Birth
Name: Bill Maher
Birthdate: January 20, 1956
Birthplace: New York, NY
Graduated from Pascack Hills High School (New Jersey)
He received
his Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University
in 1978
Is a
vegetarian.
Supported
Ralph Nader during the 2000 presidential election
Received
a great deal of bad press for his comments after the September
11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center when he criticized
the United States government. Subsequently, advertisers
such as Sears and Federal Express pulled their ads and some
television stations stop showing his program "Politically
Incorrect" (1994). This eventually led to ABC cancelling
the show the following year. Commentators such as Rush Limbaugh,
Arianna Huffington and David Horowitz defended his right
to free speech and said his program should not be cancelled.
22 June
2002 - Received the Los Angeles Press Club's highest honor,
the President's Award, for "Championing free speech".
The award was given 6 days after the final episode of "Politically
Incorrect" (1994), Bill's social satire show from which
he was dismissed for politically incorrect statements about
the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Was
a major supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John
Kerry during the 2004 presidential election. Though he traditionally
supports Democrats, in 2000 he threw his support behind
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.
Very
good friends with Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington and Christopher
Reid
Bill
played "Bob" on an episode of "Roseanne".
Ten years prior to the start of that show, he played a character
named "Bob" in the movie "D.C. Cab"
when he was an up and coming comedian.
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