Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. 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 beginning in September 2015. Colbert has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Peabody Awards. His book, I Am America, was listed No.1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2007.
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. 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 beginning in September 2015. Colbert has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Peabody Awards. He was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2006 and 2012. His book, I Am America, was listed No.1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2007. Colbert is of 1516ths Irish ancestry; one of his paternal great-great-grandmothers was of German and English descent. His father, James William Colbert Jr., was an immunologist and medical school dean at Yale University, Saint Louis University, and finally at the Medical University of South Carolina. His two brothers, Peter and Paul, died in the Air Lines Flight 212 en route to Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 11, 1974, when they were aged 11 and 12, respectively. Stephen’s father wanted to pronounce his name koʊl kohl-BAIR, but Stephen retained the pronunciation out of respect for his own father. In an interview, Lorna has described Stephen as rambunctious. As a child, he observed that Southerners were often depicted as being less intelligent than other characters on scripted television; to avoid that stereotype, he taught himself to imitate the speech of American news anchors.
Stephen started using ko’l kohl-b’r later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University, taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him. He has a son, Edward Colbert, who is an intellectual property attorney and has worked on numerous television shows and films. He also has a daughter, Molly, who has worked with Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and other comedians on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show and Strangers with Candy. Stephen has two sons, James III, Edward, Mary, William, Margo, Thomas, Jay, Elizabeth, Paul, Peter, and Stephen. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, Susan, and their two children, James Jr. and Stephen III, Jr. The couple have a son named James Jr., who lives in Washington, D.C. with his mother, Susan. Stephen and his brother James III have a daughter named Mary, who also lives in South Carolina with her husband, James J. J., and their children Mary and James III. Stephen Colbert has three grandchildren, James II, Mary III, and James IV, who live in New York, New Jersey, and New York City. His son James III died in a car crash when he was 10 years old in September 2014. He and his wife Mary have two daughters, Mary and Mary J., both of whom live in North Carolina.
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