Jon Stewart

Known For: Acting
Born: November 28, 1962
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

The Pete Davidson Show

2026 · Self

Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Walled Off

2024 · Self (archive footage)

IF

2024 · Robot (voice)

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

2024 · Self

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2023 · Self

Bupkis

2023 · Jon Stewart

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

2023 · Self

Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us

Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us

2023 · Self

The Playboy Murders

2023 · Self (archive footage)

WWE This Is Awesome

2022 · Jon Stewart (archive footage)

The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival

2022 · Self

George Carlin's American Dream

2022 · Self

The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up

2022 · Self

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

2021 · Carl 'Rocky' Price

The Problem with Jon Stewart

2021 · Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator

No Responders Left Behind

2021 · Self

The Soul of America

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Irresistible

2020 · Director, Producer, Screenplay

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020 · Self - Phone a Friend

Some Good News

2020 · Self

Desus & Mero

2019 · Self - Illustrious Guest

Trump @War

2018 · Self (archive footage)

The Shop

2018 · Self

2 Dope Queens

2018 · Self

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017 · Self - Host

Tickling Giants

2017 · Self

Hero With A Thousand Faces

2016 · Self

WWE SummerSlam 2016

2016 · Self

Doc & Darryl

2016 · Self

The Last Laugh

2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

2016 · Self

The Occupation of the American Mind

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

2015 · Self (archive footage)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self - Guest, Executive Producer

WWE SummerSlam 2015

2015 · Jon Stewart (Appearance)

Jon Stewart Has Left the Building

Jon Stewart Has Left the Building

2015 · Self

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

2015 · Creator

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Rosewater

2014 · Screenplay, Director, Producer

Don Rickles: One Night Only

Don Rickles: One Night Only

2014 · Self

The Hitch

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Riot on the Dance Floor

2014 · Self

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · Self

Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

2014 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

David Blaine: Real or Magic

2013 · Self

Skum Rocks!

2013 · Self

Downloaded

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Inequality for All

2013 · Self (archive footage)

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

2012 · Self

The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: O'Reilly vs. Stewart 2012

2012 · Self

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012 · Self

Vanilla Ice Archive

Vanilla Ice Archive

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Gravity Falls

2012 · Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein (voice)

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012 · Self

Inside Comedy

2012 · Self

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

2011 · Self

The Beaver

2011 · Jon Stewart

Give It Up for Greg Giraldo

2011 · Self

The Adjustment Bureau

2011 · Jon Stewart

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

2010 · Co-Host

Just for Laughs: Launching Pad

2009 · Self

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Important Things with Demetri Martin

2009 · Producer

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

2008 · Self

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

2008 · Self (archive footage)

The Great Buck Howard

2008 · Jon Stewart

Phineas and Ferb

2007 · Mr. Random (voice)

Evan Almighty

2007 · Jon Stewart

Twisted: A Balloonamentary

Twisted: A Balloonamentary

2007

Wordplay

2006 · Self

Doogal

2006 · Zeebad (voice)

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

2005

Last Laugh '05

2005 · Self

The Colbert Report

2005 · Self, Self - Guest, Self (uncredited), Executive Producer, Creator

The Aristocrats

2005 · Self

Robot Chicken

2005 · Matt Trakker / Serpentor (voice)

American Dad!

2005 · Jon Stewart (voice)

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

2004 · Self

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

2003 · Self

Off the Record: The 9/11 Election

Off the Record: The 9/11 Election

2003 · Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Self

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003 · Godfrey (voice)

Night of Too Many Stars

2003 · Self - Host

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

2003 · self (archival)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self, Self (archive footage)

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

2002

Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes

Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes

2002 · Self

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002 · Self

Death to Smoochy

2002 · Marion Frank Stokes

Last Call with Carson Daly

2002 · Self

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001 · Reg Hartner

Primetime Glick

2001

On the Beach

2000 · Crewman Burns

On the Beach

2000 · Crewman Burns

Committed

2000 · Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

Wishful Thinking

1999 · Henry

Big Daddy

1999 · Kevin Gerrity

MTV's 25 Lamest Videos

MTV's 25 Lamest Videos

1999 · Self / Host

Mark Twain Prize

1999 · Self

Playing by Heart

1998 · Trent

The Faculty

1998 · Prof. Edward Furlong

Since You've Been Gone

1998 · Todd Zalinsky

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998 · Host

Half Baked

1998 · Enhancement Smoker

The View

1997 · Self

George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy

1997 · Self

Jon Stewart: Unleavened

1996 · Jon Stewart, Writer

Spin City

1996 · Mitch Parker

The Daily Show

1996 · Self - Guest, Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996 · Self

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

1995 · Self

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995 · Jon (voice), Additional Writing

NewsRadio

1995 · Andrew

Mixed Nuts

1994 · Rollerblader

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994

The Nanny

1993 · Bobby

The Jon Stewart Show

1993 · , Creator

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman

1993 · Self - Guest

You Wrote It, You Watch It

1992 · Host

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Jon Stewart

The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show

1991

Real Mature

1991 · Writer

The Simpsons

1989 · Jon Stewart (voice)

WWE Pay Per View

1985

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

Sesame Street

1969

60 Minutes

1968 · Self

The Grammys

1959 · Self - Host

The Oscars

1953 · Self, Self - Host

The Emmy Awards

1949 · Self

The Naturalized

The Naturalized

— · Executive Producer

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