Stephen Colbert

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Birthday: May 13, 1964

From the time he first had ambitions to perform, Stephen Colbert had wanted to not just play, but be Hamlet. Indeed, the comedian famous for his well-intentioned yet poorly informed idiot persona on the fake news program, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central, 1996- ) and later as anchor of “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central, 2005- ), first thought of himself as a serious thespian-in-the-making. So consumed was he with the notion of being a dramatic actor, that Colbert wore all black all the time and adopted an impenetrabl…more

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Career Milestones

2009
Voiced The President of the United States in the computer-animated 3-D feature, "Monsters vs. Aliens"
2008
Earned a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word for the album I Am America (And So Can You!)
2006
Signed a seven-figure deal with Warner Books to pen his own comedy riffing on the current state of affairs in the vein of the Daily Show's bestseller "America"
2005
Appeared in and co-wrote "Strangers With Candy" the feature film based on the short-lived comedy series
2005
Appeared in the big screen adaptation of "Bewitched," as Stu Robinson

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Awards

2009
Producers Guild of America Award: Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television
2008
Emmy Award: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
2008
Producers Guild of America Award: Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television
2008
Writers Guild of America Award: Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
2006
Emmy Award: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program