Bill Maher
William 'Bill' Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, he hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect, originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC. He's known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. He currently ranks number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. He got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.
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- Born:
- Jan 20, 1956 In New York City, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 126
- First Appeared:
- In the series Tony Awards 1956-04-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas 2023-12-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas | Bill Maher | 2023-12-05 |
| Movie | Reality | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: #Adulting | Self | 2022-04-15 |
| Series | Cuomo | Self - Guest | 2022-10-03 |
| Movie | Fat Fiction | Self (Archival footage) / Comedian | 2020-03-13 |
| Series | History 101 | Self (archive footage) | 2020-05-22 |
| Series | Miracle Workers | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-02-12 |
| Movie | The El Duce Tapes | Himself | 2019-04-26 |
| Movie | Late Night | Himself | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Race Against Time | Unknown | 2019-06-01 |
| Movie | Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate | 2019-05-14 | |
| Movie | Gaza Fights for Freedom | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-20 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma | Performing | 2018-07-07 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-23 |
| Series | I Love You, America | Self | 2017-10-12 |
| Movie | The Comedy Club | Self | 2016-03-05 |
| Movie | Bill Maher - Whiny Little Bitch Live | Himself | 2016-11-02 |
| Series | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self | 2015-04-20 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip | Self | 2014-04-14 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State | Self (archive footage) | 2014-04-28 |
| Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Barn Dance Comedian (uncredited) | 2014-05-22 |
| Movie | The Interview | Bill Maher (uncredited) | 2014-12-25 |
| Series | black-ish | Bill Maher | 2014-09-24 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: Live from D.C. | Himself | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Iron Man 3 | Bill Maher | 2013-04-18 |
| Movie | Delivery Man | Himself | 2013-10-10 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics | Himself | 2012-02-13 |
| Series | Inside Comedy | Self | 2012-01-26 |
| Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
| Movie | Bright Day | Self | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | The Campaign | Bill Maher | 2012-08-09 |
| Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Self | 2012-07-19 |
| Movie | The Undefeated | Self (archive footage) | 2011-07-15 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong | Himself | 2010-02-18 |
| Movie | Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-10 |
| Movie | Sex, Drugs & Religion | Self | 2010-01-01 |
| Series | The Marriage Ref | Self - Panelist | 2010-02-28 |
| Series | America: The Story of Us | Self | 2010-04-25 |
| Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
| Movie | George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2009-02-04 |
| Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Lord, Save Us from Your Followers | Self | 2008-06-13 |
| Movie | Swing Vote | Bill Maher | 2008-08-01 |
| Series | True Blood | Bill Maher | 2008-09-07 |
| Movie | Religulous | Self - Host/Narrator | 2008-10-01 |
| Movie | Sicko | Bill Maher | 2007-05-18 |
| Movie | Everything's Cool | Self (archive footage) | 2007-01-01 |
| Series | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Bill Maher | 2007-02-01 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: The Decider | Himself | 2007-07-21 |
| Movie | I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA | Himself | 2007-11-17 |
| Movie | Heckler | Self | 2007-11-04 |
| Movie | AKA Tommy Chong | Himself | 2006-06-14 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: New Rules | Himself | 2006-07-11 |
| Movie | Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Self | 2006-10-10 |
| Movie | Fuck | Self | 2006-11-10 |
| Movie | Inside Deep Throat | Self | 2005-02-11 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: I'm Swiss | Bill Maher | 2005-07-30 |
| Movie | Earth to America | Self | 2005-11-20 |
| Series | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Unknown | 2005-09-17 |
| Movie | Stupidity | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Host | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home | Bill Maher | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Bill Maher | 2003-03-11 |
| Series | America's Next Top Model | Guest | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s | Unknown | 2002-10-13 |
| Movie | John Q | Bill Maher | 2002-02-15 |
| Movie | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 2002-12-04 |
| Movie | Tomcats | Carlos (uncredited) | 2001-03-30 |
| Series | The Secret Rulers of the World | Self (archive footage) | 2001-04-29 |
| Series | Primetime Glick | Unknown | 2001-06-20 |
| Series | Son of the Beach | Unknown | 2000-03-14 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: Be More Cynical | Bill Maher | 2000-06-10 |
| Series | The Early Show | Self | 1999-11-01 |
| Series | Family Guy | Bill Maher (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | EDtv | Bill Maher | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | Primary Colors | Himself | 1998-03-20 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | Unknown | 1998-08-10 |
| Series | Brother's Keeper | Bill Maher | 1998-09-24 |
| Series | V.I.P. | Bill Maher | 1998-09-26 |
| Series | The Chris Rock Show | Unknown | 1997-02-07 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special | Himself | 1997-01-06 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Bimbo Movie Bash | Jim (archive footage) | 1997-06-24 |
| Series | Dharma & Greg | Bill Maher | 1997-09-24 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C. | Unknown | 1996-02-17 |
| Series | Spin City | Bill Maher | 1996-09-17 |
| Movie | A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
| Movie | Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny | Himself | 1995-09-23 |
| Series | Politically Incorrect | Self - Host | 1993-07-25 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | The Jackie Thomas Show | Unknown | 1992-12-01 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Pizza Man | Elmo Bunn | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Charlie Hoover | Elliot Weedle | 1991-11-09 |
| Series | Hot Country Nights | Unknown | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Jim | 1989-03-15 |
| Series | One Night Stand | Unknown | 1989-02-15 |
| Movie | One-Night Stand: Bill Maher | Unknown | 1989-04-05 |
| Movie | Out of Time | Maxwell Taylor | 1988-07-17 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Series | Rags to Riches | Unknown | 1987-03-09 |
| Series | The Max Headroom Show | Haskel | 1987-03-31 |
| Movie | House II: The Second Story | John | 1987-05-14 |
| Movie | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Writer | 1987-10-12 |
| Series | Married... with Children | Adam Gold | 1987-04-05 |
| Movie | Club Med | Rick | 1986-01-06 |
| Movie | Ratboy | Party Guest | 1986-10-17 |
| Series | Sara | Marty Lang | 1985-01-23 |
| Series | Larry King Live | Self | 1985-06-03 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Frank Albertson | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show | Unknown | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | D.C. Cab | Baba | 1983-12-16 |
| Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982-02-01 |
| Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
| Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
| Series | Great Performances | Self | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956-04-01 |