
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
Movie | Trump @War | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Himself - Host | 2017-11-18 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2016 | Himself | 2016-08-21 |
Movie | Weiner | Himself (archive footage) | 2016-05-20 |
Movie | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Jon Stewart | 2016-03-23 |
Movie | Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon | Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein (voice) | 2016-02-15 |
Movie | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | 2016-01-21 | |
Movie | Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2015 | Himself / Host | 2015-08-23 |
Movie | Jon Stewart Has Left the Building | Himself | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | Don Rickles: One Night Only | Himself | 2014-05-18 |
Movie | Riot on the Dance Floor | 2014-04-27 | |
Movie | A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen | 2014-04-25 | |
Movie | Inequality for All | Himself | 2013-01-19 |
Movie | Downloaded | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2013-06-20 |
Movie | Skum Rocks! | Himself | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Himself | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | The Rumble in the Air: Conditioned Auditorium | Himself | 2012-10-06 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Himself | 2012-03-04 |
Movie | The Adjustment Bureau | Jon Stewart | 2011-03-03 |
Movie | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Himself - Co-Host | 2010-10-30 |
Series | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | 2010-10-30 | |
Movie | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | Himself | 2008-11-23 |
Series | Night of Too Many Stars | 2008-04-13 | |
Movie | The Great Buck Howard | himself | 2008-01-18 |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Movie | Evan Almighty | Jon Stewart | 2007-06-09 |
Movie | Wordplay | Himself | 2006-06-26 |
Movie | Doogal | Zeebad | 2006-02-24 |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Himself | 2005-01-01 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | Catscratch | Unknown | 2005-05-09 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Series | Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg | Unknown | 2005-12-14 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Himself | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | Himself (archive footage) | 2004-07-14 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Series | Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn | 2002-12-09 | |
Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina | Godfrey | 2002-08-06 |
Movie | Death to Smoochy | Marion Frank Stokes | 2002-03-28 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Reg Hartner | 2001-08-22 |
Movie | Big Daddy | Kevin Gerrity | 1999-06-25 |
Movie | Half Baked | Enhancement Smoker | 1998-01-16 |
Movie | Elmopalooza | Himself | 1998-02-20 |
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 | Himself | 1997-02-27 |
Movie | Wishful Thinking | Henry | 1996-12-09 |
Series | Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Host | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Jon Stewart: Unleavened | Jon Stewart | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Mixed Nuts | Rollerblader | 1994-12-21 |
Series | The Jon Stewart Show | 1993-10-25 | |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
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 Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |