--- description: South African comedian Trevor Noah was officially named Jon Stewart's successor as host of The Daily Show on Monday. title: What to Know About the New 'Daily Show' Host Trevor Noah image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fab26305f5dcc84/698785bea988ca164d6ad22c/trevor-noah.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What to Know About the New _Daily Show_ Host Trevor Noah by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 1:45 PM CUT  Trevor Noah Trevor NoahComedy Central by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 1:45 PM CUT South African comedian Trevor Noah was officially [named](http://time.com/3763146/trevor-noah-the-daily-show-jon-stewart/ "undefined") Jon Stewart’s successor as host of _The Daily Show_ on Monday. While most Americans know little about Noah, the comedian is very well known in his home country. Here he is below on the cover of _GQ South Africa._ Noah was born in South Africa to a black mother and white father in 1984\. “I was born a crime,” Noah said on the [Artie Lange show in 2013.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0UjDiSb6o "undefined") “My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.” At 18, Noah had a [small role](http://www.youthvillage.co.za/2014/09/top-10-things-didnt-know-trevor-noah/ "undefined") in a South African soap opera called _Isidingo_. He then went on to have a bevy of hosting gigs, including a radio show, an educational show, a gossip show, a sports show and a dating show. (He was a contestant in a celebrity dance show, too.) As a comedian, he has toured around the world and has appeared on the _Late Show with David Letterman_ and _The Tonight Show_. Noah made his first of three appearances on _The Daily Show_ in December. The South African comedian’s segment played off people’s stereotypes of African countries by comparing racial and socioeconomic inequality in his hometown with America. [**The Daily Show**](http://thedailyshow.cc.com/ "undefined") Get More: [Daily Show Full Episodes](http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/ "undefined"),[The Daily Show on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow "undefined"),[Daily Show Video Archive](http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763185/trevor-noah-daily-show-jon-stewart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763185/trevor-noah-daily-show-jon-stewart/"},"headline":"What to Know About the New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah","datePublished":"2015-03-30T13:45:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:32:12.257Z","description":"A comedian gets his first big gig","url":"https://time.com/3763185/trevor-noah-daily-show-jon-stewart/","keywords":["Television","The Daily Show","trevor noah"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fab26305f5dcc84/698785bea988ca164d6ad22c/trevor-noah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fab26305f5dcc84/698785bea988ca164d6ad22c/trevor-noah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trevor Noah","caption":"Trevor Noah","creditText":"Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763185/trevor-noah-daily-show-jon-stewart/","name":"What to Know About the New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah"}}]}] ```