John Henson

Acting

John Henson

Born
(age 59)
Birthplace
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Credits
17 titles

Biography

John Morris Henson (born July 11, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. Henson began his career as a stand-up comic. He started appearing in films in the mid to late 1990s. He was the longest-running host (four years) of Talk Soup on the E! Entertainment Network, hosting just over 1,000 shows in the four and a half years he was with the network. During his stint as host of Talk Soup, he appeared as a guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

In 2004, he was the host of The John Henson Project, a short-lived comedy-reality show on Spike TV, and hosted several broadcast specials including ABC's Best Commercials You've Never Seen, ABC's Best TV You've Never Seen and, most recently, the 33rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. From 2005 to 2007, Henson was the co-host of Watch This!, a daily television show on the TV Guide Channel. Henson has also produced numerous field segments on the entertainment industry for MSNBC and CNN and, additionally, had a small recurring role as a local newscaster on My Name Is Earl.

From 2008 to 2014, Henson co-hosted the ABC obstacle course game-show, Wipeout, and always ended the show with the catch phrase, "Good night, and Big Balls", a reference to the signature obstacle in the show. From 2017 to 2021, Henson hosted Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network.

Henson has also appeared in the Blink-182 music video for "What's My Age Again?".

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 17

YearTitleRole
2026 Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV TV Self (3 ep)
2022 Stab that cake! TV (3 ep)
2015 Halloween Baking Championship TV Self - Host (48 ep)
2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero TV Announcer Ron (voice) (1 ep)
2012 Anger Management TV Darren (1 ep)
2010 Worst Cooks in America TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
2008 Wipeout TV Self - Host (130 ep)
2005 My Name Is Earl TV Reporter, TV Reporter (3 ep)
2004 Celebrity Blackjack TV (1 ep)
2004 John Henson Project TV (8 ep)
2003 Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards TV (10 ep)
2000 Bar Hopping Film Roger
1997 Meet Wally Sparks Film John Henson
1995 Maybe This Time TV Himself (1 ep)
1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast TV Self (2 ep)
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1991 Talk Soup TV Self - Host (2 ep)
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