Carson Kressley

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Personality • Actor • Stylist

Birth Date: November 11, 1969

Age: 54 years old

An enthusiastic presence on television, fashion stylist Carson Kressley shot to fame as one of the original "Fab Five" on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (Bravo, 2003-07), which in turn paved the way for appearances as a judge, consultant and/or contestant on numerous reality series, including the Emmy-winning "RuPaul's Drag Race" (Logo, 2009- ). Born Carson Lee Kressley in Allentown, Pennsylvania on November 11, 1969, he was raised in Orefield, Pennsylvania, where his family raised ponies. Though equestrian events were his initial interest, he had an innate understanding of fashion, and after earning graduating magna cum laude from Gettysburg College in 1991, Kressley headed for New York City to pursue a career as a stylist. From 1994 to 2002, he worked for Ralph Lauren in its men's sportswear division before moving into corporate advertising, which entailed designing the company's retail campaigns and styling for domestic and international men's fashion shows. His ascendancy to pop culture stardom began in 2003 when he was cast as the "fashion savant" for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," Bravo's reality/makeover series which provided heterosexual men with fashion and lifestyle advice from a quintet of gay experts. The show's unique mix of advice and camp humor made it a must-see for fashion aspirants and general audiences alike, and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2004; more importantly, it minted the "Fab Five," as the consultants were dubbed, as celebrities, though only Kressley and food consultant Ted Allen, who later hosted "Chopped" (Food Network, 2009- ), were able to parlay that into lasting media careers. Kressley was already a staple of talk shows and entertainment news as a fashion critic, as well as a regular judge of pageant competitions when "Queer Eye" ran its course, but in 2008, he earned his own series as host and producer of "How to Look Good Naked" (Lifetime, 2008), which provided the network with its biggest premiere viewership in its history. From there, he moved on to the reality series "Carson Nation" (OWN, 2011) and regular rotation as a contestant on countless reality competition shows, including the 13th season of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, 2011- ), the short-lived "New Celebrity Apprentice" (NBC, 2017) and in Australia, the third season of "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!" (Network Ten, 2015- ). In 2015, he joined Ross Matthews as one of the regular judges on "RuPaul's Drag Race," which won the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2018. That same year, he returned to Bravo with fellow "Queer Eye" alum Thom Filicia for a new reality series, "Get a Room with Carson & Thom" (2018).

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Dolly Parton's Pet GalaStream

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2024

Hero Dog Awards

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2023

National Cherry Blossom Festival

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2023

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

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2023

A Toast to 2022!

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2022

Sherri

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2022

Guy's Ultimate Game NightStream

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2022

National Cherry Blossom Festival

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2022

All Man: The International Male Story

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2022

Battle for the Bird

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2021

2021 American Humane Hero Dog Awards

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2021

Nick Cannon

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2021

Pictionary

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2021

Pictionary

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2021

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: Reunion Road Trip

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2021

The Celebrity Dating Game

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2021

The Bitch Who Stole ChristmasStream

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Kreston Carsley
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2021

American Humane Hero Dog Awards

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American Humane Hero Dog Awards: 10th Anniversary Celebration

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Face to Face With David

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2020

The Great American Groom-A-Long

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2020

Talk Stoop's Pride Special

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2020

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag RaceStream

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National Cherry Blossom Festival

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A Toast to 2019!

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Wrap Battle

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2019

Famously AfraidStream

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2019

Nashville Squares

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2019

Access Daily

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2019

GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke

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BBQ BrawlStream

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2019

Carson & Thom Get a Room

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2019

Best Room WinsStream

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2019

A Toast to 2018!

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2018

Get a Room With Carson & ThomStream

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2018

Get a Room With Carson & ThomStream

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2018

25 Words or LessStream

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25 Words or LessStream

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2018 Miss USA

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Big Brother: Celebrity EditionStream

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Hughesy, We Have a Problem

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2018

Access Live

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2017

The Untitled Action Bronson Show

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2017

Daily Blast Live

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2017

Daily Blast Live

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Pickler & Ben

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STEVE on Watch

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The Sunday Project

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Andy Cohen's Then & Now

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Live with Kelly and Ryan

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Live with Kelly and Ryan

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The New Celebrity Apprentice

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The New Celebrity Apprentice

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2017

Window Warriors

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2016

The $100,000 PyramidStream

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Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaulStream

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2016

Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaulStream

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2016

Hollywood Medium With Tyler HenryStream

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2016

Rupaul's Drag Race: RuVealed

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2015

Rupaul's Drag Race: RuVealed

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Rupaul's Drag Race: RuVealed

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The 2000s: A New Reality

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2015

Celebrity Family FeudStream

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Guilty Pleasures

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I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

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I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

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RuPaul's Drag Race: 15 Fan Favorite Queens of All Time

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2014

Celebrity Name Game

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The Meredith Vieira Show

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Hollywood Today Live

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Beat Bobby FlayStream

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The Queen Latifah Show

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Bethenny

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The Social

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?Stream

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The Real

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Hollywood Game Night

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Hollywood Game Night

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On the Money

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RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsStream

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2012

RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsStream

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2012

Home & Family

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2012

Katie

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Steve Harvey

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Live! With Kelly and Michael

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Live! With Kelly and Michael

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Good Afternoon America

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It's Christmas, Carol!Stream

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LIVE with Kelly

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LIVE with Kelly

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LIVE with Kelly

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Long Island MediumStream

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2011

Carson Nation

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Dr. Steve

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The Marilyn Denis Show

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Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star

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2011

The Gayle King Show

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2011

The Talk

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Access Hollywood Live

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The Nate Berkus Show

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The Nate Berkus Show

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Whatever With Alexis & Jennifer

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Untucked: RuPaul's Drag RaceStream

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Worst Cooks in AmericaStream

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Cupcake WarsStream

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2009

The Joy Behar Show

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Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

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RuPaul's Drag RaceStream

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RuPaul's Drag RaceStream

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True Beauty

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True Beauty

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The Bonnie Hunt Show

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The Doctors

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The Wendy Williams Show

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The Wendy Williams Show

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How to Look Good Naked

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The Celebrity Apprentice

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Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants

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Open House NYC

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The Better Show

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The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet

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Rachael Ray ShowStream

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etalk

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The Tyra Show

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Dancing With the StarsStream

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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

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The Perfect Man

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Queer Eye

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Queer Eye for the Straight GuyStream

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2003

Good Morning, Miami

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2002

Dr. PhilStream

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2002

The BachelorStream

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2002

Live With Regis and Kelly

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Live With Regis and Kelly

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CribsStream

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The Early Show

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The View

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1997

Antiques RoadshowStream

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Access Hollywood

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Extra

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1994

Late Night With Conan O'Brien

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The Oprah Winfrey ShowStream

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Good Morning America

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