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Stephen Colbert

American comedian and television host (born 1964)

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Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015. Born into a Catholic family in Washington, D.C. and raised in South Carolina, Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became interested in improvisational theater while attending Northwestern University, where he met Second City director Del Close.

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🇺🇸 Watch Robert Plant Perform Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” on Colbert (2026-04-09)
The classic-rock figure also sat down for an interview...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump’s ‘Double-Sided’ Cease-fire (2026-04-09)
“The Late Show” host asked if being double-sided wasn’t a prerequisite: “I believe there’s a word for a single-sided cease-fire and it’s ‘murder.’”...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Blames ‘The Bachelorette’ Cancellation for $4 Gas (2026-04-01)
The “Late Show” host joked that “Trump attacked Iran” after ABC scrapped the reality show’s latest season....
🇺🇸 Webby Awards 2026 Nominations: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Stephen Colbert & Timothée Chalamet Make The List (2026-03-31)
The 30th Annual Webby Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, with winners to be announced on April 21 in...
🇬🇧 Will Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings film be Tom Bombadil’s time to shine? (2026-03-26)
<p>The US talkshow host’s script will focus on chapters three to eight of Tolkien’s first volume – a section Hollywood originally thought disposable b...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert to co-write next movie in "Lord of the Rings" franchise (2026-03-26)
Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson announced on Wednesday that "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert will co-write the next "Lord of the Rings" movi...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Fandom: Writing a New Movie, a ‘Hobbit’ Cameo, Speaking Elvish on ‘The Late Show’ and More (2026-03-25)
For most people, loving “The Lord of the Rings” means watching the extended editions every few years and maybe owning a copy of the books. For Stephen...
🇬🇧 Talk show host Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film (2026-03-25)
Colbert, who is a Tolkien superfan, will adapt an early section of the first Lord of the Rings novel....
🇺🇸 ‘Lord of the Rings’ Superfan Stephen Colbert to Write New Movie for Peter Jackson (2026-03-25)
The film will follow Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum , which is being directed by Andy Serkis...
🇺🇸 New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie From Stephen Colbert and His Son in Development at Warner Bros. (2026-03-25)
Warner Bros. has unveiled that Stephen Colbert and his son are developing a brand new film in the “Lord of the Rings” universe. The announcement came ...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Penning New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie (2026-03-25)
The film will come after 'Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum.'...
🇺🇸 Harmeet Dhillon and colleges; Jake Lang and MAGA; Stephen Colbert's 'censorship hoax' (2026-03-12)
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has been pushing America's colleges and universities to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling barring race...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert’s Long ‘Late Show’ Goodbye Has Gone From Resistance to Ego Trip (2026-03-12)
Earlier this week, the actor John Lithgow appeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and did something that guests on the show have been doing a...
🇺🇸 Watch John Lithgow Hail Stephen Colbert as ‘Beloved National Treasure’ (2026-03-10)
"Stephen's tale is a lesson for all who come after," the actor read in a poem. "Beware of a boss with thin skin and no laughter"...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Rejects “Implied Parallel” to Blacklisted Screenwriter Walter Bernstein While Receiving Writers Guild Awards Honor (2026-03-09)
"This is not the 1950s," the 'Late Show' host said after speaking about the history of the Hollywood blacklist that included the honor's namesake scri...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Takes Aim at Paramount in WGA Speech: ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ (2026-03-09)
The Late Show host also shared a series of jokes he had cut from his show over the years...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Accepts WGA East’s Walter Bernstein Award: “The Revolution … Was Going To Be Televised, And Then Paramount Bought It” (2026-03-09)
Upon receiving this year’s Walter Bernstein Award from the Writers Guild of America East, outgoing Late Show host Stephen Colbert took the opportunity...
🇺🇸 Colbert mocks Noem over ouster: 'She's a domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo' (2026-03-06)
Late night host Stephen Colbert mocked Kristi Noem’s ouster as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, throwing back at her the highly ...
🇺🇸 Jimmy Fallon Serenades Stephen Colbert With Custom-Made “My Way” (2026-03-06)
Jimmy Fallon visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to bid an early goodbye to his competition, and after showing some old photos of th...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Roasts Kristi Noem After Trump Fires Her and Quips: ‘She Is a Domestic Terrorist Who Deserves to Go’ to Guantanamo Bay (2026-03-06)
Stephen Colbert railed against Kristi Noem after Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he had fired the Secretary of Homeland Defense, with plans ...
🇺🇸 CBS did James Talarico a favor when it pulled his Colbert interview (2026-03-06)
'In a flash, James Talarico had national name recognition and his campaign caught fire,' writes an L.A. Times reader....
🇺🇸 Watch Jimmy Fallon Pay Tribute to Stephen Colbert Ahead of ‘Late Show’ Ending (2026-03-06)
"CBS, they said you're through/ And now it's down to just to two Jimmys," Fallon sang to his fellow host...
🇺🇸 Colbert Bump! James Talarico Wins Demoractic Primary for Texas Senate Seat (2026-03-04)
Talarico was at the center of controversy in February, when his 'Late Show' interview was blocked from airing on broadcast by CBS' lawyers....
🇺🇸 ‘The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert Goes Live For The Last Time After State Of The Union: “These Are Always Kind Of Rough With Trump” (2026-02-25)
Kicking off with a Wicked parody, Stephen Colbert was clearly giddy in his last ever live episode of The Late Show. Colbert went live after President ...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Balks at Trump’s Board of Peace (2026-02-20)
“The Late Show” host called the group “kind of like the U.N., except instead of passing binding resolutions, you pass a greasy bag of money to Donald ...
🇺🇸 Trump Administration Uses ‘Equal Time’ Rule to Reshape Late-Night TV (2026-02-19)
The F.C.C. is using a century-old broadcast rule to take aim at hosts like Stephen Colbert. The impact could reshape how talk shows handle politics....
🇺🇸 FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC's 'The View' over equal time rule (2026-02-19)
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC's "The View" over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal...
🇺🇸 Colbert Says CBS Barred Interview With Democrat, and Search Teams Scramble After Lake Tahoe Avalanche (2026-02-18)
Plus, Brad Pitt vs. Tom Cruise?...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert Finds a Place to File CBS’s Surprise Statement (2026-02-18)
“I don’t even know what to do with this,” Colbert said about the network’s news release on a scrapped interview with a Democratic politician, before p...
🇺🇸 Details on controversy over Stephen Colbert's interview with James Talarico (2026-02-19)
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert again claimed on Tuesday night that CBS told him not to air an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate J...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert slams CBS again amid controversy over Talarico interview (2026-02-18)
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert slammed CBS again on Tuesday night after the network issued a statement about his interview with Texas Democrat J...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert says CBS pulled candidate interview ahead of early voting in Texas (2026-02-17)
Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night's broadcast over...
🇺🇸 Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Talarico Interview (2026-02-17)
Stephen Colbert said he had to drop an interview with James Talarico from his Monday broadcast because of new F.C.C. guidance that targeted political ...
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert says CBS blocks James Talarico interview from air (2026-02-17)
"I think Donald Trump is worried we're about to flip Texas," Texas state Rep. James Talarico said. "This is the party that ran against cancel culture....
🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC (2026-02-17)
"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said CBS did not air his Monday interview with Senate candidate Rep....