Deon Cole is an American actor, comedian, and comedy writer. Originally based out of Chicago, he is best known as a member of the writing staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and subsequently Conan.
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television
Movies
Barbershop: The Next Cut, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, The Evil One, Live Comedy from the Laff House: Make Room for Comedy, Laffapalooza! #5, Next Up
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Female Brain
2017
post-production
Steven
Black-ish
2014-2017
TV Series
Charlie Telphy / Bookman / Janitor
Angie Tribeca
2016
TV Series
DJ Tanner
Deon Cole: Cole Blooded Seminar
2016
TV Movie
Deon Cole
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
Dante
Benched
2014
TV Series
Diamond
Funny Business
2014
TV Movie
Malcolm
Conan
2010-2012
TV Series
January Jones / Pimp on a Treadmill / NBA Player / ...
The League
2011
TV Series
Mugger
Mash Up
2011
TV Movie
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
TV Series
Tyler Manes / Black Conan / Rodney Shepherd - Black Astronaut / ...
Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz
2007
TV Series
The Negrotiator Sketch
A Get2Gether
2005
Jesse
The Evil One
2005
Video
Dejuan
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
Customer Dante
Barbershop
2002
Customer Darrel
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
2014 Soul Train Awards
2014
TV Movie
2014 MTV Movie Awards
2014
TV Special special material by
2013 Soul Train Awards
2013
TV Special
Deon Cole's Black Box
2013
TV Series writer - 6 episodes
2013 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
2013
TV Movie written by
Mash Up
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Conan
2010-2011
TV Series written by - 18 episodes
Funny as Hell
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Team Coco Presents the Conan Writers Live
2010
TV Movie
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009-2010
TV Series written by - 61 episodes
1st Amendment Stand Up
2005-2009
TV Series documentary writer - 4 episodes
The Funny Spot
2008
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Comedy Central Presents
2007
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Def Comedy Jam
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Comic Justice
1993
TV Series 1993
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deon Cole's Black Box
2013
TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
2016
TV Movie documentary post-production
Himself
The Real
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself - Guest Co-Host / Himself
WGN Morning News
2016
TV Series
Himself
Conan
2010-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Staff Writer / Himself - Black History Month Presenter / ...
The Talk
2016
TV Series
Himself
Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing
2016
Documentary
Himself
The Soup
2015
TV Series
Himself
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
2015
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards
2015
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
2014
TV Special
Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam - Live from Las Vegas
2014
TV Special
Himself - Comic
Funniest Wins
2014
TV Series
Himself
@midnight
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself - Panelist / Himself
Mind of a Man
2014
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
2013 Soul Train Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself
In Bed with Joan
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Heller Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself
Deon Cole's Black Box
2013
TV Series
Himself - Host
Larry King Now
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Last Call with Carson Daly
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Stories from the Road to Freedom
2013
TV Movie documentary
Narrator
The Chocolate Sundaes Comedy Show
2013
TV Special documentary
Himself - Stand Up Comic
BET's Comicview
2012
TV Series
Himself
Mash Up
2012
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
Bill Bellamy: Crazy Sexy Dirty
2012
TV Special documentary
Himself (segment "opening sequence")
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
2011
Documentary
Himself
New York Stand-Up Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
Funny as Hell
2011
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
Documentary
Himself
Lopez Tonight
2010
TV Series
Himself
Team Coco Presents the Conan Writers Live
2010
TV Movie
Himself
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009-2010
TV Series
Himself
The Brian McKnight Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
1st Amendment Stand Up
2005-2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Comedian / Himself
Next Up
2008
Video
Himself
The Funny Spot
2008
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
Wild 'N Out
2007
TV Series
Various / Himself
Comedy Central Presents
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Def Comedy Jam
2006
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
The World Stands Up
2004
TV Series
Himself
Urban Entertainment Buzz
2002
TV Series
Himself
Comic Justice
1993
TV Series
Himself - Comedian (1993)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Conan
2011
TV Series
Twitter Insurance Spokesman
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2017
Image Award
Image Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Black-ish (2014)
2017
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Black-ish (2014)
2014
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Conan (2010)
2013
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Conan (2010)
2012
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Conan (2010)
2011
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Conan (2010)
2010
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)
Known for movies
Conan (2010-2016) as Writer
Black-ish (2014-2017) as Charlie Telphy / Bookman / Janitor
Comic Justice (1993) as Writer
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009-2010) as Writer
$300 Thousand
