The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (2015 - )

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (2015 - )

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Series Info

Multi-talented comedian Stephen Colbert, well-known for his critically acclaimed show "The Colbert Report" and for his role on "The Daily Show," returns to television to host The Late Show, live from the historic Ed Sullivan theatre in New York. Jon Batiste serves as the bandleader.

Most Recent Episode

Aired Fri, Apr 19, 2019

Robert De Niro; Beth Behrs; Neal Katyal
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: Season 4, Robert De Niro; Beth Behrs; Neal Katyal

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Seasons

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2018, CBS, 135 episodes

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2017, CBS, 201 episodes

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2016, CBS, 239 episodes

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Critics Consensus: Smart, energetic, and a little bit silly, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert succeeds largely due to the charisma of its host, whose confident debut promises a bright future for the revamped show.

2015, CBS, 182 episodes

Cast

Stephen Colbert
Jonathan Batiste
John Oliver
Phil McGraw
Jake Tapper
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Trevor Noah
John Dickerson
Anna Kendrick
Tom Hanks
Gayle King
Hillary Clinton
Bryan Cranston
Anderson Cooper
Bernie Sanders
Billy Eichner
Seth Rogen
Charlie Rose
Whoopi Goldberg
Jason Bateman
Emily Blunt
John Heilemann
America Ferrera
Samantha Bee
Jeff Daniels
William H. Macy
Ethan Hawke
Robert De Niro
Michael Moore
Chris Pratt
Andrew Garfield
Ricky Gervais
Morgan Freeman
Julianne Moore
Paul Giamatti
Sarah Paulson
Laura Benanti
Kerry Washington
Tatiana Maslany
Christine Baranski
Nick Kroll
John Mulaney
Mindy Kaling
Bill O'Reilly
Jon Stewart
Elizabeth Warren
Emilia Clarke
Jim Gaffigan
Norah O'Donnell
Hank Azaria
Keegan-Michael Key
Joe Biden
Cory Booker
Mandy Patinkin
Jerry Seinfeld
Josh Brolin
Steve Martin
Liam Neeson
Jim Parsons
Liev Schreiber
Allison Janney
Mark Ruffalo
Joe Scarborough
Jessica Biel
Conan O'Brien
Oprah Winfrey
James Spader
Anthony Anderson
Rachel Weisz
Rob Lowe
Michael Weatherly
Michelle Obama
James Corden
Will Arnett
Steve Buscemi
James McAvoy
Tracee Ellis Ross
Hugh Laurie
Jeff Bridges
Tig Notaro
David Duchovny
Brian Greene
Millie Bobby Brown
Scott Kelly
Amy Schumer
Matt Walsh
Chris Matthews
Charles Barkley
John Leguizamo
Laurie Metcalf
Ronan Farrow
Lewis Black
John Krasinski
Melissa McCarthy
Ed Helms
Jessica Chastain
Jordan Peele
Kevin Spacey
Andrew Rannells
Pamela Adlon
Kirsten Gillibrand
John Kerry
Chris Hayes
Nick Offerman
Emma Stone
Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Viola Davis
Damian Lewis
Michael Strahan
Ben Stiller
Tim Daly
Eric Stonestreet
Lily Tomlin
Chloë Grace Moretz
Diane Kruger
Sean Penn
James Marsden
Mark Wahlberg
Jude Law
Hugh Jackman
Elisabeth Moss
Anthony Scaramucci
Sterling K. Brown
Kathy Bates
Jason Segel
Norman Reedus
Tyler Perry
Scarlett Johansson
Keri Russell
Ellen Page
Bill Clinton
Cate Blanchett
Julianna Margulies
Daniel Craig
Sharon Stone
Steve Carell
Emma Thompson
Bob Woodward
Matthew Broderick
Chris Pine
Charlize Theron
Susan Sarandon
Anthony Mackie
Kate Beckinsale
Alexander Skarsgård
Ellie Kemper
Armie Hammer
Sigourney Weaver
John Goodman
James Franco
Adam Driver
Leslie Mann
Glenn Close
Julie Chen
Gordon Ramsay
Matthew McConaughey
Sofía Vergara
Pierce Brosnan
Jackie Chan
Nicole Kidman
Josh Gad
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Silverman
Antonio Banderas
Jennifer Lawrence
Keira Knightley
Saoirse Ronan
Olivia Munn
Christian Slater
Olivia Wilde
