Stephen Colbert

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Colbert in his role as "Senior Washington Correspondent" on The Daily Show

Stephen Colbert (/koʊl.bɛɹ/), (born May 13, 1964) is an American deadpan comedian, most famous for his work as a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. Currently he is host of The Colbert Report, a spin-off of The Daily Show parodying personality-driven news and opinion shows such as Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor.

Colbert was raised in Charleston, SC in a Catholic family. Colbert's father, who was a doctor, and two of his older brothers died in a plane crash when Colbert was 10 years old. [1] [2] He attended Charleston's exclusive and private Porter-Gaud School. He was formally educated at Northwestern University, to which he transferred from Hampden-Sydney College. He is also an alumnus of The Second City, had a short stint on Good Morning America, and was formerly a performer and writer on Exit 57 as well as Strangers with Candy, where he also held executive producer credit. Briefly, he served as a writer for Saturday Night Live, where he later returned to voice the character Ace in Robert Smigel's The Ambiguously Gay Duo. He was a cast member and writer on The Dana Carvey Show. He also regularly performs as a voice actor on Cartoon Network's Harvey Birdman (part of the Adult Swim lineup), appeared on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and appeared in the Mr. Goodwrench commercials for General Motors. He coauthored the novel Wigfield with Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello.

Colbert activating the God Machine in a This Week in God sketch

Some memorable segments he has appeared in for The Daily Show have included "The Colbert Réport," "Even Stevphen" with Steve Carell (the segment title is Steve and Stephen mixed together), and "This Week in God." Memorable reports include the 2001 "break-up" of the Republican "Singing Senators" following the defection of Jim Jeffords, and the report on Prince Charles and the British media reporting of royal family scandals through suggestive innuendo. In a few episodes of The Daily Show, Colbert has sat in the anchor's chair in the place of Stewart while the latter was dealing with other matters.

The trademark of his voicework in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (as Phil Ken Sebben, founder of the law firm of Sebben & Sebben, among others) is a "Ha, ha!" followed by a phrase relevant to the scene. (For example, on the subject of cookie bouquets: "Ha, ha! Cookies on dowels!") "Stephen Colbert also puts in an excited effort playing numerous roles, such as Birdman's hypersexual boss Phil and the size-obsessed attorney Reducto. According to one commentary, he literally ran around the recording studio shouting his lines." -IGN [3]

Colbert played a role in the big screen adaptation of Bewitched. He also starred as a murderer in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Looking on the horizon: Colbert has a starring role in the feature film of Strangers with Candy, and is also a producer.

He is married to Evelyn ("Evie") McGee-Colbert. They have three children, all of whom have appeared on The Daily Show.

Media Controversy

Steven Colbert of the Colbert Report, a news satire program on the Comedy Channel has raised hackles with his black humor about popery and papist plots on the Supreme Court (responding to the new proposed Roman Catholic majority on the court), charging that with the Alito nomination, there is finally a "pipeline to the vatican" and the pope on the court [26] (Aired October 31, 2005, 11:30 P.M. EST).

External links

• Stephen Colbert at IMDb
• Transcript of a segment where Colbert calls himself Ted Hitler
• IGN's 10 Questions: Stephen Colbert
• IGN's 8-page An Interview with Stephen Colbert
• A TV series called "The Colbert Réport" may be in the works
• Interview with Colbert on NPR's Fresh Air (January 24, 2005)
• The Daily Show Correspondents: Stephen Colbert
• Stephen Colbert at nndb