Larry Wilmore (b. 1962) is an American television producer, writer, comedian, and actor.
He has been working in television for nearly thirty years, primarily as a writer. He has written for Into the Night with Rick Dees, In Living Color, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The PJs (which he co-created), The Bernie Mac Show (which he created) and The Office, on which he appeared in two episodes, "Diversity Day" and "Gay Witch Hunt", as the character Mr. Brown. He also wrote the episode "Performance Review". He has also made appearances on such television series as The Facts of Life and Sister, Sister.
In March 2006, Hollywood Reporter reported Wilmore landed his first major on-camera role, co-starring in an untitled comedy pilot with Christine Baranski and Ed O'Neill.nm/wilmore_dc" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/tv_nm/wilmore_dc The pilot was not picked up for series.
For the 2007/2008 season, ABC hired Wilmore to develop a half hour pilot for comedian _Cedric The Entertainer but the script wasn't well received and the project was abandoned.
As of August 22, 2006, he is serving as the "Senior Black Correspondent" (briefly being the "Black Correspondent," and on one occasion the "Senior Mexican Correspondent") on The Daily Show.
His younger brother Marc Wilmore is also a writer, producer and actor.
Brother of Marc Wilmore.
Was theater major at California State Polytechnic University but dropped out when he landed a stage role.
Started as a stand-up comedian and still does it occasionally.
