May I Have Your Attention Please?
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
So... the story of my life.
I've often thought about this moment, about what it would be like to write my memoirs. I always thought it would make me feel important. It doesn't. If anything it makes me feel a little strange.
The truth is, I should never have been this famous guy. I wasn't the cool, clever, good-looking boy at school. But I always dreamt of it, hoped for it, longed for it: throughout school when I was disruptive, in my teens when I tried to form my own boy band and through hundreds of auditions for parts which were met with constant rejection. Until finally I co-wrote Gavin and Stacey. And my whole life changed...
This is that story. The story of how I found myself here, talking to you.
James Corden is an Emmy Award winning host, writer, producer, and actor. Born in Hillingdon in 1978, he grew up in Buckinghamshire where he attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School. Early TV work included Teachers and Fat Friends, where he met Ruth Jones before going on to co-create the BAFTA Award winning Gavin and Stacey together where Corden’s breakout role came with his portrayal of 'Smithy’. Other notable TV credits include The Wrong Mans, which he co-wrote and starred in, Doctor Who and Jezz Butterworth’s miniseries Mammals.
On stage, Corden starred in One Man, Two Guvnors - for which he won the 2012 Tony Award for "Best Leading Actor in a Play" -, The History Boys and more recently The Constituent.
In 2015, Corden made a monumental leap when he took over as the host of the iconic The Late Late Show in the United States. In his time as host, Corden won multiple Emmy Awards and launched globally loved segments such as Carpool Karaoke.
In film, Corden starred in The Prom and received a 2021 Golden Globe nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture". His other feature credits include: Into The Woods and Oceans 8.
Corden also hosts the US interview series, This Life Of Mine With James Corden, on Sirius XM.
Corden was awarded with an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to drama at Buckingham Palace in 2015