Jay Leno Movies and Tv Shows, Age, Burns, Chin, Wiki

James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, writer, and actor. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2009.

Beginning in September 2009, he started a primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET, also on NBC. Prior to the premiere of Leno’s prime-time show, O’Brien’s ratings as the new Tonight Show host had already suffered a decline, however.

When O’Brien turned down NBC’s offer to have Leno host a half-hour monologue show before The Tonight Show to boost ratings amid reported viewership diminishing, Leno returned to host the show on March 1, 2010.

He hosted his last episode of this second tenure on February 6, 2014. That year, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Since 2014, he has hosted Jay Leno’s Garage, and the 2021 revival of You Bet Your Life.

Jay Leno Movies and Tv Shows

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1977	Fun with Dick and Jane	Carpenter	Uncredited
1978	Almost Heaven	Danny	TV movie
	Silver Bears	Albert Fiore
	American Hot Wax	Mookie
1979	Americathon	Larry Miller
1981	Polyester	Journalist on TV News	Uncredited
1983	What’s Up, Hideous Sun Demon	Ishmael Pivnik	Voice
1989	Collision Course	Detective Tony Costas	Filmed in 1989, released in 1992
1993	Loaded Weapon 1	Everett
	Dave	Himself
	We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story	Vorb	Voice
	Wayne’s World 2	Himself
1994	The Flintstones	Bedrock’s Most Wanted Host
	Major League II	Himself
1996	The Birdcage	Himself	Uncredited
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Himself
	Contact	Himself
	In & Out	Himself
	Mad City	Himself
	Wag the Dog	Himself
	Just Write	Himself	Uncredited
1998	The Emperor’s New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale	The Moth	Voice
1999	EDtv	Himself
2000	Space Cowboys	Himself
2002	John Q	Himself
	Juwanna Mann	Himself
2003	Stuck on You	Himself
	Calendar Girls	Himself
2004	Mr. 3000	Himself
	First Daughter	Himself
2005	Robots	Fire Hydrant	Voice; cameo
2006	Tales of the Rat Fink	Himself	Voice
	Cars	Jay Limo	Voice; cameo
	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fast Tony	Voice
	The Astronaut Farmer	Himself
2007	Christmas Is Here Again	Narrator	Voice
	Underdog	Himself
2008	Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King	Jack O’Lantern	Voice
	The Great Buck Howard	Himself
	Igor	King Malbert	Voice
	Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare	Murray Hare	Voice
2010	I’m Still Here	Himself
2013	Delivery Man	Himself
2014	Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas	Fake Santa #1	Voice, television film
	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Himself	Episode: “Comedy Is a Concealed Weapon”
2015	Ted 2	Himself
2017	Gilbert	Himself	Documentary
2022	Midas Man	Ed Sullivan

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1976	Good Times	The Young Man	Episode: “J.J. in Trouble”
	Holmes & Yo-Yo	Gas Station Attendant	Episode: “Pilot”
1979	One Day at a Time	Bernard Shapiro	Episode: “Going Nowhere”
1979–83	Laverne & Shirley	Bobby Bitts, Joey Mitchell	2 episodes
1981	Alice	Bones	Episode: “The Wild One”
1986	Jay Leno and the American Dream	Himself	Stand-up special
	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: “Jay Leno/The Neville Brothers”
1988	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode: “20.15”
1990	42nd Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself (co-host)	TV special
1992–2009, 2010-2014	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Himself (host)	4,610 episodes; also writer, executive producer
1993	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: “Performance Artist”
	Frasier	Don	Voice; episode: “Oops”
1994	The Sinbad Show	Himself	2 episodes
1994–95	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Himself	2 episodes
1995, 1999	Home Improvement	Himself	2 episodes
1995	Mad About You	Himself	Episode: “Just My Dog”
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Jay Frog	Voice; episode: “The Frog Prince”
	JAG	Himself	2 episodes
	Friends	Himself	Episode: “The One with Mrs. Bing”
1996	Seinfeld	Himself	Episode: “The Shower Head”
	Homicide: Life on the Street	Himself	Episode: “Sniper: Part 1”
	Wings	Himself	Episode: “The Team Player”
	Ellen	Himself	Episode: “Go Girlz”
	The Nanny	Himself	Episode: “The Taxman Cometh”
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Himself	Episode: “Dick Jokes”
1997	Caroline in the City	Himself	Episode: “Caroline and the Bad Trip”
	Muppets Tonight	Himself	Episode: “The Cameo Show”
	Baywatch	Himself	Episode: “Talk Show”
	Veronica’s Closet	Himself	Episode: “Pilot”
1997–2002	Just Shoot Me!	Himself	2 episodes
1998, 2016	The Simpsons	Himself	Voice; 2 episodes
1998, 1999	V.I.P.	Himself	2 episodes
1999	South Park	Mr. Kitty	Voice; episode: “Cartman’s Mom Is a Dirty Slut”
	Providence	Lucky the Dog	Voice; episode: “Blind Faith”
2000	Dilbert	Himself	Voice; episode: “The Delivery”
	The Drew Carey Show	Lewis’ Boss	Episode: “Drew Live II”
	DAG	Himself	Episode: Pilot”
	The West Wing	Himself	Episode: “20 Hours in L.A.”
	BattleBots	Himself	Episode: “Chinkilla vs. Ginsu” (Exhibition match)
2001	Titus	Himself	Episode: “The Pit”
2001–2008, 2011	The Fairly OddParents	Crimson Chin, Nega-Chin	Voice; 12 episodes
2002	The Osbournes	Himself	Episode: “The Osbournes”
2003	Scrubs	Himself	Episode: “My Own Private Practice Guy”
	The Bernie Mac Show	Himself	Episode: “Pink Gold”
2005	Joey	Himself	Episode: “Joey and the Tonight Show”
2006	Jimmy Timmy Power Hour	Nega-Chin	Voice; crossover TV special
2006, 2009, 2016	Family Guy	Himself	Voice; 3 episodes
2008–09	Top Gear	Himself	2 episodes (S12E07 Honda Clarity segment, S13E06 Star in a Reasonably Priced Car)
2009–10	The Jay Leno Show	Himself (host)	95 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer
2009	Entourage	Himself	Episode: “Drive”
2010	White House Correspondents’ Dinner	Himself (host)	TV special
	Hannah Montana	Himself	Episode: “I’ll Always Remember You”
2011	Timmy’s Secret Wish	Crimson Chin	TV special
2012	Louie	Himself	2 episodes
2013	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Himself	Episode: “Auf Wiedersehen, Mitches”
2014	Episodes	Himself	Episode: “Episode Four”
	Phineas and Ferb	Colonel Contraction	Voice; episode: “Phineas and Ferb Save Summer”
2014–16	The 7D	Crystal Ball	Voice; recurring role
2015	The Muppets	Himself	Episode: “Hostile Makeover”
2015–2021	Last Man Standing	Joe Leonard	Recurring role
2015-present	Jay Leno’s Garage	Himself (host)	Also creator, writer, and executive producer
2016	Ask the Storybots	King Yardstick the Ruler	Voice; episode: “How Does Night Happen?”
2017	Lip Sync Battle	Himself	Episode: “Jay Leno vs. Craig Ferguson”
2017–2021	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures	Billy Beagle	Voice; recurring role
2019	The Price Is Right	Himself	8632K, Dream Car Week
	T.O.T.S.	Hank Featherbee	Voice; episode: “Grandpa’s Great Adventure”

Jay Leno Age

Jay Leno is 72 years. Leno was born on April 28, 1950, in New Rochelle, New York. His homemaker mother, Catherine (née Muir; 1911–1993), was born in Greenock, Scotland, and came to the United States at age 11.

His father, Angelo (1910–1994), was an insurance salesman born in New York to immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Andover High School.

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in speech therapy from Emerson College, where he started a comedy club in 1973. His older brother, Patrick (May 12, 1940 – October 6, 2002), was a Vietnam War veteran who became an attorney.

Jay Leno Burns

Jay Leno Chin

Leno is known for his prominent jaw, which has been described as mandibular prognathism.

In the book Leading with My Chin, he says he was aware of surgery that could reset his mandible, but that he did not wish to endure a prolonged healing period with his jaws wired shut.

Jay Leno Wiki

Birth name	James Douglas Muir Leno
Born	April 28, 1950 (age 72) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Alma mater	Emerson College
Years active	1976–present
Genres	Observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humor, insult comedy, deadpan, satire
Subject(s)	American culture, American politics, everyday life, pop culture, current events, human behavior
Spouse	Mavis Nicholson ​ (m. 1980)​
Notable works and roles	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (host, 1992–2009, 2010–2014) The Jay Leno Show (host, 2009–2010) Jay Leno’s Garage (host, 2014–present) You Bet Your Life (host, 2021–present)