Live with Regis and Kelly (season 22)
September 2009
Table:
Date

Co-Hosts

"Host Chat"[1]

Guests/Segments[2]

"Regis and Kelly Inbox"[3]

September 7

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Stephen Moyer, Jerry Ferrara, and Rachel Zoe

September 8

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Queen Latifah and AnnaLynne McCord

September 9

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tyler Perry and Michael Douglas

September 10

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jason Bateman, Amber Tamblyn, and Smokey Robinson

September 14

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Chace Crawford, Michael Strahan, Kim Clijsters, and Guinness World Record Breaker Week

September 15

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Aaron Eckhart, Laura Leighton, and Guinness World Record Breaker Week

September 16

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Megan Fox, Serena Williams, and Guinness World Record Breaker Week

September 17

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Dennis Quaid, 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and Guinness World Record Breaker Week

September 18

Kelly Ripa & David Duchovny

America's Got Talent winner Kevin Skinner, Ricky Gervais, and Guinness World Record Breaker Week

September 21

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Julianna Margulies and David Gray

September 22

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Christian Slater and LL Cool J

September 23

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Clive Owen and Melina Kanakaredes

September 24

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Laurence Fishburne and Whitney Port

September 25

Kelly Ripa & Jeff Probst

Jude Law, John Krasinski, and Jo Frost

September 28

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Eli Manning and 2009 Relly Awards

September 29

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Patricia Heaton and 2009 Relly Awards

September 30

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Kelsey Grammer and 2009 Relly Awards

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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( /ˈriːdʒɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/ ; born August 25 , 1931 ) is an American media personality , actor , and singer , known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s . After graduating from the University of Notre Dame , he served in the Navy and got his television start serving as a page for the Tonight Show in the 1950s . Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop 's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show . Sometimes called ( alternatively attributed to James Brown ) the hardest working man in show business , Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera . His trademarks include his excited manner , his New York accent , his wit , and his irreverent ad-libs . Philbin is most widely known as the host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live ! with Regis and Kathie Lee starting in 1988 , which became Live ! with Regis and Kelly starting in 2001 , and continued on with former football player Michael Strahan after Philbin 's departure in 2011 . Philbin debuted and hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , Million Dollar Password , and the first season of America 's Got Talent .
Kelly Maria Ripa ( born October 2 , 1970 ) is an American actress , dancer , talk show hostess , and television producer . Ripa portrayed Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children , between 1990 and 2002 . She is the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show , Live ! with Kelly and Ryan , in various formats since 2001 . She also played Faith Fairfield on the ABC sitcom , Hope & Faith , from 2003 to 2006 . Ripa and her husband , Mark Consuelos , own a New York-based production company , Milojo . In 2014 , The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the Most Powerful People in Media .
Stephen Moyer ( born Stephen John Emery ; 11 October 1969 ) is an English film and television actor and director who is best known as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood . He was born in Brentwood , Essex and attended St Martin 's , a comprehensive school in Hutton , Essex . His first television role was in 1993 as Philip Masefield in the TV adaptation of the play Conjugal Rites , written by actor/playwright Roger Hall . This was followed by the television film Lord of Misrule , filmed in Fowey , Cornwall , which also featured Richard Wilson , Emily Mortimer and Prunella Scales . In 1997 , Moyer made his big-screen debut landing the lead role in the film adaptation of the long-running comic strip Prince Valiant by Hal Foster , working alongside Ron Perlman and Katherine Heigl . From 2 October 2017 , he starred as Reed Strucker , the lead role in Fox series The Gifted . [ citation needed ]
Jerry Charles Ferrara ( born November 25 , 1979 ) is an American actor , known for his role as Turtle on the HBO comedy series Entourage , and starred on the STARZ drama series Power as Joe Proctor .
Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig ( born September 1 , 1971 ) is an American fashion designer , businesswoman , and writer . She has been involved in the fashion industry for nearly two decades . From 2008 until 2013 , Zoe starred in the Bravo reality television series The Rachel Zoe Project .
Dana Elaine Owens ( born March 18 , 1970 ) , known professionally as Queen Latifah , is an American rapper , singer , songwriter , actress , and producer . Born in Newark , New Jersey , she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28 , 1989 , featuring the hit single Ladies First . Nature of a Sista ' ( 1991 ) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records . Latifah starred as Khadijah James on the FOX sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 . Her third album , Black Reign ( 1993 ) , spawned the single U.N.I.T.Y. , which , being a large influence on women , won a Grammy Award and peaked at # 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 . She then starred in the lead role of Set It Off ( 1996 ) and released her fourth album , Order in the Court , on June 16 , 1998 , with Motown Records . Latifah gained mainstream success and acclaim with her performance in the film Chicago ( 2002 ) , receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress . Latifah released her fifth album The Dana Owens Album in 2004 . In 2007 and 2009 , she released two more studio albums - Trav'lin ' Light and Persona . She created the daytime talk show The Queen Latifah Show , which ran from late 2013 to early 2015 on CBS . She has appeared in a number of films , such as Bringing Down the House ( 2003 ) , Taxi ( 2004 ) , Barbershop 2 : Back in Business ( 2005 ) , Beauty Shop ( 2005 ) , Last Holiday ( 2006 ) , Hairspray ( 2007 ) , Joyful Noise ( 2012 ) , 22 Jump Street ( 2014 ) and Girls Trip ( 2017 ) . Latifah received critical acclaim for her portrayal of blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO film Bessie ( 2015 ) , which she co-produced , winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie .
AnnaLynne McCord ( born July 16 , 1987 ) is an American actress , activist and model . Known for playing vixen-type roles , McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series Nip/Tuck , and as the pampered Loren Wakefield on the MyNetworkTV telenovela American Heiress . In 2008 , she was cast in The CW series 90210 , portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark . Initially , the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role . However , by the end of the first season , media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series ' lead . For the role of Naomi Clark , she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009 . In 2010 , she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of Breakthrough Standout Performance . Apart from acting , she has also contributed to charities in her free time . In 2009 , she was labeled by the Look to the Stars organization as one of the strongest young female philanthropists standing up in Hollywood and fighting for the charities she believes in . In 2011 , she was nominated for VH1 's Do Something Award in the category of TV Star . Her turn as a disturbed and delusional teenager in the 2012 film Excision was widely acclaimed . For her role in Excision , McCord won Best Actress at the Malaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema in 2012 .
