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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.335 |
| Birthday | 1956-01-20 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | William Maher Jr., |
2001
Tomcats
5.131/259
College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- mon...
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Tomcats
2006
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
0/0
Buckle your seat belts and hang on for a rowdy ride with this stellar compilation of outstanding routines from many of today's most talented comedians...
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Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
1989
One-Night Stand: Bill Maher
7/1
HBO stand up special videotaped live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
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One-Night Stand: Bill Maher
2000
Bill Maher: Be More Cynical
7/16
BE MORE CYNICAL was originally aired on HBO, and offers viewers a chance to see Maher's full routine, which sees him tackling a wide array of topics,...
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Bill Maher: Be More Cynical
2005
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss
6.4/19
Political comedy about the Government (domestic and foreign policies), the president, the public's own ignorance and faults, and so forth. He also mak...
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Bill Maher: I'm Swiss
2003
Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home
6.8/13
Maher addresses contemporary political, social and cultural topics -- Iraq, President Bush and the so called Axis of Evil. The opinionated Maher said...
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Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home
2006
Fuck
6.4/84
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
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Fuck
1989
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
4.587/63
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an...
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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
2008
Religulous
7.012/598
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examin...
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Religulous
2010
Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong
6.8/24
In front of a live audience at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina, the E...
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Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong
1983
D.C. Cab
5.299/97
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company bu...
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D.C. Cab
2007
Heckler
5.9/49
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Ja...
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Heckler
2010
Sex, Drugs & Religion
6.8/3
A 71 minute look into the wacky world of religion. Targeting groups from Catholics to Baptists, this movie exposes the idiocy that is associated to re...
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Sex, Drugs & Religion
2008
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
5.1/7
The humorous, provocative and moving examination of the Culture Wars and faith in America. Featuring interviews from all sides of the issues, the film...
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Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2003
Stupidity
5.2/12
An exploration into the nature of stupidity in Western society and its history of our perception of it.
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Stupidity
2005
The Aristocrats
5.919/166
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
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The Aristocrats
1987
House II: The Second Story
5.5/256
Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysterious murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the f...
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House II: The Second Story
2006
AKA Tommy Chong
7.4/16
Documentary about Tommy Chong's federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs over the Internet.
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AKA Tommy Chong
2007
Bill Maher: The Decider
6.9/19
Superstar comedian/writer Bill Maher, one of the most highly credited comic minds today, is back in an all-new solo HBO comedy special performed live....
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Bill Maher: The Decider
2007
I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
6.3/7
A candid and introspective look at the extreme beliefs and motives of Ingrid Newkirk, the British-born co-founder and driving force behind People for...
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I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
1991
Pizza Man
2.8/4
When someone orders a pizza, Elmo the pizza man uncovers a government conspiracy and will stop at nothing to get his $15.23
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Pizza Man
1988
Out of Time
4/2
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.
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Out of Time
2022
Bill Maher: #Adulting
4.6/11
Filmed at Miami’s Fillmore Theater, Bill Maher’s latest stand-up special sees the acclaimed comedian, host, and satirist take the stage for a hilariou...
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Bill Maher: #Adulting
2006
Bill Maher: New Rules
7.5/2
From comedian Bill Maher's acclaimed HBO series, "Real Time with Bill Maher." These are selections from the "New Rules" segment, which Maher does at t...
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Bill Maher: New Rules
2007
Sicko
7.346/712
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The...
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Sicko
2023
Reality
6.412/453
Augusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.
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Reality
2010
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
0/0
Once again, this DVD is a compilation of every video I’ve ever done (outside of Vice) thread together with an elaborate film magic trick involving old...
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Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2012
Bright Day
0/0
(Long Synopsis) "In this laugh-out-loud, satirical comedy, Tripp Bailey (Marc Evan Johnson, Transformers) is a washed-up journalist who longs to be a...
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Bright Day
1995
Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny
3/1
Bill Maher's first feature-length stand-up comedy special for HBO. Premiered September 23, 1995.
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Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny
1997
Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special
3/1
Bill Maher's second feature-length stand-up comedy special for HBO. Premiered January 6th, 1997
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Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special
1983
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
0/0
John Candy presents the 1983 Young Comedians Show.
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The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
2012
Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics
6.1/8
Bill Maher delivers a great stand-up routine based on the political atmosphere heading into the 2012 Presidential Election. Fun and outrageous!
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Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics
1986
Club Med
5.8/2
Various romantic entanglements occur among the week's visitors to a Club Med resort in Ixtapa, Mexico. The "chef du village" is shocked when a former...
