Stephen Colbert
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Comedian Stephen Colbert was born in 1964 in South Carolina and studied philosophy at the all-men's private liberal arts school Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Moving to Chicago to study theater at Northwestern, he got involved at Second City, where he met fellow comedians Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. The three of them moved to New York to create the sketch comedy show Exit 57, originally aired on Comedy Central. As a writer for The Dana Carvey Show, Colbert got the chance to write for Saturday Night Live for several seasons. While working on SNL, he met up with animator Robert Smigel and provided voices for TV Funhouse's "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (along with the voice of Steve Carrell). Colbert has also provided voices on the puppet show Crank Yankers and the Cartoon Network series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.Colbert saw his career begin to really take off with his role as a senior correspondent for The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He joined the series in 1997 when Craig Kilborn was still the host and held on when Jon Stewart took over in 1999. That same year, Colbert teamed with Sedaris and Dinello to create Strangers With Candy, an after-school special parody of sorts on Comedy Central. Meanwhile, Colbert's schtick on The Daily Show became more and more relevant, as the political climate in the United States became increasingly polarized following 9/11. His satirical take on uber-right-wing TV-news journalists proved so incisive and hilarious that in 2005, he parlayed it into a spin-off comedy news show of his own, the immensely popular The Colbert Report. Colbert would continue with the show for years, tweaking the format to fit the ongoing political culture. The Colbert Report ended in late 2014, with Colbert retiring his "Colbert" character. Several months later, he was announced as David Letterman's successor on CBS' The Late Show, and Colbert made his Late Show debut on Sept. 8, 2015.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | One World: Together at Home |
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100% | Too Funny To Fail |
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97% | Weiner |
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$1.7M | 2016 |
81% | Mr. Peabody & Sherman |
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$101.8M | 2014 |
74% | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
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$180.5M | 2013 |
44% | The Unbelievers |
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100% | Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird |
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56% | Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission |
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$9k | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Faces Of America |
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— | 2010 |
68% | CSNY Déjà Vu |
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$33.4k | 2008 |
14% | The Love Guru |
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$32.2M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All |
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73% | The Great New Wonderful |
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$40.2k | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse |
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24% | Bewitched |
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$62.3M | 2005 |
50% | Strangers with Candy |
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$2M | 2005 |
53% | Let It Snow |
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TV
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Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News
2020
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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Our Cartoon President
2018-2020
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Madam Secretary
2014-2019
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CBS This Morning
2012
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83% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
2016
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000-2018
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Billy on the Street
2011-2017
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Conan
2010
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56% |
Emmys
1998
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The Talk
2010
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Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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98% |
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
2014
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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Face the Nation
1954-2018
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012-2019
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Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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Colbert Report
2005-2014
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Great Performances
2000
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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81% |
The Office
2005-2013
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NOVA
1974
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American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data)
2005
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Meet the Press
1947-2019
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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60 Minutes
1992
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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Crank Yankers
2019
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Strangers with Candy
1999-2000
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66% |
Spin City
1996-2002
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80% |
The Dana Carvey Show
1996
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100% |
Exit 57
1996
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No Score Yet |
Harvey Birdman, Attorney General
2018
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Quotes from Stephen Colbert's Characters
Paul Peterson: | When it comes to the safety of my daughter, nothing is more important than...Shello? Sure, I'll take a survey. |
Paul Peterson: | Hey, Pea-buddy! |
General W.R. Monger: | Wait! Don't press that button! |
The President: | Why? |
General W.R. Monger: | It will send out all of are nucular weapons! |
The President: | Then what button gives me a latte. |
General W.R. Monger: | That would be the one on the left. |
The President: | What idiot designed this! |
General W.R. Monger: | You did sir. |
The President: | Okay, than go fire some one! |
The President: | Can someone put me on code brown because I need to change my pants! |
The President: | I am a brave president! |