Tyler Perry ( born Emmitt Perry Jr. ; September 13 , 1969 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , comedian and director . In 2011 , Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment , earning US $ 130 million between May 2010 and May 2011 . Perry created and performs the Madea character , a tough elderly black woman . Perry 's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays . Many of Perry 's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films . Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s . Perry has developed several television series , most notably Tyler Perry 's House of Payne , which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21 , 2006 , to August 10 , 2012 . On October 2 , 2012 , Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network . The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to OWN , based on Perry 's previous success in this area . Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network , The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful . The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014 , with the series also referred to as one of OWN 's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun , filled with the typical betrayals , affairs , and manipulations . Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced by himself , including as Admiral Barnett in Star Trek ( 2009 ) , the titular character in Alex Cross ( 2012 ) , Tanner Bolt in Gone Girl ( 2014 ) , Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows ( 2016 ) and Colin Powell in Vice ( 2018 ) .
Michael Kirk Douglas ( born September 25 , 1944 ) is an American actor and producer . He has received numerous accolades , including two Academy Awards , five Golden Globe Awards , a Primetime Emmy Award , the Cecil B. DeMille Award , and the AFI Life Achievement Award . The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill , Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California , Santa Barbara . His early acting roles included film , stage , and television productions . Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco , for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations . In 1975 , Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest , having acquired the rights to the Ken Kesey novel from his father . The film received critical and popular acclaim , and won the Academy Award for Best Picture , earning Douglas his first Oscar as one of the film 's producers . After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976 , Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome ( 1979 ) and Romancing the Stone ( 1984 ) . He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Romancing the Stone , in which he also starred , thus reintroducing himself to audiences as a capable leading man . After reprising his Romancing the Stone role as Jack Colton in the 1985 sequel The Jewel of the Nile , which he also produced , and along with appearing in the musical A Chorus Line ( 1985 ) and the psychological thriller Fatal Attraction ( 1987 ) , Douglas received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone 's Wall Street ( 1987 ) , for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor . He reprised the role in the sequel Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps ( 2010 ) . His subsequent film roles included : Black Rain ( 1989 ) ; The War of the Roses ( 1989 ) ; Basic Instinct ( 1992 ) ; Falling Down ( 1993 ) ; The American President ( 1995 ) ; The Game ( 1997 ) ; Traffic and Wonder Boys ( both 2000 ) ; Solitary Man ( 2009 ) ; Ant-Man ( 2015 ) , Ant-Man and the Wasp ( 2018 ) , and Avengers : Endgame ( 2019 ) .
Jason Kent Bateman ( born January 14 , 1969 ) is an American actor , director , and producer . He began acting on television in the early 1980s on Little House on the Prairie , Silver Spoons , and The Hogan Family . In the 2000s , he became known for his role of Michael Bluth using deadpan comedy in the sitcom Arrested Development , for which he won a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award . He has also starred in the films Teen Wolf Too ( 1987 ) , The Break-Up ( 2006 ) , Juno ( 2007 ) , Hancock ( 2008 ) , Up in the Air , Couples Retreat , Extract ( all 2009 ) , The Switch ( 2010 ) , Horrible Bosses ( 2011 ) and its sequel ( 2014 ) , The Gift ( 2015 ) , Office Christmas Party , Zootopia ( both 2016 ) and Game Night ( 2018 ) . Bateman made his directorial debut with the black comedy Bad Words ( 2013 ) , in which he also starred . He has since directed and starred in The Family Fang ( 2015 ) and the Netflix crime drama series Ozark ( 2017-present ) . Bateman was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2019 for his directing of Ozark and has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance .
Amber Rose Tamblyn ( born May 14 , 1983 ) is an American actress , writer , and director . She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine , followed by a starring role on the prime-time series Joan of Arcadia , portraying the title character , Joan Girardi , for which she received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations . Her feature film work includes roles such as Tibby Rollins from the first two The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films ( 2005-2008 ) , as well as Katie Embry in The Ring ( 2002 ) , Aubrey Davis in The Grudge 2 ( 2006 ) and Megan McBride in 127 Hours ( 2010 ) ; she had an extended arc as Martha M. Masters in the medical drama series House . She also had a starring role as Jenny on seasons eleven and twelve of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men .
