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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert is known as a comedian and talk show host. He is most famous for hosting Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report'.

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Background and Age

Stephen Colbert was born on May 13, 1964, in Washington, D.C. Colbert experienced childhood in Charleston, South Carolina, the most youthful of 11 children. In 1974, when he was 10, Colbert experienced what was likely the characterizing occasion of his youth when his father and two of his siblings passed away in a plane accident. He developed thoughtful, discovering comfort in perusing, particularly sci-fi and fantasy books. Stephen Colbert figured out how to convey his emotions through acting, which he did in a few school plays at Charleston's Episcopal Porter-Gaud School. He later enlisted at Hampden-Sydney College of Virginia with the expectation of turning into a way of thinking major, however it wasn't some time before he reevaluated and moved to Northwestern University.

Career and Net Worth

In the wake of moving on from Northwestern in 1986, Colbert moved to Chicago and accepted a position in the workplaces of the Second City parody troupe. In the fall of 2005, The Colbert Report started airing on Comedy Central, including Colbert as a boring, swirling conservative host, a spoof of intellectuals who commanded the television show airwaves. In April 2014, after David Letterman reported his arrangements to resign in 2015, Colbert was chosen to supplant him. He said just being a guest on the show was a huge highlight for him so becoming the new host was an exciting time.

In August 2019, in the midst of acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli's disputable remarks about the popular Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty work, Stephen Colbert has his very own comment. Cuccinelli doubled down, guaranteeing the ballad was alluding generally to settlers originating from Europe. At that point the "Late Show" host offered his own edit on Twitter in contrast to the ballad, "So long as we're accepting updates to the Statue of Liberty poem, I have one. Give me your tired, your poor. And in exchange, we will give you Ken Cuccinelli.

Marriage, Wife and Kids

Stephen Colbert has been married to his significant other, Evelyn, since 1993. She is an actress and even played Stephen's mom in the film, 'Strangers With Candy'. She now wears the title of a 'housewife', this does not prevent her from putting down the law, as her better half isn't permitted to bring his work home. Before marrying Evelyn, Colber was in a long haul romantic association with a lady named Ann.

 


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 13 May, 1964
Age: 56 yrs
Occupations: Actor
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television presenter
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Washington, D.C.
Education: Northwestern University
Gender: Male
Description: American comedian and writer
Net Worth 2021: 75 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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