Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert [1](/kolbr/, n; /kolbrt/; [2]

Stephen Colbert
born May 13, 1964)[3] is an American comedian, television
host, actor, and writer. He is best known for hosting the
satirical Comedy Central program The Colbert Report from
2005 to 2014, and hosting the CBS talk program The Late
Show with Stephen Colbert beginning in September
2015.[4][5][6]
Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became

interested in improvisational theatre while attending
Northwestern University, where he met Second City director
Del Close. Colbert first performed professionally as an
understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago, where
his troupe mates included Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris,
comedians with whom he developed the sketch comedy
series, Exit 57. He wrote and performed on the short-lived
Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and
Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Colbert in 2016
Candy. He gained attention for his role on the latter as
Birth name Stephen Tyrone Colbert
closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet.
Born May 13, 1964
Colbert's work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's Washington, D.C., U.S.
news-parody series The Daily Show gained him wide
Medium Television, theatre, film, books
recognition. In 2005, he left The Daily Show to host The
Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show's news-parody Alma mater Northwestern University
concept, The Colbert Report was a parody of personality- Years active 1984present
driven political opinion shows including The O'Reilly
Factor, in which he portrayed a caricatured version of Genres Political/news satire, improvisational
conservative political pundits. The series became one of comedy, character comedy, musical
Comedy Central's highest-rated series, earning Colbert an comedy, deadpan, sketch comedy
invitation to perform as featured entertainer at the White Subject(s) American politics, American culture,
House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2006. After political punditry, popular culture,
ending The Colbert Report, he was hired in 2015 to succeed
current events, mass media/news
retiring David Letterman as host of the Late Show on CBS.
media, civil rights, religion,
Colbert has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two egomania, human sexuality
Grammy Awards, and two Peabody Awards. Colbert was Spouse Evelyn McGee-Colbert (m. 1993)
named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2006,
Children 3
and 2012.[7][8] Colbert's book, I Am America (And So Can
You!), listed #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in Parent(s) James William Colbert, Jr. (father)
2007. Lorna Elizabeth Colbert (mother)
Relative(s) Elizabeth Colbert Busch (sister)
Signature
Contents
1 Early life
2 Early career in comedy
3 Television career
3.1 Strangers with Candy
3.2 The Daily Show
3.3 The Colbert Report
3.4 The Late Show
4 Politics
4.1 2006 White House Correspondents'
Association Dinner
4.2 2008 Presidential bid
4.3 2009 solidarity with U.S. troops in Iraq
War
4.4 2010 Congressional testimony
4.5 2010 Washington D.C. rallies
4.6 Super PAC and President of the United
States of South Carolina
5 Other work
6 Influences
7 Personal life
8 Awards and honors
8.1 Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's
AmeriCone Dream ice cream
8.2 Species named in honor
8.3 COLBERT Treadmill
9 Filmography
9.1 Television
9.2 Film
9.3 Award shows
9.4 Video games
9.5 Theatre
10 Published works
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
Early life
Colbert was born in Washington, D.C.,[2][9] the youngest of 11 children in a Catholic family.[10][11]
He grew up on James Island, South Carolina. Colbert and his siblings, in descending order by age, are James,
Edward, Mary, William, Margo, Thomas, Jay, Elizabeth, Paul, Peter, and Stephen. His father, James William
Colbert, Jr., was an immunologist and medical school dean at Yale University, Saint Louis University, and
finally at the Medical University of South Carolina where he served as vice president for academic affairs.
Stephen's mother, Lorna Elizabeth Colbert (ne Tuck), was a homemaker.[12][13][14]
In interviews, Colbert has described his parents as devout people who also strongly valued intellectualism and
taught their children that it was possible to question the church and still be Catholic.[15] The emphasis his
family placed on intelligence and his observation of negative stereotypes of Southerners led Colbert to train
himself to suppress his Southern accent while he was still quite young.
As a child, he observed that Southerners were often depicted as being less intelligent than other characters on
scripted television; to avoid that stereotype, he taught himself to imitate the speech of American news
anchors.[16][17]
While Colbert sometimes comedically claims his surname is French, he is of 15/16ths Irish ancestry (one of his
paternal great-great-grandmothers was of German and English descent).[18][19] Many of his ancestors
emigrated from Ireland to North America in the 19th century before and during the Great Famine.[12][20]
Originally, his surname was pronounced /kolbrt/ (KOHL-brt) in English; Stephen Colbert's father, James,
wanted to pronounce the name /kolbr/ (kohl-BAIR ), but maintained the /kolbrt/ pronunciation out of
respect for his own father. He offered his children the option to pronounce the name whichever way they
preferred.[10] Stephen started using /kolbr/ later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University,
taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him.[2] Stephen's
elder brother, Edward, an intellectual property attorney, retained /kolbrt/; this was shown in a February 12,
2009, appearance on The Colbert Report, when his youngest brother asked him, "/kolbrt/ or /kolbr/?"
Ed responded "/kolbrt/", to which Stephen jokingly replied, "See you in Hell".[21]
On September 11, 1974, when Colbert was ten years old, his father and two closest male siblings (by age),
Peter and Paul, died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 while it was attempting to land in Charlotte,
North Carolina. They were en route to enroll the two boys at Canterbury School in New Milford,
Connecticut.[11][22] Lorna Colbert relocated the family downtown to the more urban environment of East Bay
Street in Charleston. Colbert found the transition difficult and did not easily make new friends in his new
neighborhood.[10] Colbert later described himself during this time as detached, lacking a sense of importance
regarding the things with which other children concerned themselves.[17][23]
He developed a love of science fiction and fantasy novels, especially the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, of which he
remains an avid fan. During his adolescence, he also developed an intense interest in fantasy role-playing
games, especially Dungeons & Dragons,[23][24] a pastime which he later characterized as an early experience in
acting and improvisation.[25]
Colbert attended Charleston's Episcopal Porter-Gaud School, where he participated in several school plays and
contributed to the school newspaper but was not highly motivated academically.[23] During his adolescence, he
briefly fronted A Shot in the Dark, a Rolling Stones cover band.[26][27] When he was younger, he had hoped to
study marine biology, but surgery intended to repair a severely perforated eardrum caused him inner ear
damage. The damage was severe enough that he was unable to pursue a career that would involve scuba diving.
The damage also left him deaf in his right ear.[10][28]
For a while, he was uncertain whether he would attend college,[29] but ultimately he applied and was accepted
to HampdenSydney College in Virginia, where a friend had also enrolled. Arriving in 1982, he continued to
participate in plays while studying mainly philosophy.[30][23] He found the curriculum rigorous, but was more
focused than he had been in high school and was able to apply himself to his studies. Despite the lack of a
significant theater community at HampdenSydney, Colbert's interest in acting escalated during this time. After
two years, he transferred in 1984 to Northwestern University as a theater major to study performance,
emboldened by the realization that he loved performing, even when no one was coming to shows.[23] He
graduated from Northwestern's School of Communication in 1986.[31]
Early career in comedy

