Stephen Colbert
Sardonic, deadpan and drier than a desert at noon, this bespectacled satirist became such a popular correspondent on the mock-news series The Daily Show that he earned his own spin-off. Growing up in...
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05/12/1964
Charleston, SC |
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| Deaf in one ear. |
| Voiced Ace opposite Steve Carell's Gary on the animated "Ambiguously Gay Duo" sketches on Saturday Night Live. |
| Youngest of 11 children. |
| Popularized the fictional word "truthiness" after making it the Word of the Day on the debut episode of The Colbert Report; the American Dialect Society named it the Word of the Year in 2005. |
| Has an extensive collection of The Lord of the Rings merchandise, including a Gandalf for President button. |
| Delivered the 2006 commencement address at Illinois' Knox College, where he received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. |
