Cast and Crew of The Colbert Report

Cast of
The Colbert Report

About The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is a groundbreaking American satirical late-night television program that has aired on Comedy Central since 2005. The show is hosted by political humorist Stephen Colbert, who first gained fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off and counterpart to The Daily Show, and it offers sharp commentary on politics and the media, satirizing personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.

At the heart of The Colbert Report is the character of Stephen Colbert, a fictional anchorman played by Colbert himself. This character is a caricature of televised political pundits, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot." Through this character, Colbert is able to hold a mirror up to the world of political punditry, highlighting its absurdity and hypocrisy in a way that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.

The Colbert Report has been widely recognized for its excellence, earning seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations each year from 2006 to 2012, as well as two Television Critics Association Awards and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it finally took home two Emmys. Despite its satirical nature, the show has often been taken seriously, with organizations such as the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and Robert Wexler presenting it as non-satirical journalism. The Report also received significant media coverage following its debut, thanks in large part to Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness," which Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year. Whether you're a politics junkie or just looking for a good laugh, The Colbert Report is definitely worth checking out.

Main Cast of The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert
plays Self - Host (1447 episodes)

Stephen Colbert as Self - Host
In "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert masterfully transforms into the character "Stephen Colbert," a self-important, pompous conservative pundit. His performance as Self - Host in this satirical news show is nothing short of brilliant, as he uses wit, sarcasm, and impeccable comedic timing to poke fun at political and cultural issues. Colbert's ability to maintain his character throughout the show, while subtly revealing his genuine satire, creates a captivating and entertaining TV experience that is both humorous and thought-provoking. His performance serves as a defining moment in political satire and talk shows, leaving a lasting impact on audiences and critics alike. See Stephen Colbert's other roles

Secondary Cast of The Colbert Report

Rick Springfield
plays Self (1 episode)

Rick Springfield as Self

Richard Lewis Springthorpe is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. As a musician, he is known for th...

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Peggy Noonan
plays Self (1 episode)

George Wendt
plays Santa (2 episodes)

George Wendt as Santa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Robert Wendt III(born October 17, 1948) is an American actor, best kno...

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Catherine Crier
plays Self (1 episode)

Maureen Dowd
plays Self (1 episode)

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow was born on June 17, 1943 and is currently 81 years old.

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Douglas Brinkley

Al Franken
plays Self (2 episodes)

Al Franken as Self

Alan Stuart Franken is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States ...

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Nas

Bob Costas
plays Self (1 episode)

Bob Costas as Self

Robert Quinlan Costas is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through...

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Cokie Roberts
plays Self (1 episode)

Cokie Roberts as Self

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 –...

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Annie Duke
plays Self (1 episode)

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal Hous...

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Stephanie Tubbs Jones
plays Self (1 episode)

Fareed Zakaria
plays Self (1 episode)

Greg Behrendt
plays Self (1 episode)

Richard Preston Jr.
plays Self (1 episode)

Randy Newman

Randy Newman

Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist know...

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J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the genres of ac...

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Barbara Boxer
plays Self (2 episodes)

Mark Cuban
plays Self (2 episodes)

Mark Cuban as Self

Mark Cuban is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor whose net worth is a...

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Harry Smith
plays Self (1 episode)

Amy Goodman

Christopher Noxon

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, mus...

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Jane Fonda
plays Self - Guest (1 episode)

Jane Fonda as Self - Guest

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the re...

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Mike Lupica

Peter Beinart

Daniel Ellsberg

John Kasich

John Kasich

John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician, author, and television news host who served as the 69th Governor o...

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Leslie Feist
plays Self (2 episodes)

Leslie Feist as Self

Leslie Feist was born on February 13, 1976 and is currently 48 years old.

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Bob Kerrey
plays Self (1 episode)

Deepak Chopra

Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and prod...

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Jon Stewart
plays Self (8 episodes)

Jon Stewart as Self

Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television...

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Dermot Mulroney
plays Self - Guest (1 episode)

Dermot Mulroney as Self - Guest

Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in romantic comedy, western, ...