While at Northwestern, Colbert studied with the intent of becoming a
dramatic actor; mostly he performed in experimental plays and was
uninterested in comedy. He began performing improvisation while in
college, both in the campus improv team No Fun Mud Piranhas[32] and
at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago as a part of Del Close's
ImprovOlympic at a time when the project was focused on competitive,
long-form improvisation, rather than improvisational comedy. "I wasn't
gonna do Second City", Colbert later recalled, "because those Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn
Annoyance people looked down on Second City because they thought it McGee-Colbert at the 2006Time 100
wasn't pure improv there was a slightly snobby, mystical quality to
the Annoyance people".[25] After Colbert graduated in 1986, however,
he was in need of a job. A friend who was employed at Second City's box office offered him work answering
phones and selling souvenirs.[23] Colbert accepted and discovered that Second City employees were entitled to
phones and selling souvenirs.[23] Colbert accepted and discovered that Second City employees were entitled to
take classes at their training center for free.[25] Despite his earlier aversion to the comedy group, he signed up
for improvisation classes and enjoyed the experience greatly.
Shortly thereafter, he was hired to perform with Second City's touring company, initially as an understudy for
Steve Carell. It was there he met Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, with whom he often collaborated later in his
career. By their retelling, the three comedians did not get along at first Dinello thought Colbert was uptight,
pretentious and cold, while Colbert thought of Dinello as "an illiterate thug"[33] but the trio became close
friends while touring together, discovering that they shared a similar comic sensibility.[23]
When Sedaris and Dinello were offered the opportunity to create a television series for HBO Downtown
Productions, Colbert left The Second City and relocated to New York to work with them on the sketch comedy
show Exit 57.[23] The series debuted on Comedy Central in 1995 and aired through 1996. Although it lasted for
only 12 episodes, the show received favorable reviews[34][35] and was nominated for five CableACE Awards in
1995, in categories including best writing, performance, and comedy series.[36]
Following the cancelation of Exit 57, Colbert worked for six months as a cast member and writer on The Dana
Carvey Show, alongside former Second City castmate Steve Carell, and also Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman,
Louis C.K., and Dino Stamatopoulos, among others. The series, described by one reviewer as "kamikaze satire"
in "borderline-questionable taste", had sponsors pull out after its first episode aired and was cancelled after
seven episodes.[37] Colbert then worked briefly as a freelance writer for Saturday Night Live with Robert
Smigel. Smigel brought his animated sketch, The Ambiguously Gay Duo, to SNL from The Dana Carvey Show;
Colbert provided the voice of Ace on both series, opposite Steve Carell as Gary. Needing money, he also
worked as a script consultant for VH1 and MTV, before taking a job filming humorous correspondent segments
for Good Morning America.[23] Only two of the segments he proposed were ever produced and only one aired,
but the job led his agent to refer him to The Daily Show's then-producer, Madeline Smithberg, who hired
Colbert on a trial basis in 1997.[38]
Television career
Strangers with Candy
During the same period, Colbert worked again with Sedaris and Dinello to develop a new comedy series for
Comedy Central, Strangers with Candy. Comedy Central picked up the series in 1998 after Colbert had already
begun working on The Daily Show. As a result, he accepted a reduced role, filming only around 20 Daily Show
segments a year while he worked on the new series.[23]
Strangers with Candy was conceived of as a parody of after school specials, following the life of Jerri Blank, a
46-year-old dropout who returns to finish high school after 32 years of life on the street. Most noted by critics
for its use of offensive humor, it concluded each episode by delivering to the audience a skewed, politically
incorrect moral lesson.[39] Colbert served as a main writer alongside Sedaris and Dinello, and portrayed Jerri's
strict but uninformed history teacher, Chuck Noblet, seen throughout the series dispensing inaccurate
information to his classes. Colbert has likened this to the character he played on The Daily Show and later The
Colbert Report, claiming that he has a very specific niche in portraying "poorly informed, high-status idiot"
characters.[11] Another running joke throughout the series was that Noblet, a closeted homosexual, was having
a "secret" affair with fellow teacher Geoffrey Jellineck, despite the fact that their relationship was apparent to
everyone around them. This obliviousness also appears in Colbert's Daily Show and Colbert Report character.
Thirty episodes of Strangers with Candy were made, which aired on Comedy Central in 1999 and 2000.
Though its ratings were not remarkable during its initial run, it has been characterized as a cult show with a
small but dedicated audience.[40] Colbert reprised his role for a film adaptation, which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and had a limited release in 2006. The film received mixed reviews. Colbert
also co-wrote the screenplay with Sedaris and Dinello.[41]
The Daily Show
Colbert joined the cast of Comedy Central's parody-news series The Daily Show in 1997, when the show was in
its second season. Originally one of four correspondents who filmed segments from remote locations in the
style of network news field reporters, Colbert was referred to as "the new guy" on-air for his first two years on
the show, during which time Craig Kilborn served as host. When Kilborn left the show prior to the 1999
season, Jon Stewart took over hosting duties, also serving as a writer and co-executive producer. From this
point, the series gradually began to take on a more political tone and increase in popularity, particularly in the
latter part of the 2000 U.S. presidential election season. The roles of the show's correspondents were expanded
to include more in-studio segments and international reports, which were almost always done in the studio with
the aid of a greenscreen.[23]
Unlike Stewart, who essentially hosted The Daily Show as himself,[42] Colbert developed a correspondent
character for his pieces on the series. Colbert has described his correspondent character as "a fool who has
spent a lot of his life playing not the fool one who is able to cover it at least well enough to deal with the
subjects that he deals with".[23] Colbert was frequently pitted against knowledgeable interview subjects, or
against Stewart in scripted exchanges, with the resultant dialogue demonstrating the character's lack of
knowledge of whatever subject he is discussing.[43][23] Colbert also made generous use of humorous fallacies
of logic in explaining his point of view on any topic. Other Daily Show correspondents have adopted a similar
style; former correspondent Rob Corddry recalls that when he and Ed Helms first joined the show's cast in
2002, they "just imitated Stephen Colbert for a year or two".[44] Correspondent Aasif Mandvi has stated "I just
decided I was going to do my best Stephen Colbert impression".[45]
Colbert appeared in several recurring segments for The Daily Show, including "Even Stevphen" with Steve
Carell,[46] in which both characters were expected to debate a selected topic but instead would unleash their
anger at one another. Colbert commonly hosted "This Week in God", a report on topics in the news pertaining
to religion, presented with the help of the "God Machine". Colbert filed reports from the floor of the
Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention as a part of The Daily Show's award-
winning coverage of the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Presidential elections; many from the latter were included as part
of their The Daily Show: Indecision 2004 DVD release. Other pieces that have been named as his signature
segments include "Grouse Hunting in Shropshire", in which he reported on the "gayness" of British aristocracy,
his mock lionization of a smoking-rights activist and apparent chain-smoker, and his cameo appearances during
his faux campaign for President.[47] In several episodes of The Daily Show, Colbert filled in as anchor in the
absence of Jon Stewart, including the full week of March 3, 2002, when Stewart was scheduled to host
Saturday Night Live. After Colbert left the show, Rob Corddry took over "This Week in God" segments,
although a recorded sample of Colbert's voice is still used as the sound effect for the God Machine. Later
episodes of The Daily Show have reused older Colbert segments under the label "Klassic Kolbert". Colbert won
three Emmys as a writer of The Daily Show in 2004, 2005, and 2006.[48]
The Colbert Report
Colbert hosted his own television show, The Colbert Report, from October 17, 2005, through December 18,
2014.[49] The Colbert Report was a Daily Show spin-off that parodied the conventions of television news
broadcasting,[16] particularly cable-personality political talk shows like The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, and
Glenn Beck.[25][50] Colbert hosted the show in-character as a blustery right-wing pundit, generally considered
to be an extension of his character on The Daily Show. Conceived by co-creators Stewart, Colbert, and Ben
Karlin in part as an opportunity to explore "the character-driven news", the series focused less on the day-to-
day news style of the Daily Show, instead frequently concentrating on the foibles of the host-character
himself.[51]
The concept for The Report was first seen in a series of Daily Show segments which advertised the then-
fictional series as a joke. It was later developed by Stewart's Busboy Productions and pitched to Comedy
Central, which green-lighted the program; Comedy Central had already been searching for a way to extend the
successful Daily Show franchise beyond a half-hour.[52] The series opened to strong ratings, averaging
1.2 million viewers nightly during its first week on the air. Comedy
Central signed a long-term contract for The Colbert Report within its
first month on the air, when it immediately established itself among the
network's highest-rated shows.[53][54]
Much of Colbert's personal life was reflected in his character on The

