Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert ({{IPA|/ko?l.b??/}}), born on May 13, 1964) is an American deadpan comedian, currently working as a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In 2005, Comedy Central announced that it would be giving Colbert his own show, The Colbert Report, the same title as a popular segment aired on The Daily Show. It will be a comedy counterpart to shows such as Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor and is expected to follow The Daily Show and air at 11:30 PM (Eastern/Pacific).

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May 13 - 1964 - American - Deadpan - Comedian - Correspondent - Writer - The Daily Show - Jon Stewart - 2005 - Comedy Central - The Colbert Report - Bill O'Reilly - The O'Reilly Factor

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Colbert was raised in Charleston, SC in a Catholic family. At the age of 10, his father, who was a doctor, and two of his older brothers died in a plane crash. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336825 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/magazine/25questions.html He attended Charleston's exclusive and private Porter-Gaud School. He was formally educated at Northwestern University, which he transferred to 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 has also performed 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 commercials for Mr. Goodwrench.

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Charleston - SC - Catholic - Porter-Gaud School - Northwestern University - Hampden-Sydney College - The Second City - Good Morning America - Exit 57 - Strangers with Candy - Executive producer - Saturday Night Live - Robert Smigel - The Ambiguously Gay Duo - The Dana Carvey Show - Cartoon Network - Harvey Birdman - Adult Swim - Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Mr. Goodwrench

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He coauthored the novel Wigfield with Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello.

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Wigfield - Amy Sedaris - Paul Dinello

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Some memorable segments he has appeared in for The Daily Show have included "The Colbert Réport" (quote: "It's French, bitch!" — the 't' in both Colbert and Réport is silent) and "Even Stevphen" with Steve Carell (the segment title is Steve and Stephen mixed together), 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.

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French - Silent - Steve Carell - Jim Jeffords

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He is especially known currently for his weekly report, "This Week in God," which many consider to often be the most humourous segment of the week. 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.

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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 http://dvd.ign.com/articles/605/605194p1.html

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

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Bewitched - Strangers with Candy

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On September 27, 2005 it was revealed that Colbert is a fan of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, having recorded an audio tape describing the history of the character Aragorn played by that night's guest Viggo Mortensen in the Peter Jackson film adaptations of the series.

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September 27 - 2005 - The Lord of the Rings - Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen - Peter Jackson

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He is married to Evelyn McGee-Colbert. They have three children, who have appeared on The Daily Show.

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Married - Evelyn McGee-Colbert

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