
Tavis Smiley
Department: Acting
Biography
Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Known For

Stand
2009

Still Bill
2010

Sinister
2012

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005

Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
2016

Fear of a Black Republican
2011

Fatherhood
2004

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

American Dreams
2002

The Boondocks
2005

The Parkers
1999

Meet the Press
1947

The Colbert Report
2005

Tavis Smiley
2004

The Daily Show
1996

Dancing with the Stars
2005

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

The Daily Show
1996