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Katrina vanden Heuvel
plays Self (1 episode)

Gideon Yago

Malcolm Gladwell
plays Self (2 episodes)

Malcolm Gladwell as Self

Malcolm Gladwell was born on September 3, 1963 and is currently 61 years old.

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Lisa Loeb
plays Self (1 episode)

Lisa Loeb as Self

Lisa Loeb was born on March 11, 1968 and is currently 56 years old.

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Cornel West
plays Self (2 episodes)

Stone Phillips
plays Self (2 episodes)

David Gergen
plays Self (1 episode)

Dave Marash
plays Self (1 episode)

Jeff Daniels
plays Self (2 episodes)

Jeff Daniels as Self

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. He founded a no...

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Paul Dinello
plays Tad (2 episodes)

Jim Lehrer

William Kristol

Tim Robbins
plays Self (2 episodes)

Tim Robbins as Self

Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician....

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Ted Danson

Ted Danson

Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as central chara...

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Emily Yoffe
plays Self (1 episode)

Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), under President Bill...

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George Stephanopoulos
plays Self (3 episodes)

George Stephanopoulos as Self

George Stephanopoulos was born on February 10, 1961 and is currently 63 years old.

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Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American professional skateboarder. Hawk gained significant fame ...

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Jim Lovell

Monica Crowley
plays Self (1 episode)

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American ...

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Robin Givhan
plays Self (1 episode)

Ron Suskind
plays Self (1 episode)

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. A...

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Andrew Sullivan
plays Self (4 episodes)

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow was born on April 1, 1973 and is currently 51 years old.

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Eugene Jarecki

Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose was born on January 5, 1942 and is currently 82 years old.

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Salman Khan

Gary Sinise
plays Self (1 episode)

Gary Sinise as Self

Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director, humanitarian, and musician. Among other a...

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Robin Wright

Robin Wright

Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Curran in Fo...

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Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, businesswoman, and talk sh...

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Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Diane Hall Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946) is an American actress. Known for her idiosyncratic personality ...

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Bob Schieffer

Garry Kasparov

Lynn Swann

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolution...

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Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris

Amy Louise Sedaris is an American actress, author, and comedian. She is known for playing the character Jerri Blank i...

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Ang Lee

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp was born on October 7, 1951 and is currently 72 years old.

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Erik Weiner

Carole King

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highes...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
plays Self (3 episodes)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Self

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) is an American former professional basketball player who play...

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Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry Julius Shearer  (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedia...

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R. James Woolsey, Jr.
plays Self (1 episode)

Garry Trudeau

Donna Shalala

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who curren...

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Toby Keith
plays Self (4 episodes)

Toby Keith as Self

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), best known as Toby Keith, is an Amer...

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Quincy Jones

Jimmie Johnson

Martin Short

Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best ...

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and...

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Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas...

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Alison Becker

Alison Becker

Alison Becker was born on March 8, 1977 and is currently 47 years old.

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Hillary Clinton
plays Self (1 episode)

Hillary Clinton as Self

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician...

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Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 t...

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Ric Ocasek

William Rieflin

Jim Webb

James Taylor

James Taylor

James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948 and is currently 76 years old.

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Tony Danza

Tony Danza

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1950) is an Italian-...

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Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in The Office (2...

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Frank Luntz

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor and producer. He began acting in the early 1990s and ...

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James Cameron

James Cameron

James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of a...

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Nina Totenberg
plays Self (1 episode)

Donald Faison

Donald Faison

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Donald Adeosun Faison ( born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and voice...

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Frank McCourt
plays Self (1 episode)

Mike Wallace

Ira Glass

Ira Glass

Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television se...

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Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received ...

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Lupe Fiasco

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on st...

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Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is a British actor. He gained international fame playing the secret agent ...

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Dinesh D'Souza

Sherman Alexie

Kathryn Bigelow

Sugar Ray Leonard

Kevin Mitnick

William Shatner

William Shatner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, ...

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Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won...

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Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957 and is currently 66 years old.

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James Stewart

David McCullough

Austan Goolsbee

Eric McCormack

Eric McCormack

Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963, height 5' 11" (1,80 m)) is a Canadian American actor, musician, writer and...

