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Carson Daly Biography

Birth Place:

Santa Monica, California, United States

Profession

TV host, disc jockey, veejay, radio host, actor

Fast Facts

Told Entertainment Tonight in 2000 that he stayed home and watched 60 Minutes with his dad the night of the prom
Played against Tiger Woods in the American Junior Golf Association and won a partial golf scholarship to Loyola Marymount University, where he was a theology student
Credited as the first person in the U
S
to interview Canadian singer Alanis Morissette
Discovered by MTV while working as a DJ for KROQ
Learned his two-year romance with girlfriend Jennifer Love Hewitt was over when he heard it on the radio in 1999
Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at MTV's 2004 TRL Awards
Ranked No
24 on TV GUIDE's 2005 list of TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols
Has his own production company, Carson Daly Productions, and co-founded the record label 456 Entertainment

2021Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2020Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2020Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2019Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2019Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2017Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: winner
2017Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: winner
2016Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: winner
2015Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2014Critics' Choice Television Awards-Best Reality Host: nominated
2014Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2013Emmy-Outstanding Reality/Competition Program: winner
2012Emmy-Outstanding Reality/Competition Program: nominated