Stephen Colbert

In 2012, Stephen was ranked #69 on Maxim's Hot 100 list, thanks to the write in ballot.

While on The Daily Show, Stephen Colbert contributed to Indecision 2000 and Indecision 2004 and won two Peabody Awards for that. He won his third Peabody, on April 2, 2008, for his work on The Colbert Report.

Colbert was an avid player of fantasy Role Playing Games. As an adolescent, such as Dungeons and Dragons. He played non-stop from 1977 to 1981. His interest in sci-fi/fantasy extends to the Lord of the Rings. He recorded an entire biography of the character "Aragorn" when his portrayer Viggo Mortensen was on The Daily Show. Later, Mortensen sent Colbert a platter of LOTR characters made out of chocolate.

In addition to The Colbert Report, Stephen has worked on various projects, including improv with group Second City in Chicago, wacky segments on Good Morning America, the after-school special parody Strangers with Candy, starring friends Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, a turn as Stu Robinson in the 2005 big screen adaptation of Bewitched, and reporting on The Daily Show as a correspondent or as occasional anchor while Jon was had other engagements.

He loves Richard Nixon. He has a 1972 Nixon campaign poster on the wall of his office. He is quoted as saying: "He was so liberal! Look at what he was running on. He started the EPA. He opened China. He gave 18-year-olds the vote. His issues were education, drugs, women, minorities, youth involvement, ending the draft, and improving the environment. John Kerry couldn't have run on this! What would I give for a Nixon?"

His favorite comic was once Bill Cosby. He was also influenced by the comedian Don Novello, best known as Father Guido Sarducci—but what Colbert loved best was the ultrapatriotic correspondence Novello wrote to various corporations under the pseudonym Lazlo Toth, published as The Lazlo Letters, each one concluding with the sign-off "Stand by our President."

When Stephen appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman on December 14, 2005, he performed what he called a "Stupid Human Trick." He tucked the outside of his right ear into his ear canal and blinked, forcing it to pop out.

Stephen provided the voice of Ace for Saturday Night Live's "Ambiguosly Gay Duo" cartoons. Ace's counterpart, Gary, was voiced by fellow Daily Show correspondent Steve Carell. Stephen has also voiced several characters on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers. Stephen also lent his voice to some satirical attack ads, which were used for the 2005 Academy Awards.

All of Stephen's three children have appeared on The Daily Show.

He's the host of a popular Comedy Central show called The Colbert Report. Unlike other family members, he does not pronounce the "t" at the end. This show averages over one million viewers each night.