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Ethan Nadelmann

Wesley Clark

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of F...

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James Franco

James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he wa...

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Björk
plays Self - Musical Guest (1 episode)

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow...

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Ron Howard

Ron Howard

Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a c...

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Tom Vilsack
plays Self (1 episode)

Julie Andrews
plays Self - Grimm Colberty Tales (1 episode)

Julie Andrews as Self - Grimm Colberty Tales

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Go...

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John Heilemann

Charles Murray

Bonnie Raitt

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma is a French-born American cellist. He was born in Paris and spent his schooling years in New York City and w...

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Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Alan Alda  (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award an...

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Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, competing from 1985 to 2005. He r...

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Piers Gibbon

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was the second man on the moon in 1969.

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Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Jane Cockburn (born March 10, 1984), known professionally as Olivia Wilde, is an American actress and filmmake...

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Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to promi...

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Howard Dean

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Neil Richard Gaiman (born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fict...

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Larry King

Larry King

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television host, radio...

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Neil Young
plays Himself (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Patti Smith

Christiane Amanpour

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and television person...

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Anderson Cooper
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode) , Self (1 episode)

Anderson Cooper as Self (archive footage)

Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary anchor of the C...

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Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent ac...

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Michelle Obama
plays Self (1 episode)

Michelle Obama as Self

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th Pres...

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David Frum

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He f...

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Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright. He is reco...

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Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

Christopher John Matthews is a retired American political commentator, talk show host, and author.

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Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon

James Thomas Fallon, Jr. (born September 18, 1974) is an American actor, television host, comedian, singer, and music...

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Morgan Spurlock

David Letterman

David Letterman

David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television talk show host, comedian, writer, and ...

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Jack White
plays Self (4 episodes)

Jack White as Self

John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and produc...

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Tavis Smiley
plays Self (1 episode)

Frank Deford

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American t...

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Al Sharpton
plays Self (archive footage from Rosa Parks funeral) (1 episode) , Self (1 episode)

George Saunders
plays Self (1 episode)

Jesse Ventura

Maria Shriver

Kris Kristofferson

Carl Wilson
plays Self - Guest (1 episode)

John McCain
plays Self (1 episode)

John McCain as Self

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer ...

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Elvis Costello
plays Self (3 episodes)

Elvis Costello as Self

Referencing prodigies of rock lyricism may not bring Elvis Costello to mind for some, but he does deserve considerati...

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Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives sinc...

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Anne Rice

Anne Rice

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien; October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic, erotic, and relig...

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Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor

Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Spektor was born in 1980 in Moscow,...

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Debra Dickerson

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her g...

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John Legend
plays Self (3 episodes)

John Legend as Self

John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and producer. He was born John Roger Stephens on Dec...

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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, ...

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Brian Cox

Brian Cox

​Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Com...

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Jeri Kehn Thompson

John Grisham

John Grisham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Ray Grisham, Jr. (born February 8, 1955)  is an American author, best kn...

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Tony Snow

Grover Norquist
plays Self (1 episode)

Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941-June 26, 2012) was an American film director, ...

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Surya Das

Muhammad Yunus

Ron Reagan

Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin...

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Deborah Tannen

Peter Singer

Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He h...

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Reza Aslan

Claire Danes

Diane Sawyer

Diane Sawyer

Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks i...

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized ac...

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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, inc...

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Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primari...

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Niall Ferguson

Jeffrey Sachs

Thomas L. Friedman
plays Self (1 episode)

Lou Dobbs
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode) , Self (3 episodes)

Lou Dobbs as Self (archive footage)

Louis Carl Dobbs is an American television commentator, author, conspiracy theorist, anti-immigration advocate, radio...

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Scott McClellan
plays Self (archive footage from press briefing 11/08/2005) (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Michael Phelps

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera was born on July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known f...

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Brian Eno

Lisa Jackson

Charlize Theron
plays Self (archive footage from North Country) (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Charlize Theron as Self (archive footage from North Country)

Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a South African-American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-pai...

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Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Walters was known for ...

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Cat Stevens

Arianna Huffington
plays Self - Guest - The Huffington Post (1 episode) , Self (3 episodes)

Arianna Huffington as Self - Guest - The Huffington Post

Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stasinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλος)) is a Greek American author and syndica...

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Judy Woodruff

Harry Belafonte
plays Self - Guest (1 episode)

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA as Martha Helen Kostyra. She is an actress and p...

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Laird Hamilton

Laird Hamilton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Laird Hamilton (born 1964) is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow...

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David Copperfield
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode) , (1 episode)

David Copperfield as Self (archive footage)

David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the mos...

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Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News...

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Steve Coll

David Brooks

David Gregory
plays Self (1 episode)

Bradley Whitford
plays Self (1 episode)

Bradley Whitford as Self

Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as ...

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Gloria Steinem

Sarah Vowell
plays Herself (1 episode)

Maz Jobrani

Maz Jobrani

Maziyar "Maz" Jobrani (born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian-American comedian and actor who is part of the "Axis of ...

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Helen Thomas
plays Self (2 episodes)

Keith Olbermann
plays Self (2 episodes)

Keith Olbermann as Self

Keith Olbermann was born on January 27, 1959 and is currently 65 years old.

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Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and perfo...

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Talib Kweli

John Edwards
plays Self (1 episode)

Paul Simon

Ken Burns
plays Self (4 episodes)

Ken Burns as Self

Celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a serie...

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Steven Van Zandt
plays Self (1 episode)

Steven Van Zandt as Self

Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an Italian-American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, act...

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Ralph Nader
plays Self (1 episode)

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is known as the creator, ...

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Tim Meadows

Tim Meadows

Timothy "Tim" Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian and one of the longest-running cast m...

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Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen is the host and Executive Producer of "Watch What Happens Live," Bravo’s late night, interactive talk show...

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Emmylou Harris

Rick Nielsen

Gary Hart
plays Self (1 episode)

John Oliver

John Oliver

​John Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-born stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his wor...

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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic ...

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Andrew Young
plays Self (1 episode)

Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer ...

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Ariel Levy

Henry Kissinger

Ed Helms

Ed Helms

Edward Paul "Ed" Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian known for his work as a corresponden...

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Carl Bernstein
plays Self (1 episode)

Carl Bernstein as Self

Carl Milton Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young repo...

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Michael Smerconish
plays Self (1 episode)

Mike Huckabee

Mike Mills

Peter Buck

Morley Safer

Scott McCaughey

Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The...

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Bill Berry

Sarah Palin
plays Herself (1 episode)

Jamie Oliver
plays Himself (1 episode)

Jamie Oliver as Himself

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975), sometimes known as The N...

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Jeffrey Tambor
plays Himself (1 episode)

Mike Mullen
plays Himself (1 episode)

Lynn Sherr
plays Herself (1 episode)

James M. McPherson
plays Himself (1 episode)

Leon Wieseltier
plays Himself (1 episode)

Carol Burnett
plays Herself (1 episode)

Carol Burnett as Herself

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett ...

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Robert Plant
plays Himself (1 episode)

Walter Isaacson
plays Himself (1 episode)

Justin Simien
plays Himself (1 episode)

William Deresiewicz
plays Himself (1 episode)

Meredith Vieira
plays Herself (1 episode)

Meredith Vieira as Herself

Meredith Louise Vieira is a former American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is best known as the...

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Jill Lepore
plays Herself (1 episode)

Eva Longoria
plays Herself (1 episode)

Eva Longoria as Herself

Eva Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is an American film and television actress and director, best known for portraying...

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Alexandra Pelosi
plays Self (1 episode)

Alan Dershowitz
plays Self (1 episode)

Alan Dershowitz as Self

Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and academic. He is a scholar of United States constitutional law and cr...

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Paul Begala
plays Self (1 episode)

Eliot Spitzer
plays Self (2 episodes)

John Lewis

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler KBE (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer, and singer. He began his career as a sta...

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Richard Brodhead

Michael Jackson
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, dancer, singer-songwriter,...

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Martin Bashir
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Christian Valdemar Henri John
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Jack Kingston
plays Self (1 episode)

Katie Holmes
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Katie Holmes as Self (archive footage)

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress and director. Born in Toledo, Ohio, teen m...

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David Cross
plays Self (1 episode) , Russ Lieber (voice) (uncredited) (3 episodes)

David Cross as Self

David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work o...

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Gina Kolata
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Juliet Huddy
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Mike Jerrick
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Saddam Hussein
plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Jim Cramer
plays Self (1 episode)

Jim Cramer as Self

Jim Cramer is an American television personality, former hedge fund manager, and best-selling author, best known for ...

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Kay Bailey Hutchison
plays Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/24/2005) (1 episode)

Trace Gallagher
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Kathleen P.
plays Self - Voice (caller from Austin, Texas) (1 episode)

Cheryl G.
plays Self - Voice (caller from St. Paul, Minnesota) (1 episode)

Ana L.
plays Self - Voice (caller from Memphis, Tennessee) (1 episode)

Aaron B.
plays Self - Voice (caller from Buffalo, New York) (1 episode)

Steve Doocy
plays Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends) (1 episode)

Brian Kilmeade
plays Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends) (1 episode)

Ainsley Earhardt
plays Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends) (1 episode)

Neil deGrasse Tyson
plays Self (1 episode)

Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self

Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently th...

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Patrick Fitzgerald
plays Self (archive footage from a press conference 10/28/2005) (1 episode)

Ken Mehlman
plays Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/30/2005) (1 episode)

Camilla Shand
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tom Cruise
plays Maverick (archive footage) (1 episode) , Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tom Cruise as Maverick (archive footage)

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer....

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Eric Drysdale
plays Bobby (uncredited) (3 episodes)

Harry Reid
plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Bruce Feiler
plays Self (1 episode)

Kelly Wallace
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Robyn Curnow
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Don Teague
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Drew Rosenhaus
plays Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005) (1 episode)

Terrell Owens
plays Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005) (1 episode)

Mary Roach
plays Self (1 episode)

John Mica
plays Self (1 episode)

Juan Gabriel
plays Self (archive footage , fall from stage) (1 episode)

Mark Udall
plays Self (1 episode)

Matt Taibbi
plays Self (1 episode)

Deborah M.
plays Self (caller from Austin, Texas) (1 episode)

Colton W.
plays Self (caller from Poulsboro, Washington) (1 episode)

Bill R.
plays Self (caller from Canada) (1 episode)

Leyla K.
plays Self (caller from Waukesha, Wisconsin) (1 episode)

Brian Greene
plays Self (1 episode)

Brian Greene as Self

Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, string theorist, and book author.

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Barney Frank
plays Self (archive footage from The Colbert Report 10/27/2005) (1 episode) , Self (2 episodes)

Jerry Mitchell
plays Self (1 episode)

Tom Skerritt
plays Viper (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tom Skerritt as Viper (archive footage)

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more th...

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Randy Cunningham
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Lesley Stahl
plays Self (1 episode)

Larry Craig
plays Self (uncredited) (1 episode)

Charlie Crist
plays Self (1 episode)

Jerry Nadler
plays Self (1 episode)

Jackie Speier
plays Self (1 episode)

Chris Dodd
plays Self (1 episode) , Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
plays Self (1 episode)

John Dingell
plays Self (1 episode)

Phil Klay
plays Self (1 episode)

Kendrick Lamar
plays Self (1 episode)

Seth Rogen
plays Self (1 episode)

Seth Rogen as Self

Seth Aaron Rogen (born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Originally a stand-up c...

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Sarah Koenig
plays Self (1 episode)

James Corden
plays Self (1 episode)

James Corden as Self

English comedian, writer, actor, producer and TV personality. He is co-creator and star of BBC comedy shows Gavin & S...

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Barack Obama
plays Self (1 episode)

Barack Obama as Self

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to ...

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Paul Farmer
plays Self (1 episode)

Christopher Nolan
plays Self (1 episode)

Christopher Nolan as Self

Christopher Edward Nolan, CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He...

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Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
plays Self (1 episode)


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