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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Jordan Klepper Meets George Santos at Trump's Arraignment | The Daily Show

Trevor and Roy Break Down Election Results | The Daily Show

So Much News, So Little Time: Trump Edition | The Daily Show

Fans Claim “House of the Dragon” Is Too Dark & Aaron Judge Breaks Home Run Record | The Daily Show

What Did Trevor Learn from The Daily Show? | The Daily Show

A Suspicious Police Shooting in Chicago: The Daily Show

Michael Cohen’s Sentence, Michael Flynn’s Defense & Stormy Daniels’s Legal Woes | The Daily Show

It's never not a good time to revisit this Megyn Kelly "Santa is just white" segment.

Asking the GOP: When Was America Last Great? | The Daily Show

General Kelly Owes Representative Wilson an Apology: The Daily Show

Trump Pulls Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal | The Daily Show

Trump Won’t Wear a Mask and Backpedals After Task Force Backlash | The Daily Social Distancing Show

No One Knows How to Behave in Public Anymore | The Daily Show

Just like Trump, Josh Johnson is standing firm on tariffs

Jordan Klepper asks Trump supporters who's winning the U.S.-Iran "conflict"

Jon Stewart on Trump's Negotiating Game & Michael Kosta on the White House UFC Ring | The Daily Show

Electronic Brainwashing: Cambridge Analytica's Sinister Facebook Strategy | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart Critiques Trump's WHCD Set & Klepper Eyes Fauci's Explosive Diary | The Daily Show

Kanye West and Taylor Swift Pick Political Sides | The Daily Show

Trump Brings Back Cruises & Neanderthal Genes Increase COVID Risk | The Daily Social Distancing Show

Marco Rubio and President Trump Stumble Through Gun Control Debates: The Daily Show

Trump Puts "America First" With Iran War, Closed Strait of Hormuz & Recession Worry | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart on the Widening Mideast War & Desi on Eric Adams, Mark Robinson Fallout | The Daily Show

Jordan Klepper Sits Down with a January 6er Who Wants a Refund | 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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