Vance Elliott DeGeneres is an American television and film actor, comedian, musician, film producer, and screenwriter. DeGeneres hosted a radio show called New Wave New Orleans on WQUE-FM in the late 1970s after serving in the Marine Corps for two years and rising to the rank of corporal.
He was a songwriter and bassist with The Cold, a New Orleans-based new-wave band formed in the late 1970s. In 2018, The Cold was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
From 1999 to 2001, DeGeneres worked as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He co-created a comedy pilot called Your Local News with Andy Lassner at Fox in 2002. DeGeneres also served as host.
For six years, DeGeneres was co-president of Carousel Productions at Warner Bros., Steve Carell’s production firm, developing comedy films such as Crazy Stupid Love and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. In both films, he served as an executive producer.
For four seasons, DeGeneres was an executive producer on the Showtime series Inside Comedy, hosted by David Steinberg.