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Biography:Comedian Stephen Colbert was born in 1964 in South Carolina and studied philosophy at the all-men's private liberal arts school Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Moving to Chicago to study theater at Northwestern, he got involved at Second City, where he met fellow comedians Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. The three of them moved to New York to create the sketch comedy show Exit 57, originally aired on Comedy Central. As a writer for The Dana Carvey Show, Colbert got the chance to write for Saturday Night Live for several seasons. While working on SNL, he met up with animator Robert Smigel and provided voices for TV Funhouse's "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (along with the voice of Steve Carrell). Colbert has also provided voices on the puppet show Crank Yankers and the Cartoon Network series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Colbert is probably best known as a senior correspondent for The Daily Show on... Full Biography

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Stephen Colbert attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Celebration in New York on May...
Stephen Colbert attends Comic Con at the Jacob Javits Center in New York on Feb. 23, 2007.
Stephen Colbert covering the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia for The Daily Show on...
Stephen Colbert and his wife attending the world premiere of "Bewitched", at the Ziegfeld Theatre in...
Stephen Colbert attends "Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit For Autism Education" in New...
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are interviewed by Nancy O'Dell backstage at the 60th Primetime Emmy...
Stephen Colbert holds the award for outstanding writing for a variety, music or comedy program for...
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Nov. 2, 2009, 8:35 PM EST
Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating team for 2010 Vancouver Olympics
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