Octavia Spencer
Gwyneth Paltrow
Michelle Williams
Rose Byrne
Laura Linney
David Oyelowo
Uma Thurman
Aubrey Plaza
Robin Wright
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Anna Faris
50 Cent
John Lithgow
Annette Bening
Benicio Del Toro
Bill Maher
Marion Cotillard
Sharon Osbourne
Samuel L. Jackson
Eva Longoria
Sally Field
Uzo Aduba
Will Smith
Rami Malek
Don Cheadle
Connie Britton
Ewan McGregor
Jessica Lange
Kevin Hart
Bobby Moynihan
Bill Murray
Ben Affleck
Molly Shannon
Drew Barrymore
Claire Danes
Gina Rodriguez
Carey Mulligan
Colin Quinn
Jon Favreau
Alex Wagner
Charlamagne Tha God
Rob Corddry
Kathleen Madigan
Chris Gethard
Sebastian Maniscalco
Tommy Vietor
Mark Feuerstein
Bassem Youssef
Pete Holmes
Jonathan Groff
Zosia Mamet
Krysten Ritter
Thomas Middleditch
Anthony Atamanuik
Michael Rapaport
Natasha Leggero
Claire Foy
Jeff Flake
Erik Bergstrom
Kathryn Hahn
Ali Wentworth
Judy Greer
Amy Sedaris
Sam Rockwell
Thandie Newton
Jane Fonda
Tom Hiddleston
Zachary Quinto
Patrick Wilson
Jennifer Saunders
Woody Harrelson
Issa Rae
Justin Theroux
Rob Reiner
Bob Odenkirk
Michael Ian Black
Megan Mullally
Kamala Harris
Martha Stewart
Paul Simon
Jerrod Carmichael
Bobby Flay
Chance the Rapper
John Legend
Josh Groban
Paul Mecurio
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Jessica Williams
Nathan Lane
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ilana Glazer
Spike Lee
H. Jon Benjamin
Sonequa Martin-Green
Jake Gyllenhaal
Naomi Watts
Lupita Nyong'o
Max Greenfield
Jon Lovett
Carol Burnett
Abbi Jacobson
John Cleese
Adam Pally
Ben Falcone
Eric André
Alan Cumming
Adam Conover
Yvette Nicole Brown
Bradley Whitford
Ken Jeong
Caitriona Balfe
Jason Alexander
Russell Brand
Luke Evans
Greta Gerwig
Thomas Lennon
Rob Riggle
Elizabeth A. Gilbert
Elijah Wood
Liza Koshy
Mike Colter
Rand Paul
Caitlin Peluffo
T.J. Miller
Leslie Odom Jr.
Kumail Nanjiani
Michael Kenneth Williams
Kevin Smith
Scott Bakula
Mika Brzezinski
Cara Delevingne
Shemar Moore
Gretchen Carlson
Jay Pharoah
Meghan McCain
Evan Spiegel
Alison Brie
Judd Apatow
Troye Sivan
Killer Mike
Ana Navarro
Richard Dreyfuss
David Tennant
Busy Philipps
Sutton Foster
David Sedaris
Marc Maron
Vanessa Bayer
Joe Buck
David Boreanaz
Grace Gummer
Tracey Ullman
Jermaine Fowler
Jeff Fager
Alia Shawkat
Jon Batiste
Michael Avenatti
Ruth Negga
Andrew Cohen
Beto O'Rourke
Kayli Carter
Christiane Amanpour
Bret Baier
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Donnie Wahlberg
Jason Jones
Katie Couric
Eugene Levy
Daveed Diggs
Anna Chlumsky
Tony Hale
Tim Meadows
Andy Cohen
Maz Jobrani
Graham Norton
Michael Bloomberg
Anna Camp
Sean Astin
Elton John
Ruth Wilson
Henry Winkler
Margaret Brennan
Michael Caine
Joe Manganiello
Nicki Minaj
Quentin Tarantino
Candice Bergen
Lady Gaga
Jane Lynch
Charlie Day
Brandon Marshall
Donald Rumsfeld
Eric McCormack
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Kathy Griffin
John Travolta
David Schwimmer
John C. Reilly
Chris Christie
Bill Gates
Bradley Cooper
Chelsea Handler
Debra Messing
Spike Jonze
Christopher Meloni
Zach Galifianakis
Dennis Quaid
Dakota Johnson
Liam Hemsworth
Zoe Saldana
Tony Goldwyn
Tim Kaine
Riz Ahmed
Harry Connick Jr.
Diane Lane
Barack Obama
Matt LeBlanc
Lauren Graham
Neil Patrick Harris
Billy Joel
Julie Andrews
Allison Williams
Salma Hayek
Ashton Kutcher
Christoph Waltz
Robert Pattinson
Ellie Kemish
Kate Winslet
Mark Hamill
Jon Bon Jovi
Willem Dafoe
Michael Shannon
Wanda Sykes
Donald Glover
Andrew Sullivan
Martin Short
Diane Sawyer
Jeffrey Wright
Helen Hunt
Chris O'Donnell
Michael B. Jordan
Hugh Grant
Paul Rudd
Florent Groberg
Nicki Minaj
Michelle Dockery
Kristen Bell
Peter Dinklage
Mike Myers
Sandra Bullock
Bobby Cannavale
Tina Fey
Katie Holmes
Kate Hudson
Téa Leoni
Andrew McCabe
Willie Geist
John Turturro
Theo James
Matthew Perry
Ryan Gosling