William Smokey Robinson Jr. ( born February 19 , 1940 ) is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , and former record executive . Robinson was the founder and frontman of the Motown vocal group the Miracles , for which he was also chief songwriter and producer . Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 , when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown 's vice president . However , Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year . Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988 , Robinson left the company in 1990 . Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 , and was awarded the 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music .
Chace Crawford ( born July 18 , 1985 ) is an American actor , known for his portrayal of Nate Archibald on The CW 's teen drama series Gossip Girl . He is also known for starring in the films The Covenant ( 2006 ) , The Haunting of Molly Hartley ( 2008 ) , Twelve ( 2010 ) , and What to Expect When You 're Expecting ( 2012 ) . In 2015 , he portrayed Billy LeFever in ABC 's short-lived drama series Blood & Oil . In 2019 , he appeared as a member of the main cast of the Amazon Prime Video original series , The Boys , is based on the comic book series of the same name , portraying the Deep .
Michael Anthony Strahan ( /ˈstreɪhæn/ ; born November 21 , 1971 ) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001 , and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007 . After retiring from the NFL , he became a media personality . He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014 . Strahan is a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday , and co-host of ABC 's Good Morning America and its spinoff Strahan , Sara and Keke . He co-hosted the syndicated daytime talk show Live ! with Kelly and Michael with Kelly Ripa from 2012 to 2016 , for which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards . In 2014 , he became a regular contributor on Good Morning America , and in 2016 the network announced that Strahan would be leaving Live ! to join GMA full-time .
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters ( Dutch pronunciation : [ kɪm ˈklɛistərs ] ( listen ) ; born 8 June 1983 ) is a Belgian professional tennis player . Clijsters has been a world No . 1 in both singles and doubles , having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003 . She has won a total of six Grand Slam tournament titles , four in singles and two in doubles . Clijsters has competed professionally from 1997 in an era in which her primary rivals were compatriot Justine Henin and 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams . Coming from a country with limited success in men 's or women 's tennis , Clijsters became the first Belgian player to attain the No . 1 ranking . Together with Henin , she established Belgium as a leading force in women 's tennis as the two of them led their country to their first Fed Cup crown in 2001 and were the top two players in the world in late 2003 . Individually , Clijsters has won 41 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) Tour . She was a three-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships . Between singles and doubles , she has been a champion at all four Grand Slam tournaments , winning the US Open and the Australian Open in singles and Wimbledon and the French Open in doubles with Ai Sugiyama . Her success at majors has been highlighted by winning three consecutive appearances at the US Open .
Guinness World Records , known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records , is a reference book published annually , listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world . The brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver , the book was co-founded by twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter in Fleet Street , London , in August 1954 . The book itself holds a world record , as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time . As of the 2019 edition , it is now in its 64th year of publication , published in 100 countries and 23 languages . The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums . The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records . The organisation employs official record adjudicators authorised to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records .
Aaron Edward Eckhart ( born March 12 , 1968 ) is an American actor . Born in Cupertino , California , Eckhart moved to England at age 13 , when his father relocated the family . Several years later , he began his acting career by performing in school plays , before moving to Australia for his high school senior year . He left high school without graduating , but earned a diploma through an adult education course , and graduated from Brigham Young University ( BYU ) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film . For much of the mid-1990s , he lived in New York City as a struggling , unemployed actor . As an undergraduate at BYU , Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute , who cast him in several of his own original plays . Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous , sociopathic ladies ' man in LaBute 's black comedy film In the Company of Men ( 1997 ) . Under LaBute 's guidance he worked in the director 's films Your Friends & Neighbors ( 1998 ) , Nurse Betty ( 2000 ) , and Possession ( 2002 ) . Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh 's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich ( 2000 ) , and , in 2006 , he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking . Another mainstream breakout occurred in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent . Other key roles include The Pledge ( 2001 ) , The Core ( 2003 ) , Paycheck ( 2003 ) , Rabbit Hole ( 2010 ) , Battle : Los Angeles ( 2011 ) , Olympus Has Fallen ( 2013 ) and its sequel London Has Fallen ( 2016 ) , I , Frankenstein ( 2014 ) , and Sully ( 2016 ) , Midway ( 2019 ) .
