Wyatt Cenac

Wyatt Cenac is an American comedian who also works as a writer, producer and actor. Earlier in his career he wrote for King of the Hill for three years, and he drew wider notice with a sketch built around his impression of Barack Obama. Between 2008 and 2012 he was a writer and on-air correspondent for The Daily Show. He took the lead in Medicine for Melancholy (2009), Barry Jenkins's first feature, and had supporting parts in Sleepwalk with Me (2012) and Hits (2014). On television he played Ozzie Graham, a journalist, in the TBS comedy People of Earth, and he hosted and produced the docuseries Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas for HBO. His first hour-long special, Comedy Person, premiered in 2011, and his special Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn earned a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. He was also a voice on the Nickelodeon cartoon Fanboy & Chum Chum.