulation Hypothesis as Self
- 2005 The Colbert Report ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 11 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 Retro Tech ( 1 episode ) as Self - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author
- 2021 This Is Pop ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 Cosmos ( 26 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1974 NOVA ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1974 NOVA ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson ( 76 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2012 Gravity Falls ( 1 episode ) as Waddles' Machine (voice)
- 2017 Talking with Chris Hardwick ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Chelsea ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 Pantheon ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Moore (voice)
- 2007 The Big Bang Theory ( 2 episodes ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2003 MythBusters ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Sherri ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2013 @midnight with Chris Hardwick ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2016 Match Game ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Celebrity Family Feud ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 NOVA scienceNOW ( 29 episodes ) as Host
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as Self (voice)
- 2004 Stargate Atlantis ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2015 Miles from Tomorrowland ( 39 episodes ) as Main Title Narration (voice)
- 2023 Velma ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2008 Q&A ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 14 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Jay Leno's Garage ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 BoJack Horseman ( 1 episode ) as Planetarium Narrator (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2019 Could You Survive the Movies? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Family Guy ( 2 episodes ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 2017 Bill Nye Saves the World ( 1 episode ) as Self - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice)
- 2018 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 UFOs: Investigating the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium
- 2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1999 Futurama ( 1 episode ) as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2022 Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2005 The Colbert Report ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 2024 Grave Conversations ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Last Meals ( 1 episode ) as Self
