Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of 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. He has also had several film roles as an actor. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-executive-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, which led to his first Emmy Award in 2001. Stewart has gained acclaim as an acerbic, satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the US media networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004 and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race released in 2010.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 28, 1962 (63)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, producer and writer, also director
- 41 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
What are Jon Stewart's films like?
Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 1 · Earnest 19
Light 14 · Serious 6 · Dark 3
Grounded 16 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 10 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 15 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 4
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 13
A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1
Casual 14 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 15 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
Resolved 19 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Kevin Gerrity in Big Daddy (1999)
- Shadowas Zeebad in Doogal (2006)
- Shadowas Carl Price in Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jon Stewart's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Jon Stewart's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
57 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 79 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
IF(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Bupkis(2023)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
WWE This Is Awesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Irresistible(2020)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Night of Too Many Stars(2017)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
WWE SummerSlam 2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Rosewater(2014)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Gravity Falls(2012)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Beaver(2011)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Adjustment Bureau(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Great Buck Howard(2008)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Phineas and Ferb(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Evan Almighty(2007)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all filmsTwisted: A Balloonamentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Doogal(2006)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all filmsSit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Robot Chicken(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Death to Smoochy(2002)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Primetime Glick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
On the Beach(2000)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
On the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Committed(2000)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Wishful Thinking(1997)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Big Daddy(1999)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Playing by Heart(1998)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Faculty(1998)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Since You've Been Gone(1998)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Elmopalooza!(1998)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Half Baked(1998)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Jon Stewart: Unleavened (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Spin City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Daily Show(1996)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
NewsRadio(1995)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Mixed Nuts(1994)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Jon Stewart Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
You Wrote It, You Watch It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Real Mature(1991)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Sesame Street(1969)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all showsThe Naturalized (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 54 of them dated from 1969 to 2024; peak year 1999.
Biggest box office
Big Daddy (1999)
Highest rated
George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997)
Most popular right now
Big Daddy (1999)
Film career
Peak 1999 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1992Screen debut· The Larry Sanders Show
- 1994First film· Mixed Nuts
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
25 Primetime Emmys and 11 other major awards from 101 major nominations, 2001–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Talk Series
+2 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Specials
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
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- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - Talk Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
+3 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
- Grammy Award, won · Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Grammy Award, won · Best Comedy Album
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jon Stewart's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th17
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jon Stewart's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jon Stewart work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jon Stewart's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bob Weinstein shares the most, 3.
Actors
- David LettermanShared titles: Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023), Don Rickles: One Night Only (2014)See all 2 shared titles with David Letterman
- George W. BushShared titles: The Soul of America (2020), Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)See all 2 shared titles with George W. Bush
- George CarlinShared titles: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004), George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997)See all 2 shared titles with George Carlin
- Catherine KeenerShared titles: Death to Smoochy (2002), Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Keener
Cinematographers and editors
- Bobby BukowskiShared titles: Irresistible (2020), Rosewater (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Bobby Bukowski
- Jay RabinowitzShared titles: Irresistible (2020), Rosewater (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Rabinowitz
Producers
- Bob WeinsteinShared titles: Playing by Heart (1998), Since You've Been Gone (1998), Wishful Thinking (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Weinstein
- Harvey WeinsteinShared titles: Playing by Heart (1998), Since You've Been Gone (1998), Wishful Thinking (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein
- James DixonShared titles: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Night of Too Many Stars (2017)See all 2 shared titles with James Dixon
- Lila YacoubShared titles: Irresistible (2020), Rosewater (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Lila Yacoub
