Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (born New York, United States, November 28, 1962) known as Jon Stewart, is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer, of Jewish origin, best known for his work on the program The Daily Show broadcast by Comedy Central. Stewart began his career as a comedian during the 80s. In 1991, he accepted the post of presenter of Short Attention Span Theater, a program broadcast by Comedy Central. Later, he was offered his own program on MTV, entitled The Jon Stewart Show after having presented another program for MTV, You Wrote It, You Watch It (You wrote it, you look at it). In 1999, Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn as host of The Daily Show. Stewart is considered primarily responsible for focusing the program more on politics. As a result of this, it has become a huge success, especially among American youth. Since 1999, The Daily Show has won several awards, including two Peabodys. Stewart himself has won the award for best comedy album for the audio version of America (The Book). In 2008, Stewart was invited to participate in the renowned cartoon series The Simpsons as part of the episode "E. Pluribus Wiggum" in which he played himself. Stewart was a co-author of America (The Book), which was one of the 15 most popular books in the US. in 2004.1 In addition, Stewart presented editions 78 and 80 of the Óscar Awards.