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James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English television host, actor, comedian, and singer. In the United Kingdom, he is best known for co-writing and starring in the critically acclaimed

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Gavin & Stacey ''Gavin & Stacey'' is a British sitcom written by James Corden and Ruth Jones about two families: one in Billericay, Essex; one in Barry, South Wales. Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the titular characters Gavin and Stacey and the writers ...

''. In the United States, he is best known as the host of ''

The Late Late Show with James Corden ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' (also known as ''Late Late'') is an American late-night talk show on CBS. It is the fourth and current iteration of '' The Late Late Show''. Airing in the U.S. from Monday to Friday nights at 12:37:28a ...

'', a late-night talk show that has been on

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since 2015 and is set to end mid-2023. Originally airing from 2007 to 2010, Corden co-wrote and co-starred with Welsh actress

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in ''

'', for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured, along with

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, on the UK No.1 single " Shout", an unofficial anthem of the England football team for the

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in South Africa. Appearing on the UK charity telethon

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in 2011, Corden created his

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sketch when he drove around London singing songs with George Michael. In 2009, he co-presented the

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with Kylie Minogue and

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. Corden returned to host the ceremony solo between 2011 and 2014. He hosted the

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s in

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. Since 2010, Corden has presented the sports-based comedy panel show ''

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'' on Sky One. He has appeared in films, including '' Gulliver's Travels'' (2010), ''

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'' (2014), '' Kill Your Friends'' (2015), ''Peter Rabbit'' (2018) and its 2021 sequel (in which he voiced the title character). He's also known for his roles in the musical films ''Cats'' (2019), '' The Prom'' (2020), and ''

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'' (2021). In 2011, Corden played the lead part in the comedy play ''

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'', which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and then to

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and was also cinecast worldwide via

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. For his performance in the Broadway run of the play, Corden won the

for Best Actor in a Play.Profile
United Agents; accessed 28 December 2014. In 2015, he received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. As a presenter and talk show host, Corden has been nominated for 22 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning 9 in total, including for ''The Late Late Show'', ''

'' and hosting the 70th Tony Awards. Corden was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. In 2018, the '' Seatbelt Psychic'' television series was produced by Corden and his production company

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for Lifetime platform.

Early life

Corden was born in

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, Greater London, the son of Margaret and Malcolm Corden. His father was a musician in the

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(and later became a salesman of Christian books and Bibles). Corden's mother was a social worker. He grew up in

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, Buckinghamshire, and attended Park Middle School and Holmer Green Upper School. He has two sisters.

Career

Early career

Corden's first stage appearance was at the age of 18, with a one-line part in the 1996 musical ''

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''. His first TV reporter role was on the BBC's ''

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'', interviewing

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. His early television work included Gareth Jones in the 1999 series ''

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''. He also starred in

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advertisements in 1998 and had a role as a bookish student in ''

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'' and in 2000 a small part in an episode of ''

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''. Corden had guest appearances on '' Little Britain'' and ''

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'', both in 2004. Corden's early film credits include '' Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?'' (1999),

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's '' All or Nothing'' (2002), '' Heartlands'' (2002), and ''

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'' (2002).

Rise to prominence

From 2000 to 2005, Corden starred in the British television series ''

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'' as Jamie Rymer. He garnered a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for Network Newcomer On Screen for his work. Beginning in 2004 Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of

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's play ''

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'', as well as in the

, Sydney,

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, and Hong Kong productions. He also was in the radio and 2006 film adaptation versions of the play. In 2006, he appeared in the film '' Starter for 10''. From 2007 to 2010, Corden co-starred in his own series, the

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sitcom ''

''. He co-wrote the series with his ''Fat Friends'' co-star

; Corden and Jones played the friends of the title characters, with Corden starring as Smithy. The series proved popular and was well-received critically. For the show, Corden won Best Male Comedy Performer and ''

'' won Best New British Television Comedy at the 2007

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. At the 2008 Television BAFTAs, Corden won the BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance, and ''Gavin & Stacey'' won the BAFTA's Audience Award for Programme of the Year. In December 2008, the show won Best TV Comedy in the 2008 British Comedy Awards. ''Gavin & Stacey'' also won the award for Most Popular Comedy Programme at the

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in 2010. In 2019, ''Gavin & Stacey'' returned for a Christmas special, with the episode achieving the highest Christmas Day viewership in the UK for more than a decade.

