 Stephen Colbert - Born and raised in South Carolina, Colbert began making a
name for himself in Chicago as a member of the famed Second City improv troupe
where he met Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. After several years at Second City,
the threesome moved to New York City and, along with others, developed Exit 57,
a half-hour sketch comedy series for HBO Downtown Productions which ran for two
seasons during the mid-'90s on Comedy Central. Exit 57 received five CableACE
nominations for best writing, performing and comedy series. Colbert reunited
with Sedaris and Dinello to create Comedy Central's first ever, live-action,
narrative series, Strangers with Candy, a twisted take on the classic and
typically moralistic afterschool specials. Colbert also starred opposite Will
Ferrell and Nicole Kidman in Bewitched; wrote and was a cast member on The Dana
Carvey Show; appeared in commercials for GM "Mr. Goodwrench;" wrote for Saturday
Night Live and was the voice of Ace on the animated SNL series "The Ambiguously
Gay Duo."
Since 1997, Stephen Colbert has been The Daily Show's longest-running and most
diverse correspondent. In addition to his role as Senior Political Correspondent
he was one of the hosts of "Even Stephven," a point-counterpoint assault
featuring co-correspondent Steve Carell, and the host of "This Week in God," in
which he reported on all things theological with the assistance of the "God
Machine."
Stephen helped The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to win numerous Emmy and Peabody
Awards, and contributed to America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy
Inaction (Warner Books), which immediately topped The New York Times Best Seller
List and stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks.
His personality, insight and overall rightness could only lead to The Colbert
Report, a half-hour nightly platform for him to give his take on the issues of
the day, and, more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just
plain wrong.
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