Who are you looking for?

Install Famoose

Keep Famoose on your home screen or desktop for easy access.

Open this site in Chrome or Edge and look for Install app in the browser menu or address bar. If no install option appears, you can bookmark Famoose instead.

Famoose.co
Appearance
Text size
Page width
Colour
Discover›Media & entertainment
Contents
David Letterman
Comedian

David Letterman

Famoose for

Hosting Late Night and Late Show for more than three decades.

Late Night · Late Show

Born
12 April 1947
Birthplace
Indianapolis

More people

Joseph PulitzerBuilding influential newspapers and endowing the Pulitzer Prizes.Conan O’BrienHosting late-night television with absurd sketches and self-deprecating humour.Fred AstaireMaking dance central to Hollywood musicals, especially with Ginger Rogers.

David Letterman

David Letterman is an American television host and producer known for offbeat comedy and celebrity interviews.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Indianapolis and studied radio and television at Ball State University, working at its student radio station.

Career

  1. 1969 onward

    Local broadcasting

    Worked in Indianapolis radio and television, including as a weatherman.

  2. 1982

    Late Night

    Launched his NBC late-night programme.

  3. 1993

    CBS

    Moved to Late Show.

  4. 2015

    Final Late Show

    Ended his nightly hosting run.

  5. 2018

    Netflix interviews

    Began My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.

Selected work

Late Night

An influential late-night comedy and interview programme.

Late Show

His long-running CBS programme.

My Next Guest

A series of extended interviews.

Beyond work

Education support

Endowed a scholarship at Ball State for students he described as average academically.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Staff Sgt. Kat Justen. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.