Stephen Colbert
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the youngest of eleven children, and is of Irish Catholic background.
Stephen studied acting at Northwestern and performed with the Second City
comedy troupe in Chicago before teaming up with fellow cast members
Amy Sedaris and
Paul Dinello to create the sketch comedy
Exit 57 (1995) for Comedy Central.
During its two-season run in the mid-1990s, it garnered five CableACE
nominations for best writing, performing, and comedy series. After the
demise of Exit 57 (1995) from 1997
(until his departure in October 2005), Stephen was a correspondent on
The Daily Show (1996), then
hosted by Craig Kilborn. Initially billed
as "The New Guy," Stephen became the show's longest-running
correspondent before getting his own show,
The Colbert Report (2005),
which has done well in its slot following
The Daily Show (1996).
At the time he left
The Daily Show (1996), Stephen
had been its longest-running and most diverse correspondent. In
addition to his role as Senior Political Correspondent, he was one of
the hosts of "Even Stepheven," a point-counterpoint assault featuring
co-correspondent Steve Carell, and the host
of "This Week in God," a recurring segment in which he reported on all
things theological with the assistance of the "God Machine."
Stephen helped
The Daily Show (1996) win
numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards and contributed to "America (The
Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" (Warner Books) which
immediately topped the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there
for 15 consecutive weeks.
His personality, intelligence, and leftist political satire could only
have led him to
The Colbert Report (2005),
a half-hour nightly platform for him to give his tongue-in-cheek take
on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why he
thinks everyone else's take is just plain wrong.
His other notable credits include serving as both writer and cast
member on
The Dana Carvey Show (1996),
writing for
Saturday Night Live (1975),
and providing the voice of Ace in
Robert Smigel's "Ambiguously Gay Duo,"
which originated on
The Dana Carvey Show (1996)
and was a semi-regular feature in Smigel's "TV Funhouse" segment on
SNL. He was also featured on "Mr. Goodwrench" commercials (2003-2005).
Stephen lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and three children.
Stephen studied acting at Northwestern and performed with the Second City
comedy troupe in Chicago before teaming up with fellow cast members
Amy Sedaris and
Paul Dinello to create the sketch comedy
Exit 57 (1995) for Comedy Central.
During its two-season run in the mid-1990s, it garnered five CableACE
nominations for best writing, performing, and comedy series. After the
demise of Exit 57 (1995) from 1997
(until his departure in October 2005), Stephen was a correspondent on
The Daily Show (1996), then
hosted by Craig Kilborn. Initially billed
as "The New Guy," Stephen became the show's longest-running
correspondent before getting his own show,
The Colbert Report (2005),
which has done well in its slot following
The Daily Show (1996).
At the time he left
The Daily Show (1996), Stephen
had been its longest-running and most diverse correspondent. In
addition to his role as Senior Political Correspondent, he was one of
the hosts of "Even Stepheven," a point-counterpoint assault featuring
co-correspondent Steve Carell, and the host
of "This Week in God," a recurring segment in which he reported on all
things theological with the assistance of the "God Machine."
Stephen helped
The Daily Show (1996) win
numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards and contributed to "America (The
Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" (Warner Books) which
immediately topped the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there
for 15 consecutive weeks.
His personality, intelligence, and leftist political satire could only
have led him to
The Colbert Report (2005),
a half-hour nightly platform for him to give his tongue-in-cheek take
on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why he
thinks everyone else's take is just plain wrong.
His other notable credits include serving as both writer and cast
member on
The Dana Carvey Show (1996),
writing for
Saturday Night Live (1975),
and providing the voice of Ace in
Robert Smigel's "Ambiguously Gay Duo,"
which originated on
The Dana Carvey Show (1996)
and was a semi-regular feature in Smigel's "TV Funhouse" segment on
SNL. He was also featured on "Mr. Goodwrench" commercials (2003-2005).
Stephen lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and three children.