Best Known As: Television Actor

Gist:  Craig Ferguson (born May 17, 1962) is a Scottish, television host, stand-up comedian, writer, director, and actor. Holding multiple citizenship, he is both a naturalised citizen of the United States, and a citizen of the United Kingdom . He is the present host of CBS's The Late Late Show, a role that earned him an Emmy nomination in 2006.

Before his career as a late-night talk-show host, Ferguson was best known in the United States for his role as the office boss, Nigel Wick, on The Drew Carey Show from 1996 to 2003. He is the author of the 2006 novel Between the Bridge and the River.

Life Facts:  Ferguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Robert and Janet Ferguson, and raised in nearby Cumbernauld. He claimed in one episode of the Late Late Show to have been raised Scottish Presbyterian. His paternal grandfather was a Scottish Protestant and his paternal grandmother was an Irish Catholic.

His first visit to the United States was to visit an uncle who lived on Long Island, near New York City, as a teenager.

Ferguson has two sisters (one older and one younger) and one older brother.

His sister, Lynn Ferguson, is a successful comedian, presenter and actress, perhaps most widely known as the voice of Mac in Chicken Run. She is currently a writer on "The Late Late Show". His brother, Scott, worked for STV, and is married to actress Teri Lally. His elder sister, Janice, is a successful businesswoman and fellowship member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

A recovering alcoholic, Ferguson has been sober since February 18, 1992. He said he had considered committing suicide on Christmas Day 1991, but when offered a drink by a friend, Tommy the Irishman, for celebrating the holiday, he forgot to jump off Tower Bridge in London as he had planned.

As mentioned on The Late Late Show on August, 3, 2009 Ferguson holds an FAA private pilot license issued on July, 31, 2009 .

In an episode of The Late Late Show which aired December 8, 2008, a somber Ferguson talked about his recently deceased mother, Janet (August 3, 1933–December 1, 2008). He ended the program by playing her favorite song, "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M.

Ferguson has married three times and divorced twice. From his second marriage (to Sascha Corwin, founder and proprietor of Los Angeles' SpySchool) he has one son, Milo Hamish Ferguson, born in 2001. He and Corwin share custody of Milo, live near each other in LA and remain good friends. His novel Between the Bridge and the River is dedicated to his son and to his grandfather, Adam. On December 21, 2008, Ferguson married art dealer Megan Wallace-Cunningham in a private ceremony on her family's farm in Chester, Vermont.

Career Facts:  Ferguson's experience in entertainment began as a drummer in a rock band called Exposure. He then joined a punk band called "The Bastards from Hell." The band, later known as "Dreamboys," performed regularly in Glasgow from 1980 to 1982.

Ferguson got his start as a comedian in the United Kingdom, appearing on the alternative comedy circuit under the stage-name "Bing Hitler". A recording of his stage act as Bing Hitler was made at Glasgow's Tron Theatre and released in the 1980s. In addition, a Bing Hitler monologue ("A Lecture for Burns Night") appears on the compilation cassette Honey at the Core.

Ferguson toured the UK during the late '80s under his own name as a support act to Harry Enfield.

In 1991 he appeared on stage as Brad Majors in the London production of The Rocky Horror Show, alongside Anthony Stewart Head who was playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter at the time.

In 1993, Ferguson presented his own series on Scottish archaeology for Scottish Television entitled Dirt Detective. He traveled throughout the country examining archaeological history, including Skara Brae and Paisley Abbey.

After enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival, Ferguson broke into television with appearances on Red Dwarf, STV's Hogmanay Show, his own show 2000 Not Out, and the 1993 One Foot in the Grave Christmas special One Foot in the Algarve.

In 1994 Craig played "Father Maclean" in the highly controversial production of Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom at the Union Chapel in London. Due to the fact it was performed in a practicing church, the production was closed down after just ten performances.