Work outside ''Gavin & Stacey''

During the two year and seven months run of ''Gavin & Stacey'', Corden's professional endeavours outside the successful series proved somewhat chequered. He guest hosted '' Big Brother's Big Mouth'', with ''Gavin & Stacey'' co-star

, in August 2007. In 2008, he appeared in

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's 2001 autobiography '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People''. He collaborated again with Horne on a 2009 sketch show named '' Horne & Corden'', described by the BBC as a "traditional comedy entertainment show in the style of

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". The show ran for only one series and was poorly received by the critics, with Corden later admitting "the absolute truth is I wasn't good enough." In 2009, Corden starred as the lead character in the film ''

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'', which was not successful. That year he played

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in the

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biopic ''

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'', and likewise in the animated ''

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'' along with Mathew Horne. In February 2009, he co-presented the

with Horne and Kylie Minogue. On 13 March 2009, he appeared in a sketch for the UK charity telethon

giving the

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a motivational talk, and later presented a section with Horne showing their best bits of comedy from the previous two years along with highlights from the night. In March 2010, Corden began hosting the

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comedy/sports panel show ''A League of Their Own'' alongside team captains

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and

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. In March 2010, he presented

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alongside

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and others, contributing a "sequel" to the 2009 England football team sketch, this time giving a motivational talk to various sports stars including David Beckham and motor racing driver

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. In March 2010, Corden took part in ''

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'', a

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held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the

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in London. On 5 June 2010, he performed his England World Cup single with

on the finale of ''

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''. The proceeds from the single went to London's

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. In June 2010, Corden played Craig Owens in the '' Doctor Who'' episode " The Lodger", in which the Doctor moved in with him. Corden returned as Owens in " Closing Time" in the sixth series. In December 2010, ''This Is

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'', an hour-long Christmas special featuring the boyband and ''

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'' runners-up, was aired on

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, with Corden writing and producing some of the sketches featured in the special. In 2010, he was in the main cast of the film '' Gulliver's Travels''. In December 2010, he was part of an ensemble voice cast in the English dub of the German animated film ''

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'' alongside Jim Broadbent, Jason Donovan,

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and others.

''One Man, Two Guvnors'' and other projects

In February 2011, Corden presented the

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. In March, Corden reprised his ''Gavin & Stacey'' role as Smithy in a ''

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'' sketch for the charity telethon Comic Relief. The sketch included appearances by then UK Prime Minister

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, and

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. The show also saw the first appearance of his

sketch, which saw him singing songs with pop star George Michael while driving around London. In 2011, he appeared in ''

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''. Starting in June 2011, Corden played the lead role in the hit comedy play ''

''. The play was cinecast worldwide as part of the

cinecasts, and transferred from the National Theatre to the West End after touring. The show received universal critical acclaim and won Best Play at the

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for 2011. ''

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'' deemed it "A triumph of visual and verbal comedy. One of the funniest productions in the National's history." The '' Daily Telegraph'' described it as "the feelgood hit of the Summer"; while ''

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'' called it a "massive hit", and the ''

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'' "a surefire hit". James Corden 2014

Corden made a cameo appearance in the music video for the single "

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" by

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, released in December 2011, which reached #2 in the charts. In April 2012, ''One Man, Two Guvnors'' transferred to

, with Corden continuing to play the lead. In June 2012, he won the

for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his performance. In February 2012, Corden hosted the

for the third time. Corden starred as the Baker in the

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film adaptation of the musical ''

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'' (2014). In 2015, Corden narrated ''

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and co-starring

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and

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, it was broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2015. In 2016 he appeared in the animated comedy film ''

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'' as Biggie, a chubby friendly Troll.