Colbert Report. With the extended exposure of the character on the
show, he often referenced his interest in and knowledge of Catholicism,
science fiction, and The Lord of the Rings, as well as using real facts to
Colbert, in his television series persona,
create his character's history. His alternate persona was also raised in
prepares to interview Michelle Obama.
South Carolina, is the youngest of 11 siblings and is married.[55] The The set of The Colbert Report satirized
actual Colbert's career history in acting and comedy, however, was cable-personality political talk shows.
often downplayed or even denied outright, and he frequently referred to
having attended Dartmouth College (which was at the forefront of the
conservative campus movement in the 1980s) rather than his actual alma mater, Northwestern. In July 2012,
Colbert added two years to his contract with Comedy Central, extending the run of The Colbert Report until the
end of 2014.[56]
The final episode on December 18, 2014, featured a rendition of "We'll Meet Again" and appearances from
former guests of the show, including Jon Stewart, Randy Newman, Bryan Cranston, Willie Nelson, Yo-Yo Ma,
Mandy Patinkin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Tom Brokaw, David Gregory, J. J. Abrams, Big Bird, Gloria Steinem,
Ken Burns, James Franco, Barry Manilow, Bob Costas, Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterston, Bill de Blasio, Katie
Couric, Patrick Stewart, George Lucas, Henry Kissinger, Cookie Monster, Alan Alda, Eliot Spitzer, Vince
Gilligan, Paul Krugman, and a text from Bill Clinton, and appearances by Alex Trebek, U.S. and coalition
Afghanistan forces, and further characters (a space station astronaut, Santa, Abraham Lincoln, etc.).[49]
The Late Show
On April 10, 2014, CBS announced in a press release[57] that Colbert "will succeed David Letterman as the
host of The Late Show, effective when Mr. Letterman retires from the broadcast." On January 12, 2015, CBS
announced that Colbert would premiere as the Late Show host on Tuesday, September 8, 2015.[58]
The first guest of the new Late Show was George Clooney.[59] The show has a much more political focus than
David Letterman's Late Show.
Politics
2006 White House Corr espondents' Association Dinner
On Saturday, April 29, 2006, Colbert was the featured entertainer for the 2006 White House Correspondents'
Association Dinner. Standing a few yards from U.S. President George W. Bush[60] in front of an audience the
Associated Press called a "Who's Who of power and celebrity"[61] Colbert delivered a searing routine
targeting the president and the media.[62] In his politically conservative character from The Colbert Report,
Colbert satirized the George W. Bush Administration and the White House Press Corps with such lines as:
I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands
on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends
a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the
most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.[63]
Colbert received a chilly response from the audience.[64] His jokes were often met with silence and muttering,
Colbert received a chilly response from the audience.[64] His jokes were often met with silence and muttering,
apart from the enthusiastic laughter of a few in the audience.[65] The major media outlets paid little attention to
it initially. Washington Post columnist Dan Froomkin and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
professor Todd Gitlin claimed that this was because Colbert's routine was as critical of the media as it was of
Bush.[66][67] Richard Cohen, also writing for The Washington Post, responded that the routine was not
funny.[68] The video of Colbert's performance became an internet and media sensation,[69][70] while, in the
week following the speech, ratings for The Colbert Report rose by 37% to average just under 1.5 million total
viewers per episode.[71] In Time magazine James Poniewozik called it "the political-cultural touchstone issue of
2006".[72] Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a
"cultural primary" and called it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.[73][74]
2008 Presidential bid
Under his fictional persona in The Colbert Report, Colbert dropped hints of a potential presidential run
throughout 2007, with speculation intensifying following the release of his book, I Am America (And So Can
You!), which was rumored to be a sign that he was indeed testing the waters for a future bid for the White
House. On October 16, 2007, he announced his candidacy on his show, stating his intention to run both on the
Republican and Democratic platforms, but only as a "favorite son" in his native South Carolina.[75] He later
abandoned plans to run as a Republican due to the $35,000 fee required to file for the South Carolina
primary,[76] however he continued to seek a place on the Democratic ballot and on October 28, 2007,
campaigned in the South Carolina state capital of Columbia, where he was presented with the key to the city by
Mayor Bob Coble.[77]
After announcing his presidential ticket, he asked his viewers to cast their votes by donating to
Donorschoose.org, an online charity connecting individuals to classrooms in need.[78] Colbert's promotion
inspired $68,000 in donations to South Carolina classrooms, which benefited over 14,000 low-income
students.[79] Colbert teamed up with Donorschoose.org again in 2008 by asking supporters of Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton to do the same. As a lead-up to the Pennsylvania primary, he created a "straw poll that
makes a difference", where people could donate to Pennsylvania classroom projects in honor of their favorite
candidate.[80] Colbert viewers donated $185,000 to projects reaching 43,000 students in Pennsylvania public
schools.[81]
On November 1, 2007, the South Carolina Democratic Party executive council voted 133 to refuse Colbert's
application onto the ballot. "The general sense of the council was that he wasn't a serious candidate and that
was why he wasn't selected to be on the ballot", stated John Werner, the party's director. In addition, he was
declared "not viable",[82] as he was running in only one state.[83] Several days later he announced that he was
dropping out of the race, saying that he did not wish to put the country through an agonizing Supreme Court
battle.[84] CNN has reported that Obama supporters pressured the South Carolina Democratic Executive
Council to keep Colbert off the ballot. One anonymous member of the council told CNN that former State
Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum had placed pressure on them to refuse Colbert's application
despite his steady rise in polls.[85]
Though Colbert's real-life presidential campaign had ended, Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada
established in an interview on The Colbert Report that Colbert's campaign was still going strong in the fictional
Marvel Universe, citing the cover art of a then-recent issue of The Amazing Spider-Man which featured a
Colbert campaign billboard in the background. Background appearances of Colbert campaign ads continued to
appear in Marvel Comics publications, as late as August 2008's Secret Invasion No. 5 (which also features a
cameo of an alien Skrull posing as Colbert). In October 2008, Colbert made an extended 8-page appearance
webslinging with Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man issue No. 573.[86] Colbert voiced the president of
the U.S. in the 2009 film Monsters vs. Aliens.
2009 solidarity with U.S. tr oops in Iraq War

