List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Colbert

List of Stephen Colbert awards

Colbert receiving a Peabody Award at the 71st Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon in 2012
Award	Wins	Nominations
Grammy Award	2	3
Emmy Award	10	46
Overall	33	108

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American comedian Stephen Colbert.

Colbert is an American comedian writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He worked as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1997–2005) before receiving his own show, The Colbert Report (2005–2015), both on Comedy Central. He has since gone on to replace David Letterman and now hosting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015–present) on CBS.

He has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations and 44 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning 10 awards for his work on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and one for a 2020 election special that aired on Showtime. He has also received three Grammy Award nominations, winning twice for Best Comedy Album for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! in 2010 and for Best Spoken Word Album for America Again in 2014.

He has also received five Peabody Awards for his work on The Daily Show in 2000 and 2004, The Colbert Report in 2007, and 2011, and Late Show with Stephen Colbert for 2020. He has received twelve Producers Guild of America Award nominations, winning six times for The Daily Show, and twelve Writers Guild of America Awards, winning four awards for The Colbert Report.

Major associations

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2004	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Won
2005	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Won
2006	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Won
		The Colbert Report	Nominated
	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2007	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Nominated
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2008	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Won
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2009	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Nominated
2010	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Won
2011	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program		Nominated
2012	Outstanding Variety Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
2013	Outstanding Variety Series		Won
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Won
2014	Outstanding Variety Series		Won	[1]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Won
2015	Outstanding Variety Talk Series		Nominated	[2]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
2016	Outstanding Variety Special	The Kennedy Center Honors	Nominated	[3]
2017	Outstanding Variety Special	Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Sh*t?	Nominated	[4]
	Outstanding Writing for A Variety Special		Nominated
	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert	Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
2018	Outstanding Variety Talk Series		Nominated	[5]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
2019	Outstanding Variety Talk Series		Nominated	[6]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Interactive Program		Nominated
2020	Outstanding Variety Talk Series		Nominated	[7]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
2021	Outstanding Variety Talk Series		Nominated	[8]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series	Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News	Nominated
	Outstanding Variety Special (Live)	Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020	Won	[9]
	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special		Nominated
	Daytime Emmy Awards
2011	Outstanding Special Class Special	Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear	Nominated
	Outstanding Special Class Writing		Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Spoken Word Album	I Am America (And So Can You!)	Nominated	[10]
2010	Best Comedy Album	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!	Won	[11]
2014	Best Spoken Word Album	America Again	Won	[12]

Peabody Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Peabody Award	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Won	[13]
2004		The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Won	[14]
2007		The Colbert Report	Won	[15]
2011		The Colbert Report	Won	[16]
2020		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Won	[17]

Guild awards

Producers Guild Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2008	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television	The Colbert Report	Won
2009	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television		Won
2010	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television		Won
2011	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television		Won
2012	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television		Won
2013	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television		Won
2014	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [18]		Won
2015	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [19]		Nominated
2016	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [20]		Nominated
2018	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [21]	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [22]		Nominated
2020	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television [23]		Nominated
2021	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television		Nominated

Writers Guild Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2008	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Won
2009	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2010	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2011	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Won
2012	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Won
2013	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2014	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series [24]	The Colbert Report	Won
2015	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series [25]	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2016	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2017	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series [26]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2018	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series [27]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series [28]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2020	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series [29]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2021	Comedy/Variety – Talk Series	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated

Critics awards

TCA Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2006	Outstanding New Program	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2006	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2007	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2008	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2008	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2017–18	Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows [30]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2018–19	Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows [31]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019–20	Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows [6]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2020–21	Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated

Other awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1995	CableACE Award for Comedy Series	Exit 57	Nominated
2005	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2005	Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2006	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2006	Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2007	Spike Guys' Choice Award for Gutsiest Move	2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner	Won
2007	Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Won
2008	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2009	Dorian Award for Savage Wit of the Year	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2009	Dorian Award for Campy TV Show of the Year	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2009	Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2011	Dorian Award for Savage Wit of the Year	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2011	Dorian Award for Campy TV Show of the Year	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2011	The Comedy Award for Late Night Comedy Series	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2012	The Comedy Award for Late Night Comedy Series	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2013	Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year		Nominated
2014	People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host [32]	The Colbert Report	Won
2014	American Comedy Award for Best Late Night Talk Show [33]	The Colbert Report	Won
2014	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show [34]	The Colbert Report	Nominated
2015	Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year [35]		Nominated
2016	People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host [36]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2017	People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host [37]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2018	Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year [38]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2018	Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year [38]		Nominated
2019	Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year [39]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode [40]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	Critics' Choice Real TV Award for Best Late-Night Talk Show [41]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	Critics' Choice Real TV Award for Best Show Host [41]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2019	People's Choice Award for The Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 [42]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2020	Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year [43]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Nominated
2020	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode [44]	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Won

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External links

• Stephen Colbert at IMDb