When he was voted as having the Best Sense of Humor in high school, Jon Stewart received an omen of things to come. Stewart realized he wanted to be a comic when he was a puppeteer teaching children awareness of disabilities after college.

Stewart was born Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962 in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. The son of a physicist and a teacher, Stewart started to major in chemistry at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, but graduated with a BS in Psychology. After a series of odd jobs, he moved to New York and became Jon Stewart, comedian, making his stand-up debut at The Bitter End and touring the various clubs of New York. He made a big enough impression that he became the opening act for singer Sheena Easton in Las Vegas and from there landed a part as host of Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater. Since his feature film debut in Mixed Nuts, Stewart has appeared in such films as Big Daddy and the teen thriller The Faculty.

Stewart recently took over Craig Kilborn�s job hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He currently lives in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan.
Work History
`(1987) Stand up Debut at the Bitter End in New York; (1991) Hosted Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theatre; (1993) The Jon Stewart Show debuted on MTV; (1994-1995) Hosted Syndicated talk show The Jon Stewart Show for nine months; (1998) Starred in The Faculty;(1999) Began hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central (also co-executive producer)
Affiliations
SPCA