Stephen Colbert (pronounced "col-BARE") was born on May 13th, 1964 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.

He studied acting at Northwestern and performed with the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago before teaming up with fellow cast members Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello to create the sketch comedy "Exit 57" for Comedy Central, which lasted for two seasons. During its two season run in the mid-1990s it garnered five CableACE nominations for best writing, performing, and comedy series. After the demise of "Exit 57," From 1997 (until his departure in October 2005), Stephen was a correspondent on "The Daily Show", then hosted by Craig Kilborn. Initially billed as "The New Guy," Stephen was the longest running correspondent on the show before getting his own show, "The Colbert Report", which has done well in it's slot after "the Daily Show".

At the time he left "The Daily Show", Stephen has been the longest-running and most diverse correspondent. In addition to his role as Senior Political Correspondent, he was one of the hosts of "Even Stepheven", a point-counterpoint assault featuring co-correspondent Steve Carrel 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" 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 bestseller list and stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks.

His personality, insight and overall rightness could only have led him 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.

His other notable credits include serving as both writer and cast member on "The Dana Carvey Show", writing for "Saturday Night Live" and providing the voice of "Ace" in Robert Smigel's "Ambiguously Gay Duo" which originated on "The Dana Carvey Show" and was then semi-regularly featured in Smigel's "TV Funhouse" segment on SNL. He was also featured on "Mr. Goodwrench" commercials (2003-2005).

Stephen lives in New York with his wife and three children.
An alumnus of the Second City and Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated from Northwestern University in 1986. Provided the voice of Ace for SNL 25's "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" segments. The voice of Gary is provided by fellow The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Steve Carell. Is deaf in his right ear. The youngest of eleven children. Is a huge Lord of the Rings fan and has an encyclopedic knowledge of the series. Specifically recorded an entire biography of LOTR character Aragorn from memory when Viggo Mortensen appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Mortensen kindly sent Colbert a platter full of LOTR characters carved out of chocolate. Most of the shows he has been a part of are on Comedy Central. These shows are Exit 57, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Strangers with Candy and The Colbert Report. Was included in the Peabody Award given to the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000 and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004" for "Offering biting political satire, these scintillating segments had something droll and amusing to say about almost everything and everyone associated with American politics and the presidential election." All of his three children have appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His father and two of his brothers died in a plane crash when he was ten years old. On September 11, 1974 they were on an Eastern Airlines DC-9 that crashed in dense fog during its approach to Charlotte, N.C. Of the 82 people on board, 72 were killed. In its report, the NTSB concluded that "the probable cause of the accident was the flightcrew's lack of altitude awareness at critical points during the approach due to poor cockpit discipline in that the crew did not follow prescribed procedures." He was briefly a correspondent on Good Morning America. Wrote the book Wigfield with Strangers with Candy costars Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. Occasionally replaced Jon Stewart as anchor of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart while Jon was preoccupied with other things. Began a career in comedy by joining the Second City improv group in Chicago. Voiced several characters on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers. Lent his voice to some attack ads, which were used for the The 78th Annual Academy Awards , hosted by Jon Stewart. "Truthiness," a word he invented, was declared the Word of the Year 2005 by the American Dialect Society. His show, The Colbert Report, averages 1.2 million viewers. Has stated that not all of his family members say "Colbert" the way he does. Some pronounce the "T" at the end. Has three children: Madeline, Peter and John. Is currently in the process of putting together news pieces about every district in the United States. Teaches Sunday School every weekend at his church and teaches his own specific story of salvation and has the children learn spiritual songs. As a result of the plane crash that killed his father and brothers, the Federal Aviation Administration established the "sterile cockpit" rule, which prohibits flight crews from engaging in any conversation or activities apart from their flying duties while the aircraft is below 10,000 feet. As a result of an operation he had when he was young, he can fold his right ear inside out and can pop it out when he squints his eye. Received an honorary doctorate in fine arts by Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 2006. Good friends with fellow former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Steve Carell