Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca (born January 28, 1969) is an American humorist, journalist and actor. He is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the host and creator of My Grandmother's Ravioli on Cooking Channel.
Full Name | Mo Rocca |
Net Worth | $17 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 28, 1969 |
Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Height | 1.83 m |
Profession | Journalist, Comedian, Author, Television presenter, Satirist, Actor |
Education | Georgetown Preparatory School, Harvard University |
Nationality | American |
Siblings | Larry Rocca, Frank Rocca |
Nicknames | Mo Rocca, Rocca, Mo |
Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/CBSInnovationNation |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/morocca |
Google+ | http://plus.google.com/110914734991029991801 |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0733618 |
Awards | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety, or Music Special |
Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program |
Movies | I'll Believe You, Bewitched |
TV Shows | I Love the '70s: Volume 2, I Love the '90s: Part Deux, I Love the '90s, I Love the '80s Strikes Back, CBS News Sunday Morning, The Daily Show, Foodography, I Love Toys, The Smoking Gun TV, Things I Hate About You |
Star Sign | Aquarius |
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1 | Rocca was named one of OUT Magazine's 100 most influential gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people for 2013. |
2 | Set to appear at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah [January 2008] |
3 | Set to appear at Emory University's Dooley's Week [March 2008] |
4 | Mo knows all the songs from the musical "Cats". He saw the original production when he was 13, and came to love it. After seeing it over 40 times when ushering the show in Washington D.C., though, he came to hate the show. |
5 | Spoke on the campus of the University of North Carolina as the 2005 Senior Class speaker. |
6 | Attended the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. |
7 | Appears as a regular panelist on National Public Radio's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" |
8 | Has two brothers; Larry and Frank |
9 | He is half Colombian and half Italian |
10 | Former editor of "Perfect 10" magazine, which exclusively features models without breast implants. |
11 | Member of Hasty Pudding Theatrical group and writer of 1990 Pudding show "Suede Expectations." |
12 | Has degree in English Lit from Harvard University (class of 1991). |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation | 2014-2017 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Host |
CBS News Sunday Morning | 2008-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Correspondent / Himself - Contributor / ... |
Jeopardy! | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Clue Giver / Himself - Video Clue Presenter / Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
I Love You... But I Lied | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
My Grandmother's Ravioli | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
60 Minutes Sports | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Correspondent (segment "Gone Fishin") |
The Daily Show | 1998-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Correspondent / Himself / Himself - Co-Host |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Countdown to the Hollywood Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
The Kitchen | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Host, My Grandmother's Ravioli |
Trending Bites | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
CBS This Morning | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Contributor / Himself - Correspondent / Himself |
Katie | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
Beat Bobby Flay | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Judge / Mentor |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Food Network's 20th Birthday Party | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
The Talk | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
Rachael Ray | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
American Graduate Day | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Live! | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
Iron Chef America: The Series | 2005-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Judge |
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Electoral Dysfunction | 2012 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
CBS This Morning: Saturday | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Contributor |
Lidia Celebrates America | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Special Guest (segment "Christmas Eve") |
The Best Thing I Ever Ate | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
Rocco's Dinner Party | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
Nova ScienceNow | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Correspondent |
Food(ography) | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Invitation to World Literature | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Expert |
The Joy Behar Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Expert |
Abraham Obama | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2006-2008 | TV Series | Himself - Correspondent / Himself / Himself - Correspondent in Washington |
Tom Green's House Tonight | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Drinks with LX | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
I Love Toys | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
How They Won | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
I Love the Holidays | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
I Love the 80's 3-D | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
I Love the '90s: Part Deux | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Larry King Live | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
I Love the '90s | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins | 2004 | TV Series | Himself / Panelist (2004) |
Things I Hate About You | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
The Smoking Gun TV | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Host and Correspondent |
VH1 Big in 03 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
I Love the '80s Strikes Back | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
I Love the '70s | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Iraq: A Look Baq (Or, How We Learned to Stop Reporting and Love the War) | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Correspondent |
I Love the '80s | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Road to Washington | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
On the Air: An On Air Guide to Getting on the Air | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Mo Rocca's Back to School Special | 2001 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
The Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House: Storytellers | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Correspondent |
The Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Correspondent |
The Greatest Millennium | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Correspondent |
Win Ben Stein's Money | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
The Daily Show Summer Spectacular | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
The Daily View | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
The Daily Show Year-End Spectacular '98 | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |