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{{Infobox comedian
| name  = Jon Stewart
| image = Stewart - USO-Metro Merit Awards 2.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Stewart performing at a 2008 USO show
| alma_mater = [[William & Mary]]
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
| medium  = [[stand up comedian|stand-up]], [[television]], [[movies]], [[books]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| active = 1987–present
| genre = [[Satire]]/[[political satire]]/[[news satire]], [[observational comedy]]
| subject = [[mass media|The media]] (esp. [[news media]]), [[politics of the United States|American politics]], [[current events]], [[religion]], [[Jewish culture]], [[race relations]], [[human sexuality]], [[self-deprecation]]
| influences = [[George Carlin]],<ref>{{cite video |people= Stewart, Jon |title= [[George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy]] |medium= TV |publisher= [[HBO]] |date= 1997-02-27}}</ref> [[Woody Allen]], [[Lenny Bruce]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.duckprods.com/projects/lennybruce/lb-nytimesfeature.html |title=There Was Thought in His Rage |work=[[New York Times]] |author=Keepnews, Peter |date= 1999-08-08 |accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> [[David Letterman]],<ref>{{cite video |people=Stewart, Jon |title=The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards |medium=TV |publisher=[[CBS]] |date= 2005-09-18}}</ref> [[Steve Martin]]{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
| influenced = [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref name="dowd">{{cite web |first= Maureen |last= Dowd |authorlink= Maureen Dowd |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/1 |title= America's Anchors |publisher= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 2006-11-16 |accessdate= 2007-10-09 |archive-date= 2006-12-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061209233523/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/1 |url-status= dead }}</ref> [[Lewis Black]]
| spouse = Tracey McShane, 2 children
| notable_work=Host of ''[[The Daily Show]]'' <br /> ''[[America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]''
| module = {{Infobox comedian awards
  |child=yes
  |emmyawards='''[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program|Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program]]'''<br />
2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ''[[The Daily Show]]''
<br />
'''Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series'''<br /> 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 ''[[The Daily Show]]''
  |grammyawards= '''[[Best Comedy Album]]'''<br />
2005 ''[[America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction|America (The Audiobook): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]''
 }}
}}
'''Jon Stewart''' (born '''Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz'''; November 28, 1962), is an [[Americans|American]] [[comedian]], [[actor]], [[writer]], and [[television producer|producer]]. He is best known as the host of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show]]'' and for his political [[satire]]. Stewart started as a [[stand-up comedian]], but later branched out to television, hosting ''[[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]].” Stewart is [[Jew]]ish.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/10162339/article-Is-Jon-Stewart-the-most-important-Jew-in-America- |title=Is Jon Stewart the most important Jew in America? |access-date=2012-02-09 |archive-date=2011-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703231310/http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/10162339/article-Is-Jon-Stewart-the-most-important-Jew-in-America- |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2014, Stewart directed his first movie, a drama about [[Iran]] called “Rosewater.”<ref>[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-to-direct-serious-film-will-take-hiatus-from-daily-show/ ''Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus From ‘Daily Show’''] March 5, 2013</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mixed Nuts]]''
| Rollerblader
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The First Wives Club]]''
|Elise's lover
| scenes deleted
|-
| 1997
| ''Wishful Thinking''
| Henry
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1998
| ''[[Half Baked]]''
| Enhancement Smoker
|
|-
|''[[Since You've Been Gone (movie)|Since You've Been Gone]]''
|Todd Zalinsky
| [[TV movie]]
|-
| ''[[The Faculty]]''
| Prof Edward Furlong
|
|-
| ''[[Playing by Heart]]''
| Trent
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Big Daddy (movie)|Big Daddy]]''
| Kevin Gerrity
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| ''The Office Party''
| Pizza Guy
|[[short movie]]
|-
|''[[Committed (2000 movie)|Committed]]''
|Party Guest
|uncredited [[cameo appearance|cameo]]
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''
| Reg Hartner
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2002
| ''[[Death to Smoochy]]''
| Marion Frank Stokes
|
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina]]''
|Godfrey
|voice
|-
|''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
|Himself
|scenes deleted
|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[The Magic Roundabout (movie)|The Magic Roundabout]]'' (''Doogal'' in North America)
| Zeebad
| voice
|-
|''[[Wordplay (movie)|Wordplay]]''
|Himself
| [[documentary]]
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Evan Almighty]]''
| Himself
|
|-
|}

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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