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Wyatt Cenac in 2010 at a book launch
Born	Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. (1976-04-19) April 19, 1976 (age 49) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation	Actor comedian writer producer
Years active	1995–present

Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. (born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He is known for his work on The Daily Show where he was a correspondent and writer from 2008 to 2012. Wyatt also starred in the TBS TV show People of Earth and in the movie Medicine for Melancholy. He also hosted and produced the HBO series Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas.

Wyatt Cenac's Early Life

Wyatt Cenac was born in New York City on April 19, 1976. He spent his first few years in the Bronx. His father, Wyatt Cenac Sr., was a cab driver. Sadly, when Wyatt was five, his father passed away. After this, Wyatt moved with his mother and stepfather to Dallas, Texas, in 1981. He often spent his summers with his grandmother in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

When he was in elementary school, Wyatt became friends with a comic book writer named Brian K. Vaughan. Brian introduced him to the exciting world of comic books! Wyatt went to the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and later studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After college, he moved to Los Angeles. As of 2014, Wyatt lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Wyatt Cenac's Career

Cenac at Pitchfork Music Festival, 2010

Before becoming famous, Wyatt Cenac worked for three years as a writer for the animated TV show King of the Hill. He first gained public attention for a comedy sketch called "The Doomed Planet." In this sketch, he did a funny impression of then-senator Barack Obama.

In June 2008, Wyatt joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a correspondent and writer. He made many funny appearances on the show. His first report was on July 21, 2008, and was called "Baruch Obama." He continued to include funny, thoughtful material in his segments until he left the show on December 13, 2012.

In 2009, Wyatt worked with rapper Slim Thug on a music video called "Still a Boss." This video was a funny look at how the economy was affecting the rap community. Wyatt also starred in an independent movie called Medicine for Melancholy in 2008. This film explored ideas about African American identity and changes in neighborhoods in San Francisco. Wyatt has also had roles in other movies like Sleepwalk with Me, Hits, Jacqueline Argentine, and Fits and Starts.

Wyatt Cenac also lent his voice to characters like Lenny and Michael Johnson in the Nickelodeon cartoon series Fanboy & Chum Chum. He was a guest on the MC Frontalot album Solved. His first hour-long comedy special, Comedy Person, was shown on Comedy Central in May 2011.

In October 2014, Netflix released Wyatt's second comedy special, Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn. This comedy album was even nominated for a Grammy Award! In 2014, he was a guest voice actor in an episode of the Netflix series BoJack Horseman. The next year, he appeared in a segment on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Wyatt also co-hosted four episodes of The Bugle podcast in 2016.

Wyatt released his third stand-up comedy album, Furry Dumb Fighter, in 2016. He said the title was meant to sound like "freedom fighter." In the same year, he starred in the TBS sitcom People of Earth. Wyatt played the main character, Ozzie Graham, a journalist who was writing about a support group for people who believed they had been abducted by aliens. The show ran for two seasons. In 2017, Wyatt released a web-series called aka Wyatt Cenac. This series was about his life as a crime-fighting hero in Brooklyn. Wyatt's HBO show, Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, started in April 2018. A second season began in April 2019, but the show was cancelled in June of that year.

In August 2021, Wyatt Cenac signed a deal with Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation to create new projects.

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