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Club Med
2019
Gaza Fights for Freedom
7.8/8
Gaza Fights for Freedom depicts the ongoing Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine, that began in 2018.
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Gaza Fights for Freedom
2023
TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas
0/0
Over the holidays, TMZ will be dominated by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Unwrap silly jokes and happy recollections from 2023 with TMZ's th...
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TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas
2014
Bill Maher: Live from D.C.
5.8/11
Standup special recorded live at the Warner Theatre in Washington DC. This originally aired directly after a live episode of Real Time with Bill Maher...
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Bill Maher: Live from D.C.
1996
The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C.
0/0
Boney is running for president and the Weinerville gang helps him with his campaign. However, the other candidate Hugh J. Magnate is not pleased and i...
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The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C.
1995
A Night to Die For
0/0
TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Ditka, a...
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A Night to Die For
2005
Earth to America
8/2
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.
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Earth to America
2008
Swing Vote
5.7/254
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
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Swing Vote
2002
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
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Classic Carson monologues, visits from Carnac and Art Fern, comedians Eddie Murphy, Garry Shandling, Albert Brooks and Bill Maher. Hollywood legend Ji...
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The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2016
The Comedy Club
0/0
When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggli...
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The Comedy Club
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
4.238/80
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is n...
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
2014
The Interview
6.185/5858
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North...
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The Interview
1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
0/0
An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disne...
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
2013
Iron Man 3
6.928/22404
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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Iron Man 3
2014
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
7.5/2
Showcasing the iconic New York comedy club where Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and hundreds of the best comedians of our time...
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Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
1999
EDtv
6/640
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
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EDtv
1986
Ratboy
3.4/9
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.
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Ratboy
1997
Bimbo Movie Bash
3.2/12
This movie is a great compilation of the very silliest clips from some of the most awful "bimbo movies" of the past twenty years. It is laughably chea...
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Bimbo Movie Bash
2011
The Undefeated
2.056/9
A documentary that chronicles Sarah Palin's pre-political life; her tenure as Governor of Alaska, and her time spent as John McCain's running mate.
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The Undefeated
2002
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2/1
The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.
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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2018
Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma
6.7/16
Bill Maher will be bringing his stand-up show to screens this summer with when he appears on stage from Tulsa in Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma.
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Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma
2013
Delivery Man
6.2/1494
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide wheth...
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Delivery Man
2005
Inside Deep Throat
6.427/130
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would...
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Inside Deep Throat
2018
Trump @War
7.8/5
2016 marked a revolution in American politics when a political novice upended the entrenched political classes on both sides of the aisle, and achieve...
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Trump @War
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
5.3/15
Hollywood's finest pay tribute to "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" for an uncensored and unforgettable celebration at The Dolby Theater.
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Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
Late Night
6.399/808
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...
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Late Night
2018
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
7.7/45
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who cont...
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Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2012
The Campaign
5.822/1755
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Represen...
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The Campaign
2019
Race Against Time
5/3
Race Against Time is one mans fight to save his sons life. When he is given a diagnosis for his son that is incurable he decides to go on a quest to f...
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Race Against Time
2016
Bill Maher - Whiny Little Bitch Live
0/0
Bill Maher's stand-up routine of Trump-related jokes on Facebook Live Wednesday, Nov. 2. The one-hour special, is titled Whiny Little Bitch after one...
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Bill Maher - Whiny Little Bitch Live
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
6.046/4141
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious...
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
2009
George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
7.6/4
The award is not intended to be given posthumously, but Carlin's death occurred between the announcement and the ceremony. Those there to honor Carlin...
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George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2007
Everything's Cool
8.1/7
In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a missi...
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Everything's Cool
2017
Get Me Roger Stone
7.019/132
From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on...
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Get Me Roger Stone
2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
7.6/4
All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first elected female governor of Texas. Her cool demeanor,...
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All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2019
The El Duce Tapes
7/6
A wilfully offensive band, The Mentors gained infamy for performing in black executioner hoods and spewing cartoonishly racist, homophobic and misogyn...
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The El Duce Tapes
2020
Fat Fiction
6.4/17
Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad...
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Fat Fiction
2002
John Q
7.12/2434
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because...
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John Q
1998
Primary Colors
6.292/315
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to...
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Primary Colors
2001
Last Party 2000
6.1/10
Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democ...
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Last Party 2000
2025
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
6.6/5
With his signature sardonic wit and unfiltered approach, acclaimed comedian Bill Maher offers up his scathing commentary on the hypocrisies of both co...
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