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Age: 45
Occupation: Fake late-night pundit
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 1
As the blowhard host of the nightly Colbert Report on Comedy Central, he sends up the pieties and vanities of right-wing pundits. And he's galvanized his Colbert Nation of followers in the world outside TV, most recently sponsoring the U.S. Olympic speedskating team in Vancouver.
