---
name: "Trevor Noah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevor-noah"
fi1m_id: "trevor-noah"
imdb_id: "nm3696388"
tmdb_id: 131133
wikidata_id: "Q7839350"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 February 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:11:27.211187+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Trevor Noah

## Identity

Trevor Noah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trevor-noah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trevor-noah
- **IMDb ID:** nm3696388
- **TMDB ID:** 131133
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7839350
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7839350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3696388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131133

Producer. Born 20 February 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 February 1984, Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Ной, Тревор, 特雷弗·諾亞
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 producing, 1 other
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7839350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3696388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131133

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Symphony*](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, actor and television host. Born on 20 February 1984 in Johannesburg, he began his career with an uncredited role in the soap opera *Isidingo* in 2002 and subsequently hosted several South African television and radio programmes, including *Tonight with Trevor Noah* on M-Net from 2010 to 2011.

He hosted *The Daily Show* on Comedy Central from 2015 to 2022. His film acting credits include the voice of Griot in *Black Panther* (2018) and *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), the role of Totatsi Bibinyana in *Coming 2 America* (2021), Libra in *This Is Me…Now* (2024), and an uncredited archive appearance in *American Symphony* (2023). He has also appeared in stand-up specials such as *Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark* (2017) and *Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Griot (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther-wakanda-forever.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Incomer* (2026), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incomer.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *American Symphony* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Incomer* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incomer.md)
- *Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches* (2026), Writer
- *Trevor Noah: The LOST South African Show* (2026), Writer, Executive Producer
- *To Be Destroyed* (2024), Executive Producer
- *XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer
- *This Is Me…Now* (2024), as Libra
- *Trevor Noah: Where Was I* (2023), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Ayenda* (2023), Executive Producer
- *For All Humankind* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would* (2022), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Split Screen* (2022), Story
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), as Griot (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther-wakanda-forever.md)
- *Guerrilla Habeas* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag)* (2021), Actor
- *Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Into the MAGAverse* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Coming 2 America* (2021), as Totatsi Bibinyana
- *Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries* (2020), Executive Producer
- *John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero* (2020), Actor
- *Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia* (2018), Writer
- *Black Panther* (2018), as Griot (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther.md)
- *American Vandal* (2017), series, as Trevor Noah
- *Trevor Noah: There's a Gupta on My stoep* (2017), as Trevor Noah · Writer
- *Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark* (2017), Writer
- *Trevor Noah: Lost In Translation* (2015), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Trevor Noah: Pay Back The Funny* (2015), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trevor Noah: The Nationwild Comedy Tour* (2015), Writer
- *Kevin Bridges: Live at the Commonwealth* (2014), Actor
- *Trevor Noah: It's My Culture* (2013), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trevor Noah: African American* (2013), Writer
- *Trevor Noah: That's Racist* (2012), Writer
- *Mad Buddies* (2012), as Bookie
- *Trevor Noah: Crazy Normal* (2011), Writer
- *Trevor Noah: The Daywalker 2.0* (2010), Writer, Director
- *Trevor Noah: The Daywalker* (2009), Writer
- *The Island*, Idea, Producer
- *Untitled Global FC Documentary*, Executive Producer
- *Beyond Day Zero*, Producer
- *Untitled Adewumi Family Project*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Trevor Noah](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-fc8030e9a590.jpg) Trevor Noah — Web Summit Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28portrait_crop%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28portrait_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevor Noah (right) and Barbara Kingsolver speaking at BookExpo 2018](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-d5c74dc256aa.jpg) Trevor Noah (right) and Barbara Kingsolver speaking at BookExpo 2018 — Terry Ballard from Merrick, New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/BookExpo_2018_%2840684622550%29.jpg/1280px-BookExpo_2018_%2840684622550%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-dc27070cdeb8.jpg) 26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce — Web Summit Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Trevor_Noah_%2853553809391%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Noah_%2853553809391%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-7737b3923ec6.jpg) 26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce — Web Summit Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevor Noah](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-6b7697b1f531.jpg) Trevor Noah — Image via TMDB
- ![26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-700bbec6def7.jpg) 26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce — Web Summit Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce](https://film.one/media/person/419684/gallery-e885814e3816.jpg) 26 February 2024; Trevor Noah, Author & Presenter on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar 2024 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Ce — Web Summit Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28further_cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Noah_%2853554114243%29_%28further_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2017: Outstanding Short Form Variety Series (won)

### Other awards — 10 won

- Erasmus Prize 2023: Erasmus Prize (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 2019: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (won)
- Time 100 2018: Time 100 (won)
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode 2017: GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode (won)
- MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Host 2017: MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Host (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-biography 2017: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-biography (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author 2017: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author (won)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (won)
- Thurber Prize for American Humor 2017: Thurber Prize for American Humor (won)
- MTV Africa Music Awards 2015: MTV Africa Music Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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