“My first 'Daily Show' piece was pretending I had this terrible immigrant journey, so I went to talk to an immigration lawyer who would help out people, and I ran into him in Penn Station about three months after I'd gotten the green card. I said, 'I got my green card yesterday.' And he hugged me because he understood that level of relief.”

John Oliver is a British and American comedian, political commentator, actor, and television personality. He was born in 1977 and is best known as the host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom before moving into American television. He became widely known as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a role he held from 2006 to 2013, and his work often blends comedy with politics and current affairs.