Larry Wilmore

Writer, Executive Producer, Comedian, Host of Black on the Air | Black on the Air Live

Emmy Award winner Larry Wilmore has been a television producer, actor, comedian and writer for more than 25 years. Wilmore serves as co-creator and consulting producer on HBO’s Insecure, a half-hour comedy series starring Issa Rae. Wilmore also helped to launch ABC’s Black-ish as an executive producer and is co-creator of Grownish.
 
Previously, Wilmore made memorable appearances as the “Senior Black Correspondent” on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as well as headlining his own The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. 
 
He has written for In Living Color, The PJ’s (which he co-created), The Office (on which he has appeared as Mr. Brown, the diversity consultant), and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He also served as creator, writer and executive producer of The Bernie Mac Show which earned him a 2002 Emmy Award for “Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series” and a 2001 Peabody Award.
 
Last year, Larry signed a long term overall deal with NBC Universal to develop shows for the network.