Stephen Colbert arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2009, to film a
week of shows called "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando"
sponsored by the USO (United Service Organizations).[87] Colbert had
a suit tailored for him in the Army Combat Uniform pattern.[88] During
the first episode (which featured a cameo appearance from U.S.
president Barack Obama), Colbert had his hair cropped in a military
style to show his solidarity with the troops. One Army major said that
"shaving of the hair is an amazing show of support" that was "very
touching." USO Senior Vice President John Hanson said the shows are Stephen Colbert greets troops and
an important diversion for the troops.[89] civilians at Al Faw Palace at Camp
Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, June 5, as part
2010 Congressional testimony of his "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going
Commando" tour
On September 24, 2010, Colbert testified in character before the House
Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border
Security. He was invited by committee chairwoman Zoe Lofgren to describe his experience participating in the
United Farm Workers' "Take Our Jobs" program, where he spent a day working alongside migrant workers in
upstate New York.[90][91][92] At the end of his often-humorous testimony, Colbert broke character in
responding to a question from Rep. Judy Chu, D-CA, and explained his purpose for being at the hearing:
I like talking about people who don't have any power, and this seems like one of the least powerful
people in the United States are migrant workers who come and do our work, but don't have any
rights as a result. And yet we still invite them to come here and at the same time ask them to leave.
And that's an interesting contradiction to me. And, you know, 'Whatsoever you do for the least of
my brothers,' and these seem like the least of our brothers right now... Migrant workers suffer and
have no rights.[93]
Democratic committee member John Conyers questioned whether it was appropriate for the comedian to
appear before Congress and asked him to leave the hearing.[94] Though Colbert offered to depart at the
direction of the committee chairwoman, Lofgren requested that he stay at least until all opening testimony had
been completed, whereupon Conyers withdrew his request.[95]
Conservative pundits took aim at Colbert's Congress testimony not long after.[96]
'Painfully awkward and pointless, it made the committee's majority members look ridiculous.
Colbert can be very funny, but his kind of sarcasm only works in some contexts, and a House
committee hearing room does not appear to be one of them.' Yuval Levin, The Corner[94][97]
'As John Conyers notes, the media and spectators turned out to see whether Colbert would address
the panel seriously as an expert on immigration and make the panel a joke, or stay in character and
make the panel a bigger joke,' Ed Morrissey, Hot Air.[94][98]
2010 Washington D.C. rallies
In September 2010, following Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally, a campaign developed that called for
Colbert to hold his own rally at the Lincoln Memorial.[99] On the September 10, 2010, episode of the Daily
Show[100] and The Colbert Report, Stewart and Colbert made preannouncements of a future event. On
September 16, 2010, Stewart and Colbert announced competing rallies on the Washington, DC, Mall on
October 30, 2010, Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity", and Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive". Both were
eventually merged into the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
Super PAC and President of the United States of South Car olina
In May 2011, Colbert filed a request with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking for a media
exemption for coverage of his political action committee, ColbertPAC, on The Colbert Report.[101][102]
In June 2011, during a public meeting, the FEC voted 51 to grant The Colbert Report a limited media
exemption. The exemption allows unlimited donations of airtime and show resources to promote the Colbert
Super PAC without requiring disclosure to the FEC, but only for ads appearing on The Colbert Report.
Following the hearing, Colbert formally filed paperwork for the creation of his Super PAC with the FEC
secretary.[103]
After the 2012 New Hampshire primary, a poll for the subsequent South Carolina primary taken by Public
Policy Polling (of 1,112 likely GOP voters, Jan 57, 2012) was reported to place Colbert at 5%, one point
ahead of Jon Huntsman polling at 4%, in spite of the fact that Colbert was not on the ballot. This poll showed
Colbert to be closely behind Rick Perry's 7% and Ron Paul's 8% (with Romney at 27%, Gingrich 23% and
Santorum at 18%). On the January 11 episode of The Colbert Report, Colbert asked his audience if he should
run for President in South Carolina, to which he received strong applause. He then stated that he would be
making a "Major Announcement" during the next day's show. On January 12, Colbert started his show by
discussing his role in the Presidential campaign, then addressed the law preventing him from being a
Presidential candidate while running his Super PAC. With the help of his lawyer Trevor Potter, he then signed
over control of his Super PAC to Jon Stewart, with the organization title then being referred to as "The
Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC".[104] Immediately after this legal block was out
of the way, Colbert announced, "I am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible
candidacy for the President of the United States of South Carolina. I'm doin' it!" He reiterated in the interview
portion of that show that "I'm still in the exploratory phase" of his Presidential campaign.
On the January 16, 2012, episode, Colbert encouraged his viewers to vote for Herman Cain in the South
Carolina primary. As Cain was still on the ballot, despite having recently dropped out of the race, Colbert
announced that he would consider any votes cast for Cain to be in direct support of his own possible candidacy.
Other work
Colbert is co-author of the satirical text-and-picture novel Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not,
which was published in 2003 by Hyperion Books. The novel was a collaboration between Colbert, Amy
Sedaris, and Paul Dinello, and tells the story of a small town threatened by the impending destruction of a
massive dam. The narrative is presented as a series of fictional interviews with the town's residents,
accompanied by photos. The three authors toured performing an adaptation of Wigfield on stage the same year
the book was released.[105]
Colbert appeared in a small supporting role in the 2005 film adaptation

