Stephen Colbert is a famous American actor and comedian who is best known for his work as a correspondent on the fake news show
The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart and as the host of The Colbert Report.
Other notable Stephen Colbert credits include The Dana Carvey Show, Exit 57, Snow Days, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Chalkzone,
Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Venture Bros.,
Bewitched, Strangers with Candy, The Guru, and Monsters vs. Aliens.
He got his start in comedy at Second City in Chicago, where he studied improvisation. There he met friends and future collaborators Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and
Steve Carell. With Dinello and Sedaris, he went on to create the television show Strangers with Candy.
The same year Strangers with Candy was picked up by Comedy Central, Colbert also began working on
The Daily Show. In 2005, The Colbert Report was born capitalizing off of the popularity its parent show
The Daily Show had achieved during the 2000 and 2004 elections.
In 2006, Colbert was at the height of his popularity, being named to many ‘most influential’ lists as well as a few ‘sexiest man’ lists. In 2008, he made a short-lived, mostly satirical presidential run in his home state of North Carolina.
Colbert is also a published author, writing the book I Am America (And So Can You) and co-writing the book Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not with Strangers with Candy co-stars Sedaris and Dinello.
