Date of Birth: November 28, 1962
Status: Married (Tracy McShane) * 2nd pix below*
Education:
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (B.S., psychology, 1984)
Prior to taking over "The Daily Show," Stewart's most recent television work was on HBO's critically acclaimed series-within-a-series, "The Larry Sanders Show," playing a character he should know very well: himself. The final season saw, among other things, Stewart seemingly being groomed to take over the fictitious late-night throne from the perpetually paranoid Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling). Stewart also served as a creative consultant on the series.
On the feature film front, Stewart appeared in the 2002 release, "Death to Smoochy," directed by Danny DeVito and starring Ed Norton, Robin Williams, and Salma Hayek. Stewart starred with Adam Sandler in one of 1999's biggest hits "Big Daddy." He also starred in the romantic drama "Playing by Heart" opposite Gillian Anderson which marked a departure for Stewart in that he was allowed to show more of a dramatic side of himself than people are accustomed to seeing. Stewart also starred in "The Faculty," a horror-comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez.
While it may be the conventional route for stand-up comedians to sign a book deal and expound on their early days inside dingy comedy clubs, Stewart took the path less traveled with his debut book, "Naked Pictures of Famous People" (Rob Weisbach Books). A collection of fictitious and humorous what-if essays, "Naked Pictures" has appeared on many best-sellers lists including The New York Times Best-Seller List.
Stewart has also written for several magazines including The New Yorker, Esquire and George.
Other notable television credits include hosting the 2001 and 2002 "Grammy Awards," the CableAce-nominated one-hour HBO comedy special, "Jon Stewart: Unleavened," which premiered in September 1996, as well as, guest hosting on "Live with Regis" and CBS' "The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder." Stewart has also appeared in NBC's "NewsRadio" and HBO's "Mr. Show with Bob & David."
Long considered one of America's top young comedians, Stewart began honing his skills in New York City, moving through the ranks of its top comedy clubs to appearance's on HBO's "Young Comedians Special" and "Late Show with David Letterman." Those, in turn, led him to host his own half-hour late night talk show, aptly titled "The Jon Stewart Show." After briefly hosting the show on MTV, Paramount enlarged the show to a one-hour format for national syndication. The critically acclaimed talk show featured a variety of celebrity guests from the worlds of music, entertainment, sports and fashion. The show aired from September 1994 through June 1995.
Mother: Marion Liebowitz, teacher; divorced from Stewart's father in 1971
Father: Donald Liebowitz, physicist; divorced; remarried
Brother: Larry Liebowitz; older
Half-sibling: from father's second marriage
1993-94: Hosted two different programs on MTV
"Daily Show, The" (1996) TV Series .... Host (1999-)
Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, The (2002) (V) (voice) .... Godfrey
Death to Smoochy (2002) .... Marion Frank Stokes
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Reg Hartner
Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000, The (2000) (TV)
Office Party, The (2000) .... Pizza Guy
Committed (2000) (uncredited)
Big Daddy (1999) .... Kevin Gerrity
Playing by Heart (1998) .... Trent
Faculty, The (1998) .... Prof. Edward Furlong
Since You've Been Gone (1998) (TV) .... Todd Zalinsky
Half Baked (1998) .... Enhancement Smoker
Wishful Thinking (1997) .... Henry
Mixed Nuts (1994) .... Rollerblader
"Jon Stewart Show, The" (1993) TV Series .... Host
"You Wrote It, You Watch It" (1992) TV Series .... Host
"Short Attention Span Theater" (1989) TV Series .... Host