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Stephen Colbert (; 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, and as a producer and the host of The Colbert Report, a spin-off of The Daily Show parodying personality-driven news and opinion shows, especially Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor.

Personal life

Colbert was raised in Charleston, South Carolina in a Roman Catholic family, the youngest of eleven children. Colbert's father, who was a doctor, and two of his older brothers died in a plane crash when Colbert was 10 years old , .

He attended Charleston's exclusive, Episcopalian Porter-Gaud School. He was formally educated at Northwestern University's School of Speech, to which he transferred from Hampden-Sydney College. At Northwestern, he took acting classes, influenced by his mother, a love of Bill Cosby, and the much less conservative atmosphere compared to Hampden-Sydney. While there, he became involved in the improvisation troupe ImprovOlympic. After college, he went to work at Second City and participated in improv classes there.

He is married to Evelyn McGee-Colbert, who appeared with Colbert in Strangers with Candy. She played a nurse (uncredited) in the series pilot as well. The couple have three children, all of whom have appeared on The Daily Show.

Although not particularly political before joining The Daily Show, Colbert is a self-described Democrat. Colbert claimed Bill O'Reilly called for a boycott of The Colbert Report, because he thought Colbert was French; however, Colbert is Irish-American and his surname is Irish (of Norman origin).

Career in comedy

Colbert is also an alumnus of The Second City and had a short stint on Good Morning America. He 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 (the other member of the duo, Gary, was voiced by fellow Daily Show alumnus Steve Carell). 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 ex-Strangers With Candy costars Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. He has provided voices for Comedy Central's Crank Yankers.

Colbert on The Daily Show

Some memorable segments he has appeared in for The Daily Show have included "Even Stephven" with Steve Carell, and "This Week in God." Memorable reports include the 2001 "break-up" of the Republicans "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. From March 3 to 7, 2002, Colbert hosted several episodes of The Daily Show because Jon Stewart was scheduled to host Saturday Night Live
that weekend. Since Colbert's leaving the show, the duty of filling in for Stewart has been assumed by Rob Corddry. On one occasion, guest interviewee Al Sharpton didn't show, so Colbert filled in as Sharpton ( #19).

Other roles

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!")

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Actors - Stephen Colbert

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