Cast & Crew
397 actors and 66 crew members
Cast
Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert - Host1,447 episodes
Jon StewartSelf / Self - Guest9 episodes
Mike HuckabeeSelf / Self - Guest8 episodes
Chris MatthewsSelf / Self - Guest6 episodes
Andrew SullivanSelf - Guest / Self (uncredited)5 episodes
Jeff GoldblumSelf / Self - Guest5 episodes
Ken BurnsSelf / Self (uncredited)5 episodes
Arianna HuffingtonSelf4 episodes
Jack WhiteSelf4 episodes
Christiane AmanpourSelf / Self (uncredited)4 episodes
Tim MeadowsSelf / P.K. Winsome (uncredited)4 episodes
Neil YoungSelf - Musical Guest3 episodes
George StephanopoulosSelf - Guest3 episodes
Toby KeithSelf3 episodes
Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf3 episodes
George SaundersSelf - Guest3 episodes
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Lou DobbsSelf3 episodes
Reza AslanSelf3 episodes- Eric DrysdaleBobby (uncredited)3 episodes
David CrossRuss Lieber (voice) (uncredited)3 episodes
Gloria SteinemSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Henry KissingerSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Michael StipeSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Eliot SpitzerSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Neil deGrasse TysonSelf / Self (uncredited)3 episodes
Thomas L. FriedmanSelf - Guest3 episodes
Jim WebbSelf3 episodes
NasSelf2 episodes
Kevin BaconSelf2 episodes
J.J. AbramsSelf2 episodes
Barbara BoxerSelf2 episodes
Mark CubanSelf2 episodes
Amy GoodmanSelf2 episodes
Steve MartinSelf2 episodes- Peter BeinartSelf2 episodes
Daniel EllsbergSelf2 episodes
Deepak ChopraSelf2 episodes
Michael MooreSelf2 episodes
Katrina vanden HeuvelSelf2 episodes
Malcolm GladwellSelf2 episodes
Cornel WestSelf2 episodes
Stone PhillipsSelf2 episodes
Jeff DanielsSelf2 episodes
Paul DinelloTad2 episodes
Tim RobbinsSelf2 episodes
Al GoreSelf2 episodes
Jim LovellSelf2 episodes
Stephen SondheimSelf2 episodes
Elvis CostelloSelf2 episodes
John LegendSelf2 episodes
Bob CostasSelf / Self (uncredited)2 episodes- Maureen DowdSelf / Self (uncredited)2 episodes
Barry ManilowSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Randy NewmanSelf (uncredited)2 episodes- David BrooksSelf2 episodes
Charlie RoseSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Bill ClintonSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Sam WaterstonSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Andrew YoungSelf2 episodes
John McCainSelf - Guest / Self2 episodes
Alan AldaSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
James FrancoSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Peter FramptonSelf / Self (uncredited)2 episodes
Elijah WoodSelf (uncredited)2 episodes
Kevin SpaceySelf2 episodes
Andy CohenSelf - Guest / Self2 episodes
Tom HanksSelf / Self - Guest2 episodes
Barney FrankSelf2 episodes
Tom BrokawSelf (uncredited)2 episodes- David GregorySelf - Guest / Self (uncredited)2 episodes
Byron DorganSelf2 episodes
Bradley WhitfordSelf / Self (uncredited)2 episodes
Matt TaibbiSelf - Guest / Self2 episodes
Ralph NaderSelf - Guest / Self2 episodes
Bernie SandersSelf - Guest2 episodes
Jim CramerSelf / Self (uncredited)2 episodes
John WatersSelf - Guest2 episodes
Cory BookerSelf (uncredited) / Self - Guest2 episodes
Patrick StewartSelf (uncredited) / Self - Guest2 episodes
Rick SpringfieldSelf1 episode
Peggy NoonanSelf1 episode
George WendtSanta1 episode- Catherine CrierSelf1 episode
Douglas Brinkley1 episode
Al FrankenSelf1 episode
Cokie RobertsSelf1 episode
Annie DukeSelf1 episode
Stephanie Tubbs JonesSelf1 episode
Fareed ZakariaSelf1 episode
Greg BehrendtSelf1 episode
Richard Preston Jr.Self1 episode- Harry SmithSelf1 episode
Al SharptonSelf1 episode
Anderson CooperSelf1 episode
