Second City alumni

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 147. Chapters: Dan Castellaneta, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Mike Myers, John Candy, Mike Nichols, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Dave Thompson, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Farley, Alan Arkin, Bonnie Hunt, Stephen Colbert, Martin Short, Joan Rivers, Jane Lynch, Peter Boyle, Steve Carell, Phil LaMarr, Edward Asner, David Koechner, Amy Poehler, Harold Ramis, Linda Lavin, Fred Willard, Valerie Harper, Barbara Harris, Colin Mochrie, Shelley Long, James Belushi, Jason Sudeikis, Dave Thomas, List of alumni of the Second City, Bob Odenkirk, Rick Moranis, Andy Richter, Amy Sedaris, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Brian Stack, Jayne Eastwood, George Wendt, Rachel Dratch, Del Close, Jerry Stiller, David Steinberg, Ivan Reitman, Viola Spolin, Anne Meara, Jon Glaser, Nia Vardalos, Scott Adsit, Elaine May, Andrea Martin, Tony Rosato, Jack McBrayer, Victor Wong, Tim Meadows, Keegan-Michael Key, Richard Kind, Jeffrey Weissman, Joe Flaherty, Severn Darden, Robert Klein, Horatio Sanz, Patrick Whitley, Avery Schreiber, Dana Andersen, David Rasche, Adam McKay, Paul Mazursky, Kathy Greenwood, Matt Besser, Kate Flannery, Ian Gomez, Philip Baker Hall, Ike Barinholtz, Colin Ferguson, Jerry Minor, Brian McCann, Jackie Hoffman, Shelley Berman, Jack Burns, Tim Kazurinsky, Robin Duke, Joel Murray, Mary Gross, Valri Bromfield, Martin de Maat, Jim Zulevic, Melinda Dillon, Frances Callier, Julianne Buescher, Paul Sand, Rosemary Radcliffe, Rebecca Northan, Steven Yeun, T. J. Jagodowski, Tim O'Malley, John Lutz, Jay Johnston, Betty Thomas, Frangela, Derek McGrath, Jeff Richmond, Peter Aykroyd, Mick Napier, Angela V. Shelton, Nyima Funk, Sheldon Patinkin, Nancy Carell, Larry Joe Campbell, Stephnie Weir, Debra McGrath, Frank Caeti, Dan Bakkedahl, Ron Leibman, List of Second City Chicago alumni, Paul Dinello, Mike Hagerty, Elvira Kurt, Albert Howell, Paul Brittain, Bernard Sahlins, David Pasquesi, Judy Graubart, Vanessa Bayer, Richard Libertini, Tom Flanigan, Ali Rizvi Badshah, Tom Virtue, John P. Farley, Meagen Fay, Susan Messing, Pat Finn, Pat Kelly, Kevin Dorff, Liz Cackowski, Aurora Browne, Janet van de Graaf, Jack Hourigan, Joseph Nunez, Doug Morency, Monteith and Rand. Excerpt: Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( or ; born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits. Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57. Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience. In 2005, he left The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to host a spin-off series, The Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show's news-parody concept, The Co...