斯蒂芬·泰隆·科尔伯特（Stephen Tyrone Colbert，1964 年 5 月 13 日出生）是美国政治讽刺作家、作家、喜剧演员、电视节目主持人和演员。他是喜剧中心（Comedy Central）的《科尔伯特报告》（The Colbert Report）的主持人，这是一档讽刺新闻节目，科尔伯特在节目中描绘了保守派政治专家的漫画版本。

科尔伯特最初学习成为一名演员，但在就读西北大学时遇到著名的第二城市导演德尔·克洛斯时，他对即兴戏剧产生了兴趣。他首先在芝加哥第二城市作为史蒂夫·卡瑞尔（Steve Carell）的替补进行专业表演;他的剧团成员包括喜剧演员保罗·迪内洛（Paul Dinello）和艾米·塞达里斯（Amy Sedaris），他与他们一起开发了广受好评的小品喜剧系列《57号出口》。

Colbert 还在短命的 Dana Carvey Show 中创作和表演，然后再次与 Sedaris 和 Dinello 合作制作邪典电视连续剧 Strangers with Candy。他因在后者中扮演封闭的同性恋历史老师查克·诺布莱特（Chuck Noblet）的角色而获得了相当大的关注。然而，正是他在喜剧中心（Comedy Central）的新闻模仿系列节目《每日秀》（The Daily Show）中担任记者的工作，首次将他介绍给了广大观众。

2005年，他与乔恩·斯图尔特（Jon Stewart）一起离开了《每日秀》（The Daily Show），主持了衍生系列节目《科尔伯特报告》（The Colbert Report）。遵循《每日秀》的新闻模仿概念，《科尔伯特报告》是对个性驱动的政治观点节目的模仿，如《奥莱利因素》。自首播以来，该系列已成为喜剧中心收视率最高的系列之一，为科尔伯特赢得了三项艾美奖提名，并受邀在 2006 年白宫记者协会晚宴上担任特色艺人。2006 年，Colbert 被《时代》杂志评为 100 位最具影响力的人物之一。他的著作《我是美国》（你也可以！）在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上排名第一。

Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.

Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57.

Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience.

In 2005, he left The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to host a spin-off series, The Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show's news-parody concept, The Colbert Report is a parody of personality-driven political opinion shows such as The O'Reilly Factor. Since its debut, the series has established itself as one of Comedy Central's highest-rated series, earning Colbert three Emmy Award nominations and an invitation to perform as featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2006. Colbert was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2006. His book I Am America (And So Can You!) was No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

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