Bill Maher - American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor

Bill Maher is an famous American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his present role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect initially on Comedy Central and later on ABC. Maher has not married. In 2003, he began dating former Playboy Cyber Girl Coco Johnsen. In November 2004, at the end of their 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 sociopolitical commentary, which target a wide swath of topics: religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of soaring political and social power, the lack of intellectual curiosity of the electorate, among several 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 base to promote scientific knowledge and secular value within society. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 most stand-up comedians of all time.Bill Maher got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.

Birth name	William Maher
Date Of Birth	January 20, 1956
Place Of Birth	New York, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-Up, Television, Film, Books
Genres	Satire, Political satire, News Satire, Observational comedy
Subject	American politics, current events, American culture, pop culture, freedom of speech, environmentalism, religion, human sexuality, recreational drug use, libertarianism, American liberalism, American conservatism
Influences	Steve Allen, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, David Frost, Robert Klein, Don Rickles, Gore Vidal, Lenny Bruce

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