Carson Daly Biography (1973-)

Full name, Carson Jones Daly; born June 22 (some sources cite June 23), 1973,in Santa Monica, CA; son of J. D. Daly (an actor) and Pattie Daly Caruso (atalk show host); stepson of Richard Caruso (an owner of a golf shop and realestate agent). Addresses: Agent: Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., ThirdFloor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: Maverick Films, 331 North Maple Dr., Second Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Publicist: Shirine Coburn, ShirineCoburn Communications, 89 Greene St., Third Floor, New York, NY 10012.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer, television personality
Birth Details: June 22, 1973; Santa Monica, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Himself, Motel California, MTV, beginning 1997
Host, MTV Live, MTV, beginning 1997
Himself, *NSYNC TV, MTV, beginning 1998
Host, Total Request Live (also known as Total Request with Carson Daly and TRL), MTV, 1998-2003
Himself, Making the Band, ABC and MTV, 2001
Host, Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, beginning 2002
Movies
Himself, 2gether (also known as 2GE+HER), MTV, 2000
Voice of David Sorenson, Is It Fall Yet? (animated; also known asDaria in Is It Fall Yet?, Daria: Is It Fall Yet?, and Dariathe Movie: Is It Fall Yet?), MTV, 2000
Himself, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, NBC, 2002
Himself, Windy City Heat, Comedy Central, 2003
Specials
Host, Metallica TV, MTV, 1998
Host, MTV New Year's Eve (also known as MTV's New Year's Eve Live), MTV, 1998
Host, Rocks Off with Motley Crue, MTV, 1998
Host, A Very Busta Xmas, MTV, 1998
Jewel TV, 1998
Cohost, Castaway Countdown TRL, MTV, 1999
Host, Alanis T.V., MTV, 1999
Host, Blow the Boat: Isle of MTV Summer Launch, MTV, 1999
Host, Dre TV, MTV, 1999
Host, Manson T.V., MTV, 1999
Host, The Miss Teen USA Pageant, CBS, 1999
Host, MTV's Celebrity Dream Date, MTV, 1999
Host, MTV 2 Large: New Years Eve Party, MTV, 1999
Host, MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act, MTV, 1999
Host, Wanna Be a VJ Too, MTV, 1999
Host, Woodstock '99 Revisited, MTV, 1999
MTV Sports & Music Festival 3: Skate Trick, MTV, 1999
MTV Uncensored, MTV, 1999
Himself, MTV's New Year's Eve Uncensored, MTV, 2000
Cohost, New Year's Eve Party 2001, MTV, 2000
Host, @MTV with Eve, MTV, 2000
Host, @MTV with Hot Boys Feat, Juvenile, MTV, 2000
Host, @MTV with the Smashing Pumpkins, MTV, 2000
Host, Britney Live, MTV, 2000
Host, Celebrity Dream Date with Enrique Iglesias, Spring Break, Cancun, MTV, 2000
Host, Fashionably Loud 2000, MTV, 2000
Host, The 49th Annual Miss USA Pageant, CBS, 2000
Host, Mariah T.V., MTV, 2000
Host, Millionth Video (also known as MTV's Millionth Video), MTV, 2000
Host, MTV Rock 'n' Jock Bowling, MTV, 2000
Host, MTV Snowed In, MTV, 2000
Host, 100 Greatest Pop Songs, MTV, 2000
Host, Ricky Martin T.V., MTV, 2000
Host, Spankin New Beck Concert, MTV, 2000
Host, TRL Superstars, MTV, 2000
Host, Wanna Be a VJ 3, MTV, 2000
Eminem TV, MTV, 2000
Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year 2000, CBS, 2000
Himself, Carson Daly: Total Disclosure, MTV, 2001
Himself, MTV Summer Uncensored, MTV, 2001
Himself, Tom Green Uncensored, MTV, 2001
Host, CBS Sports Presents: MTV's TRL the Super Bowl, CBS, 2001
Host, Celebrity Dreamdate with Jessica Simpson, Spring Break Cancun, MTV, 2001
Host, Copperfield! Tornado of Fire (also known as The Magic ofDavid Copperfield: The Tornado of Fire), CBS, 2001
Host, Dave Matthews TV, MTV, 2001
Host, MTV Snowed In 2001, MTV, 2001
Host, MTV Sports & Music Festival 5, MTV, 2001
Host, MTV 20: Live and Almost Legal, MTV, 2001
Host, *NSYNC: The Road to Celebrity, MTV, 2001
Host, Ricky Martin's Super Bowl Saturday Night, CBS, 2001
Host, Spankin New TRL with Shakira, MTV, 2001

