Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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The Big Bang Theory

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The Simpsons

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Family Guy

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Ice Age: Collision Course

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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Futurama

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Gravity Falls

Waddles' Machine (voice)

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Year	Title	Role
2026	The Good Life MOVIE	Self
2026	Hot Ones: Game Night TV	Self
2026	Stuart Fails to Save the Universe TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2026	Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness MOVIE	Self
2026	FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY MOVIE	Himself
2024	13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses MOVIE	Self
2024	Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy MOVIE	Self
2024	Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone MOVIE	Self
2024	Grave Conversations TV	Self
2024	MiP: The Journey Across the Universe MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
2024	The Greatest Love Story Never Told MOVIE	Self
2024	This Is Me…Now MOVIE	Taurus
2023	Albert Brooks: Defending My Life MOVIE	Self
2023	UFOs: Investigating the Unknown TV	Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium
2023	Velma TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
2022	Celebrity Jeopardy! TV	Self - Contestant
2022	Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? TV	Self
2022	Sherri TV	Self - Guest
2022	Pantheon TV	Dr. Moore (voice)
2022	Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography MOVIE	Self
2021	Last Meals TV	Self
2021	This Is Pop TV	Self (archive footage)
2021	Woman in Motion MOVIE	Self
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune TV	Self - Contestant
2019	Retro Tech TV	Self - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author
2019	Could You Survive the Movies? TV	Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
2019	Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time MOVIE	Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2018	MARS: Inside SpaceX MOVIE	Self
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time MOVIE	Merlin
2018	Firing Line with Margaret Hoover TV	Self
2018	Turning Point MOVIE	Self
2018	Black Hole Apocalypse MOVIE	Self
2017	Future '38 MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2017	Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson MOVIE	Self
2017	Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? MOVIE	Self
2017	Food Evolution MOVIE	Narrator
2017	Logic's Everybody Documentary MOVIE	Self
2017	The Truth Is in the Stars MOVIE	Self
2017	Bill Nye Saves the World TV	Self - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice)
2017	Bill Nye: Science Guy MOVIE	Self
2017	Talking with Chris Hardwick TV	Self
2017	The Boundary MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2017	The Mars Generation MOVIE	Self
2016	Fight For Space MOVIE	Self
2016	Scrat: Spaced Out MOVIE	Narrator
2016	The Atheist Delusion MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	For the Love of Spock MOVIE	Self
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid TV	Self
2016	Match Game TV	Self - Panelist
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course MOVIE	Neil deBuck Weasel (voice)
2016	Chelsea TV	Self
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2016	Zoolander 2 MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2016	Lazer Team MOVIE	Self
2015	Jay Leno's Garage TV	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	Celebrity Family Feud TV	Self
2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson TV	Self - Host
2015	Hubble's Cosmic Journey MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2015	The Simulation Hypothesis MOVIE	Self
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self - Guest
2015	Hot Sugar's Cold World MOVIE	Self
2015	Hot Ones TV	Self
2015	Miles from Tomorrowland TV	Main Title Narration (voice)
2014	BoJack Horseman TV	Planetarium Narrator (voice)
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TV	Self - Guest
2014	Cosmos TV	Self - Host
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2013	Dark Universe MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2013	@midnight with Chris Hardwick TV	Self - Guest
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2012	The Reality of Me MOVIE	Self
2012	Gravity Falls TV	Waddles' Machine (voice)
2012	The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries TV	Self
2011	Where Did We Come From? MOVIE	Self
2010	Regular Show TV	Self (voice)
2009	The Joe Rogan Experience TV	Self
2009	How Life Began MOVIE	Self
2009	400 Years of the Telescope MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2008	Q&A TV	Self - Panellist
2008	Einstein MOVIE	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2007	The Big Bang Theory TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2006	Nova: Monster Of The Milky Way MOVIE	Self
2006	Last Days on Earth MOVIE	Self
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self (uncredited)
2005	NOVA scienceNOW TV	Host
2004	Origins MOVIE	Narrator
2004	Stargate Atlantis TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	MythBusters TV	Self
2002	Unfolding Universe MOVIE	Self
1999	Futurama TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1999	Family Guy TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self - Guest
1989	The Simpsons TV	Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice)
1974	NOVA TV	Self - Host
1974	NOVA TV	Self - Narrator
	Gracie MOVIE	Self
	Neil deGrasse Tyson - Conspiracy Theories & Skepticism MOVIE	Self

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