Wyatt Cenac Biography

Fast Facts

• Has garnered three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a WGA Award, for writing on the late night program "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart․"
• While attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he took a break for a year to intern at "Saturday Night Live" studios, where he met Colin Quinn who encouraged him to start writing comedy
• Appeared in a comedy sketch for "The Doomed Planet," in which he impersonated Barack Obama brought him public attention, including the casting director for "Saturday Night Live" who considered him to become a cast member
• Co-starred in the independent film "Medicine for Melancholy," for which he was casted after the director, Barry Jenkins, tracked him down after watching a video of his comedy
• While writing for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," he made several comedic appearances in segments concerning Barack Obama, making satirical black-oriented jokes