Stephen Colbert is a multifaceted American entertainer, known for his satirical wit and political commentary. He gained prominence as the host of The Colbert Report (2005-2014), where he portrayed a fictional conservative pundit. Since 2015, he has hosted The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a more traditional late-night talk show, while still incorporating his signature comedic style and political insights. He is a writer, producer, and actor as well.
On May 13, 1964, Stephen Tyrone Colbert was born. He is known as an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
In 1969, James Colbert Jr., Stephen Colbert's father, became the first vice president of academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina.
In 1972, Richard Nixon had a campaign poster that Stephen Colbert now owns. The poster reads: "For the first time in 20 years we are spending more on human resources than on defense!" Colbert noted that Nixon's views were highlighted to show his compromise toward progressive issues.
On September 11, 1974, Stephen Colbert's father and his brothers Paul and Peter died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 while attempting to land in Charlotte, North Carolina. They were on their way to enroll Paul and Peter at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut.
In 1982, Stephen Colbert enrolled at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, majoring in philosophy and participating in plays.
In 1984, Stephen Colbert transferred to Northwestern University as a theater major to study performance.
After graduating in 1986, Stephen Colbert took a job answering phones and selling souvenirs at Second City and then signed up for improvisation classes.
In 1986, Stephen Colbert graduated from Northwestern University's School of Communication.
In 1990, Evelyn McGee met Jon Stewart before she met Stephen Colbert at the world premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston. Colbert later described meeting Evie as being a love at first sight encounter.
In 1993, Stephen Colbert married Evelyn "Evie" McGee-Colbert. She is the daughter of prominent Charleston civil litigator Joseph McGee.
In 1995, Exit 57, a sketch comedy show created by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert, debuted on Comedy Central and was nominated for five CableACE Awards.
In 1996, Exit 57 ended after airing for 12 episodes.
In 1997, Stephen Colbert joined the cast of Comedy Central's The Daily Show as a correspondent.
In 1998, Comedy Central picked up the new comedy series "Strangers with Candy" after Colbert had already begun working on The Daily Show.
In 1999, Jon Stewart took over hosting duties, also serving as a writer and co-executive producer in The Daily Show.
In 1999, thirty episodes of Strangers with Candy aired on Comedy Central.
In 2000, Colbert reported from the floor of the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention as a part of The Daily Show's coverage of the U.S. presidential elections.
In 2000, Stephen Colbert and the other Daily Show writers received three Emmy Awards as writers for The Daily Show.
In 2000, The Daily Show 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.
In 2000, the election featured a tight recount in Florida that was settled in a landmark Supreme Court decision. On November 1, 2007 Stephen Colbert referenced it, saying he did not wish to put the country through an agonizing Supreme Court battle, announcing his withdrawal from his presidential bid.
In 2000, thirty episodes of Strangers with Candy aired on Comedy Central.
On March 3, 2002, Stephen Colbert filled in as anchor on The Daily Show for the full week when Jon Stewart hosted Saturday Night Live.
In 2002, Rob Corddry and Ed Helms joined The Daily Show and imitated Stephen Colbert for a year or two.
In 2003, Colbert co-authored the satirical novel "Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not" with Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, which tells the story of a small town threatened by a dam's destruction.
In 2004, Colbert reported 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 U.S. presidential elections.
In a 2004 interview, Stephen Colbert described himself as a Democrat, even though he stated he was not particularly political before joining The Daily Show.
On June 16, 2005, Stephen Colbert read the part of Leopold Bloom in Bloomsday on Broadway XXIV: Love Literature Language Lust: Leopold's Women Bloom at Symphony Space in New York City.
On October 17, 2005, Stephen Colbert began hosting his own television show, "The Colbert Report", on Comedy Central. This show was a spin-off of The Daily Show and parodied cable news shows, particularly those with political talk show hosts.
In 2005, Colbert began hosting The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, a satirical program.
In 2005, Colbert coined the word truthiness on The Colbert Report.
