Howard Stern
Biography
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American broadcaster, comedian, and media personality. He is best known for his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005. He has broadcast on SiriusXM since 2006.
Stern landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University. From 1976 to 1982, he developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York; WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut; WWWW in Detroit, Michigan; and WWDC in Washington, D.C. He worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985. In 1985, he began a 20-year run at WXRK in New York City; his morning show entered syndication in 1986 and aired in 60 markets and attracted 20 million listeners at its peak. From 2012 to 2015, he served as a judge on America's Got Talent.
Stern has won numerous industry awards, including Billboard's Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year eight consecutive times, and he is the first to have the number one morning show in New York City and Los Angeles simultaneously. He became the most fined radio host when the Federal Communications Commission issued fines totaling $2.5 million to station owners for content it deemed indecent. Stern became one of the highest-paid radio figures after signing a five-year deal with Sirius in 2004 worth $500 million.
Stern has described himself as the "King of All Media" since 1992 for his successes outside radio. He hosted and produced numerous late-night television shows, pay-per-view events, and home videos. Two of his books, Private Parts (1993) and Miss America (1995), entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number one and sold over one million copies. The former was made into a biographical comedy film in 1997 that had Stern and his radio show staff star as themselves. It topped the American box office in its opening week and grossed $41.2 million domestically. Stern performs on its soundtrack, which charted the Billboard 200 at number one and was certified platinum for one million copies sold. Stern's third book, Howard Stern Comes Again, was released in 2019.
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Full filmography
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- America's Got Talent (2006) as Self - Judge
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Guest
- The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Howard Stern
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012) as Self
- Men in Black 3 (2012) as 1969 Man in MIB HQ (uncredited)
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2018) as Self
- The Howard Stern Show (1994) as Himself - Host
- The Howard Stern Interview (2006) as Self
- The Magic Hour (1998) as Self
- The Howard Stern Show (1990) as Self
- Private Parts (1997) as Howard Stern
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025) as Self
- The Concert for New York City (2001) as Self
- This Is the Tom Green Documentary (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Group Therapy (2024) as Self - Talk Show Host (archive footage)
- To Be Takei (2014) as Self