Stephen Colbert

Political Satirist 

Stephen Colbert stars in and executive produces the hit latenight 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 "a must watch show" by Entertainment Weekly, The Colbert Report has already garnered ratings and critical success as one of the top new entries on the television landscape. Stephen's personality, insight and overall rightness led to his half-hour nightly platform which takes on issues of the day, and more importantly, tells you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. Colbert's innovative perspective drew such popularity that it led the American Dialect Society to name "truthiness," a phrase Colbert coined, the Word of the Year for 2005!

Since 1997, Stephen was the longest-tenured and most diverse correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He helped the show to win numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards as an on-air personality and show 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, Stephen 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 Cable ACE 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.

One of the most sought after college speakers in the country, Colbert connects with young audiences on campus as easily as he does with professionals in a corporate setting.