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Bill Maher is an American comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, and actor born in New York City in 1956. He began his work period in 1979 and is recognized for his contributions to comic, political satire, and criticism of religion. His notable works include the television program Real Time with Bill Maher and the film Religulous. He is also associated with the animal rights movement.
Maher has received several awards, including the Richard Dawkins Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was educated at Cornell University and resides in River Vale. He speaks and writes in English. His bibliography includes works such as The New New Rules and Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect.
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- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 18
Top works
- What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
- Spin This!
- The new new rules
- The New New Rules
- Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect
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New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? — Self2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- Reality — Self (archive footage)2023
- TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas — Self2023
- Bill Maher: #Adulting — Self2022
- Cuomo — Self - Guest2022
- Fat Fiction — Self - Comedian (archive footage)2020
- History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
- Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate — Self2019
- Late Night — Bill Maher2019
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- male
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- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- agnostic atheism
- Notable work
- Religulous
- Field of work
- criticism of religion
- Official website
- billmaher.com
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- BillMaherSept10.jpg
- Residence
- River Vale
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- COVID-19
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William „Bill” Maher Jr. (ur. 20 stycznia 1956 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański komik żydowskiego pochodzenia, komentator polityczny, aktor i autor. Od 2003 w telewizji HBO prowadzi program Real Time with Bill Maher. Wcześniej, w latach 1993–2002 na kanale Comedy Central był gospodarzem talk-show Politically Incorrect. Urodził się w Nowym Jorku i dorastał w River Vale w New Jersey w rodzinie rzymskokatolickiej redaktora wiadomości i prezentera radiowego Williama Aloysiusa Mahera Jr. i pielęgniarki Julie (z domu Berman). W 2005 Maher znalazł się na pozycji 38 w rankingu stacji Comedy Central „100 najlepszych komików „na stojaka” wszech czasów”. Został laureatem Nagrody Richarda Dawkinsa z 2009. W 2010 uhonorowano go własną gwiazdą na Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jest krytykiem religii, należy do The Reason Project, popiera legalizację marihuany i małżeństwo osób tej samej płci. Jest członkiem zarządu PETA. Określa siebie jako libertarianina. W 2008 wyprodukował i wystąpił w komedii dokumentalnej Wiara czyni czuba (ang. Religulous).
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