73 Facts About Bill Maher

1. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

2. Bill Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in 11 HBO solo specials to date.

3. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

4. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

5. Bill Maher said that the GOP was no longer good on national security because Trump is a traitor.

6. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

7. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

8. Bill Maher is an Emmy-award winning producer who hosts Real Time on HBO and produced the 8th highest grossing documentary ever, Religuous.

9. Bill Maher confronted Hurd, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly a decade, on why he continues to be a Republican and supports the "traitor", President Trump.

10. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

11. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

12. Bill Maher confronted Hurd, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly a decade, on why he continues to be a Republican and supports the "traitor", President Trump.

13. Bill Maher compares One Direction's Zayn Malik to Boston Marathon bomberSinger Zayn Malik quit the band One Direction, prompting a few jokes from Maher during an episode.

14. Bill Maher says millions of Muslims supported the "Charlie Hebdo" attacksMaher has a long history of being highly critical of religion and, in recent years, of Islam in particular.

15. Bill Maher jokes about Tila Tequila being assaultedIn 2009, news broke that Tila Tequila claimed she'd been assaulted by then-boyfriend and San Diego Charger Shawne Merriman.

16. Bill Maher interviews alt-right darling Milo YiannopoulosAfter Milo's speech at Berkeley University was canceled because of protests that included a few small fires and thrown objects, Maher brought the alt-right idol in for an interview.

17. Bill Maher has yet to respond to backlash over the Popeyes jokes.

18. Bill Maher has long been criticized for his racially-charged language on his show.

19. Bill Maher has an intense love for dogs and he has more than a few of them as pets in his Beverly Hills homes.

20. Bill Maher recently interviewed Ben Sasse, the Republican senator from Nebraska, who made a comment about Halloween and working in the fields.

21. Bill Maher maintains that mass consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is a contributor to the rise in frequency of obesity in the United States.

22. Bill Maher is an advisory board member of author Sam Harris's Project Reason, a foundation that promotes scientific knowledge and secular values within society.

23. Bill Maher has rejected being grouped with explicit atheists, saying in 2002, "I'm not an atheist.

24. In October 2016, Bill Maher criticized WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing leaks from the DNC's emails, saying: "I really feel like he's lost his way a little, and he hates Hillary.

25. On June 7, 2013, Bill Maher expressed on his show limited support for the NSA's PRISM intelligence data collection from private phone calls and the Internet, saying that the threat of terrorists obtaining and using nuclear weapons was the tipping point for him.

26. Bill Maher is skeptical of Iraq surviving without civil war.

27. Bill Maher opposed the Iraq War from the beginning, and has summarized his opinion by saying that the United States and the world have had to pay too high a price for the war.

28. Bill Maher is a board member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

29. Bill Maher often criticizes industry figures involved in environmental pollution.

30. Bill Maher co-emceed the final show of Larry King Live on December 16, 2010 with Ryan Seacrest.

31. In 2003, Bill Maher became the host, co-producer, and co-writer of Real Time with Bill Maher, a weekly hour-long political comedy talk show on the cable television network HBO.

32. Bill Maher was host of the New York City comedy club Catch a Rising Star in 1979.

33. Bill Maher was raised in his Irish-American father's Roman Catholic religion.

34. Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.

35. Bill Maher is a supporter of animal rights, having served on the board of PETA since 1997 and is an advisory board member of Project Reason.

36. Bill Maher targets many topics including religion, politics, bureaucracy, political correctness and the mass media.

37. Bill Maher was angered by Trump's plans to visit California this.

38. Bill Maher believes that the success of Lee's Marvel Comics negatively impacted American voters' minds enough to vote Trump into office.

39. Bill Maher has found who to blame for President Donald Trump: comic book creator Stan Lee.

40. Bill Maher blames Stan Lee's legacy for creating a culture that elected Trump.

41. Bill Maher lists Trump's broken promises for supporters 'keeping score'.

42. Bill Maher blames comic book culture for getting Trump elected.

43. Bill Maher kicked the Marvel Wasp nest with a baffling post published to his blog this week.

44. Bill Maher warns Trump about a different caravan in Best of Late Night.

45. Bill Maher would rather sit next to President Trump at a dinner party than Pope Francis, "because I think I know what the pope thinks", he says.

46. Bill Maher called Graham's outspoken support for Kavanaugh as a "performance", claiming that Graham might be eyeing a cabinet position in the Trump administration.

47. Bill Maher responded to the criticism, saying, "What I've read about what they think I'm saying is not what I've said.

48. Bill Maher has stated that the American Medical Association is a powerful lobbying group and one of the primary reasons why the United States had failed to enact health care reform.

49. Bill Maher is highly critical of all religion and views it as highly destructive.

50. Bill Maher is a gun owner, and explained in his February 12, 2013 appearance on the late night TV talk show Conan that he owns guns for personal home protection.

51. Bill Maher is a member of the advisory boards for both the NORML and Marijuana Policy Project, organizations that support regulated legalization of cannabis, and has been called "one of the brightest torches for sensible marijuana policy" and "a contemporary cannabis statesman".

52. Bill Maher said this reportedly in response to Trump having previously challenged President Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate, and having offered $5 million payable to a charity of Obama's choice if Obama would produce his college applications, transcripts, and passport records.

53. Bill Maher earned numerous award nominations for his producing, writing, and hosting of Politically Incorrect, including ten Emmy nominations, two TV Guide nominations, and two Writers Guild nominations.

54. Bill Maher is known for his sarcastic attitude, political satire and sociopolitical commentary.

55. Bill Maher made a compelling argument of how both conservatives and liberals have taken the fun out of Halloween.

56. Cornell University alumnus Bill Maher has sent a letter to his alma mater opposing the deer hunt that the school is allowing in Sapsucker Woods, its 226-acre wildlife "sanctuary.

57. Bill Maher lost when he asked for her to name one thing.

58. Bill Maher is always the worst, except when he's not, which is this time.

59. Bill Maher picked an interesting week to say Halloween has become too politically correct.

60. In 2012, Bill Maher purchased a minority ownership interest in the New York Mets.

61. In 2005, Bill Maher began dating Karrine Steffans, best-selling author and former hip hop model.

62. In the 2016 US presidential election, Bill Maher initially endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders on February 5, 2016.

63. Bill Maher endorsed a 2014 Maine referendum to ban the use of bait, traps, and dogs to hunt bears in Maine.

64. In the leadup to the 2014 midterm elections, Bill Maher conducted a "Flip a District" contest on his HBO show.

65. Bill Maher describes himself as an environmentalist, and he has spoken in favor of the Kyoto treaty on global warming on his show Real Time.

66. In 2013 Bill Maher became one of the executive producers for the HBO newsmagazine series Vice.

67. In 2004 Bill Maher appeared on stage as Satan in The Steve Allen Theater production of "Hollywood Hell House", a spoof of the Christian-run hell houses.

68. Bill Maher appeared as a special guest on the June 29, 2010 edition of the show, on which CNN anchor Larry King announced his retirement.

69. Bill Maher hosted the January 13, 2006 edition of Larry King Live, on which he was a frequent guest.

70. Bill Maher holds the record for the most Emmy nominations without a win, having been nominated on 22 occasions and not winning once.

71. Bill Maher began appearing on Johnny Carson's and David Letterman's shows in 1982.

72. Bill Maher was raised in River Vale, New Jersey, and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974.

73. In 2005, Bill Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.