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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…more

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Credits

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Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Earned a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All

  • 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

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Awards

  • 2011

    Producers Guild of America Award: Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television

  • 2010

    Grammy Award: Best Comedy Album

  • 2010

    Primetime Emmy Award: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series

  • 2010

    Producers Guild of America Award: Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television

  • 2009

    Producers Guild of America Award: Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television

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