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Stephen Colbert (; born May 13 , 1964 ) is an American Comedian known for his Deadpan style. He is most famous for his work on '' The Daily Show '', and its Spin-off , '' The Colbert Report ''. The latter is a parody of personality-driven Conservative news and opinion shows, especially Bill O'Reilly 's '' The O'Reilly Factor '' and Sean Hannity from '' Hannity & Colmes ''. Stephen has also been named as one of Time Magazine's most influential people for 2006.http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/ CAREER IN COMEDY Colbert is an alumnus of '' as well as '' Strangers With Candy '', where he also held Executive Producer credit. Briefly, he served as a writer for '' Saturday Night Live '', where he later returned to voice the character Ace in Robert Smigel 's '' The Ambiguously Gay Duo '' (the other member of the duo, Gary, was voiced by fellow '' Daily Show '' alumnus Steve Carell ). He was a cast member and writer on '' The Dana Carvey Show ''. He also regularly performs as a voice actor on Cartoon Network 's '' Harvey Birdman '' (part of the Adult Swim lineup), appeared on '' Whose Line Is It Anyway? '', and appeared in the Mr. Goodwrench commercials for General Motors . He coauthored the novel '' Wigfield '' with ex-''Strangers With Candy'' costars Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello . He has provided voices for Comedy Central's '' Crank Yankers ''. Colbert on ''The Daily Show'' Some memorable segments he has appeared in for ''. Other roles The trademark of his voicework in '' Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law '' (as Phil Ken Sebben, founder of the law firm of Sebben & Sebben, among others) is a "Ha, ha!" followed by a phrase relevant to the scene. (For example, on the subject of cookie bouquets: "Ha, ha! Cookies on dowels!") :'Stephen Colbert also puts in an excited effort playing numerous roles, such as Birdman's hypersexual boss Phil and the size-obsessed attorney Reducto. According to one commentary, he literally ran around the recording studio shouting his lines.'http://dvd.ign.com/articles/605/605194p1.html Colbert appeared in the big screen adaptation of '''' and an annoying tourist going to see '' The Producers '' on Broadway in an episode of '' Curb Your Enthusiasm ''. At the 78th Academy Awards , several comedic video clips were played in the fashion of " The Daily Show " that were narrated by Colbert. Most of the clips were parodies of political Attack Ad s, with the topics being the award categories and nominees. For example, one clip accused actress Judi Dench , nominated for an Oscar Award , of "not being a Dame " and showed another purported dame who accused Dench of "stabbing out my eye in a barfight". Colbert portrayed the letter Z in '''', a 2005 video release, opposite Nicole Sullivan as the letter A. ''The Colbert Report'' See Also: The Colbert Report , on ''The Colbert Report''.]] Since October 17 , 2005 , Colbert has produced and hosted his own television show, '' The Colbert Report '', a parody of celebrity anchor news commentary shows like '' The O'Reilly Factor '' and '' Scarborough Country ''. Colbert performs the entire show in the character of a blustery, Right-wing Pundit . Comedy Central signed a long-term contract for ''The Colbert Report'' within its first month on the air, when it immediately established itself among the network's highest-rated shows. In January 2006, the of the '' Associated Press '' to mention his role in popularizing the word ''truthiness'' in its news coverage of the Word of the Year, despite the American Dialect Society giving him the credit. 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner At the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner , which was broadcast on C-SPAN and MSNBC , Stephen Colbert delivered a satirical speech on the White House and the journalism establishment that left segments of his audience, including President Bush , mostly unsmiling. Some of his comments included:
Much of the mainstream media has seemingly ignored his presence at the function, including the '' New York Times '', which did not mention his presence in their write-up of the evening. '' Editor And Publisher '' newspaper was the first news outlet to report in detail on Colbert's performance, which it called a "blistering comedy 'tribute'" that "left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close" and "quite a few sitting near him looked a little uncomfortable at times, perhaps feeling the material was a little too biting — or too much speaking ' Truthiness ' to power". http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425363 ''E&P'' later reported that its article on Colbert lampooning Bush drew "possibly its highest one-day traffic total ever." {Link without Title} Some conservative bloggers opined that Colbert was out of line and unfunny. Jon Stewart , anchor of The Daily Show, called Colbert's performance "Balls-alicious" and stated that he and his Daily Show colleagues were proud of Colbert. (05/01/2006) Like Stewart's appearance on CNN 's " Crossfire " in 2004, Colbert's performance was widely circulated on the Internet. The popular blog " Crooks And Liars " drew over half a million hits in one day, its busiest day on record, after it posted a video of Colbert at the dinner. A website with the url [http://www.thankyoustephencolbert.org thankyoustephencolbert.org had logged about 28,000 "thank yous" within the first three days after the dinner. [http://www.thankyoustephencolbert.org/] PERSONAL LIFE Colbert was raised in Charleston, South Carolina in an Irish Roman Catholic family of French descent, the youngest of eleven children. Colbert's father, who was a doctor, and two of his older brothers, died in the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 212 in 1974 when Colbert was 10 years old.http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336825 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/magazine/25questions.html Colbert is known for being a '' Lord Of The Rings '' and '' Dungeons And Dragons '' fan, a fascination that began in high school. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dungeons-dragons-online/537989p1.html http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/433/433111p1.html He attended Charleston's exclusive Episcopalian Porter-Gaud School . He was formally educated at Northwestern University 's School of Speech and Communication, to which he transferred from Hampden-Sydney College . At Northwestern, he took acting classes, influenced by his mother, a love of Bill Cosby , and the much less conservative atmosphere compared to Hampden-Sydney. While there, he became involved in the Improvisation troupe ImprovOlympic . After college, he went to work at Second City and participated in improv classes there.http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705 He is married to Evelyn McGee-Colbert, who appeared with Colbert in '' Strangers With Candy ''. She played a nurse (uncredited) in the series pilot as well. The couple has three children, all of whom have appeared on '' The Daily Show ''. Although not particularly political before joining '''' on its sister show '' The Daily Show '', because he thought Colbert was French The Daily Show, 17 October 2005; however, Colbert is Irish-American and his surname is Irish (of Norman origin). The association of his name as French may stem from the "Colbert Report" short that first appeared on "The Daily Show," in which Colbert, after the title is said with a silent "t," states, "It's French, bitch!" Louis XIV 's reformist finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert , is an instance of a historically well known French national with the same name. TRIVIA Personal
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