Laura Diane Leighton ( born July 24 , 1968 ) is an American actress . She is best known for the role of Sydney Andrews on the television series Melrose Place ( 1993-1997 ) and its remake ( 2009-2010 ) and for Ashley Marin on Freeform 's series Pretty Little Liars ( 2010-2017 ) .
Megan Denise Fox ( born May 16 , 1986 ) is an American actress and model . She began her acting career in 2001 , with several minor television and film roles , and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom . In 2004 , she made her film debut with a role in the teen comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen . In 2007 , she co-starred as Mikaela Banes , the love interest of Shia LaBeouf 's character , in the blockbuster action film Transformers , which became her breakout role . Fox reprised her role in the 2009 sequel , Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen . Later in 2009 , she starred in the black comedy horror film Jennifer 's Body . In 2014 , Fox starred as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and reprised the role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows ( 2016 ) . Fox is considered a sex symbol and has appeared in magazines such as Maxim , Rolling Stone , and FHM .
Serena Jameka Williams ( born September 26 , 1981 ) is an American professional tennis player and former world No . 1 . She has won 23 major singles titles , the most by any man or woman in the Open Era . The Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) ranked her world No . 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017 . She reached the No . 1 ranking for the first time on July 8 , 2002 . On her sixth occasion , she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks , tying the record set by Steffi Graf . In total , she has been No . 1 for 319 weeks , which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova . Williams holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles , doubles , and mixed doubles combined among active players . Her 39 Grand Slam titles put her joint-third on the all-time list and second in the Open Era : 23 in singles , 14 in women 's doubles , and two in mixed doubles .
Dennis William Quaid ( born April 9 , 1954 ) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles . First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s , some of his notable credits include Breaking Away ( 1979 ) , The Right Stuff ( 1983 ) , The Big Easy ( 1986 ) , Innerspace ( 1987 ) , Great Balls of Fire ! ( 1989 ) , Dragonheart ( 1996 ) , The Parent Trap ( 1998 ) , Frequency ( 2000 ) , Traffic ( 2000 ) , The Rookie ( 2002 ) , The Day After Tomorrow ( 2004 ) , Vantage Point ( 2008 ) , Footloose ( 2011 ) , Soul Surfer ( 2011 ) , and The Intruder ( 2019 ) . For his role in Far from Heaven ( 2002 ) , he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor among other accolades .
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR ) . The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division , and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division . In 1971 , when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series ( 1971-2003 ) . A similar deal was made with Nextel in 2003 , and it became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series ( 2004-2007 ) . Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005 , and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ( 2008-2016 ) . In December 2016 , it was announced that Monster Energy would become the new title sponsor and the series was renamed the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ( 2017-2019 ) . In 2019 , NASCAR rejected Monster 's offer to extend the current naming rights deal beyond the end of the season . NASCAR subsequently announced its move to a new tiered sponsorship model beginning with the 2020 season similar to other US based professional sports leagues , where it was simply known as the NASCAR Cup Series . The four Premier Partners are Busch Beer , Coca-Cola , GEICO , and Xfinity . The championship is determined by a points system , with points being awarded according to finish placement and number of laps led . The season is divided into two segments . After the first 26 races , 16 drivers , selected primarily on the basis of wins during the first 26 races , are seeded based on their total number of wins .
David William Duchovny /dʊˈkʌvni/ ( born August 7 , 1960 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , director , novelist , and singer-songwriter . He is known for playing FBI agent Fox Mulder on the television series The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on the television series Californication , both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards . Duchovny appeared in both X-Files films , the 1998 science fiction-thriller of the same name and the supernatural-thriller The X-Files : I Want to Believe ( 2008 ) . He executive-produced and starred in the historically based cop drama Aquarius ( 2015-16 ) . Duchovny earned a A.B . in English literature from Princeton University , and an M.A . in English literature from Yale University , and has since published three books , Holy Cow : A Modern-Day Dairy Tale ( 2015 ) , Bucky F*cking Dent ( 2016 ) and Miss Subways ( 2018 ) .