of Bewitched. He has made guest appearances on the television series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City, and Law & Order: Criminal
Intent,[106] and on the first season of the US improvisational comedy
show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. He voiced the characters of Reducto
and Phil Ken Sebben in the Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at
Law, but left the show in 2005 to work on The Colbert Report. His
characters were both killed, though he returned to voice Phil for the
series finale. Colbert also has provided voices for Cartoon Network's
Colbert during an appearance atFlorida
The Venture Bros., Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, and American
State University Dad!, and for Canadian animated comedy series The Wrong Coast. He
appeared as Homer Simpson's life coach, Colby Krause, in The
Simpsons episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs".[107][108]
Colbert filled in for Sam Seder on the second episode of The Majority
Report on Air America Radio, and has also done reports for The Al
Franken Show. He appeared on a track on Wig in a Box, a tribute album
for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Colbert read the part of Leopold Bloom
in Bloomsday on Broadway XXIV: Love Literature Language Lust:
Leopold's Women Bloom on June 16, 2005, at Symphony Space in New
York City.[15] He appeared in a series of TV commercials for General
Motors, as a not-too-bright investigator searching for the elusive (and
non-existent in real life) "Mr. Goodwrench". He also portrayed the
letter Z in Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet, a 2005 video release.
Colbert is a producer of The 1 Second Film, the world's largest

