James Corden

James Corden is one of those guys who somehow pulled off a trick nobody else has managed quite so cleanly: he started as a stage actor in the UK, co-wrote the beloved BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, won a Tony Award on Broadway in 2012, and then became the affable face of American late-night TV on The Late Late Show for nearly a decade. Carpool Karaoke alone earned him a permanent place in pop culture — getting actual superstars to belt out their own hits in a passenger seat is such a brilliantly simple idea that it's almost annoying nobody thought of it first. He's a Leo through and through: big personality, generous energy, needs to be in the room. When the show wrapped in 2023 he got the rare honor of leaving on his own terms, and that OBE sitting on his shelf is a reminder that Britain quietly claimed him all along.

Name (English)

James Corden

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・コーデン

Reading

じぇーむず・こーでん

Born

August 22, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Hillingdon, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / television presenter / autobiographer / comedian / screenwriter

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 2012 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
• 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
• Diamond Play Button

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/j_corden/
• Xhttps://x.com/JKCorden
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3

Tags

• actor
• television presenter
• autobiographer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.