About The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert was poised to make television and linguistic history on October 17th, 2005 with the premiere of his own show, "The Colbert Report." It was on that first episode that Stephen coined the word "truthiness", which went on to become Merriam-Webster's 2006 Word of the Year.

Almost immediately, Stephen's fan base increased exponentially and demanded to know more about their icon, and thus, rabid fan site Colbert Nation was born. It wasn't long before Stephen had a Hungarian bridge named after him and an ice cream flavor created in his honor.

Other Colbert Report landmarks include Stephen's 434-part series, Better Know a District, his Green Screen Challenges and his cartoon adventure, Tek Jansen.

But that was just the beginning. In 2007, Stephen Colbert made an historic announcement -- that he was running for president. That didn't quite pan out, but there's always vice president, which candidate Mike Huckabee has kindly -- and wisely -- offered him.

With the gravitas of Stone Phillips and the spirit of Captain America, nobody feels the news at you like Stephen Colbert. Papa Bear must be proud.

Stephen Colbert's Bio:

Stephen Colbert is the host and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series on Comedy Central, "The Colbert Report." Touted by The New York Times as "one of the best television shows of the year" and praised as "The Best Show of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly, "The Colbert Report" has garnered ratings and critical success as one of the top shows on television.

"The Colbert Report" launched on October 17, 2005. Since its inception, the series has garnered a prestigious Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting in 2008 and 15 Primetime Emmy nominations. Last fall, Colbert and his writing team won the show's first Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

Colbert has literally made a name for himself with "The Colbert Report." The following have all been named in honor of the host: Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, the mascot for the minor league hockey team Saginaw Spirit; Stephen Jr., a bald eagle at the San Francisco Zoo; Stephanie Colbertle the Turtle, a leatherback turtle in the first Great Turtle Race; Aptostichus Stephencolberti, a trapdoor spider; Air Colbert, a Virgin America jet; Americone Dream, a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor; Esteban Colbert, a very virile falcon in San Jose; Stelephant Colbert, an elephant seal tagged as part of a study by University of California Santa Cruz; Agaporomorphus Colberti, a diving beetle from Venezuela; and a NASA treadmill called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (C.O.L.B.E.R.T.).

"The Colbert Report" deployed to Iraq in June 2009 on a USO tour entitled "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" to tape and perform shows in front of the troops. "The Colbert Report" is the first TV show in USO history to produce a week of shows in a combat zone. A highlight from "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" included General Ray Odierno receiving a direct order from Commander-In-Chief Barack Obama to shave Colbert's head. This trip marked the second time the show has broadcast from a remote location. "The Colbert Report" had previously traveled to Philadelphia in April 2008 to cover the all-important Pennsylvania Democratic Primary. Colbert's book, I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!), spent 29 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller's List; debuting and occupying the #1 spot for 13 weeks.

Since 1997, Colbert was the longest-tenured and most diverse correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He helped the show win numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards as an on-air personality and writer for the news satire. He contributed to AMERICA (THE BOOK): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (Warner Books) which immediately topped The New York Times Bestseller List for 15 consecutive weeks. He also co-authored the critically acclaimed book Wigfield (Hyperion) which Publisher's Weekly called "uproariously funny, painfully sharp and unlike anything the genre of humorous fiction has seen before."

Born and raised near Charleston, South Carolina, Colbert graduated from Northwestern University and quickly made a name for himself as a member of Chicago's famed Second City improv troupe where he met Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. The threesome moved to New York City where they created and starred in "Exit 57," a half-hour sketch comedy series which ran for three seasons 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, the cult hit "Strangers with Candy." Colbert's other on-camera appearances include shows such as HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and NBC's Law and Order: Criminal Intent." He was a cast member and writer on ABC's "The Dana Carvey Show," wrote for "Saturday Night Live" and was the voice of Ace on the "SNL" animated series "The Ambiguously Gay Duo." He was also the voice of the President of the United States in Dreamworks animated film, "Monsters Vs. Aliens."

Colbert, his wife Evelyn, and their three children reside in the New York metropolitan area.