He hosted the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2017.Ĭolbert has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and three Peabody Awards. After ending The Colbert Report, he was hired in 2015 to succeed retiring David Letterman as host of the Late Show on CBS.
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This event led to the series becoming one of Comedy Central's highest-rated series. Following The Daily Show 's news-parody concept, The Colbert Report was a parody of personality-driven political opinion shows including The O'Reilly Factor, in which he portrayed a caricatured version of conservative political pundits, earning Colbert an invitation to perform as featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2006, which he did in character. In 2005, he left The Daily Show to host The Colbert Report. He gained attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet.Ĭolbert's work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show gained him wide recognition. He wrote and performed on The Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the television series Strangers with Candy. Colbert first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago, where his troupemates included Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, comedians with whom he developed the sketch comedy series Exit 57. Ĭolbert 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. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014 and the CBS talk program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( / k oʊ l ˈ b ɛər/ kohl- BAIR born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Stephen Colbert testifies before Congress on migrant farm labor
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