America 's Got Talent ( often abbreviated as AGT ) is a televised American talent show competition , and is part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell . The program is produced by Fremantle USA and Syco Entertainment , distributed by the former , and broadcast on the NBC television network , premiering on June 21 , 2006 , after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended following a dispute within the British broadcaster ITV ; production would later resume in 2007 . Each season is mainly run during the network 's summer schedule , and has featured various hosts over the course of the program 's history ; the current host is Terry Crews . The program attracts a variety of participants , from across the United States and abroad , to take part and who possess some form of talents , with acts ranging from singing , dancing , comedy , magic , stunts , variety , and other genres . Each participant who auditions attempts to secure a place in the live episodes of a season by impressing a panel of judges - the current line-up consists of Cowell , and Howie Mandel with two new judges to be announced for the upcoming season . Those that make it into the live episodes compete against each other for both the judges ' and public 's vote in order to reach the live final , where the winner receives a large cash prize , primarily paid over a period of time , and , since the third season , a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip . Since its premiere , America 's Got Talent has helped to unearth new talent and kickstart/boost the careers of various performers who took part in the competition , while the show itself has been a rating success for NBC , drawing in on average around 10 million viewers per season . In 2013 , a book titled Inside AGT : The Untold Stories of America 's Got Talent was released , providing a description of the seasons , contestants , judges , and production techniques of the show , along with detailed interviews with contestants from all seasons , up to the date of the book 's publication . The program has run for a total of fourteen seasons , and spawned a spin-off competition titled America 's Got Talent : The Champions , consisting of notable contestants from the U.S. and other international versions of the franchise , which premiered on NBC on January 7 , 2019 .
Patrick Kevin Skinner ( born February 25 , 1974 ) is an American country music singer from the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky . He is the winner of the fourth season of America 's Got Talent .
Ricky Dene Gervais ( /dʒərˈveɪz/ jer-VAYS ; born 25 June 1961 ) is an English stand-up comedian , actor , writer , film producer , director , and musician . He is perhaps best known for co-creating , writing , and acting in the British television series The Office ( 2001-2003 ) . He has won seven BAFTA Awards , five British Comedy Awards , two Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , and the Rose d'Or twice ( 2006 and 2019 ) , as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination . In 2007 , he was placed at No . 11 on Channel 4 's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No . 3 on the updated 2010 list . In 2010 , he was named on the Time 100 list of the world 's most influential people . Gervais initially worked in the music industry , attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then unknown band Suede before turning to comedy . Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000 , garnering a reputation as a blunt and often controversial social critic . In 2000 , he was given a Channel 4 spoof talk show , Meet Ricky Gervais . He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series The Office . It was followed by Extras in 2005 .
Julianna Luisa Margulies ( /ˈmɑːrɡjʊliːs/ ; born June 8 , 1966 ) is an American actress and producer . After several small television roles , Margulies achieved wide recognition for her role as Carol Hathaway on NBC 's long-running medical drama ER , for which she won an Emmy Award . She also voiced Neera in Dinosaur ( 2000 ) and appeared in the miniseries The Mists of Avalon ( 2001 ) . In 2009 , she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the American legal drama The Good Wife on CBS . Her performance garnered acclaim : she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice , a Golden Globe , and a Television Critics Association Award . In 2018 , Margulies had a co-starring role as Kitty Montgomery in the AMC dark comedy series Dietland . Margulies has won eight Screen Actor Guild Awards , making her the second most awarded woman ever within SAG after Julia Louis-Dreyfus . In 2015 , Time magazine featured her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World . She has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
David Gray ( born 13 June 1968 ) is a British singer-songwriter . He released his first album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later . It was the first of three UK chart-toppers in six years for Gray , of which the latter two also made the Top 17 in the United States . White Ladder became the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK . It is ranked the tenth best-selling album of the 21st century in the United Kingdom . Gray has been nominated for four Brit Awards - twice for Best British Male .
Christian Michael Leonard Slater ( born August 18 , 1969 ) is an American actor , voice actor , and producer . He made his film debut with a leading role in The Legend of Billie Jean ( 1985 ) and gained wider recognition for his breakthrough role as Jason J.D . Dean , a sociopathic high school student , in the satire Heathers ( 1988 ) . He has received critical acclaim for his title-role in the USA Network television series Mr . Robot ( 2015-2019 ) , for which he earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series , Miniseries or Television Film in 2016 , with additional nominations in 2017 and 2018 . Born in New York City to a theatrical family , Slater made his television debut at the age of eight on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live . He attended the Dalton School , the Professional Children 's School , and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts . In the 1990s , Slater starred in a number of big-budget films , including Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves ( 1991 ) , Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) , FernGully : The Last Rainforest ( 1992 ) , Broken Arrow ( 1996 ) , and Hard Rain ( 1998 ) as well as cult films like Pump Up the Volume ( 1990 ) and True Romance ( 1993 ) . Since 2000 , Slater has combined work in film and television including roles in Bobby ( 2006 ) , Breaking In ( 2011 ) , Nymphomaniac ( 2013 ) , The Wife ( 2017 ) , and The Public ( 2018 ) . He has also done voice-work and theatrical roles during the same time period .
