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JON STEWART'S BIOGRAPHY

Birth Name: Jonathan Stewart Liebowitz
Birthdate: November 28, 1962
Birthplace: Lawrence Township, New Jersey
Height: 5'7"

Occupations: Actor, Writer, Comedian, TV/radio host

Family:
Mother: Marion Liebowitz, teacher; divorced from Stewart's father 1971
Father: Donald Liebowitz, physicist; divorced from Stewart's mother 1971; remarried
Brother: Larry Liebowitz, older
Half-sibling: From father's second marriage

Education: College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA (where he played soccer), and majored in psychology; BS 1984

Claim to Fame: 1993-1994: The Jon Stewart Show aired on MTV, featuring celebrity and musical guests

Significant Other(s): engaged to graphic designer turned veterinary student
Tracey McShane. The couple has been together for four years, and share a Greenwich Village apartment.

Pets: Jon and Tracey share custody of Shamsky (a pit-bull) and Stan (a cat)

First Stand Up Gig: The Bitter End (NYC) in 1987

Production Company: Busboy Productions

JON TACKLES ALL ASPECTS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY:
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Television work:
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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 late night talk show, "The Jon Stewart Show."

TV credits include:

Remote Control (MTV)

Short Attention Span Theater: 1991-1992 (Comedy Central/Comedy Channel)
co-hosted with Patty Rosborough

You Wrote It, You Watch It: 1993 (MTV)

The Jon Stewart Show: 1993-1995 (MTV/Paramount)
talk show hosted by Jon with Howard Stern as co-host
Stewart's latest foray into late-night television reunites him with the former executive producer and producer of "The Jon Stewart Show," respectively Eileen Katz, now executive vice president, programming COMEDY CENTRAL and Madeleine Smithberg, now executive producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." "The Jon Stewart Show" began as a half-hour nighttime talk show on MTV, and was quickly enlarged by Paramount to a one-hour format for national syndication. The critically acclaimed talk show featured a variety of celebrity guests from the world of music, entertainment, sports and fashion. The show aired from September, 1994 through June, 1995

First Annual Comics Come Home: 1995 (Comedy Central)
stand up showcase

HBO comedy special, "Jon Stewart: Unleavened": 1996 (HBO)
stand up special

The Larry Sanders Show: 1996-1998 (HBO)
Stewart completed work earlier this year 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 during the final season of the show) .
He played himself in the following episodes: "everybody loves Larry", "the roast", "another list", "the beginning of the end", "Adolph hankler" , and "flip".

The Late, Late Show: 1996-1997 (CBS)
guest hosted multiple episodes for a vacationing Tom Snyder.
Most thought that Stewart would take over Snyder's position when he left the show for good, but instead, Daily Show host Craig Kilborn took the spot, while Jon filled in Craig's "huge and Ayrian" shoes (a quote straight from Jon) as host of the Daily Show.

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: 1996 (Comedy Central)
guest starred as himself in episode entitles "guess who"
*available on home video

3rd Annual Comics Come Home Special: 1997 (Comedy Central)
stand up showcase

The Nanny: 1997 (CBS)
guest starred as Fran's love interest/cousin in episode entitled "kissing cousins"

Mr. Show: 1997 (HBO)
guest starred as himself on episode #19

Space Ghost: Coast to Coast: 1997 (Cartoon Network)
guest starred as himself in episode entitled "mayonnaise"

Newsradio: 1997 (NBC)
guest starred as "Andrew" in the episode entitled "Twins"

Elmopalooza!: 1997 (CTW)
guest starred as himself
*available on home video

Since You've Been Gone: 1998 (made for TV movie)
*available on home video

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: 1999 - ?? (Comedy Central)
host of the ongoing news-spoof comedy show, and it is rumored that Jon Stewart has signed a 4-year contract with the show's producers.
The Daily Show is airs Monday-Thursday @ 11 PM
and also Monday-Friday @ 8:30 AM, 12 noon, and 7:00 PM

Spin City: 1999 (ABC)
guest starred as Parker, Mike's stockbroker

MTV Top 25 Lamest Videos of All Time: 1999 (MTV)
hosted along with Janeane Garofalo, Denis Leary and Chris Kattan
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Film works:
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Through Stewart's Busboy Productions, Miramax Films has signed the company to an overall production deal. Jon has committed to star in two movies per year, and will also get the chance to write and produce as well as star in some of the films.

Film Credits Include:

Mixed Nuts (1994)...rollerblader
*available on home video

First Wives club (1996)...unfortunately, his scenes were deleted from the final print

Wishful Thinking (1997)...
(Co-Stars with Drew Barrymore)
*available on home video

Playing By Heart (1998)...Trent
Stewart also appeared on the big screen starring in the Miramax film "Playing by Heart" with Gillian Anderson which was released in the winter of 1998. That movie marked a departure for Stewart, showing a more dramatic side than people are accustomed to seeing.
*available on video august 18th

The Faculty (1998)...Mr. Furlong
Additionally, moviegoers can catch Stewart in "The Faculty," a horror-comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez in which Stewart portrays a teacher in a high school where strange things start happening to the faculty.
*available on home video

Half Baked (1998)...enhancement smoker
*available on home video

Big Daddy (1999)...Kevin Gerrity
On the feature film front, Stewart can be seen in the recently released movie "Big Daddy," a comedy starring Adam Sandler.
**In theaters now**

Committed (1999)...
*in theaters this fall

Almost Romantic (1999)
Projects on its slate include the comedy "Almost Romantic" in which Stewart and Janeane Garofalo are attached to star for Touchstone Pictures as well a the comedy "Bird Meets Girl" which will also serve as a starring vehicle for Stewart.
*put on indefinite hold

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2000)...voice work

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As an Author:
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Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998) Hardback (Paperback due around September)
The fall of '98 release of "Naked Pictures of Famous People" (Rob Weisbach Books) marked Stewart's foray into the literary world. While it may be the conventional route for a standup comedian 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, a collection of fictitious and humorous what-if essays.
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Very Special Thanks to:
E! online - (http://www.eonline.com/)
Comedy Central.com - (http://www.comedycentral.com/)
Amy's Jon Stewart web page - (http://www.http://members.aol.com/amysa/jstewart.html)
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