[[Image:Stephen Colbert TDS.png|right|frame|Colbert in his role as "Senior Washington Correspondent" on ''The Daily Show'']] {{cleanup}} '''Stephen Tyrone Colbert''' ({{IPA|/kɔɫˈb??/}}; born [[May 13]], [[1964]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[deadpan]] [[comedian]], most famous for his work as a correspondent and writer for ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' on [[Comedy Central]]. He is currently the host of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', a spin-off of ''The Daily Show'' parodying personality-driven news and opinion shows such as ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''. Colbert was raised in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]] in a [[Roman Catholic Church|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. [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 [[Bishop England High 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 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''== [[Image:ThisWeekInGod.jpg|thumb|240px|left|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 Rért," "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 "[[The Singing Senators|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 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] Colbert played a role in the big screen adaptation of ''[[Bewitched (film)|Bewitched]]''. He also starred as a [[forgery]] expert and murderer in an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' and an annoying tourist going to see ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in an episode of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''. Colbert co-wrote, and has a starring role in, the feature film of ''[[Strangers with Candy]]''. Stephen Colbert is also a producer. Colbert is a ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' fanatic. When [[Viggo Mortensen]] appeared on ''The Daily Show'', a sound clip was played of Colbert reciting the detailed lineage of Mortensen's character, [[Aragorn]]. To reciprocate, Mortensen sent Colbert a platter of ''Lord of the Rings'' characters molded in [[chocolate]]. He is married to Evelyn ("Evie") McGee-Colbert, who appeared in ''Strangers with Candy'' as young (Colbert's character) Chuck Noblet's mother. In the ''Strangers with Candy'' movie, she played Noblet's wife, Clair. She also played a nurse (uncredited) in the series pilot. McGee and Colbert have three children, all of whom have appeared on ''The Daily Show''. ==External links== * {{imdb name|id=0170306|name=Stephen Colbert}} * [http://aolwatch.org/backup/destiny-land.shtml#colbert-on-blogs Transcript of a segment where Colbert calls himself ''Ted Hitler''] * [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/425/425845p1.html IGN's ''10 Questions: Stephen Colbert''] * [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/433/433111p1.html IGN's 8-page ''An Interview with Stephen Colbert''] * {{imdb title|id=0458254|title=The Colbert Report}} * [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4464017 Interview with Colbert] on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (January 24, 2005) *[http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/news_team/correspondents/stephen_colbert.jhtml The Daily Show Correspondents: Stephen Colbert] * [http://www.nndb.com/people/509/000026431/ Stephen Colbert at nndb] * [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5040948 Interview with Colbert] on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (December 7, 2005) [[Category:1964 births|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:Actors and actresses appearing on Law & Order: Criminal Intent|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:American comedians|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:French Americans|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:People from South Carolina|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:Roman Catholics|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:Saturday Night Live writers|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:The Daily Show|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:Whose Line Is It Anyway? contestants|Colbert, Stephen]] [[Category:The Colbert Report|Colbert, Stephen]]