Stephen Colbert
American comedian and writer (born 1964) · United States · Comedians
Stephen Colbert is read about 2,060 times a day, in 51 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He spent nearly a decade playing a blowhard pundit so committed to "truthiness" that millions forgot where the character ended, then traded the persona for his own name and outlasted nearly everyone in late-night television.
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Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee at the Time 100 list event, May 2006
Colbert, in his television series persona, prepares to interview Michelle Obama; the set decor of The Colbert Report satirized cable-personality political talk shows.
Colbert with actor Ethan Hawke in 2018
Colbert greets troops and civilians at Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, June 5, as part of his "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" tour.
Colbert at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C., October 2010
Colbert at an event at Florida State University in Tallahassee, November 2006In their own words 10
, Folks, we have done over 1800 of these shows. And most nights, I come out here and I talk to the audience beforehand.
It’s not a great look when you fly on the pedophile’s plane enough times to earn diamond pervert status.
Oh, hey everybody. We got a great show for you tonight. Senator Adam Schiff was my guest. We harmonized on Seven Bridges Road. What a voice. I cried.
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Stephen Colbert studied drama at Northwestern but fell into improv, working his way up through Second City as Steve Carell's understudy and co-creating the cult sitcom Strangers with Candy with Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. A correspondent stint on The Daily Show led to The Colbert Report in 2005, where his caricature of conservative blowhards introduced "truthiness" and earned him a memorable turn at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner. The show became Comedy Central's highest-rated series and spawned the satirical Colbert Super PAC, which Jon Stewart helped rally with him in 2010. In 2015 CBS hired him to replace David Letterman, and he held the Late Show chair through 2026, racking up eleven Emmys and a 2007 number-one bestseller along the way.
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