From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William "Bill" Maher, Jr. (born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC. Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics: religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, the lack of intellectual curiosity of the electorate, among many topics. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. Maher currently ranks number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. Bill Maher got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010. His is the 2,417th star dedicated on the famous sidewalk. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Maher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Reality | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
Movie | Fat Fiction | Self - Comedian (archive footage) | 2020-03-13 |
Movie | The El Duce Tapes | Self | 2019-04-26 |
Movie | Late Night | Himself | 2019-01-25 |
Movie | Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate | Self | 2019-05-14 |
Movie | Race Against Time | 2019-06-01 | |
Movie | Gaza Fights for Freedom | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-20 |
Movie | Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-23 |
Movie | The Comedy Club | Self | 2016-03-05 |
Movie | Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip | Self | 2014-04-14 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Barn Dance Comedian (uncredited) | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State | Self (archive footage) | 2014-04-28 |
Movie | Bill Maher: Live from D.C. | Himself | 2014-09-12 |
Movie | The Interview | Bill Maher (uncredited) | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Bill Maher | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | Delivery Man | Himself | 2013-10-10 |
Series | Finding Your Roots | Himself | 2012-03-24 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
Movie | Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics | Himself | 2012-02-13 |
Movie | The Campaign | Bill Maher | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Bright Day | Self | 2012-11-20 |
Movie | The Undefeated | Self (archive footage) | 2011-07-15 |
Movie | Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-10 |
Movie | Sex, Drugs & Religion | Self | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong | Himself | 2010-02-18 |
Movie | Lord, Save Us from Your Followers | Self | 2008-06-13 |
Movie | Swing Vote | Bill Maher | 2008-08-01 |
Movie | Religulous | Self - Host/Narrator | 2008-10-01 |
Movie | Sicko | Self | 2007-05-18 |
Movie | Everything's Cool | Self (archive footage) | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Bill Maher: The Decider | Himself | 2007-07-21 |
Movie | Heckler | Self | 2007-11-04 |
Movie | I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA | Himself | 2007-11-17 |
Movie | AKA Tommy Chong | Himself | 2006-06-14 |
Movie | Bill Maher: New Rules | Himself | 2006-07-11 |
Movie | Fuck | Self | 2006-11-10 |
Movie | Inside Deep Throat | Self | 2005-02-11 |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
Movie | Earth to America | Self | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | Bill Maher: I'm Swiss | Bill Maher | 2005-07-30 |
Series | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Unknown | 2005-09-17 |
Movie | Stupidity | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home | Bill Maher | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Bill Maher | 2003-03-11 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Host | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | John Q | Bill Maher | 2002-02-15 |
Movie | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 2002-12-04 |
Movie | Tomcats | Carlos (uncredited) | 2001-03-30 |
Movie | Last Party 2000 | Self | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | Bill Maher: Be More Cynical | Bill Maher | 2000-06-10 |
Series | Son of the Beach | Unknown | 2000-03-14 |
Movie | EDtv | Bill Maher | 1999-03-26 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Primary Colors | Himself | 1998-03-20 |
Series | Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | Unknown | 1998-08-10 |
Series | Brother's Keeper | Unknown | 1998-09-24 |
Movie | Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special | Himself | 1997-01-06 |
Movie | Bimbo Movie Bash | Jim (archive footage) | 1997-06-24 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Unknown | 1997-09-24 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Series | The Daily Show | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Movie | A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
Movie | Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny | Himself | 1995-09-23 |
Series | Politically Incorrect | Self - Host | 1993-07-25 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | The Jackie Thomas Show | Unknown | 1992-12-01 |
Movie | Pizza Man | Elmo Bunn | 1991-01-01 |
Series | Charlie Hoover | Elliot Weedle | 1991-11-09 |
Series | One Night Stand | Unknown | 1989-02-15 |
Movie | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Jim | 1989-03-15 |
Movie | Out of Time | Maxwell Taylor | 1988-07-17 |
Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
Series | Rags to Riches | Unknown | 1987-03-09 |
Movie | House II: The Second Story | John | 1987-05-14 |
Series | Max Headroom | Unknown | 1987-03-31 |
Movie | Club Med | Rick | 1986-01-06 |
Movie | Ratboy | Party Guest | 1986-10-17 |
Series | Sara | Marty Lang | 1985-01-23 |
Series | Larry King Live | Unknown | 1985-06-03 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | D.C. Cab | Baba | 1983-12-16 |
Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |