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The Colbert Report
Cast & Crew
Cast
432
Stephen ColbertSelf - Host
Rick SpringfieldSelf
Peggy NoonanSelf
George WendtSanta- Catherine CrierSelf
Douglas Brinkley
Al FrankenSelf
NasSelf
Cokie RobertsSelf
Annie DukeSelf
Kevin BaconSelf
Stephanie Tubbs JonesSelf
Fareed ZakariaSelf
Greg BehrendtSelf
Richard Preston Jr.Self
J.J. AbramsSelf
Barbara BoxerSelf
Mark CubanSelf- Harry SmithSelf
Amy GoodmanSelf
Steve MartinSelf
Al SharptonSelf
Anderson CooperSelf
Jane FondaSelf - Guest- Mike Lupica
- Peter BeinartSelf
Daniel EllsbergSelf
John Kasich
Leslie FeistSelf
Bob KerreySelf
Deepak ChopraSelf
Michael MooreSelf
Dermot MulroneySelf - Guest
Katrina vanden HeuvelSelf- Gideon Yago
Neil YoungSelf - Musical Guest
Malcolm GladwellSelf
Lisa LoebSelf
Cornel WestSelf
Stone PhillipsSelf- Dave MarashSelf
Jeff DanielsSelf
Paul DinelloTad
Jim Lehrer
William KristolSelf
Tim RobbinsSelf
Ted DansonSelf - Guest- Emily YoffeSelf
Al GoreSelf
George StephanopoulosSelf - Guest
Jon StewartSelf- Jon StewartSelf - Guest
Tony HawkSelf
Jim LovellSelf- Monica CrowleySelf
Stephen SondheimSelf- Robin GivhanSelf - Guest
Ron SuskindSelf
Rachel Maddow
Eugene Jarecki
Salman Khan
Gary SiniseSelf
Robin Wright
Drew BarrymoreSelf - Guest
Diane Keaton
Bob Schieffer
Garry Kasparov
Lynn Swann
Richard Dawkins
Amy Sedaris
Ang Lee
John Mellencamp
Erik Weiner
Carole King
Harry ShearerSelf - Guest
R. James Woolsey, Jr.Self
Garry Trudeau- Donna Shalala
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Toby KeithSelf
Quincy Jones- Jimmie Johnson
Martin Short
Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf
Lorraine BraccoSelf
Alison Becker
Hillary ClintonSelf
Ric Ocasek- Scott McClellanSelf
James Taylor
Tony Danza
Steve Carell
Frank Luntz
Mark Ruffalo
James Cameron- Nina TotenbergSelf - Guest
Donald FaisonSelf- Frank McCourtSelf - Guest
Mike Wallace
Ira Glass
Julie Taymor
Lupe Fiasco
Geoffrey Rush
Daniel CraigSelf - Guest
Charlize TheronSelf
Dinesh D'Souza
Kathryn Bigelow
Sugar Ray Leonard- Kevin Mitnick
William ShatnerSelf - Guest
Audra McDonald
Caroline Kennedy
David McCullough- Austan Goolsbee
Eric McCormackSelf- Ethan Nadelmann
Wesley Clark
BjörkSelf - Musical Guest
John Lithgow
Ron Howard
David CopperfieldSelf
Tom VilsackSelf
Julie AndrewsSelf - Grimm Colberty Tales
John HeilemannSelf - Guest- Charles Murray
Bonnie Raitt
Yo-Yo MaSelf - Guest
Mike Tyson- Piers Gibbon
Buzz Aldrin
Olivia Wilde
Arianna HuffingtonSelf
Howard DeanSelf
Andrew SullivanSelf (uncredited)- Andrew SullivanSelf - Guest
Neil Gaiman
Larry King
Patti Smith
Anthony Bourdain
Jeff Bridges
Michelle ObamaSelf - Guest
David FrumSelf - Guest
Martin SheenSelf - Guest
Aaron Sorkin
Jimmy Fallon
Morgan Spurlock
David Letterman
Jack WhiteSelf
Tavis SmileySelf
Frank Deford
Bill O'Reilly
George SaundersSelf - Guest
Jesse Ventura
Maria Shriver
Kris Kristofferson
Carl WilsonSelf - Guest
Elvis CostelloSelf
Nancy Pelosi
Anne Rice
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSelf- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSelf (uncredited)
Regina Spektor
Lou DobbsSelf- Debra Dickerson
Meryl Streep
John LegendSelf
Werner Herzog
Brian Cox- Jeri Kehn Thompson
John Grisham- Tony Snow
- Grover NorquistSelf
Nora Ephron
Chris MatthewsSelf- Chris MatthewsSelf - Guest
- Surya Das
Bob CostasSelf- Bob CostasSelf (uncredited)
- Muhammad YunusSelf - Guest
- Maureen DowdSelf
- Maureen DowdSelf (uncredited)
Ron ReaganSelf
Richard Branson- Deborah Tannen
Peter Singer
Seth Meyers
Barry Manilow- Barry ManilowSelf (uncredited)
Reza AslanSelf
Claire Danes
Diane Sawyer
Samuel L. Jackson
Willem Dafoe
Neil Patrick Harris
Niall Ferguson
Jeffrey Sachs
Randy Newman- Randy NewmanSelf (uncredited)
Michael Phelps
Christiane AmanpourSelf- Christiane AmanpourSelf (uncredited)
Geraldo Rivera
Brian Eno
Lisa Jackson
Jeff GoldblumSelf- Jeff GoldblumSelf - Guest
Barbara Walters
Cat Stevens
Harry BelafonteSelf - Guest
Martha Stewart
Laird Hamilton
Steve Coll- David BrooksSelf
Sarah VowellSelf
Maz JobraniSelf- Helen ThomasSelf
Keith OlbermannSelf
Conan O'Brien
Talib Kweli
John EdwardsSelf
Paul Simon
Lena Dunham
Charlie Rose- Charlie RoseSelf (uncredited)
Emmylou Harris
Bill Clinton- Bill ClintonSelf (uncredited)
Rick NielsenSelf
Sam Waterston- Sam WaterstonSelf (uncredited)
John OliverSelf
Andrew YoungSelf- Ariel LevySelf
Ed HelmsSelf
Carl BernsteinSelf - Guest
Michael SmerconishSelf
John McCainSelf- John McCainSelf - Guest
Mike MillsSelf
Peter BuckSelf
Morley SaferSelf
Sarah PalinSelf
Jamie OliverSelf - Guest
Jeffrey TamborSelf - Guest
Alan Alda- Alan AldaSelf (uncredited)
- Mike MullenSelf
James Franco- James FrancoSelf (uncredited)
- Lynn SherrSelf
James M. McPhersonSelf- Leon WieseltierSelf
Ken BurnsSelf- Ken BurnsSelf (uncredited)
Carol BurnettSelf - Guest
Robert PlantSelf - Musical Guest
Walter IsaacsonSelf
Justin SimienSelf- William DeresiewiczSelf
Meredith VieiraSelf - Guest
Peter FramptonSelf- Peter FramptonSelf (uncredited)
- Jill LeporeSelf - Guest
Eva LongoriaSelf - Guest
Alexandra PelosiSelf
Alan DershowitzSelf
Paul BegalaSelf
Elijah Wood- Elijah WoodSelf (uncredited)
John Lewis
Kevin SpaceySelf- Richard Brodhead
Jack KingstonSelf- Eric DrysdaleBobby (uncredited)
- Bruce FeilerSelf
David CrossRuss Lieber (voice) (uncredited)- Mary RoachSelf
Andy CohenSelf- Andy CohenSelf - Guest
Gloria SteinemSelf- Gloria SteinemSelf (uncredited)
John MicaSelf- Mark UdallSelf
- Deborah M.Self - Caller from Austin, Texas
- Colton W.Self - Caller from Poulsboro, Washington
Tom HanksSelf- Tom HanksSelf - Guest
- Bill R.Self - Caller from Canada
- Leyla K.Self - Caller from Waukesha, Wisconsin
Brian GreeneSelf
Henry KissingerSelf- Henry KissingerSelf (uncredited)
Barney FrankSelf- Jerry MitchellSelf
Lesley StahlSelf
Tom Brokaw- Tom BrokawSelf (uncredited)
Charlie CristSelf
Jerry NadlerSelf
Michael StipeSelf- Michael StipeSelf (uncredited)
Jackie SpeierSelf
Chris DoddSelf
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Self - Guest
John DingellSelf
Judy WoodruffSelf- David GregorySelf (uncredited)
- David GregorySelf - Guest
- Phil KlaySelf - Guest
Kendrick LamarSelf - Musical Guest
Seth RogenSelf - Guest- Sarah KoenigSelf - Guest
James CordenSelf - Guest
Barack ObamaSelf - Guest
Paul FarmerSelf
Christopher NolanSelf - Guest- Sister Rosemary NyirumbeSelf
Bill BerrySelf
Byron DorganSelf
Jeffrey ToobinSelf
Tim MeadowsP.K. Winsome (uncredited)- Tim MeadowsSelf
Billie Joe ArmstrongSelf
Tré CoolSelf
Mike DirntSelf
Eliot SpitzerSelf- Eliot SpitzerSelf (uncredited)
Mike HuckabeeSelf- Mike HuckabeeSelf - Guest
Bill BradleySelf
Bradley WhitfordSelf- Bradley WhitfordSelf (uncredited)
Scott McCaugheySelf
Bill RieflinSelf
Matthew WeinerSelf
Tony BennettSelf - Guest
Lady GagaSelf - Guest
Neil deGrasse TysonSelf- Neil deGrasse TysonSelf (uncredited)
Matt TaibbiSelf- Matt TaibbiSelf - Guest
Toni MorrisonSelf - Guest
Ralph NaderSelf- Ralph NaderSelf - Guest
Bernie SandersSelf - Guest
Jennifer LawrenceSelf - Guest
Jim CramerSelf- Jim CramerSelf (uncredited)
- Terence TaoSelf - Guest
Diane von FürstenbergSelf - Guest
Kirsten GillibrandSelf - Guest- Chuck ToddSelf - Guest
Vince GilliganSelf - Guest
Daniel RadcliffeSelf - Guest
Paul GiamattiSelf - Guest
Orlando BloomSelf - Guest
Julius ErvingSelf - Guest- Jay CarneySelf - Guest
Dave GrohlSelf - Guest
Elliot PageSelf
John WatersSelf - Guest
Thomas L. FriedmanSelf - Guest
David CassidySelf- John HarwoodSelf
Leonard NimoySelf - Guest- John FeinsteinSelf - Guest
Dolly PartonSelf - Guest- Reihan SalamSelf
- Melissa Harris-PerrySelf - Guest
Bill MoyersSelf - Guest- Mike AllenSelf - Guest
- Scott DouglasSelf - Guest
Cory BookerSelf (uncredited)- Cory BookerSelf - Guest
Jennifer GranholmSelf - Guest- Bjørn LomborgSelf - Guest
Garrison KeillorSelf - Guest
Russell SimmonsSelf - Guest- Mark MoffettSelf - Guest
Glenn GreenwaldSelf- Jon BatisteSelf (uncredited)
Patrick StewartSelf (uncredited)- Patrick StewartSelf - Guest
Katie CouricSelf (uncredited)
Bryan CranstonSelf (uncredited)
Bill de BlasioSelf (uncredited)
Terry GrossSelf (uncredited)
Mark HamillSelf (uncredited)
Peter JacksonSelf (uncredited)
Paul KrugmanSelf (uncredited)
Cyndi LauperSelf (uncredited)
George LucasSelf (uncredited)
Willie NelsonSelf (uncredited)
Eleanor Holmes NortonSelf (uncredited)
Mandy PatinkinSelf (uncredited)- Trevor PotterSelf (uncredited)
Joe QuesadaSelf (uncredited)
David RemnickSelf (uncredited)
David RudmanCookie Monster (uncredited)
Caroll SpinneyBig Bird (uncredited)
Alex TrebekSelf (uncredited)
Jeff TweedySelf (uncredited)
Newt GingrichSelf - Guest
Sherman AlexieSelf- Chrystia FreelandSelf - Guest
- Cliff SloanSelf
- Hugh HewittSelf - Guest
Nancy GraceSelf - Guest- John StosselSelf - Guest
Ned LamontSelf
Joe ScarboroughSelf
Russ FeingoldSelf
Jim WebbSelf
Paul RuddSelf - Guest
David MilibandSelf - Guest
George TakeiSelf - Guest
Iggy PopSelf - Guest/Musical Guest
James WilliamsonSelf - Musical Guest
Mike WattSelf - Musical Guest
Linda SánchezSelf- Michael HastingsSelf - Guest
Gary JohnsonSelf
Wendy KoppSelf
John GaramendiSelf- Dan KildeeSelf
- Ann PatchettSelf - Guest
Jaron LanierSelf - Guest
Benedict CumberbatchSmaug (voice)- Amy FarrellSelf - Guest
Gregg AllmanSelf - Guest
Jimmy WalesSelf- Raúl GrijalvaSelf
Directing
2Writing
24- Paul DinelloWriter
- Stephen ColbertWriter
- Bobby MortWriter
Barry JulienWriter
Peter GroszWriter
Meredith ScardinoWriter- Glenn EichlerWriter
- Eric DrysdaleWriter
- Allison SilvermanWriter
- Jay KatsirWriter
- Laura KrafftWriter
- Peter GwinnWriter
- Michael BrummWriter
- Frank LesserWriter
- Rob DubbinWriter
- Bryan AdamsWriter
- Scott ShermanWriter
- Rich DahmWriter
- Dan GutermanWriter
- Tom PurcellWriter
- Opus MoreschiWriter
- Max WernerWriter
- Nate CharnyWriter
- Alex CooleyWriters' Assistant
Production
27- Jon StewartExecutive Producer
- Paul DinelloSupervising Producer
- Stephen ColbertExecutive Producer
- Barry JulienCo-Executive Producer
Ben KarlinExecutive Producer- Allison SilvermanSupervising Producer
- Rich DahmSupervising Producer
- Tom PurcellExecutive Producer
- Meredith BennettCo-Executive Producer
- Tanya MichnevichProduction Manager, Supervising Producer
- Emily LazarCo-Executive Producer
- Matt LappinSupervising Producer
- Brock MahanResearcher
- Gabe GronliProduction Assistant
- Lou WallachExecutive In Charge Of Production
- Meg DeFrancescoProduction Assistant
- Rebecca RosenbergResearcher
- Julia LipkinsResearcher
- Kate Sunbury-ShuppProduction Coordinator
- Joshua BellAccountant
- Jeremy TchabanPost Production Coordinator
- Philip KnittelProduction Assistant
- Liz RussomannoProduction Assistant
- Nick VasileProduction Assistant
- Adam WagerProduction Assistant
- Richard KorsonExecutive In Charge Of Production
- Bryan DinelloProduction Assistant
