Bill Maher is an famous Americanstand-up
comedian, television host, political commentator, author and
actor.Before his present role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maherhosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect initiallyon Comedy Central and later on ABC. Maher has not married. In 2003, he begandating former Playboy Cyber Girl Coco Johnsen. In November 2004, at the end oftheir 17-month relationship, she sue him for USD $9 million for "pain "for alleged "insolent, humiliating and degrading racial comments."
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopoliticalcommentary, which target a wide swath of topics: religion, politics,bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed amongpeople and persons in positions of soaring political and social power, the lackof intellectual curiosity of the electorate, among several topics. He supportsthe legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board ofPETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member ofProject Reason, a base to promote scientific knowledge and secular value withinsociety. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 most stand-upcomedians of all time.Bill Maher got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September14, 2010.
Birth name | William Maher
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Date Of Birth | January 20, 1956
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Place Of Birth | New York, New York, U.S.
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Medium | Stand-Up, Television, Film, Books
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Genres | Satire, Political satire, News Satire, Observational comedy
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Subject | American politics, current events, American culture, pop culture, freedom of speech, environmentalism, religion, human sexuality, recreational drug use, libertarianism, American liberalism, American conservatism
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Influences | Steve Allen, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, David Frost, Robert Klein, Don Rickles, Gore Vidal, Lenny Bruce
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