Bill Maher
William Maher (/mɑːr/; lahir 20 Januari 1956)[2] adalah seorang komedian Amerika, komentator politik, dan pembawa acara televisi. Dia dikenal karena HBO acara bincang-bincang politik Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–sekarang) dan sejenisnya late-night acara yang disebut Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), awalnya pada Comedy Central dan nanti ABC.
Bill Maher | |
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Nama lahir | William Maher[1] |
Lahir | 20 Januari 1956 New York City, New York, A.S. |
Media | Kemudian tunggal, televisi, film, buku |
Tahun aktif | 1979–sekarang |
Genre | Political/news satire, Komedi observasional, insult comedy |
Subjek | Media massa/news media/Kajian media, politik Amerika, budaya Amerika, peristiwa saat ini, agama, budaya populer, race relations, Seksualitas manusia |
Situs web | billmaher |
Maher dikenal karena sindiran politiknya[3] dan komentar sosiopolitik. Dia menargetkan banyak topik termasuk agama, kebenaran politik, dan media massa.[4] Pandangan kritisnya tentang agama menjadi dasar pembuatan film dokumenter 2008 Religulous. Dia adalah pendukung Hak asasi hewan, pernah menjabat di dewan PETA sejak 1997,[5] dan merupakan anggota dewan penasehat dari Project Reason.[6][7] Maher mendukung legalisasi Ganja, melayani di dewan penasehat NORML.[8]
Pada tahun 2005, Maher menduduki peringkat ke-38 Comedy Central 100 stand-up comedian terhebat sepanjang masa.[9] Dia menerima sebuah Hollywood Walk of Fame dibintangi pada 14 September 2010.[10] Pada 2014, Maher memenangkan sebuah Primetime Emmy Award untuk pekerjaannya sebagai produser eksekutif Vice.[11]
Filmografi
Film
Tahun | Judul | Peran |
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1983 | D.C. Cab | Baba |
1986 | Club Med | Rick |
Ratboy | Party Guest | |
1987 | House II: The Second Story | John |
1988 | Out of Time | Maxwell Taylor |
1989 | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Jim |
1991 | Pizza Man | Elmo Bunn |
1996 | Don't Quit Your Day Job! | Comic's Table |
1997 | Bimbo Movie Bash | Unknown |
1998 | Primary Colors | Himself |
1999 | EDtv | Himself |
2001 | The Party's Over | Himself |
Tomcats | Carlos | |
2002 | John Q | Himself |
2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Himself |
2005 | The Aristocrats | Himself |
Fuck | Himself | |
Inside Deep Throat | Himself | |
2007 | Heckler | Himself |
2008 | Swing Vote | Himself |
Religulous | Himself | |
2009 | New Rules: Best of | Himself |
2010 | Sex, Drugs & Religion | Himself (stock footage) |
2012 | The Campaign | Himself |
2013 | Iron Man 3 | Himself |
2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Comic |
The Interview | Himself | |
2015 | Ted 2 | Himself |
2018 | Gringo | Himself |
2019 | Late Night[12] | Himself |
Televisi
Tahun | Judul | Peran |
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1985 | Alice | Officer Gary Conroy |
Sara | Marty Lang | |
1987 | Rags to Riches | Freddie |
Hard Knocks | Gower | |
Max Headroom | Haskel | |
1988 | Newhart | Norm Murphy |
1989–90 | Murder, She Wrote | Rick Rivers/Frank Albertson |
1989 | One Night Stand | Himself |
1990 | The Midnight Hour | Host |
1991 | Charlie Hoover | Elliot |
1992 | Say What? | Host |
One Night Stand | Himself | |
1993 | Married... with Children | Adam Gold |
The Jackie Thomas Show | Mr. Lorre | |
Roseanne | Photographer | |
1993–2002 | Politically Incorrect | Host |
1996 | Weinerville | Himself |
1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself |
Dharma & Greg | Himself | |
1998 | V.I.P. | Himself |
1999 | Spin City | Himself |
Brother's Keeper | Himself | |
Snoops | Himself | |
2000 | The Chris Rock Show | Himself |
2001 | Primetime Glick | Himself |
2002 | Son of the Beach | Himself |
2003–sekarang | Real Time with Bill Maher | Host |
2004 | MADtv | Himself |
2008 | True Blood | Himself |
2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Himself |
The Boondocks | Himself | |
2010, 2013 | Family Guy | Himself |
2012 | The Good Wife | Himself |
2013 | House of Cards | Himself |
2015 | Black-ish | Himself |
Referensi
Pranala luar
- Situs web resmi
- Bill Maher di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)