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.

Filmography

• The Howard Stern Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2014Howard Stern's Birthday Bash
• 2012I Spill Your Guts — Howard Stern
• 2012Men in Black 3 — 1969 Man in MIB HQ (uncredited)
• The Howard Stern Interview — Self, Creator
• Son of the Beach — Executive Producer
• 1997Private Parts — Howard Stern, Book
• TFI Friday
• The Howard Stern Show — Himself - Host, Writer, Producer
• The Larry Sanders Show — Howard Stern
• The Howard Stern Show — Self, Writer
• 1986Ryder P.I. — Ben Wah
• Howard Stern on Demand — Creator

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2026Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Turning Point: Generation 9/11 — Self (archive footage)
• Billy Joel: And So It Goes — Self
• 2025From Darkness to Light — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• 2025When We Went MAD! — Self
• 2024Feed Me — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Group Therapy — Self - Talk Show Host (archive footage)
• 2022The Howard Stern Interview: Bruce Springsteen — Self
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self
• 2018Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2016All the Rage (Saved by Sarno) — Self
• 2014To Be Takei — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• 2011The Undefeated — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene — self
• America's Got Talent — Self - Judge
• 2005Violet Dehumanizes Elegant Elliot — Self (Archive Footage)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. — Self
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• 2001The Merchants of Cool — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 1993New Year's Rotten Eve — Self
• 1992Howard Stern's Butt Bongo Fiesta — Himself
• 1990Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed — Self
• 1989Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores — Himself
• 1988Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1988Negligee and Underpants Party — Self
• 1986Let's Go Mets — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest