The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert

Self - Host

Jon Stewart

Self

Andrew Sullivan

Self

Lou Dobbs

Self / Self (archive footage)

Ken Burns

Self

David Cross

Russ Lieber (voice) (uncredited) / Self

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Self

Toby Keith

Self

Eric Drysdale

Bobby (uncredited)

Barney Frank

Self / Self (archive footage from The Colbert Report 10/27/2005)

Al Franken

Self

Barbara Boxer

Self

Mark Cuban

Self

Al Sharpton

Self / Self (archive footage from Rosa Parks funeral)

Anderson Cooper

Self / Self (archive footage)

Malcolm Gladwell

Self

Cornel West

Self

Stone Phillips

Self

Jeff Daniels

Self

Paul Dinello

Tad

Tim Robbins

Self

George Stephanopoulos

Self

Elvis Costello

Self

John Legend

Self

Keith Olbermann

Self

Eliot Spitzer

Self

Tom Cruise

Maverick (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self (archive footage)

Harry Reid

Self (archive footage)

Rick Springfield

Self

Peggy Noonan

Self

George Wendt

Santa

Catherine Crier

Self

Maureen Dowd

Self

Bob Costas

Self

Cokie Roberts

Self

Annie Duke

Self

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Self

Fareed Zakaria

Self

Greg Behrendt

Self

Richard Preston Jr.

Self

Harry Smith

Self

Jane Fonda

Self - Guest

Leslie Feist

Self

Bob Kerrey

Self

Dermot Mulroney

Self - Guest

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Self

Lisa Loeb

Self

Dave Marash

Self

Emily Yoffe

Self

Monica Crowley

Self

Robin Givhan

Self

R. James Woolsey, Jr.

Self

Nina Totenberg

Self

Frank McCourt

Self

Michelle Obama

Self

Tavis Smiley

Self

George Saunders

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self - Guest

David Gregory

Self

Bradley Whitford

Self

Sarah Vowell

Herself

Helen Thomas

Self

Steven Van Zandt

Self

Ralph Nader

Self

Gary Hart

Self

Andrew Young

Self

Carl Bernstein

Self

Michael Smerconish

Self

Sarah Palin

Herself

Jamie Oliver

Himself

Jeffrey Tambor

Himself

Mike Mullen

Himself

Lynn Sherr

Herself

James M. McPherson

Himself

Leon Wieseltier

Himself

Carol Burnett

Herself

Robert Plant

Himself

Walter Isaacson

Himself

Neil Young

Himself

Justin Simien

Himself

William Deresiewicz

Himself

Meredith Vieira

Herself

Jill Lepore

Herself

Eva Longoria

Herself

Alan Dershowitz

Self

Paul Begala

Self

Michael Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Martin Bashir

Self (archive footage)

Christian Valdemar Henri John

Self (archive footage)

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

Self (archive footage)

Jack Kingston

Self

Katie Holmes

Self (archive footage)

Gina Kolata

Self (archive footage)

Juliet Huddy

Self (archive footage)

Mike Jerrick

Self (archive footage)

Jim Cramer

Self

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/24/2005)

Trace Gallagher

Self (archive footage)

David Copperfield

Self (archive footage)

Kathleen P.

Self - Voice (caller from Austin, Texas)

Cheryl G.

Self - Voice (caller from St. Paul, Minnesota)

Ana L.

Self - Voice (caller from Memphis, Tennessee)

Aaron B.

Self - Voice (caller from Buffalo, New York)

Steve Doocy

Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)

Brian Kilmeade

Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)

Ainsley Earhardt

Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self

Charlize Theron

Self (archive footage from North Country)

Patrick Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage from a press conference 10/28/2005)

Ken Mehlman

Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/30/2005)

Judy Woodruff

Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/30/2005)

Camilla Shand

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Feiler

Self

Kelly Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Robyn Curnow

Self (archive footage)

Don Teague

Self (archive footage)

Scott McClellan

Self (archive footage from press briefing 11/08/2005)

Drew Rosenhaus

Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005)

Terrell Owens

Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005)

Mary Roach

Self

John Mica

Self

Juan Gabriel

Self (archive footage , fall from stage)

Mark Udall

Self

Matt Taibbi

Self

Deborah M.

Self (caller from Austin, Texas)

Colton W.

Self (caller from Poulsboro, Washington)

Bill R.

Self (caller from Canada)

Leyla K.

Self (caller from Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Brian Greene

Self

Jerry Mitchell

Self

Tom Skerritt

Viper (archive footage)

Randy Cunningham

Self (archive footage)

Lesley Stahl

Self