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- NAME: Stephen Colbert
- OCCUPATION: Comedian, Talk Show Host
- BIRTH DATE: May 13, 1964 (Age: 49)
- EDUCATION: Northwestern University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington, D.C.
- Full Name: Stephen Tyrone Colbert
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
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Comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert was a mock news correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show before hosting his own spin-off, The Colbert Show.
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The controversy only ignited further his popularity, though, and The Colbert Report has been a Comedy Central powerhouse ever since.
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When Stephen Colbert is not deadpanning on TV, he keeps busy writing—he published I Am America (and So Can You!) in 2007 and contributed to 2004’s America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction. He also arranged (with Jon Stewart) the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, a gathering in Washington, D.C., that served both to parody events staged by conservative commentator Glenn Beck and the Rev. Al Sharpton and to attempt to get a serious dialogue going on issues of the day.
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