Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits. Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57. Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience. In 2005, he left The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to host a spin-off series, The Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show's news-parody concept, The Colbert Report is a parody of personality-driven political opinion shows such as The O'Reilly Factor. Since its debut, the series has established itself as one of Comedy Central's highest-rated series, earning Colbert three Emmy Award nominations and an invitation to perform as featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2006. Colbert was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2006. His book I Am America (And So Can You!) was No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
67 movies · 55 shows
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026·0.0
The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert
2026·0.0
The Moment
2026·6.3
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
2025·5.4
From Russia with Lev
2024·8.2
Toby Keith: American Icon
2024·8.0
Despicable Me 4
2024·7.0
There's Someone There
2024·0.0
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023·7.0
American Symphony
2023·6.6
Late Night Nightmare
2023·0.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023·8.3
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now
2023·7.6
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023·5.8
The Dividers
2023·10.0
Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us
2023·0.0
Pickled
2022·7.5
Move Fast & Vape Things
2021·6.0
Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020
2020·4.7
Feels Good Man
2020·7.0
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020·0.0
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020·5.8
Becoming
2020·7.2
One World: Together at Home
2020·7.1
There's Something in the Water
2019·7.3
Days of Black and Yellow
2019·0.0
Trump @War
2018·6.7
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017·7.9
PACmen
2017·6.3
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017·6.5
Hero With A Thousand Faces
2016·6.8
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016·5.2
HyperNormalisation
2016·7.5
The True Cost
2015·7.5
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
2014·5.0
Generation Like
2014·7.0
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014·6.7
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013·7.6
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012·6.8
Shut Up and Play the Hits
2012·6.9
Revenge of the Electric Car
2011·7.2
50/50
2011·7.2
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011·6.5
Company
2011·6.9
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010·5.9
Monsters vs Aliens
2009·6.3
Rush: Retrospective 3 Video Collection
2009·0.0
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
2008·6.9
Playing Columbine
2008·6.7
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008·0.0
The Love Guru
2008·4.1
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008·4.6
The Best of The Colbert Report
2007·8.0
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
2007·7.2
Strangers with Candy
2006·5.7
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006·0.0
Last Laugh '05
2005·5.6
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005·7.0
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005·0.0
Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet
2005·10.0
Bewitched
2005·5.1
The Great New Wonderful
2005·4.8
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004·3.6
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002·5.5
Let It Snow
1999·4.6
Janeane Garofalo: HBO Comedy Hour
1997·8.0
Shock Asylum
1997·8.0