Actor profile

Neil deGrasse Tyson

5th October 1958 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Acting

Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil deGrasse Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

41 Movies 53 TV Shows 99 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness poster

Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness 29th June 2026 as Self

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY poster

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY 11th June 2026 as Himself

Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy poster

Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy 16th July 2024 as Self

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone poster

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone 5th June 2024 as Self

The Greatest Love Story Never Told poster

The Greatest Love Story Never Told 26th February 2024 as Self

This Is Me…Now poster

This Is Me…Now 15th February 2024 as Taurus

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 12th November 2023 as Self

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography poster

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography 31st March 2022 as Self

Woman in Motion poster

Woman in Motion 2nd February 2021 as Self

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time poster

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time 20th March 2019 as Self - Narrator (archive sound)

MARS: Inside SpaceX poster

MARS: Inside SpaceX 11th November 2018 as Self

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time poster

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time 19th August 2018 as Merlin

Turning Point poster

Turning Point 26th April 2018 as Self

Black Hole Apocalypse poster

Black Hole Apocalypse 10th January 2018 as Self

Future '38 poster

Future '38 1st December 2017 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson poster

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson 20th October 2017 as Self

Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? poster

Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? 4th October 2017 as Self

Food Evolution poster

Food Evolution 23rd June 2017 as Narrator

Logic's Everybody Documentary poster

Logic's Everybody Documentary 5th May 2017 as Self

The Truth Is in the Stars poster

The Truth Is in the Stars 1st May 2017 as Self

Bill Nye: Science Guy poster

Bill Nye: Science Guy 10th April 2017 as Self

The Boundary poster

The Boundary 15th February 2017 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Mars Generation poster

The Mars Generation 20th January 2017 as Self

Fight For Space poster

Fight For Space 14th November 2016 as Self

Scrat: Spaced Out poster

Scrat: Spaced Out 11th October 2016 as Narrator

The Atheist Delusion poster

The Atheist Delusion 30th September 2016 as Self (archive footage)

For the Love of Spock poster

For the Love of Spock 9th September 2016 as Self

Ice Age: Collision Course poster

Ice Age: Collision Course 23rd June 2016 as Neil deBuck Weasel (voice)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice poster

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 23rd March 2016 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Zoolander 2 poster

Zoolander 2 6th February 2016 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Lazer Team poster

Lazer Team 27th January 2016 as Self

Hubble's Cosmic Journey poster

Hubble's Cosmic Journey 19th April 2015 as Narrator (voice)

Hot Sugar's Cold World poster

Hot Sugar's Cold World 13th March 2015 as Self

Dark Universe poster

Dark Universe 2nd November 2013 as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Reality of Me poster

The Reality of Me 1st November 2012 as Self

Where Did We Come From? poster

Where Did We Come From? 29th March 2011 as Self

How Life Began poster

How Life Began 16th July 2009 as Self

400 Years of the Telescope poster

400 Years of the Telescope 6th January 2009 as Narrator (voice)

Einstein poster

Einstein 1st January 2008 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Last Days on Earth poster

Last Days on Earth 30th August 2006 as Self

Unfolding Universe poster

Unfolding Universe 3rd June 2002 as Self

Grave Conversations poster

Grave Conversations 24th April 2024 as Self

UFOs: Investigating the Unknown poster

UFOs: Investigating the Unknown 13th February 2023 as Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium

Velma poster

Velma 12th January 2023 as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)

Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy! 25th September 2022 as Self - Contestant

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? poster

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? 23rd September 2022 as Self

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Pantheon poster

Pantheon 1st September 2022 as Dr. Moore (voice)

Last Meals poster

Last Meals 28th October 2021 as Self

This Is Pop poster

This Is Pop 6th March 2021 as Self (archive footage)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 7th January 2021 as Self - Contestant

Retro Tech poster

Retro Tech 2nd December 2019 as Self - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author

Could You Survive The Movies? poster

Could You Survive The Movies? 21st October 2019 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? 27th June 2019 as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 22nd June 2018 as Self

Bill Nye Saves the World poster

Bill Nye Saves the World 21st April 2017 as Self - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice)

Talking with Chris Hardwick poster

Talking with Chris Hardwick 9th April 2017 as Self

Match Game poster

Match Game 26th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Chelsea poster

Chelsea 11th May 2016 as Self

Jay Leno's Garage poster

Jay Leno's Garage 7th October 2015 as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud 21st June 2015 as Self

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson poster

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson 20th April 2015 as Self - Host

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones 12th March 2015 as Self

Miles from Tomorrowland poster

Miles from Tomorrowland 6th February 2015 as Main Title Narration (voice)

BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman 22nd August 2014 as Planetarium Narrator (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 27th April 2014 as Self - Guest

Cosmos poster

Cosmos 9th March 2014 as Self - Host

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick 21st October 2013 as Self - Guest

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17th September 2013 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls 15th June 2012 as Waddles' Machine (voice)

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries poster

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries 1st May 2012 as Self

Regular Show poster

Regular Show 6th September 2010 as Self (voice)

Q&A poster

Q&A 22nd May 2008 as Self - Panellist

The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory 24th September 2007 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report 17th October 2005 as Self

The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report 17th October 2005 as Self (uncredited)

NOVA scienceNOW poster

NOVA scienceNOW 25th January 2005 as Host

Stargate Atlantis poster

Stargate Atlantis 15th July 2004 as Neil deGrasse Tyson

Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher 21st February 2003 as Self

MythBusters poster

MythBusters 23rd January 2003 as Self

Futurama poster

Futurama 28th March 1999 as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self - Guest

The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)

NOVA poster

NOVA 3rd March 1974 as Self - Narrator

NOVA poster

NOVA 3rd March 1974 as Self - Host