''The Wrong Mans''

For his next project, Corden teamed up with friend and fellow ''Gavin & Stacey'' star

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to create, write and star in ''

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'', a six-part comedy-thriller for BBC Two. The premiere was on 24 September 2013. The series was co-produced by online television provider

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in the United States and it began airing in November 2013.

''The Late Late Show'' (2015–present)

On 23 March 2015, Corden succeeded Craig Ferguson as host of the American late-night talk show '' The Late Late Show''. Corden's

through the streets of London with pop singer

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, a sketch which featured on his talk show in January 2016, was the biggest YouTube viral video of 2016. Corden's special '' Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney, Live From Liverpool'' was a viral and critical success earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and win for Outstanding Variety Special. In the special, Corden and McCartney sang the Beatles songs " Drive My Car", "

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", and "

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". The pair stopped by a

street sign, which McCartney signed, McCartney pointed out various Liverpool landmarks including Saint Barnabas Church, where he had been a choir boy, and also visited his childhood home. The special ended with McCartney and his band surprising a small group of locals at

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's Philharmonic Pub with a 13-song set that included " A Hard Day's Night", " Back in the U.S.S.R" and his new single, " Come On to Me". Corden announced in April 2022, that he would be leaving ''The Late Late Show'' in 2023.

Musical films

''Cats'' (2019)

In 2019, Corden starred in

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's feature film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical '' Cats'' as

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, which received widespread negative attention. The film starred

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, Ian McKellen, and

. Some critics called it one of the worst films of the year due to its poorly conceived CGI and off kilter comedic performances from

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and Corden. For his performance, Corden received the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor of the year. Lloyd Webber was a vocal critic of the film, specially criticizing Corden's performance adding he "begged for it to be cut".

''The Prom'' (2020)

Corden's leading role in the 2020 musical comedy film '' The Prom'' received negative reviews, and was named "one of the worst performances of the 21st century" by '' Vanity Fairs Richard Lawson. Lawson elaborated writing, "Corden, flitting and lisping around in the most uninspired of caricatures, misses all potential for nuance, and thus never finds even a hint of truth in the role". His portrayal of a gay man while he himself is straight was deemed offensive by many film critics and members of the LBGTQ community with critics adding that the performance perpetuated and capitalized on stereotypes of gay white men. Corden received an even larger amount of backlash when this performance earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film.

''Cinderella'' (2021)

Corden also received negative reviews for his performance in the 2021 adaptation of ''

'', a film which he produced. Clarisse Loughrey of ''

'' wrote, "James Corden has made a #Girlboss fairytale only a voracious capitalist could love".

Awards host

Corden hosted the

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and

, and the Grammy Awards in

and

Influences

Corden has said that his comedy influences are

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, Chris Evans, Jonathan Ross, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, and

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Personal life

Corden shared a flat with ''The History Boys'' co-star

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for several years. Cooper introduced Corden to his future wife Julia Carey, whom Cooper had known for years. Corden married Carey on 15 September 2012. The Cordens have three children. Corden is a supporter of

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football club

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. Corden was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from

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during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2015. Corden resides in Los Angeles with his family. He maintains a home in

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, London, and Templecombe House at

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in Berkshire. In April 2020 during the

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, Corden paid the salaries of furloughed employees on the ''Late Late Show''. He also launched a fundraising campaign with the NBA to benefit

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. On January 6, 2022, Corden announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He mentioned that he was fine and that he was already fully

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and boosted. In 2022, Corden was banned from New York restaurant Balthazar by proprietor

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, after reportedly being "abusive" and "extremely nasty" to staff. The ban was later rescinded after Corden apologised to McNally in private and in public, admitting that he had been "ungracious."

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video games

Music videos

Advertising

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Discography

Singles

Other appearances

Published works

References

External links

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