Trevor Noah Bio, Age, Parents, Dating, The Daily Show, Stand-Up

Trevor Noah Biography

Trevor Noah is a stand-up comedian, television show host, political commentator, writer, actor and producer who was born and raised in South Africa. Trevor is most known for his former role as host of the American satirical news program, The Daily Show on Comedy Central from September 2015 to September 2022.

While still in South Africa, Trevor hosted a similar late-night talk show from 2010 to 2011 and it was known as Tonight with Trevor Noah. It used to air on DSTV and M-Net. In 2014 he joined The Daily Show as a Senior International Correspondent before succeeding Jon Stewart in 2015 asthe show’s host.

What is Trevor Noah’s real name?

The Born a Crime author does not have a different nor additional name to his already known name, which is Trevor Noah.

How old is Trevor Noah? – Age

The Daily Show host is 38 years old as of February 20, 2022. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1984 and grew up in Soweto.

Trevor Noah Mother and Father – Family

Trevor’s birth and childhood story take place back when South Africa was under apartheid legislation, this is a time when people in the country were classified in terms of their skin color and there were restrictions on how the different colors could or could not ‘mix’. His mother is Xhosa, and she was classified as Black while his father is of Swiss-German ancestry and classified as White. Their names, are Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah and Robert, respectively.

A romantic relationship between the two resulted in the birth of Trevor who was classified as Coloured. As the comedian highlights in his autobiography book, Born a Crime, the relationship between his parents was seen as illegal. After the amendment of the Immorality Act in 1985, Trevor was raised by his mother and beloved late grandmother Nomalizo Frances in Soweto.

Trevor’s dad left and Patricia got married and gave birth to two more kids; Andrew and Isaac. In most of his talks and comedy shows you’ll get to hear about Trevor’s relationship with his mother, brothers, and more of his grandmother Frances Noah who passed on in 2022 at the age of 96.

Is Trevor Noah dating?

Trevor has been linked to about two romantic relationships. He was first linked to Jordyn Taylor whom he began dating in 2015 till their split in 2018. He was then linked to model and actress Minka Kelly from 2020 to May 2022.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

The Daily Show is a satirical news tv program on Comedy Central and Paramount+. Like many late-night shows, the daily show’s comedy is mainly from recent news on various topics including politics. Trevor joined the show in December 2014 as a contributor. In March the following, the network announced that the show’s host, Jon Stewart would be stepping down and Trevor would succeed him as the host. He began his role on September 28, 2015.

The show was renamed The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. His journey hosting the show has not been without challenges, from lower ratings compared to his predecessor’s to him being criticized for some of his jokes. From his platform hosting The Daily Show, Trevor has managed to perform up to three stand-up specials on Netflix and Comedy Central. With his team of correspondents, the show has been revamped with the creation of new specials such as The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, a talk-show that Noah developed for Jordan Klepper. It ran for a season.

After 7 years of hosting The Daily Show, on September 29, 2022, Trevor announced his intended departure from the show at an undetermined future date. He talked of having felt a longing to return to visiting places for his stand-up comedy shows, learning new languages, basically “being everywhere, doing everything”.

Trevor Noah Books

Trevor has written an autobiography book titled Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. It was published in November 2016 and went on to become a number one New York Times Bestseller. It is available as a hard copy as well as an audiobook. A film adaptation of the book was announced with Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o to star as Trevor’s mother.

Trevor and the writing staff for The Daily Show came up with and released what they called The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library book in July 2018. This is a collection of Trump’s tweets and features a foreword by Jon Meacham, a writer, presidential biographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.

Trevor Noah TV Shows and Movies

♦ 2022- Host of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
♦ 2021 – Player vs Player with Trevor Noah as a creator and executive producer
♦ 2021 and 2022 – Host of the 63rd and 64th Annual Grammy Awards, respectively

♦ 2019 – Klepper as an executive producer for 8 episodes
♦ 2018 – Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (stand-up special)
♦ 2018 – Black Panther as Griot (voice)
♦ 2018 – American Vandal in the episode “The Brownout”
♦ 2017–2018 – The Opposition with Jordan Klepper as an executive producer and co-creator
♦ 2017 – Trevor Noah: There’s a Gupta On My Stoep (stand-up special)

♦ 2017 – Nashville in the episode “Fire and Rain”
♦ 2017 – Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (stand-up special)
♦ 2015 – Trevor Noah: Pay Back the Funny (stand-up special)
♦ 2015 – Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation (stand-up special)
♦ 2015–present – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah as the host, a writer and executive producer
♦ 2014–2015 – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a correspondent

♦ 2013 – Trevor Noah: It’s My Culture (stand-up special)
♦ 2013 – Trevor Noah: African American (stand-up special)
♦ 2012 – Mad Buddies as Bookie
♦ 2012 – Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution in episode “2.1”
♦ 2012 – Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr as the host
♦ 2011 – Taka Takata as Pilo
♦ 2011 – You Laugh But It’s True (documentary)

Trevor Noah’s Twitter

You can find and follow Trevor on Twitter using the account name: @Trevornoah