Jon Stewart

Stand-up comedian from United States 🇺🇸

New York City, New York, USA1962Active since 1987English

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About Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962 in New York City) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, progressive political commentator, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the satirical news program The Daily Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2015 and part-time since 2024. He has received numerous accolades, including 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, and 5 Peabody Awards, and was honoured with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2022.

Stewart started as a stand-up comedian before branching into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host You Wrote It, You Watch It (1992-1993) and The Jon Stewart Show (1993-1995) on MTV, and appeared in films including Big Daddy (1999) and Death to Smoochy (2002). He became host of The Daily Show in 1999, where he was also a writer and co-executive producer, and under him the show gained popularity and critical acclaim. In 2010, he and Stephen Colbert headlined the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. He hosted The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+ from 2021 to 2023, and in February 2024 returned to The Daily Show for Monday episodes and as an executive producer.

After leaving The Daily Show, Stewart used his celebrity in sustained advocacy for 9/11 first responders and war veterans' health benefits, helping pass the permanent authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act and the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022. He hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards and co-authored the best-selling satirical books America (The Book) in 2004 and Earth (The Book) in 2010.

Born at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, Stewart grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in an Ashkenazi Jewish family. His parents divorced when he was eleven, and he later dropped his surname, having it legally changed to "Stewart" in 2001.

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Eli Saslow & Derek Black - Leaving the KKK and White Supremacy | The Daily Show

Desi asks America to take a hard look at how the country ended up with another Trump presidency

Trump Claims Iran War Is Won, But Hegseth’s New Recruitment Standards Say Otherwise | The Daily Show

What Is Trevor's Favorite Accent? - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show

The GOP Still Hasn't Figured Out Health Care: The Daily Show

Burna Boy - Serving Up Afrofusion with “African Giant” | The Daily Show

The Terrifying Tale of Trumpcare: The Daily Show

Melania Trump: A Look Back | The Daily Social Distancing Show

Crude Madison Cawthorn Video Surfaces & NASA Sends Nude Photos to Space | The Daily Show

Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial - Day One | The Daily Show

Republicans Play "War Plan" Semantics As More Damning Texts Released | The Daily Show

Reddit’s GameStop Stock Boost & MLB’s Hall of Fame Drought | The Daily Social Distancing Show

Kari Lake Questions Election Results & Taylor Swift Crashes Ticketmaster | The Daily Show

What Jon learned while he was away

SCOTUS Restricts the EPA & R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences | The Daily Show

Hillary Clinton Lives the Black Experience: The Daily Show

Trevor's Night at the Oscars - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show

House Democrats Stage a Sit-In: The Daily Show

Trump Suddenly Sides with Ukraine & MAGA Spins Conspiracies About U.N. Escalator | The Daily Show

So Much News, So Little Time: Aunt Jemima & New Trump Tell-Alls | The Daily Social Distancing Show

Nimesh Patel roasts Trump's Indian inner circle: Vivek Ramaswamy, Usha Vance, and Kash Patel

Shutdown Sparks Cringey Meme War & Trump Punishes Blue Cities | The Daily Show

Trump Threatens 104% China Tariffs, Fox News Ignores Market, Musk & Navarro Spar | The Daily Show

Trump Enters the War on Showers & Kristi Noem Takes "Photo Shoot" Literally | The Daily Show

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Jon Stewart Interviews George Carlin | George Carlin | 40 Years of Comedy (1997)

Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert Crash Conan NYC | CONAN on TBS

Trump Sending ICE to the Super Bowl, MAGA Melts Down Over Bad Bunny & Jon Stewart Surprises Jimmy

Watch Dem's Reaction as Jon Stewart Says His Policy Killed a Cop | DM CLIPS | Rubin Report

Trump Desperate to Win Midterms, Jon Stewart is an Urban Scavenger & We Say Goodbye to Brooklyn!

Jon Stewart Surprises Jimmy Kimmel’s Kids on the Drive to School

Jon Stewart Gives Conan The NYC Citizenship Test | CONAN on TBS

Jon Stewart Surprises Audience with Jimmy Kimmel & Matt Damon Video

Jon Stewart – One of My Favorite People - What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Jon Stewart & Pete Buttigieg on Tariffs, Trump Chaos and the Democrats’ Future | The Weekly Show

Jon Stewart DESTROYS CNN on Their Trump Obsession

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Shirtless Trumpers Fight Hurricane, Marjorie Taylor Greene Getting Divorced & a Jon Stewart Surprise

Why’s Europe so Mean to Us? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Jonathan Swan’s Dive into Trump’s Reality | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party | The Weekly Show

Jon Stewart & Rory Stewart on Trump’s Restructured Global Order | The Weekly Show

Jon Stewart on Trump’s Win and What’s Next w/ Heather Cox Richardson | The Weekly Show

Podcasting Through It with Heather Cox Richardson | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Rethinking China? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart & Kaitlan Collins Navigate Trump’s Headline Hurricanes | The Weekly Show

Ben Shapiro's Response to Jon Stewart's Nasty Attack Is Perfect

Jon Stewart Crashes Jimmy Kimmel's Interview with Bar Mitzvah Kid

Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government | The Weekly Show

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