John Oliver
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- Works
- 25
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- Listeners
- 6,895
- Total plays
- 27,966
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Composer and guitarist John Oliver came to international attention during 1988/89 when he won six prizes for five compositions ranging from chamber to orchestral to electroacoustic music. Among these the "City of Varese Prize" at the 1988 Luigi Russolo Competition (Italy), and the Canada Council's Grand Prize at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's 8th National Competition for Young Composers for his live electroacoustic work El Reposo del Fuego. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Oliver
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,169x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,302x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,187x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x
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Quotes
- “It's very dangerous, a British person saying "I felt ownership of this country". Historically, does not go well. It's amazing! I just went to India and I felt like I belonged.”
- “I would say, what is more quintessentially America than coming to a country you don't belong in and deciding you're going to stay?”
- “Thanks very much for taking this magical moment and reminding me that joy is ephemeral, pain is forever.”
- “Many people would argue that the most dangerous inhabitant of the earth is currently the self styled 43rd president of the United States. Not so much in deed anymore as in word. Because to hear that man speak is to wish upon yourself physical harm.”
- “You might look at the Oreo Pizza and think, "That is a reprehensible foodstuff". I put it to you that that is the single most patriotic item I have ever seen in my life! Hoist that up a flagpole! ... Because that is the biggest imaginable "fuck you" you could possibly issue to terrorists. By hoisting the Oreo Pizza up a flagpole, what you're essentially saying is, "There is nothing you can do to us, we are not already doing to ourselves".”
- “Jon called me and asked, "Would you like to host the show?" My first reaction was, "Yeah, sure. Whatever you want. No problem." It was only on hanging up that my knees started to buckle. I was like, "Holy shit! What did I just agree to? I'm about to destroy the most beloved show on American television."”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-04-23 ) 23 April 1977 (age 49) , Birmingham , England
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United States (since 2019)
- Education
- University of Cambridge ( BA )
- Spouse
- Kate Norley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 )
- Relatives
- Stephen Oliver (uncle)
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film books
- Genres
- Political / news satire observational comedy black comedy sarcasm cringe comedy surreal humour
- Subjects
- American politics British culture political punditry popular culture current events mass media/news media civil rights self-deprecation
- Website
- iamjohnoliver .com
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Article
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian, political commentator, and television personality. He hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013.
Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for The Daily Show and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. He also co-hosted the comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously worked on the radio series Political Animal and The Department. From 2010 to 2013, he hosted the stand-up series John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. His acting roles include Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom Community, as well as voice work in the animated films The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), and The Lion King remake (2019).
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