Jane FondaSelf - Guest1 episode- Mike Lupica1 episode
John Kasich1 episode
Leslie FeistSelf1 episode
Bob KerreySelf1 episode
Dermot MulroneySelf - Guest1 episode- Gideon Yago1 episode
Lisa LoebSelf1 episode- Dave MarashSelf1 episode
Jim Lehrer1 episode
William KristolSelf1 episode
Ted DansonSelf - Guest1 episode- Emily YoffeSelf1 episode
Tony HawkSelf1 episode- Monica CrowleySelf1 episode
- Robin GivhanSelf - Guest1 episode
Ron SuskindSelf1 episode
Rachel Maddow1 episode
Eugene Jarecki1 episode
Salman Khan1 episode
Gary SiniseSelf1 episode
Robin Wright1 episode
Drew BarrymoreSelf - Guest1 episode
Diane Keaton1 episode
Bob Schieffer1 episode
Garry Kasparov1 episode- Lynn Swann1 episode
Richard Dawkins1 episode
Amy Sedaris1 episode
Ang Lee1 episode
John Mellencamp1 episode
Erik Weiner1 episode
Carole King1 episode
Harry ShearerSelf - Guest1 episode
R. James Woolsey, Jr.Self1 episode
Garry Trudeau1 episode- Donna Shalala1 episode
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.1 episode
Quincy Jones1 episode- Jimmie Johnson1 episode
Martin Short1 episode
Lorraine BraccoSelf1 episode
Alison Becker1 episode
Hillary ClintonSelf1 episode
Ric Ocasek1 episode- Scott McClellanSelf1 episode
James Taylor1 episode
Tony Danza1 episode
Steve Carell1 episode
Frank Luntz1 episode
Mark Ruffalo1 episode
James Cameron1 episode- Nina TotenbergSelf - Guest1 episode
Donald FaisonSelf1 episode- Frank McCourtSelf - Guest1 episode
Mike Wallace1 episode
Ira Glass1 episode
Julie Taymor1 episode
Lupe Fiasco1 episode
Geoffrey Rush1 episode
Daniel CraigSelf - Guest1 episode
Charlize TheronSelf1 episode
Dinesh D'Souza1 episode
Kathryn Bigelow1 episode
Sugar Ray Leonard1 episode- Kevin Mitnick1 episode
William ShatnerSelf - Guest1 episode
Audra McDonald1 episode
Caroline Kennedy1 episode
David McCullough1 episode- Austan Goolsbee1 episode
Eric McCormackSelf1 episode- Ethan Nadelmann1 episode
Wesley Clark1 episode
BjörkSelf - Musical Guest1 episode
John Lithgow1 episode
Ron Howard1 episode
David CopperfieldSelf1 episode
Tom VilsackSelf1 episode
Julie AndrewsSelf - Grimm Colberty Tales1 episode
John HeilemannSelf - Guest1 episode- Charles Murray1 episode
Bonnie Raitt1 episode
Yo-Yo MaSelf - Guest1 episode
Mike Tyson1 episode- Piers Gibbon1 episode
Buzz Aldrin1 episode
Olivia Wilde1 episode
Howard DeanSelf1 episode
Neil Gaiman1 episode
Larry King1 episode
Patti Smith1 episode
Anthony Bourdain1 episode
Jeff Bridges1 episode
Michelle ObamaSelf - Guest1 episode
David FrumSelf - Guest1 episode
Martin SheenSelf - Guest1 episode
Aaron Sorkin1 episode
Jimmy Fallon1 episode
Morgan Spurlock1 episode
David LettermanSelf1 episode
Tavis SmileySelf1 episode
Frank Deford1 episode
Bill O'Reilly1 episode
Jesse Ventura1 episode
Maria Shriver1 episode
Kris Kristofferson1 episode
Carl WilsonSelf - Guest1 episode
Nancy Pelosi1 episode
Anne Rice1 episode
Regina Spektor1 episode- Debra Dickerson1 episode
Meryl Streep1 episode
Werner Herzog1 episode
Brian Cox1 episode- Jeri Kehn Thompson1 episode
John Grisham1 episode- Tony Snow1 episode
- Grover NorquistSelf1 episode
Nora Ephron1 episode- Surya Das1 episode
- Muhammad YunusSelf - Guest1 episode
Ron ReaganSelf1 episode
Richard Branson1 episode- Deborah Tannen1 episode
Peter Singer1 episode
Seth Meyers1 episode
Claire Danes1 episode
Diane Sawyer1 episode
Samuel L. Jackson1 episode
Willem Dafoe1 episode
Neil Patrick Harris1 episode
Niall Ferguson1 episode
Jeffrey Sachs1 episode
Michael Phelps1 episode
Geraldo Rivera1 episode
Brian Eno1 episode
Lisa Jackson1 episode
Barbara Walters1 episode
Cat Stevens1 episode
Harry BelafonteSelf - Guest1 episode
Martha Stewart1 episode
Laird Hamilton1 episode
Steve Coll1 episode
Sarah VowellSelf1 episode
Maz JobraniSelf1 episode- Helen ThomasSelf1 episode
Keith OlbermannSelf1 episode