Host, Total Britney Live, 2001
Host, TRL Retirement Home, MTV, 2001
Host, TRL Super Bowl, MTV, 2001
Host, The 25 Hottest Stars under 25 (also known as Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25), MTV, 2001
Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner, Comedy Central, 2001
MTV New Years Eve 2001, MTV, 2001
Host, MTV Mardi Gras 2002, MTV, 2002
Host, New Year's Eve Pajama Party, MTV, 2002
Host, TRL Presents: Christina Stripped in New York City, MTV, 2002
Host, USO Special for the Troops (also known as For the Troops:An MTV/USA Special), MTV, 2002
Voice, U2's Beautiful Day, CBS, 2002
Elvis Lives, NBC, 2002
NBA All-Star Read to Achieve Celebration, multiple networks, 2002
Himself, Snoop to the Extreme, MTV, 2003
Host, Last Call Vegas with Blue Man Group, NBC, 2003
Host, Last Call Vegas with the Pussycat Dolls & Camp Freddie,E! Entertainment Television, 2003
Host, Macy's 4th of July Spectacular (also known as Macy's 4thof July Fireworks Spectacular), NBC, 2003
Host, Madonna: On Stage & on the Record, MTV, 2003
Host, Mardi Gras 2003, MTV, 2003
Host, MC Battle, MTV, 2003
Host, MTV Does Miami, MTV, 2003
Michael Jackson Number Ones, CBS, 2003
MTV Bash: Carson Daly, MTV, 2003
Road Trippin with Ashanti, MTV, 2003
Himself, Behind the Apprentice: Dateline with Stone Phillips, NBC,2004
Host, Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, NBC, 2004
Host, New Year's Eve with Carson Daly, NBC, 2004
Host, The Shady National Convention, MTV, 2004
Michael Jackson: The One, CBS, 2004
UFC 47: It's On!, 2004
Host of Cool Crap Weekend, MTV.
Awards Presentations
The 1999 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 1999
The WB Radio Music Awards, The WB, 1999
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards 2000, MTV, 2000
The 2000 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 2000
Host, Young Hollywood Awards, 2001
Presenter, The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 2001
Presenter, Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2001
Presenter, The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2001
The 2001 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 2001
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (also known as VMAs 2002), MTV, 2002
MTV Video Music Awards 2003, MTV, 2003
The 2003 Radio Music Awards, NBC, 2003
Host, 2004 Radio Music Awards, NBC, 2004
Presenter, The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2004
The Second Annual TRL Awards, MTV, 2004
Television Guest Appearances
Episodic
"Video Gurl," Movie Stars, The WB, 2000
Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2000, two episodesin 2001
Himself, Aaliyah: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
Himself, Intimate Portrait: Destiny's Child, Lifetime, 2001
(Uncredited) "Risk," Undergrads, MTV, 2001
"SportsCenter 25K," SportsCenter, ESPN, 2002
(Uncredited) "Total Sabrina Live: Part 2," Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (also known as Sabrina and Sabrina Goes to College), The WB, 2002
Mad TV, Fox, 2002
Chappelle's Show, Comedy Central, 2003
The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2003
The New Tom Green Show, MTV, 2003
"Tit for Tat," The Apprentice, NBC, 2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2004, 2005
The View, ABC, 2004, 2005
"Ashlee's Notorious Performance," The Ashlee Simpson Show (also known as Ashlee), MTV, 2005
"Carson Daly," The Andy Milonakis Show, MTV, 2005
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellen and The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated, 2005
The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2005
Television Appearances
Pilots
Himself, My Name Is Earl, NBC, 2005
Television Executive Producer
Series
Total Request Live (also known as Total Request with Carson Daly and TRL), MTV, beginning 1998
Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, beginning 2002
Specials
CBS Sports Presents: MTV's TRL the Super Bowl, CBS, 2001
The 25 Hottest Stars under 25 (also known as Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25), MTV, 2001
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly, NBC, 2004
Awards Presentations
The Second Annual TRL Awards, MTV, 2004
Film Appearances
Himself, Puff Daddy TV, 1998
(Uncredited) Joe Dirt (also known as The Adventures of Joe Dirt), Columbia, 2001
(Uncredited) Josie and the Pussycats, MCA/Universal, 2001
Himself, Death of a Dynasty, TLA Releasing, 2003
Himself, Pauly Shore Is Dead, CKrush Entertainment, 2004
Film Work
Executive music producer, Session 9, USA Films, 2001
Radio Appearances
Series
Host, Carson Daly's Most Requested, Premier Radio Networks, beginning 2001
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady," 2005
WRITINGS
Writings for Periodicals
Contributor to the magazine US Weekly, beginning c. 2000.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Jackman, Ian, Total Request Live (also known as MTV: TRL: The Ultimate Fan Guide), Pocket Books, 2000
Newsmakers, Issue 4, Gale, 2002
Pearl, A., Hey Carson! Meet TRL's Carson Daly, Scholastic Paperbacks, 2000

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, October 22, 1999, p. 25; February 8, 2002, p. 59
Forbes, July 5, 2004, p. 112
New York Times Upfront, March 13, 2000, p. 24
Parade, December 26, 2004, p. 16
People Weekly, November 16, 1998, p. 88; May 29, 2000, p. 71; August 7, 2001, p. 67; January 21, 2002, p. 20; October 11, 2004, p. 85; June 27,2005, p. 82
Rolling Stone, February 17, 2000, p. 13
Seventeen, March, 1998
Teen, January, 1999, p. 48
Teen People, February, 1999, pp. 86-89; April 1, 2001, p. 138
Time, January 14, 2002, p. 57
TV Guide, February 5, 2000, pp. 59-60
USA Today, February 4, 2000, p. 1E

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