Rashida Jones
Jamie Dornan
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tiger Woods
Mary-Louise Parker
Amy Adams
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Priyanka Chopra
Shailene Woodley
Patrick Stewart
Kevin Kline
Felicity Huffman
Louis C.K.
Ice Cube
Michael Keaton
Al Gore
Dave Chappelle
Laura Dern
Billy Bush
Matt Damon
J.K. Simmons
Rose McGowan
George Clooney
Joel McHale
Kiefer Sutherland
Dana Carvey
James B. Comey
John McCain
Jamie Foxx
Sienna Miller
Jeff Glor
Janelle Monáe
Gloria Estefan
Timothée Chalamet
Michael Douglas
Steven Tyler
Garth Brooks
Julia Roberts
Tony Shalhoub
M. Night Shyamalan
Kelsey Grammer
Craig Ferguson
Casey Affleck
Reba McEntire
Adrien Brody
Kit Harington
Idris Elba
Paul Ryan
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Daniel Radcliffe
Aaron Paul
Tom Brokaw
John Cena
Anna Gunn
Tracee Ellis Ross
Will Forte
Miles Teller
Danny DeVito
Bruce Springsteen
Johnny Galecki
Kelly Ripa
Lisa Kudrow
Kristen Stewart
Ryan Reynolds
Marisa Tomei
Alec Baldwin
Rosario Dawson
Tracy Morgan
Danny McBride (IV)
Rachel Maddow
Milo Ventimiglia
Kenneth Branagh
Jeremy Piven
Justin Timberlake
Reese Witherspoon
Hilary Swank
Cynthia Nixon
Lucy Liu
Jack Black
Benedict Cumberbatch
Anne Hathaway
Seth MacFarlane
Aziz Ansari
Jennifer Connelly
Chrissy Metz
Denzel Washington
Eric Holder
Sylvester Stallone
Christopher Hayes
Jim Acosta
Bruce Willis
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Gerard Butler
Chris Wallace
Patricia Heaton
Billy Crystal
Laurence Fishburne
John C. Reilly
Cliff Sims
Taraji P. Henson
Jeff Goldblum
Mariska Hargitay
Patricia Arquette
Sandra Oh
Paul Ryan
Kevin Love
Benjamin Bratt
Drew Carey
Mel Gibson
Sting
Lauren Cohan
Tom Selleck
Idina Menzel
Mark Halperin
Emma Roberts
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Hudson
LL Cool J
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Mayim Bialik
Brad Pitt
Jennifer Garner
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Roy Wood Jr.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Rationale
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Gary Clark Jr
Paul Weller
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Stephen King
Stephen Colbert
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Thundercat
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Willie Nelson
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Brooke Baldwin
Rowan Atkinson
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Jemele Hill
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Joaquin Castro
Mark Duplass
Jon Glaser
Margot Robbie
Nicole Byer
Ken Marino
Amanda Peet
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Matt Ingebretson
John Stamos
Tulsi Gabbard
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Vicky Ward
Jussie Smollett
Zachary Levi
Benjamin Walker
Ramy Youssef
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Chris Hemsworth
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Russell Crowe
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Scott Speedman
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Patrick Fugit
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Gary Owen
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Josh Earnest
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Finn Wittrock
Phillipa Soo
Andy Karl
Timothy C. Simons
Terry Crews
Bill Burr
John Benjamin Hickey
John McEnroe
Ari Graynor
Gillian Jacobs
Elizabeth Olsen
Van Jones
David Harbour
Beanie Feldstein
Patton Oswalt
Chelsea Clinton
David Byrne
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Jason Aldean
Ann Dowd
Liam Payne
Toni Collette
Sara Bareilles
David Koechner
Liv Tyler
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Sasheer Zamata
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