Trevor Noah Biography
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting The Daily Show, the American late-night talk and satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 2015 to 2022. Throughout his career, Noah has earned multiple accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2017 and 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named him one of “The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media,” and in 2018, Time magazine listed him among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah launched his career in South Africa in 2008, taking on various hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). That same year, he was the runner-up on the fourth season of South Africa’s Strictly Come Dancing. From 2010 to 2011, he created and hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which aired on M-Net and DStv.
In 2014, Trevor Noah was promoted to Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015, he succeeded Jon Stewart as the show’s host. His autobiographical comedy book, Born a Crime, was published in 2016. Noah has also hosted the Grammy Awards for five consecutive years, from 2021 to 2025, and served as host of the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
How old is Trevor Noah? – Age
Noah is 41 years old as of 2026. He was born on 20 February 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Trevor Noah Height
Noah stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.81 m).
Trevor Noah Family
Noah’s father, Robert, is of Swiss-German descent, and his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, is of Xhosa descent. Noah’s mother was classified as Black under apartheid legislation, while his father was classified as White. Noah was classified as a Colored person. Noah’s parents’ interracial relationship was illegal at the time of his birth, which he discusses in his autobiography. Interracial sexual relations and marriages remained illegal until 1985, a year after his birth, when the Immorality Act was amended. Trevor was raised in the black township of Soweto by Patricia and her mother, Nomalizo Frances Noah.
Trevor Noah Mother
Noahs mother Patricia Nombuyiselo married Ngisaveni Abel Shingange in 1992, and the couple had two sons, Andrew and Isaac. Shingange physically abused Trevor and his mother, and the couple divorced legally in 1996. Shingange shot Patricia in the leg and through the back of her head in 2009, shortly after she married Sfiso Khoza; she survived because the bullet went through the base of her head, avoiding the spinal cord, brain, and all major nerves and blood vessels, and exiting with minor damage to her nostril. When Noah confronted Shingange about the shooting over the phone, he threatened Noah’s life, prompting Noah to flee Johannesburg for Los Angeles. Shingange was convicted of attempted murder in 2011 and sentenced to three years in prison the following year.
Trevor Noah Education
Noah attended Maryvale College, a Johannesburg-based private Roman Catholic primary and secondary school.
Trevor Noah Ethnicity
Noah’s mixed-race ancestry, growing up in Soweto, and observations about race and ethnicity are central themes in his comedy. Noah is fluent in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Tsonga, and a little German.
Trevor Noah Wife
Noah is currently single, previously he was in a relationship with model and actress Minka Kelly. Kelly and Trevor Noah were one of the most talked-about couples during the summer of 2020. After a year together, they called it quits in May 2021. They were vacationing together weeks later, sparking reconciliation rumors.
The couple was still going strong in January 2022, spending time in Noah’s native South Africa. A source told E! in late May that Trevor Noah and Minka Kelly, who recently split up, went on vacation together in St. Barts last weekend. A source told Entertainment Tonight that Kelly and Noah were planning to try again in June 2022. However, they called it quits in 2022
Trevor Noah Books
Born a Crime, his memoir, was published in November 2016 and received positive reviews from major U.S. book reviewers. His mother, in addition to the author, plays an important role in the book, while his European father is only mentioned briefly. It was a New York Times No. 1 bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, Newsday, Esquire, NPR, and Booklist. It was announced that Lupita Nyong’o would play his mother in a film adaptation based on the book.
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, a book containing hundreds of Trump tweets and featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, was released in July 2018 by Noah and The Daily Show writing staff.
Trevor Noah Net Worth
Noah has an estimated net worth of $100 million.
Trevor Noah The Daily Show
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting The Daily Show, the American late-night talk and satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 2015 to 2022. Throughout his career, Noah has earned multiple accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2017 and 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named him one of “The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media,” and in 2018, Time magazine listed him among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah launched his career in South Africa in 2008, taking on various hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). That same year, he was the runner-up on the fourth season of South Africa’s Strictly Come Dancing. From 2010 to 2011, he created and hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which aired on M-Net and DStv.
In 2014, Trevor Noah was promoted to Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015, he succeeded Jon Stewart as the show’s host. His autobiographical comedy book, Born a Crime, was published in 2016. Noah has also hosted the Grammy Awards for five consecutive years, from 2021 to 2025, and served as host of the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Trevor Noah Comedy Career
Noah appeared in an episode of the South African soap opera Isidingo in 2002. Later, on Gauteng’s leading youth radio station, YFM, he hosted his own radio show Noah’s Ark. He gave up his radio show and acting career to focus on comedy, and has worked with South African comedians such as David Kau, Kagiso Lediga, Riaad Moosa, Darren Simpson, Marc Lottering, Barry Hilton, and Nik Rabinowitz, as well as international comedians such as Paul Rodriguez, Carl Barron, Dan Ilic, and Paul Zerdin, and as the opening act for American comedian Gabriel Iglesias on his South African tour in November 2007.
On SABC 2, Noah hosted the educational TV show Run the Adventure. In 2007, he hosted The Real Goboza, a gossip show on SABC 1, as well as Siyadlala, a sports show on the same channel. Noah co-hosted The Amazing Date with Pabi Moloi in 2008 and was a Strictly Come Dancing contestant in the fourth series. In 2009, he hosted the 3rd Annual South African Film and Television Awards and co-hosted The Axe Sweet Life, a reality competition series, with Eugene Khoza. Noah hosted the 16th annual South African Music Awards in 2010, as well as Tonight with Trevor Noah on MNet. Noah also became a spokesperson and consumer advocate for Cell C, South Africa’s third-largest mobile phone network provider, in 2010.
Noah has appeared in the Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy Festival, and Bafunny Bafunny. In South Africa, he has performed stand-up comedy specials such as The Daywalker, Crazy Normal, That’s Racist, and It’s My Culture.
He moved to the United States in 2011. Noah was the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on The Tonight Show in January 2012, and he was the first to appear on Late Show with David Letterman in May 2013. Noah was the subject of the documentary You Laugh But It’s True, which was released in 2012.
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