James Todd Smith ( born January 14 , 1968 ) , known professionally as LL Cool J ( short for Ladies Love Cool James ) , is an American rapper , record producer , actor , author and entrepreneur from Queens , New York . With the breakthrough success of his hit single I Need a Beat and the Radio LP , LL Cool J became an early hip-hop act to achieve mainstream success along with Kurtis Blow and Run-D.M.C . LL Cool J has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations . His twelfth album Exit 13 ( 2008 ) , was his last for his long-tenured deal with Def Jam Recordings . LL Cool J appeared in numerous films , including In Too Deep , Any Given Sunday , S.W.A.T. , Deep Blue Sea , Mindhunters , and Edison . He currently plays NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS : Los Angeles . LL Cool J also is the host of Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network . A two-time Grammy Award winner , LL Cool J is known for such hip hop hits as Going Back to Cali , I 'm Bad , The Boomin ' System , Rock the Bells and Mama Said Knock You Out , as well as R & B hits such as Doin ' It , I Need Love , All I Have , Around the Way Girl and Hey Lover . In 2010 , VH1 placed him on their 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time list . In 2017 , LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors .
Clive Owen ( born 3 October 1964 ) is an English actor . He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991 . He received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyes ( 1991 ) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier ( 1998 ) . In 2005 , he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the drama Closer ( 2004 ) . Owen has played leading roles in films such as Sin City ( 2005 ) , Derailed ( 2005 ) , Inside Man ( 2006 ) , Children of Men ( 2006 ) , and The International ( 2009 ) . In 2012 , he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in Hemingway & Gellhorn . He played Dr. John W. Thackery on the Cinemax medical drama series The Knick , for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination .
Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides ( Greek : Μελίνα Ελένη Κανακαρίδη Κωνσταντινίδη ; born April 23 , 1967 ) is an American actress . She is widely known for her roles in U.S. primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence ( 1999-2002 ) and as Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI : NY ( 2004-2010 ) , and on the American daytime television drama series Guiding Light as Eleni Andros Cooper ( 1991-1995 ) .
Laurence John Fishburne III ( born July 30 , 1961 ) is an American actor , playwright , producer , screenwriter , and film director . He is known for playing Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy , Jason Furious Styles in the 1991 drama film Boyz n the Hood , Tyrone Mr. Clean Miller in the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now , and most recently The Bowery King in the John Wick film series . For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What 's Love Got to Do With It , Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor . He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running ( 1992 ) , and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa ( 1993 ) . Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker 's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play . Fishburne starred in several cult classics , including Deep Cover and King of New York . From 2008 to 2011 , he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI : Crime Scene Investigation and from 2013 to 2015 starred as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal . In 2013 , he portrayed Perry White in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot Man of Steel and in 2016 reprised his role in Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice as part of the DC Extended Universe . Fishburne played Bill Foster in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp , released in 2018 as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe .
Whitney Eve Port ( born March 4 , 1985 ) is an American television personality , fashion designer , and author . Born and raised in Los Angeles , California , she attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica as a teenager . In 2006 , Port came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series The Hills , which chronicled the personal and professional lives of Port and friends Lauren Conrad , Heidi Montag , and Audrina Patridge . During its production , she held positions with Teen Vogue and Kelly Cutrone 's People 's Revolution . After moving to New York City to begin employment with Diane von Fürstenberg in 2008 , Port was commissioned to star in her own spin-off series The City , which originally documented the lives of Port and companions Jay Lyon , Olivia Palermo , and Adam Senn . After undergoing several casting adjustments and receiving underwhelming ratings , the series was canceled in 2010 , after airing two seasons . Port launched her fashion line Whitney Eve in 2009 . In 2012 , she served as a judge on the eighth cycle of Britain & Ireland 's Next Top Model .
Jeff Probst ( born November 4 , 1961 ) is an American game show host and an executive producer . He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning host of the U.S. version of the reality television show Survivor . He was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show , a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013 .