nonprofit collaborative art film. His video request that IMDb list his
credit for The 1 Second Film ("it is as valid as most of my credits")
enabled thousands of the film's producers to be listed in the massive Colbert at the launch of his show's book,
movie database until they were removed in early 2007.[109] I Am America (And So Can You!)
Colbert has released one book associated with The Colbert Report, I Am
America (And So Can You!). It was released on October 7, 2007, by
Grand Central Publishing. Grand Central Publishing is the successor to Warner Books, which published
America (The Book), written by The Daily Show staff. The book contains similar political satire, but was
written primarily by Colbert himself rather than as a collaboration with his Colbert Report writing staff.[110]
On November 23, 2008, his Christmas special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, aired on
Comedy Central. It was released on DVD in November 2008.[111]
In January 2010, Colbert was named the assistant sports psychologist for the US Olympic speed skating team at
the 2010 Winter Olympics.[112] He was also invited to be part of NBC's 2010 Winter Olympics coverage team
by Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports.[113] In April 2011, Colbert performed as Harry in the
concert-style revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, presented by the New York Philharmonic at the
Lincoln Center.[114] The show, featuring Neil Patrick Harris in the starring role, ran for four nights and was
filmed for later showings in movie theaters, which began June 15.[114] In May 2011, Colbert joined the
Charleston to Bermuda Race yachting race, as captain of the ship "the Spirit of Juno".[115] He finished second,
five miles behind leaders "Tucana".[116]
After the resignation of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint to run Heritage Foundation, Colbert was named a
possible candidate for appointment to the seat being vacated by DeMint, which would have triggered a special
election in 2014 to finish out DeMint's term. Although Governor Nikki Haley announced promptly that she had
no intention to nominate Colbert to the Senate, a poll showed Colbert as a favorite among South Carolina
voters.[117][118]
Colbert guest-hosted Only in Monroe, a public access television show in Monroe, Michigan, for an episode that
aired July 1, 2015. He interviewed the program's regular hosts, and also the rapper Eminem (whom he
pretended never to have heard of), and put a humorous slant on the local news and community
calendar.[119][120]
On July 17, 2016, Colbert hijacked the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, while
dressed as Caesar Flickerman from The Hunger Games series.[121][122] After he was taken down from the
stage, he commented, "Look, I know I am not supposed to be up here but let's be honest, neither is Donald
Trump."[123] Colbert also dressed as Flickerman on his show, prior to the stunt, to announce the candidates who
had ended their runs in the 2016 election.[124]
Aside from hosting his talk shows, Colbert has gone on to host other types of shows. Since 2014, Colbert has
hosted the Kennedy Center Honors for three consecutive years.[125][126][127] In 2017, Colbert will host the 69th
Primetime Emmy Awards.[128]
Influences
Colbert has said his comedy influences include: Don Novello, Maurice Sendak, Bill Cosby,[30] George
Carlin,[129] Dean Martin,[25] Jon Stewart,[2] Monty Python,[130] Steve Martin,[131] and David Letterman.[132]
Among comedians who say they were influenced by Colbert are Rob Corddry,[44] Ed Helms,[44] Aasif
Mandvi,[45] Nathan Fielder,[133] Mindy Kaling, [134] Billy Eichner,[135] and James Corden.[136]
Personal life
Although, by his own account, he was not particularly political before
joining the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert has described himself as a
Democrat according to a 2004 interview.[137][138] In an interview at the
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Institute of Politics, he
stated that he has "no problems with Republicans, just Republican
policies".[139] Colbert is a practicing Roman Catholic and a Sunday
school teacher and an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church
Monastery.[15][140][141][142][143]
Colbert has been married to Evelyn "Evie" McGee-Colbert since

1993.[144] She is the daughter of prominent Charleston civil litigator Colbert with his sons, Peter and John, at
Joseph McGee, of the firm Buist Moore Smythe McGee. His wife the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008
appeared with him in an episode of Strangers with Candy as his
mother.[145] She also had an uncredited cameo as a nurse in the series
pilot and a credited one (as his wife, Clair) in the film. McGee-Colbert actually met Jon Stewart before she met
her future husband in 1990. They met at the world premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox at the Spoleto Festival USA
in Charleston. Colbert later described the first moment he met Evie as being a love at first sight encounter;
however, moments after they met, they both realized they had grown up together in Charleston and had many
mutual friends.[146][147]
The couple has three children, Madeleine (born 1995), Peter (1998), and John (2002), and live in Montclair,
New Jersey.[148] Colbert preferred that his children not watch his show The Colbert Report, saying that "kids
can't understand irony or sarcasm, and I don't want them to perceive me as insincere."[17]
Colbert took the Myers Briggs personality test during a segment of his The Late Show which resulted in him
being an INFP.[149]
Colbert's mother died at the age of 92 on June 12, 2013, after a period of ill health.[150]
Awards and honors

In 2000, Colbert and the other Daily Show writers were the recipients of three Emmy Awards as writers for The
Daily Show and again in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he was nominated for a Satellite Award for his performance
on The Colbert Report and again in 2006.[48] He was also nominated for three Emmys for The Colbert Report
in 2006, including Best Performance in a Variety, Musical Program or Special, which he lost to Barry
Manilow.[151] Manilow and Colbert would go on to jokingly sign and notarize a revolving biannual custody
agreement for the Emmy on The Colbert Report episode aired on October 30, 2006. He lost the same category
to Tony Bennett in 2007 and Don Rickles in 2008.
In January 2006, the American Dialect Society named truthiness, which Colbert coined on the premiere episode
of The Colbert Report, as its 2005 Word of the Year. Colbert devoted time on five successive episodes to
bemoaning the failure of the Associated Press to mention his role in popularizing the word truthiness in its
news coverage of the Word of the Year.[152][153] On December 9, 2006, Merriam-Webster also announced that
news coverage of the Word of the Year.[152][153] On December 9, 2006, Merriam-Webster also announced that
it selected truthiness as its Word of the Year for 2006. Votes were accepted on their website, and according to
poll results, "truthiness" won by a five-to-one margin.[154]
In June 2006, after speaking at the school's commencement ceremony, Colbert

received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Knox College.[155]
Time named Stephen Colbert as one of the 100 most influential people in 2006
and 2012[7][8] and in May 2006, New York magazine listed Colbert (and Jon
Stewart) as one of its top dozen influential persons in media.[156] Colbert was
named Person of the Year by the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen,
Colorado on March 3, 2007[157] and was also given the Speaker of the Year
Award by The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) on March 24,
2007 for his "drive to expose the rhetorical shortcomings of contemporary
political discourse".[158]
Colbert was named the 2nd Sexiest TV News Anchor in September 2006 by
Maxim Online, next to Mlissa Theuriau of France and was the only man
Colbert at Knox College
featured on the list.[159] In November 2006, he was named a "sexy surprise" by
People in the Sexiest Man Alive honors[160] and in the December 2006 issue of
GQ he was named one of GQ's "Men of the Year".[161] In 2012, he was listed as No. 69 on Maxim Magazine's
Hot 100, becoming the first man to be included on the list.[162]
Colbert has been nominated for five TCA Awards for The Colbert Report by the Television Critics Association.
He has also received two Peabody Awards.
After the Saginaw Spirit defeated the Oshawa Generals in Ontario Junior League Hockey, Oshawa Mayor John
Gray declared March 20, 2007 (the mayor's own birthday), Stephen Colbert Day, honoring a previous bet with
Stephen. At the event, Mayor Gray referred to the publicity the bet brought the city, remarking, "This is the way
to lose a bet".[163]
Colbert was honored for the Gutsiest Move on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards on June 13, 2007, for his
performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.[164] In August 2007, Virgin
America named an airplane. "Air Colbert", in his honor.[165] On October 28, 2007, Colbert received the key to
the city of Columbia, South Carolina from Mayor Bob Coble.[166]
On December 20, 2007, Colbert was named Celebrity of the Year by