In 2005, Colbert won an Emmy as a writer of The Daily Show.
In 2005, Stephen Colbert left Adult Swim's "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" to work on The Colbert Report, leading to the death of his characters, though he later returned for the series finale. He also appeared in the film adaptation of "Bewitched" in 2005.
In 2005, Stephen Colbert received additional Emmy Awards as writers for The Daily Show. He was also nominated for a Satellite Award for his performance on The Colbert Report.
In January 2006, the American Dialect Society named truthiness, a word Colbert coined, as its 2005 Word of the Year.
On April 29, 2006, Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. He delivered a satirical routine targeting President George W. Bush and the media, performing in his politically conservative character from The Colbert Report.
In May 2006, New York magazine listed Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart as one of its top dozen influential persons in media.
In June 2006, Stephen Colbert received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Knox College after speaking at the school's commencement ceremony.
In September 2006, Colbert was named the 2nd Sexiest TV News Anchor by Maxim.
On The Colbert Report episode aired on October 30, 2006, Barry Manilow and Stephen Colbert jokingly signed and notarized a revolving biannual custody agreement for an Emmy.
In November 2006, Stephen Colbert was named a "sexy surprise" by People in the Sexiest Man Alive honors.
On December 9, 2006, Merriam-Webster announced that it selected "truthiness" as its Word of the Year for 2006, with the word winning by a five-to-one margin in an online poll.
In the December 2006 issue of GQ, Stephen Colbert was named one of GQ's "Men of the Year".
In 2006, Colbert performed at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
In 2006, Colbert won an Emmy as a writer of The Daily Show.
In 2006, Stephen Colbert performed as a featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
In 2006, Stephen Colbert was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.
In 2006, Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner received a mixed initial response, with some media outlets paying little attention to it. However, the video of the performance became an internet sensation, and ratings for The Colbert Report increased.
In February 2007, Ben & Jerry's unveiled a new ice cream flavor in honor of Stephen Colbert, named Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream.
On March 3, 2007, Colbert was named Person of the Year by the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.
On March 20, 2007, Oshawa Mayor John Gray declared March 20, 2007 (the mayor's own birthday), Stephen Colbert Day, honoring a previous bet with Stephen Colbert.
On March 24, 2007, Stephen Colbert was given the Speaker of the Year Award by The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) for his drive to expose the rhetorical shortcomings of contemporary political discourse.
On June 13, 2007, Colbert was honored for the Gutsiest Move on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards for his performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
In August 2007, Virgin America named an airplane, "Air Colbert", in Stephen Colbert's honor.
On October 7, 2007, Colbert's book associated with The Colbert Report, "I Am America (And So Can You!)", was released by Grand Central Publishing.
On October 16, 2007, Stephen Colbert announced his intention to run for president on both the Republican and Democratic platforms, but only as a "favorite son" in his native South Carolina.
On October 28, 2007, Stephen Colbert campaigned in Columbia, the South Carolina state capital, where he received the key to the city from Mayor Bob Coble, as part of his presidential campaign.
On November 1, 2007, the South Carolina Democratic Party executive council voted 13–3 to refuse Stephen Colbert's application to be on the ballot for president, after announcing his run on October 16, 2007. He later dropped out of the race.
On December 20, 2007, Stephen Colbert was named Celebrity of the Year by The Associated Press.
In 2007, Stephen Colbert lost an Emmy award in the Best Performance in a Variety, Musical Program or Special category to Tony Bennett.
In 2007, Stephen Colbert's book, I Am America (And So Can You!) was listed No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Stephen Colbert received a Peabody Award in 2007 for The Colbert Report.
On April 2, 2008, Stephen Colbert received a Peabody Award for The Colbert Report.
On June 2, 2008, Colbert delivered the Class Day address to the graduating class of Princeton University and accepted the Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award.
As late as August 2008, background appearances of Colbert campaign ads continued to appear in Marvel Comics publications, such as Secret Invasion No. 5, which also featured a cameo of an alien Skrull posing as Colbert.
