# List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Colbert

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

### Grammy Awards

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

### Peabody Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Peabody Award | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Won |
| 2004 | Peabody Award | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Won |
| 2007 | Peabody Award | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2011 | Peabody Award | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2020 | Peabody Award | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Won |

## 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 | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2010 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2011 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2012 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2013 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2015 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Colbert Report | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Colbert Report | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | 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 | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2015 | Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series | The Colbert Report | Nominated |
| 2016 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2017 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2018 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2020 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | 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 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2018–19 | Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019–20 | Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows | 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 | Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2014 | American Comedy Award for Best Late Night Talk Show | The Colbert Report | Won |
| 2014 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show | The Colbert Report | Nominated |
| 2015 | Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year | Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2017 | People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2018 | Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2018 | Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year | Dorian Award for Wilde Wit of the Year | Nominated |
| 2019 | Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Real TV Award for Best Late-Night Talk Show | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Real TV Award for Best Show Host | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2019 | People's Choice Award for The Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2020 | Dorian Award for TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| 2020 | GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Won |