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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1956-01-20

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	D.C. Cab	Baba	53
2	1983	The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show		0
3	1986	Club Med	Rick	58
4	1986	Ratboy	Party Guest	34
5	1987	House II: The Second Story	John	55
6	1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Writer	0
7	1988	Out of Time	Maxwell Taylor	40
8	1989	Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death	Jim	46
9	1989	One-Night Stand: Bill Maher		70
10	1991	Pizza Man	Elmo Bunn	28
11	1995	A Night to Die For	Self	0
12	1995	Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny	Himself	30
13	1996	The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C.		0
14	1997	Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special	Himself	30
15	1997	Bimbo Movie Bash	Jim (archive footage)	32
16	1998	Primary Colors	Himself	63
17	1999	EDtv	Bill Maher	60
18	2000	Bill Maher: Be More Cynical	Bill Maher	70
19	2001	Tomcats	Carlos (uncredited)	51
20	2001	Last Party 2000	Self	61
21	2002	John Q	Bill Maher	71
22	2002	The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s		0
23	2002	Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Self	20
24	2003	Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home	Bill Maher	68
25	2003	Stupidity	Self	52
26	2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Bill Maher	43
27	2005	Inside Deep Throat	Self	64
28	2005	The Aristocrats	Self	59
29	2005	Bill Maher: I'm Swiss	Bill Maher	64
30	2005	Earth to America	Self	80
31	2006	AKA Tommy Chong	Himself	74
32	2006	Bill Maher: New Rules	Himself	75
33	2006	Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1	Self	0
34	2006	Fuck	Self	64
35	2007	Everything's Cool	Self (archive footage)	81
36	2007	Sicko	Self	73
37	2007	Bill Maher: The Decider	Himself	69
38	2007	Heckler	Self	59
39	2007	I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA	Himself	63
40	2008	Lord, Save Us from Your Followers	Self	51
41	2008	Swing Vote	Bill Maher	57
42	2008	Religulous	Self - Host/Narrator	70
43	2009	George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	76
44	2010	Sex, Drugs & Religion	Self	68
45	2010	Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole	Self (archive footage)	0
46	2010	Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong	Himself	68
47	2011	The Undefeated	Self (archive footage)	21
48	2012	Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics	Himself	61
49	2012	The Campaign	Bill Maher	58
50	2012	Bright Day	Self	0
51	2013	Iron Man 3	Bill Maher	69
52	2013	Delivery Man	Himself	62
53	2014	Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip	Self	75
54	2014	All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State	Self (archive footage)	76
55	2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Barn Dance Comedian (uncredited)	60
56	2014	Bill Maher: Live from D.C.	Himself	58
57	2014	The Interview	Bill Maher (uncredited)	62
58	2016	The Comedy Club	Self	0
59	2016	Bill Maher - Whiny Little Bitch Live	Himself	0
60	2017	Get Me Roger Stone	Self (archive footage)	70
61	2018	Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma	Performing	67
62	2018	Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.	Self (archive footage)	77
63	2018	Trump @War	Self (archive footage)	78
64	2019	Late Night	Himself	64
65	2019	The El Duce Tapes	Self	70
66	2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate	Self	53
67	2019	Race Against Time		50
68	2019	Gaza Fights for Freedom	Self (archive footage)	78
69	2020	Fat Fiction	Self - Comedian (archive footage)	64
70	2022	Bill Maher: #Adulting	Self	46
71	2023	Reality	Self (archive footage)	64
72	2023	TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas	Self	0
73	2025	Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?	Self	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	46
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1971	Great Performances	Self	54
4	1976	Alice		70
5	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	59
6	1982	Newhart		71
7	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Rick Rivers	75
8	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Frank Albertson	75
9	1985	Sara	Marty Lang	75
10	1985	Larry King Live	Self	48
11	1987	Rags to Riches		84
12	1987	Max Headroom	Haskel	67
13	1987	Married... with Children	Adam Gold	77
14	1988	Roseanne		68
15	1989	One Night Stand		80
16	1991	Charlie Hoover	Elliot Weedle	70
17	1991	Hot Country Nights		0
18	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
19	1992	The Jackie Thomas Show		0
20	1993	Politically Incorrect	Self - Host	58
21	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
22	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
23	1996	Spin City	Bill Maher	71
24	1997	The Chris Rock Show		44
25	1997	The View	Self	45
26	1997	Dharma & Greg	Bill Maher	64
27	1998	Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular		0
28	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	65
29	1998	Brother's Keeper	Bill Maher	0
30	1998	V.I.P.	Bill Maher	52
31	1999	Family Guy	Bill Maher (voice)	74
32	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
33	2000	Son of the Beach		67
34	2001	The Secret Rulers of the World	Self (archive footage)	80
35	2001	Primetime Glick		69
36	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
37	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self - Host	60
38	2003	America's Next Top Model	Guest	53
39	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
40	2005	The Showbiz Show with David Spade		73
41	2007	The Sarah Silverman Program.	Bill Maher	64
42	2008	True Blood	Bill Maher	76
43	2009	The Jay Leno Show	Self	36
44	2010	The Marriage Ref	Self - Panelist	38
45	2010	America: The Story of Us	Self	81
46	2010	Conan	Self	70
47	2012	Inside Comedy	Self	60
48	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
49	2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Self	72
50	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
51	2014	black-ish	Bill Maher	72
52	2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self	67
53	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
54	2017	I Love You, America	Self	66
55	2019	Miracle Workers	Himself (archive footage)	68
56	2020	History 101	Self (archive footage)	71
57	2022	Cuomo	Self - Guest	38