In October 2008, Stephen Colbert made an extended 8-page appearance webslinging with Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man issue No. 573.
In November 2008, the DVD of Colbert's Christmas special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, was released.
On November 23, 2008, Colbert's Christmas special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, aired on Comedy Central.
In 2008 a species of California trapdoor spider was named Aptostichus stephencolberti. Other species named for Colbert include a species of Venezuelan diving beetle named Agaporomorphus colberti and a Chilean stonefly named Diamphipnoa colberti, both formally described in 2008.
In 2008, Stephen Colbert lost in the same Emmy category to Don Rickles.
In 2008, Stephen Colbert teamed up with Donorschoose.org to create a "straw poll that makes a difference" for the Pennsylvania primary, encouraging viewers to donate to classroom projects in honor of their favorite candidate, raising $185,000 for schools.
On February 12, 2009, Stephen Colbert's brother Edward appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss the pronunciation of their last name.
On April 14, 2009, NASA renamed the T-2 treadmill the "Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill", or COLBERT, after Stephen Colbert.
On June 5, 2009, Stephen Colbert arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, to film a week of shows called "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" sponsored by the USO. During the first episode, Colbert had his hair cropped in a military style.
In August 2009, the Space Shuttle Discovery took the new treadmill for the International Space Station, the COLBERT, to the ISS during the STS-128 mission.
In 2009, Stephen Colbert voiced the president of the U.S. in the film "Monsters vs. Aliens".
In January 2010, Colbert received the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his album A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!.
In January 2010, Stephen Colbert was named the assistant sports psychologist for the US Olympic speed skating team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
On September 10, 2010, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert pre-announced a future event on both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
On September 16, 2010, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced competing rallies on the Washington, D.C., Mall for October 30, 2010: Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" and Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive".
On September 24, 2010, Stephen Colbert testified in character before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Security to describe his experience with the United Farm Workers' "Take Our Jobs" program.
On October 30, 2010, Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity", and Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive" were both eventually merged into the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
At the end of 2010, Stephen Colbert and Rob Dubbin conceived Scripto, a collaborative script software for writer rooms, inspired by a mishap on The Colbert Report involving a real life goat.
In April 2011, Stephen 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.
In May 2011, Stephen Colbert filed a request with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for a media exemption for coverage of his political action committee, ColbertPAC, on The Colbert Report.
In May 2011, Stephen Colbert participated in the Charleston to Bermuda Race as captain of the ship "the Spirit of Juno," finishing second.
In June 2011, the FEC voted 5–1 to grant The Colbert Report a limited media exemption, allowing 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.
In 2011, Colbert was placed at number 28 in Vanity Fair's "New Establishment List".
In 2011, Colbert was the commencement speaker for Northwestern University and received an honorary degree.
Stephen Colbert received a Peabody Award in 2011.
On January 16, 2012, Colbert satirically encouraged viewers to vote for Herman Cain in the South Carolina primary, considering it support for his own possible candidacy.
In July 2012, Stephen Colbert extended his contract with Comedy Central by two years, ensuring that "The Colbert Report" would continue until the end of 2014.
In 2012, Colbert considered running for president in South Carolina and signed over control of his Super PAC to Jon Stewart to explore his possible candidacy.
In 2012, Stephen Colbert was again named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.
In 2012, Stephen Colbert was listed as No. 69 on Maxim Magazine's Hot 100, becoming the first man to be included on the list.
Since 2012, Colbert has collaborated with the Montclair Film Festival, hosting fundraising events and leading Q&As with various figures in the film industry.
In January 2013, Rolling Stone named Stephen Colbert number 2 in their "The 50 Funniest People Now" list.
In 2013 Stephen Colbert commented that Nixon's prolongation of the Vietnam War for political gain led to the deaths of tens of thousands of peoples, shattered the trust of the American people to the American military establishment and the president and changed the press relationship with the president forever.
On April 10, 2014, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert would take over from David Letterman as the host of "The Late Show" when Letterman retired.
