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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart  (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It. He has also had several film roles as an actor. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-executive-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, which led to his first Emmy Award in 2001. Stewart has gained acclaim as an acerbic, satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the US media networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004 and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race released in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Stewart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Nov 28, 1962 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
88
First Appeared:
In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
Latest Project:
Movie IF 2024-05-08
Known For
Poster of Gravity Falls
Poster of Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
Poster of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Filmography
Movie IF Robot (voice) 2024-05-08
Movie Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us Self 2023-03-02
Movie Chris Rock: Road To Live Special Self 2023-03-04
Movie Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Self 2022-06-21
Movie The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival Self 2022-07-17
Series The Problem with Jon Stewart Self - Host 2021-09-30
Movie Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes Carl "Rocky" Price 2021-12-07
Movie Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Self 2020-01-07
Movie The Soul of America Self (archive footage) 2020-10-22
Series The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Himself (archive footage) 2018-03-26
Movie Trump @War Self (archive footage) 2018-10-11
Movie Tickling Giants Self 2017-03-15
Movie Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs Self - Host 2017-11-18
Movie Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Self 2016-01-21
Movie The Occupation of the American Mind Self (archive footage) 2016-01-19
Movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Jon Stewart 2016-03-23
Movie Weiner Self (archive footage) 2016-05-20
Movie Doc & Darryl Self 2016-07-14
Movie The Last Laugh Self 2016-04-18
Movie WWE SummerSlam 2016 Self 2016-08-21
Movie WWE SummerSlam 2015 Jon Stewart (Appearance) 2015-08-23
Movie Jon Stewart Has Left the Building Self 2015-08-07
Movie Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown Self (archive footage) 2015-11-01
Movie Riot on the Dance Floor 2014-04-27
Movie The Hitch Self (archive footage) 2014-05-10
Movie Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute Self 2014-04-25
Movie Don Rickles: One Night Only Self 2014-05-18
Movie JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick Self (archive footage) 2014-11-19
Movie Downloaded Self (archive footage) 2013-06-20
Movie Inequality for All Self (archive footage) 2013-01-19
Movie Skum Rocks! Self 2013-09-26
Movie David Blaine: Real or Magic Self 2013-11-19
Movie The Secret Policeman's Ball Self 2012-03-04
Series Gravity Falls Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein 2012-06-15
Movie The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: O'Reilly vs. Stewart 2012 Self 2012-10-06
Movie Vanilla Ice Archive Self (archive footage) 2012-07-16
Movie 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief Self 2012-12-12
Movie The Adjustment Bureau Jon Stewart 2011-03-03
Movie Give It Up for Greg Giraldo Self 2011-03-18
Movie Conan O'Brien Can't Stop Self 2011-06-24
Movie The Beaver Jon Stewart 2011-05-05
Movie The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Co-Host 2010-10-30
Movie Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants Self (archive footage) 2009-07-14
Series Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Unknown 2008-01-04
Movie The Great Buck Howard Jon Stewart 2008-01-18
Movie A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! Self 2008-11-23
Movie Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House Self (archive footage) 2008-08-18
Movie Evan Almighty Jon Stewart 2007-06-09
Movie Doogal Zeebad (voice) 2006-02-24
Movie Wordplay Self 2006-06-26
Series American Dad! Unknown 2005-02-06
Series Catscratch Unknown 2005-07-09
Series Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg Unknown 2005-12-14
Series The Colbert Report Unknown 2005-10-17
Movie The Aristocrats Self 2005-07-29
Movie Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Self (archive footage) 2004-07-14
Movie Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party Self 2004-11-17
Movie Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! Self 2003-01-01
Movie Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) Self 2003-05-23
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Series Night of Too Many Stars Self - Host 2003-05-31
Movie The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina Godfrey (voice) 2003-08-08
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Movie Death to Smoochy Marion Frank Stokes 2002-03-29
Series Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn 2002-12-09
Movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Reg Hartner 2001-08-22
Movie Committed Birthday Party Guest (uncredited) 2000-04-28
Movie On the Beach Crewman Burns 2000-05-28
Movie Wishful Thinking Henry 1999-07-12
Movie Big Daddy Kevin Gerrity 1999-06-25
Movie Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! Host 1998-02-20
Movie Half Baked Enhancement Smoker 1998-01-16
Movie Since You've Been Gone Todd Zalinsky 1998-06-06
Movie The Faculty Prof. Edward Furlong 1998-12-25
Movie Playing by Heart Trent 1998-12-30
Movie George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy Self 1997-02-28
Series The Daily Show Host 1996-07-22
Series Spin City Unknown 1996-09-17
Movie Jon Stewart: Unleavened Jon Stewart 1996-09-20
Movie The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special Self 1995-10-27
Movie Mixed Nuts Rollerblader 1994-12-21
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Series The Jon Stewart Show Unknown 1993-10-25
Series The Larry Sanders Show 1992-08-15
Series The Simpsons Unknown 1989-12-17
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series Sesame Street Unknown 1969-11-10
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19