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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Born Oct 5, 1958 · 67 years96 titles 46 movies · 50 TV
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Biography

Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil deGrasse Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

Neil deGrasse Tyson Ph.D. · Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Born

Oct 5, 1958

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Directing

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Writing

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Most critically rated

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

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