The Associated Press.[167] On April 2, 2008, he received a Peabody
Award for The Colbert Report, saying in response, "I proudly accept
this award and begrudgingly forgive the Peabody Committee for taking
three years to recognize greatness".[168]
In 2008, Colbert won the Emmy Award for writing again, this time as a
writer for The Colbert Report. Colbert delivered the Class Day address
to the graduating class of Princeton University on June 2, 2008, and
accepted the Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award, consisting of
a sketch of Colbert and a mirror.[169] He also has been announced as the
Person of the Year for the 12th annual Webby Awards.[170]
In January 2010, Colbert received the Grammy Award for Best Comedy
Album for his album A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!. He
also announced the nominees for Song of the Year while toting a pre- Colbert with his Peabody Award, May
released Apple iPad.[171] Colbert was the 2011 commencement speaker 2012
for Northwestern University, and received an honorary degree.[172] In
2013, Colbert again won the Emmy award for writing for The Colbert Report.[173][174][175] In 2014, Colbert
2013, Colbert again won the Emmy award for writing for The Colbert Report.[173][174][175] In 2014, Colbert
won the 2014 Best Spoken Word Album for his audiobook America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We
Never Weren't.[176][177]
In December 2014, Paste named his Twitter one of "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014" ranking it at
#7.[178] Colbert received an honorary degree from Wake Forest University as the 2015 commencement
speaker.[179]
In 2015, Colbert was awarded the third highest honor within the Department of the Army Civilian Awards, the
Outstanding Civilian Service Award, for substantial contributions to the U.S. Army community.
Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dr eam ice cream
In February 2007, Ben & Jerry's unveiled a new ice cream flavor in honor of Colbert, named Stephen Colbert's
AmeriCone Dream. Colbert waited until Easter to sample the ice cream because he "gave up sweets for
Lent".[180] Colbert will donate all proceeds to charity through the new Stephen Colbert AmeriCone Dream
Fund, which will distribute the money to various causes.[181][182]
Species named in honor
At least five species have been given scientific names honoring Colbert.
In 2008 a species of California trapdoor spider was named Aptostichus
stephencolberti.[183][184][185] The spider was named for Colbert after
he reported on his television series that Jason Bond, a professor of
biology at East Carolina University, had named a different species of
spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the Canadian rock star Neil
Young, and began to appeal for a species of animal to be named after
him.[186] On a later edition of The Colbert Report, Colbert revealed that
Bond would name a spider after him, with Colbert claiming, "And all I
had to do was shamelessly beg on national television."[187] Other
species named for Colbert include a species of Venezuelan diving beetle Aleiodes colberti lays eggs inside
named Agaporomorphus colberti and a Chilean stonefly named caterpillars.
Diamphipnoa colberti, both formally described in 2008. [188][189] On
his 45th birthday, Colbert was sent a framed print of his eponymous
beetle by the biologists who named it.[190] In 2014, a species of parasitic wasp from Ecuador, Aleiodes colberti,
was named for Colbert, along with newly described species named for celebrities Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon,
Ellen DeGeneres, and Shakira,[191][192] and in 2016 a rove beetle, Sonoma colberti, was named after Colbert's
on-screen persona.[193]
COLBERT Treadmill
In 2009, NASA engineered a new treadmill for the International Space Station. It was brought to the ISS by the
Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-128 mission in August 2009. The complex machine is now used eight
hours daily by astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station in order to maintain their muscle mass and
bone density while spending long periods of time in a zero-gravity environment. While engineers at NASA
were constructing this treadmill, it was simply called T-2 for more than two years. However, on April 14, 2009,
NASA renamed it the "Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill", or
COLBERT.[194] NASA named the treadmill after Colbert,[195] who took an interest during the Node 3 naming
census for the ISS module, Tranquility.
Colbert urged his followers to post the name "Colbert", which upon completion of the census received the most
entries totaling 230,539, some 40,000 votes more than the second-place choice, Serenity.[196] The COLBERT is
expected to last the life of the ISS and will have seen about 38,000 miles of running when the Space Station is
retired in 2020 but was also built with 150,000-mile lifespan if needed till 2028 or longer. Colbert realized he
was the recipient of an extremely rare honor when astronaut Suni Williams came on The Colbert Report to
announce that NASA had named the treadmill after him. Despite being a backronym, the COLBERT is the only
piece of NASA-engineered equipment in space that is named after a living human being.[197]
C.O.L.B.E.R.T. logo Launch of Discovery Cosmonaut Alexander The crew who delivered
being applied to the Mission STS-128, Skvortsov exercises on Stephen Colbert's
Combined Operational which delivered the COLBERT in the honorary space
Load-Bearing External COLBERT to the ISS Harmony Node of the treadmill
Resistance Treadmill at International Space
NASA before Launch Station.
Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Notes
Episode: "Cabe... What Kind of Name Is

1993 Missing Persons Chet Davies
That?
199596 Exit 57 Various 12 episodes; also co-creator, writer
The Dana Carvey Show Various 8 episodes; also writer

1996
Spin City Frank Episode: "The Competition"
1996
Saturday Night Live Ace, Dr. Brainio (voice) 14 episodes; also writer
2011
Apartment 2F Various Episode: "1.6"

1997
The Chris Rock Show Announcer (voice) Episode: "1.5"
1997
The Daily Show Stephen Colbert (correspondent) 1,316 episodes; also writer
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Violin Player Episode: "1,144"

1999
Random Play Various 2 episodes
1999 30 episodes; also co-creator, executive

Strangers with Candy Chuck Noblet
2000 producer, writer
Phil Ken Sebben, Myron Reducto,

200107 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law 34 episodes
Various voices
2002 Crank Yankers Rob (voice) Episode: "1.1"
Curb Your Enthusiasm Tourist Man Episode: "Opening Night"
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent James Bennett[106] Episode: "The Saint"
The Wrong Coast Additional voices 2 episodes
Professor Richard Impossible

