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Stephen Colbert (SAMPA /koU5"bEr/), born on May
13, 1964 in Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston,
South Carolina|SC) is an United States|American
deadpan comedian, currently working as a
correspondent and writer for The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart.  In 2005, Comedy Central announced
that it would be giving Colbert his own show, The
Colbert Report, the same title as a popular
segment aired on The Daily Show. It will be a
comedy counterpart to shows such as Bill
O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor and is expected to
follow The Daily Show and air at 11:30 PM
(Eastern/Pacific).

Colbert was raised in a Roman Catholic
Church|Catholic family.  He was formally educated
at Northwestern University, where he transferred
to from Hampden-Sydney College.  He is also an
alumnus of The Second City, had a short stint on
Good Morning America, and was formerly a performer
and writer on Exit 57 as well as Strangers with
Candy, where he also held an executive producer
credit. Briefly, he served as a writer for
Saturday Night Live, where he later returned to
voice the character Ace in Robert Smigel's The
Ambiguously Gay Duo.  He has also performed as a
voice actor on Cartoon Network's Harvey Birdman
(part of the Adult Swim lineup), appeared on Whose
Line Is It Anyway?, and appeared in commercials
for Mr. Goodwrench.

He coauthored the novel Wigfield with Amy Sedaris
and Paul Dinello.

Some memorable segments he has appeared in for The
Daily Show have included "The Colbert
Réport" (quote: "It's French
language|French, bitch!" — the 't' in both
Colbert and Réport is silent letter|silent)
and "Even Stevphen" with Steve Carell (the segment
title is Steve and Stephen mixed together). He is
especially known currently for his weekly report,
"This Week in God," which many consider to often
be the most humourous segment of the week. (At the
end of the segment he says, "...and that's all
God's done this week.")  In one particular episode
of The Daily Show, he hosted the lead usually done
by Jon Stewart. (This is the episode where Jon
Stewart was absent, so he could be with his wife
when she gave birth.)

The trademark of his voicework in Harvey Birdman,
Attorney at Law (as Phil Ken Sebben, founder of
the law firm of Sebben & Sebben, among others) is
a "Ha, ha!" followed by a phrase relevant to the
scene. (For example, on the subject of cookie
bouquets: "Ha, ha! Cookies on dowels!") "Stephen
Colbert also puts in an excited effort playing
numerous roles, such as Birdman's hypersexual boss
Phil and the size-obsessed attorney Reducto.
According to one commentary, he literally ran
around the recording studio shouting his lines."
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Colbert played a role in the big screen adaptation
of Bewitched. He also starred as a murderer in an
episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Looking on the horizon: Colbert may have a role in
the feature film of Strangers with Candy.

He is marriage|married to Evelyn McGee-Colbert. 
They have three children, who have appeared on The
Daily Show.