Conan O'Brien1 episode
Talib Kweli1 episode
John EdwardsSelf1 episode
Paul Simon1 episode
Lena Dunham1 episode
Emmylou Harris1 episode
Rick NielsenSelf1 episode
John OliverSelf1 episode- Ariel LevySelf1 episode
Ed HelmsSelf1 episode
Carl BernsteinSelf - Guest1 episode
Michael SmerconishSelf1 episode
Mike MillsSelf1 episode
Peter BuckSelf1 episode
Morley SaferSelf1 episode
Sarah PalinSelf1 episode
Jamie OliverSelf - Guest1 episode
Jeffrey TamborSelf - Guest1 episode- Mike MullenSelf1 episode
- Lynn SherrSelf1 episode
James M. McPhersonSelf1 episode- Leon WieseltierSelf1 episode
Carol BurnettSelf - Guest1 episode
Robert PlantSelf - Musical Guest1 episode
Walter IsaacsonSelf1 episode
Justin SimienSelf1 episode- William DeresiewiczSelf1 episode
Meredith VieiraSelf - Guest1 episode- Jill LeporeSelf - Guest1 episode
Eva LongoriaSelf - Guest1 episode
Alexandra PelosiSelf1 episode
Alan DershowitzSelf1 episode
Paul BegalaSelf1 episode
John Lewis1 episode- Richard Brodhead1 episode
Jack KingstonSelf1 episode- Bruce FeilerSelf1 episode
- Mary RoachSelf1 episode
John MicaSelf1 episode- Mark UdallSelf1 episode
- Deborah M.Self - Caller from Austin, Texas1 episode
- Colton W.Self - Caller from Poulsboro, Washington1 episode
- Bill R.Self - Caller from Canada1 episode
- Leyla K.Self - Caller from Waukesha, Wisconsin1 episode
Brian GreeneSelf1 episode- Jerry MitchellSelf1 episode
Lesley StahlSelf1 episode
Charlie CristSelf1 episode
Jerry NadlerSelf1 episode
Jackie SpeierSelf1 episode
Chris DoddSelf1 episode
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Self - Guest1 episode
John DingellSelf1 episode
Judy WoodruffSelf1 episode- Phil KlaySelf - Guest1 episode
Kendrick LamarSelf - Musical Guest1 episode
Seth RogenSelf - Guest1 episode- Sarah KoenigSelf - Guest1 episode
James CordenSelf - Guest1 episode
Barack ObamaSelf - Guest1 episode
Paul FarmerSelf1 episode
Christopher NolanSelf - Guest1 episode- Sister Rosemary NyirumbeSelf1 episode
Bill BerrySelf1 episode
Jeffrey ToobinSelf1 episode
Billie Joe ArmstrongSelf1 episode
Tré CoolSelf1 episode
Mike DirntSelf1 episode
Bill BradleySelf1 episode
Scott McCaugheySelf1 episode
Bill RieflinSelf1 episode
Matthew WeinerSelf1 episode
Tony BennettSelf - Guest1 episode
Lady GagaSelf - Guest1 episode
Toni MorrisonSelf - Guest1 episode
Jennifer LawrenceSelf - Guest1 episode- Terence TaoSelf - Guest1 episode
Diane von FürstenbergSelf - Guest1 episode
Kirsten GillibrandSelf - Guest1 episode
Chuck ToddSelf - Guest1 episode
Vince GilliganSelf - Guest1 episode
Daniel RadcliffeSelf - Guest1 episode
Paul GiamattiSelf - Guest1 episode
Orlando BloomSelf - Guest1 episode
Julius ErvingSelf - Guest1 episode- Jay CarneySelf - Guest1 episode
Dave GrohlSelf - Guest1 episode
Elliot PageSelf1 episode
David CassidySelf1 episode- John HarwoodSelf1 episode
Leonard NimoySelf - Guest1 episode- John FeinsteinSelf - Guest1 episode
Dolly PartonSelf - Guest1 episode
Reihan SalamSelf1 episode- Melissa Harris-PerrySelf - Guest1 episode
Bill MoyersSelf - Guest1 episode- Mike AllenSelf - Guest1 episode
- Scott DouglasSelf - Guest1 episode
Jennifer GranholmSelf - Guest1 episode- Bjørn LomborgSelf - Guest1 episode
Garrison KeillorSelf - Guest1 episode
Russell SimmonsSelf - Guest1 episode- Mark MoffettSelf - Guest1 episode
Glenn GreenwaldSelf1 episode- Jon BatisteSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Katie CouricSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Bryan CranstonSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Bill de BlasioSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Terry GrossSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Mark HamillSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Peter JacksonSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Paul KrugmanSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Cyndi LauperSelf (uncredited)1 episode
George LucasSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Willie NelsonSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Eleanor Holmes NortonSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Mandy PatinkinSelf (uncredited)1 episode- Trevor PotterSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Joe QuesadaSelf (uncredited)1 episode
David RemnickSelf (uncredited)1 episode
David RudmanCookie Monster (uncredited)1 episode
Caroll SpinneyBig Bird (uncredited)1 episode
Alex TrebekSelf (uncredited)1 episode
Jeff TweedySelf (uncredited)1 episode
Newt GingrichSelf - Guest1 episode
Sherman AlexieSelf1 episode
Chrystia FreelandSelf - Guest1 episode- Cliff SloanSelf1 episode
- Hugh HewittSelf - Guest1 episode
Nancy GraceSelf - Guest1 episode- John StosselSelf - Guest1 episode
Ned LamontSelf1 episode
Joe ScarboroughSelf1 episode
Russ FeingoldSelf1 episode
Paul RuddSelf - Guest1 episode
David MilibandSelf - Guest1 episode
George TakeiSelf - Guest1 episode
Iggy PopSelf - Guest/Musical Guest1 episode
James WilliamsonSelf - Musical Guest1 episode
Mike WattSelf - Musical Guest1 episode
Linda SánchezSelf1 episode- Michael HastingsSelf - Guest1 episode
Gary JohnsonSelf1 episode
Wendy KoppSelf1 episode
John GaramendiSelf1 episode
Dan KildeeSelf1 episode- Ann PatchettSelf - Guest1 episode
Jaron LanierSelf - Guest1 episode
Benedict CumberbatchSmaug (voice)1 episode- Amy FarrellSelf - Guest1 episode
Gregg AllmanSelf - Guest1 episode
Jimmy WalesSelf1 episode
Raúl GrijalvaSelf1 episode
Chris HedgesSelf1 episode
Crew
Created by
Directing
- Script Supervisor
- Deanna Storey6 eps.
Writing
- Writer
- Tom Purcell1,375 eps.Bobby Mort1,375 eps.Opus Moreschi1,375 eps.Paul Dinello1,375 eps.Nate Charny1,375 eps.Max Werner1,375 eps.Allison Silverman14 eps.Rich Dahm13 eps.Peter Gwinn13 eps.Laura Krafft12 eps.Jay Katsir12 eps.Eric Drysdale11 eps.Stephen Colbert5 eps.Dan Guterman4 eps.Frank Lesser3 eps.Michael Brumm3 eps.Rob Dubbin3 eps.Bryan Adams2 eps.Meredith Scardino2 eps.Glenn Eichler2 eps.Peter Grosz2 eps.Barry Julien2 eps.Scott Sherman1 ep.
- Writers' Assistant
- Alex Cooley4 eps.
Production
- Executive Producer
- Stephen Colbert1,447 eps.Jon Stewart1,447 eps.Ben Karlin491 eps.Tom Purcell40 eps.
- Accountant
- Joshua Bell4 eps.
- Co-Executive Producer
- Barry Julien40 eps.Emily Lazar40 eps.Meredith Bennett40 eps.
- Executive In Charge Of Production
- Richard Korson15 eps.Lou Wallach9 eps.
- Post Production Coordinator
- Jeremy Tchaban4 eps.
- Production Assistant
- Nick Vasile4 eps.Adam Wager4 eps.Philip Knittel4 eps.Gabe Gronli4 eps.Liz Russomanno4 eps.Meg DeFrancesco2 eps.Bryan Dinello2 eps.
- Production Coordinator
- Kate Sunbury-Shupp6 eps.
- Production Manager
- Tanya Michnevich6 eps.
- Researcher
- Julia Lipkins6 eps.Brock Mahan6 eps.Rebecca Rosenberg6 eps.
- Supervising Producer
- Tanya Michnevich40 eps.Paul Dinello40 eps.Matt Lappin40 eps.Rich Dahm32 eps.Allison Silverman32 eps.
Camera
- Camera Operator
- Dante Pagano6 eps.John Harrison6 eps.John Meiklejohn6 eps.Tore Livia4 eps.Ron Washburn2 eps.
Editing
- Editor
- Andrew Matheson5 eps.Jason Baker5 eps.Josh Weinstein5 eps.
Art
- Graphic Designer
- Darryl DeAngelo5 eps.Andro Buneta5 eps.
- Set Designer
- Jim Fenhagen6 eps.
Costume & Make-Up
- Hairstylist
- Antonia Xeras5 eps.
- Makeup & Hair
- Kerrie R. Plant5 eps.
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects
- Ryan Suits32 eps.
Lighting
- Electrician
- Cory Schaub3 eps.Dirk Delacour2 eps.
- Gaffer
- Costa Leonardos3 eps.Cory Schaub2 eps.
- Lighting Design
- Stan Crocker6 eps.
- Lighting Director
- Michael Scricca5 eps.
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