200415 The Venture Bros. 3 episodes
(voice)
American Dad! Dr. Dandliker (voice) Episode: "All About Steve"

2005
All-Star Alphabet The letter 'Z' Sesame Street special
1,447 episodes; also co-creator, executive

200514 The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert (host)[16]
producer, writer
White House Correspondents'

2006 Stephen Colbert (host) TV special
Dinner
2007 The Simpsons Colby Krause (voice) Episode: "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"
A Colbert Christmas: The

2008 Stephen Colbert TV special
Greatest Gift of All!
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or

2010 Stephen Colbert (host) TV special
Fear
2012 The Office Broccoli Rob Episode "Here Comes Treble"
2013 Alpha House Stephen Colbert Episode: "Pilot"
2014 @midnight Stephen Colbert Episode: "156"
201415 BoJack Horseman Mr. Witherspoon (voice) 2 episodes
House of Cards Stephen Colbert Episode: "Chapter 27"
2015 The Mindy Project Father Michael O'Donnell Episode: "Confessions of a Catho-holic"
Rick and Morty Zeep Xanflorp (voice) Episode: "The Ricks Must Be Crazy"
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Himself (host) Also executive producer, writer
present Colbert
Film
1997 Shock Asylum Dr. Dewalt Short film
2003 Nobody Knows Anything! TV Newsman
The Great New Wonderful Mr. Peersall

2005
Bewitched Stu Robison
2006 Strangers with Candy Chuck Noblet Also writer, producer
2008 The Love Guru Jay Kell (Hockey Announcer)
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens The President (voice)
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Lake-town spy Cameo[198]
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Paul Peterson (voice)
Award shows
2014 37th Kennedy Center Honors Himself (host) TV special
2017 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Himself (host) TV special
Video games
2005 Outlaw Tennis Announcer (voice) Video game
Theatre
2011 Company Harry
Published works
Colbert, Dinello, Sedaris. Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not (Hyperion, May 19, 2004)
ISBN 0-7868-8696-X
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (Warner Books; September 2004) ISBN
0-446-53268-1
I Am America (And So Can You!) (Grand Central Publishing; October 9, 2007) ISBN 0-446-58050-3
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't (Grand Central Publishing; October 2,
2012) ISBN 0-446-58397-9
I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) (Grand Central Publishing; May 8, 2012) ISBN 1-455-52342-9
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Further reading
Rogak, Lisa (October 11, 2011). And Nothing but the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen
Colbert. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-0-312-61610-6. LCCN 2011024856. OCLC 707969298.
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Watson, Bruce (May 29, 2014). Stephen Colbert: Beyond Truthiness. New Word City.
ASIN B00HYY3I18. ISBN 9781612307572. OCLC 870136575.
External links
Stephen Colbert on IMDb
Works by or about Stephen Colbert in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
"Stephen Colbert collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
Audio/video
Stephen Colbert on National Public Radio

Stephen Colbert on Charlie Rose
Appearances on C-SPAN
Colbert interview transcript, 60 Minutes. (April 30, 2006)
Colbert in an open, hour-long interview and Q & A session arranged by Harvard's Institute of Politics. He
speaks about the nature of his TV-show character and the interplay between wearing the mask and using
it to make political points.
Colbert Roasts President Bush 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner
Stephen Colbert 2006 Knox College Commencement Address
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert [1](/kolbr/, n; /kolbrt/; [2]

Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became

Early career in comedy

The Colbert Report

Much of Colbert's personal life was reflected in his character on The

The Late Show

2008 Presidential bid

2009 solidarity with U.S. tr oops in Iraq War

2010 Washington D.C. rallies

Colbert appeared in a small supporting role in the 2005 film adaptation

Colbert is a producer of The 1 Second Film, the world's largest

Colbert has been married to Evelyn "Evie" McGee-Colbert since

Awards and honors

In June 2006, after speaking at the school's commencement ceremony, Colbert

On December 20, 2007, Colbert was named Celebrity of the Year by

Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dr eam ice cream

Species named in honor

Episode: "Cabe... What Kind of Name Is

199596 Exit 57 Various 12 episodes; also co-creator, writer

The Dana Carvey Show Various 8 episodes; also writer

Apartment 2F Various Episode: "1.6"

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Violin Player Episode: "1,144"

1999 30 episodes; also co-creator, executive

Phil Ken Sebben, Myron Reducto,

2002 Crank Yankers Rob (voice) Episode: "1.1"

Curb Your Enthusiasm Tourist Man Episode: "Opening Night"

The Wrong Coast Additional voices 2 episodes

Professor Richard Impossible

American Dad! Dr. Dandliker (voice) Episode: "All About Steve"

1,447 episodes; also co-creator, executive

White House Correspondents'

A Colbert Christmas: The

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or

2012 The Office Broccoli Rob Episode "Here Comes Treble"

2013 Alpha House Stephen Colbert Episode: "Pilot"

2014 @midnight Stephen Colbert Episode: "156"

201415 BoJack Horseman Mr. Witherspoon (voice) 2 episodes

House of Cards Stephen Colbert Episode: "Chapter 27"

Year Title Role Notes

1997 Shock Asylum Dr. Dewalt Short film

2003 Nobody Knows Anything! TV Newsman

The Great New Wonderful Mr. Peersall

2006 Strangers with Candy Chuck Noblet Also writer, producer

2008 The Love Guru Jay Kell (Hockey Announcer)

2009 Monsters vs. Aliens The President (voice)

2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Lake-town spy Cameo[198]

2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Paul Peterson (voice)

Year Title Role Notes

2014 37th Kennedy Center Honors Himself (host) TV special

2015 38th Kennedy Center Honors Himself (host) TV special

2016 39th Kennedy Center Honors Himself (host) TV special

2017 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Himself (host) TV special

Year Title Role Notes

2005 Outlaw Tennis Announcer (voice) Video game

Year Title Role Notes

2011 Company Harry

Stephen Colbert on National Public Radio