David Jude Heyworth Law ( born 29 December 1972 ) is an English actor . He has received multiple award nominations including for two Academy Awards , four Golden Globes Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two British Academy Film Awards . In 2007 , he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government , in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts . Born and raised in London , Law started acting in theatre . After finding small roles in feature films , Law gained recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella 's The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ) , for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award . He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates ( 2001 ) , Steven Spielberg 's A.I . Artificial Intelligence ( 2001 ) and Sam Mendes ' Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) . He gave an acclaimed performance in the war film Cold Mountain ( 2003 ) , earning him Academy Award , Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations . Law went on to star in several commercially unsuccessful films , including Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ( 2004 ) and Alfie ( 2004 ) . He then starred in romantic comedies Closer ( 2004 ) and The Holiday ( 2006 ) which were well-received . He also portrayed Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes ( 2009 ) and Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows ( 2011 ) . In the 2010s , Law appeared in Repo Men ( 2010 ) and had supporting roles in Contagion ( 2011 ) and the 3D film Hugo ( 2011 ) .
John Burke Krasinski ( /krəˈzɪnski/ ; born October 20 , 1979 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . Besides appearing in and making feature films , he is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office . He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series throughout its nine-season run . Educated in theatre arts at Brown University and the National Theater Institute , Krasinski is the recipient of a number of accolades , including four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018 . His film credits include License to Wed ( 2007 ) , Leatherheads ( 2008 ) , Away We Go ( 2009 ) , It 's Complicated ( 2009 ) , Something Borrowed ( 2011 ) , Big Miracle ( 2012 ) , Promised Land ( 2012 ) , Aloha ( 2015 ) , and 13 Hours : The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ( 2016 ) . Krasinski directed and starred in the drama Brief Interviews with Hideous Men ( 2009 ) and the comedy-drama film The Hollars ( 2016 ) . In 2018 , Krasinski co-wrote , directed , and starred in the critically and commercially acclaimed horror film A Quiet Place . That year , he began portraying the title character in the Amazon thriller series Jack Ryan , which he also produced . He was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role . In addition to acting in television series and films , Krasinski has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films such as Monsters University and a small role in Shrek the Third . He established a production company , Sunday Night Productions , in 2013 .
Joanne Frost ( born 27 June 1970 or 27 June 1971 ) ( sources differ ) is an English television personality , nanny and author . She is best known for the reality television programme Supernanny UK , in which she was the central figure . The show first aired in the United Kingdom in 2004 and she has branched off into several other reality shows in the United Kingdom , United States and the Netherlands . Family S.O.S . with Jo Frost addressed issues such as addiction and abuse . Family Matters is a talk show . She has written six books on child care .
Elisha Nelson Manning IV ( born January 3 , 1981 ) is a former American football quarterback who played his entire 16-year career for the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at the University of Mississippi from 2000 to 2003 . He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and was immediately traded to the Giants who in return gave up a package , highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers . Manning is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the younger brother of former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning . Manning holds Giants franchise records for most passing yards , touchdown passes , and completed passes in a career . In 2012 , in a 41-34 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , he threw for 510 yards , three yards short of Phil Simms ' franchise record of 513 . Manning showed durability throughout his career . He started 210 straight games from 2004 to 2017 , the third-longest consecutive starts streak by a quarterback in NFL history , and never missed a game due to an injury . He is the seventh all-time leader in passing yards and eighth in touchdowns . Though lacking his brother 's regular season consistency and high-caliber performances , Manning is known for his two improbable Super Bowl-winning postseason runs in 2007 and 2011 , in which he led underdog Giants squads to Super Bowl victories against the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI . Manning was named Most Valuable Player in both Super Bowls , becoming one of five players to have multiple Super Bowl MVP awards ( Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw also have two , Joe Montana - three , and Tom Brady - four ) .
Patricia Helen Heaton ( born March 4 , 1958 ) is an American actress and comedian . She is known for her starring role as Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond ( 1996-2005 ) and as Frances Frankie Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle ( 2009-2018 ) . Since 2019 , Heaton stars as Dr. Carol Kenney in the CBS sitcom Carol 's Second Act . Heaton is a three-time Emmy Award winner - twice winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Everybody Loves Raymond , and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program as host of Patricia Heaton Parties ( 2015-2016 ) .
Allen Kelsey Grammer ( born February 21 , 1955 ) is an American actor , voice actor , comedian , singer , producer , director , writer and activist , best known for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcoms Cheers and Frasier . He also produced the sitcom Girlfriends , which aired on UPN and The CW . Grammer has won five Primetime Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , one Daytime Emmy Award and one Tony Award ; additionally , he has also worked as a television producer , director , and writer .