In December 2014, Paste named Stephen Colbert's Twitter one of "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014" ranking it at number 7.
On December 18, 2014, Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of "The Colbert Report", which had been running since October 17, 2005. The show was a spin-off from The Daily Show, satirizing television news and political talk shows.
In 2014, Stephen Colbert concluded his role as the host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central.
In 2014, a species of parasitic wasp from Ecuador, Aleiodes colberti, was named for Colbert, along with newly described species named for other celebrities.
Since 2014, Stephen Colbert has hosted the Kennedy Center Honors for three consecutive years.
On January 12, 2015, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert's debut as the host of "The Late Show" would be on Tuesday, September 8, 2015.
On September 8, 2015, Stephen Colbert premiered as the host of "The Late Show" on CBS, succeeding David Letterman. George Clooney was the first guest on the show.
Since September 2015, Stephen Colbert has been hosting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS.
In 2015, Colbert received an honorary degree from Wake Forest University as the 2015 commencement speaker.
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.
In 2015, Stephen Colbert was hired to succeed David Letterman as host of the Late Show on CBS.
In 2016, Stephen Colbert described Hillary Clinton as representing "the common systemic corruption of Washington, D.C." and stated that people's hesitancy about her was "completely reasonable".
In 2016, a rove beetle, Sonoma colberti, was named after Colbert's on-screen persona.
In September 2017, Stephen Colbert hosted the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards.
On September 17, 2017, Stephen Colbert hosted the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, which was broadcast on CBS.
In December 2017, Stephen Colbert was chosen as one of GQ's "Men of the Year".
In 2017, Colbert said he can no longer listen to Bill Cosby's comedy due to the sexual assault allegations made against Cosby.
In 2017, Stephen Colbert hosted the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards.
In 2018, Colbert was placed at number 32 in Vanity Fair's "2018 New Establishment List".
In a 2018 interview, Stephen Colbert revealed that during his college and Second City years, he suffered from bouts of depression and anxiety for which he had to be medicated.
In 2019, Stephen Colbert hosted a conversation with the cast of the film Tolkien as part of an event for Montclair Film and Fathom Events.
In 2020, Stephen Colbert revealed he developed benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, a type of balance disorder.
Stephen Colbert received a Peabody Award in 2020.
In May 2021, Colbert received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Yale University.
In 2021, Colbert moderated Lord of the Rings cast reunions screened at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and made available on a Bluray collectors edition of the film series.
In April 2022, Stephen Colbert tested positive for COVID-19, leading to a halt in The Late Show production.
In May 2023, Stephen Colbert was permanently banned from entering Russia along with 500 other Americans, due to being "involved in the spread of Russophobic attitudes and fakes." These bans were in response to U.S. imposed sanctions on the country.
On August 30, 2023, Stephen Colbert, along with Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and John Oliver, began hosting the comedy podcast "Strike Force Five" to support their staff members during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
In October 2023, Colbert tested positive for COVID for a second time.
In November 2023, Stephen Colbert suffered from a ruptured appendix during a taping of an episode of The Late Show, causing a hiatus of the show for a few weeks.
Stephen Colbert returned on December 11, 2023, after recovering from a ruptured appendix.
In 2024, Colbert and his wife co-authored "Does This Taste Funny?", a cookbook featuring family recipes centered on Lowcountry cuisine.
In 2024, Stephen Colbert criticized Israel's treatment of Palestinians, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after the World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack carried by the IDF and defended the pro-Palestine college protests.
In 2024, Stephen Colbert moderated a fundraiser for the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign featuring Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
Since 2024 Stephen Colbert is a producer, alongside his wife Evie, of the CBS late-night comedy panel game show, "After Midnight".
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 2024 or later.
The CBS late-night comedy panel game show, "After Midnight", will end in June 2025, after two seasons, following host Taylor Tomlinson's departure. Stephen Colbert is one of the producers of the show, alongside his wife Evie.
The COLBERT was built with a 150,000-mile lifespan if needed until 2028 or beyond.
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