The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 7 (2021)

Actor Jeff Daniels ("American Rust"); TV host Nate Burleson ("The Talk");

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; comic Chris Turner;

Actress Jessica Chastain ("The Eyes of Tammy Faye"); composer Stephen Sondheim;

Actress Melissa McCarthy ("The Starling"); Lindsey Buckingham performs;

Celebrating Season 6;

Journalists/authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa (book, "Peril"); Leon Bridges performs;

Singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes;

Journalist Anderson Cooper ("Anderson Cooper 360"); John Mayer performs;

Actor Paul Giamatti ("A Mouthful of Air"); comic Jon Stewart;

Game show host Drew Carey (The New Price Is Right (1972)); actress Phoebe Robinson (Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman (2021));

Lawyer Anita Hill; actor Alessandro Nivola ("The Many Saints of Newark");

Actor John Lithgow ("Dexter: New Blood"); Theo Croker and Wyclef Jean perform;

Actress Rebecca Ferguson (Dune (2021));

Actress Julianna Margulies ("The Morning Show"); Toby Keith performs;

Actor Michael Keaton ("Dopesick"); Zac Brown Band perform;

Journalist Bret Baier ("Special Report"); comic Susie Essman ("Curb Your Enthusiasm");

Author Dr. Sanjay Gupta; director Denis Villeneuve ("Dune");

Actors Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, and J. Smith-Cameron (HBO's Succession (2018));

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif); Kacey Musgraves performs;

Actor Nick Offerman ("The Great North"); radio and TV personality Charlamagne tha God;

Actress Issa Rae ("Insecure"); H.E.R. performs;

Actor Timothee Chalamet and actress Zendaya ("Dune");

Actress Andie MacDowell; Lana Del Rey performs;

Bruce Springsteen talks and performs;

Journalist/author Katie Couric (memoir, "Going There"); Gabby Barrett performs;

Actress/TV hostess Elizabeth Banks ("Press Your Luck"); actress Jorja Fox ("CSI: Vegas");

Actor John Leguizamo; actress Thomasin McKenzie ("Last Night in Soho");

TV host Trevor Noah ("The Daily Show"); My Morning Jacket perform;

David Byrne talks and performs with the cast of musical "American Utopia; Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's former aide;

Actor Michael C. Hall ("Dexter: New Blood"); author Michael Eric Dyson;

TV host/author Andy Cohen ("Glitter Every Day: 365 Quotes From Women I Love"); Thundercat performs;

Actor Billy Porter ("Cinderella"); actress Annaleigh Ashford ("B Positive" and "Impeachment: American Crime Story");

Actor Tony Hale ("Clifford the Big Red Dog"); Snail Mail performs;

Journalist/author Jonathan Karl (book, "Betrayal"); Brandi Carlile talks and performs;

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino; unveiling People's "Sexiest Man Alive";

Actress Aubrey Plaza ("King Knight" and "Best Sellers"); musician Bruce Springsteen;

Veterans Day; director Kenneth Branagh ("Belfast"); actress Ellie Kemper ("Home Sweet Home Alone");

Actor Jeff Goldblum ("The World According to Jeff Goldblum"); Rod Stewart performs;

Actor Paul Rudd ("Ghostbusters: Afterlife" and "The Shrink Next Door"); Sting performs;

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams; former NBA player Dwyane Adams (memoir "Dwyane");

Actor Adam Driver (movies, "House of Gucci" and "The Last Duel"); actress America Ferrera (TV series, "Superstore");

Actor/comic Kevin Hart ("True Story"); Robert Plant and Alison Krauss perform;

Actor Andrew Garfield (movie, "Tick, Tick, Boom"); chef Jose Andres;

Lady Gaga talks and performs with Tony Bennett;

Actress Rosamund Pike (TV series, "The Wheel of Time"); film director Peter Jackson (mini-series, "The Beatles: Get Back");

Producer Peter Jackson (TV mini-series, "The Beatles: Get Back"); Chelsea Cutler performs;

Actor Peter Dinklage (movie, "Cyrano") talks and performs with Aaron and Bryce Dessner (movie, "Cyrano"); actor Lee Jung-jae ("Squid Game");

Actress Cate Blanchette (movie, "Nightmare Alley"); actor Javier Bardem (movie, "Being the Ricardos"); Gang of Youths perform;

Actor Mahershala Ali; author Jason Reynolds;

Actor Jeff Goldblum; from Sept. 15, 2021: Stephen Sondheim; Natalie Hemby performs;

Actress Jennifer Lawrence; Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats perform;

Actresses Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon (TV mini-series, "And Just Like That..."); director Adam McKay (movie, "Don't Look Up"); Glass Animals perform;

Dr. David Agus; Natalie Hemby performs;

Actor Michael B. Jordan (movie, "A Journal for Jordan");

Sting takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor David Alan Grier (TV series, "Joe Pickett");

Actor Keanu Reeves (movie, "The Matrix Resurrections") ; Brett Eldredge performs;

Actor Henry Cavill (TV series, "The Witcher"); actor Jonathan Groff (movie, "The Matrix Resurrections");

Director Denzel Washington (movie, "A Journal for Jordan"); director Maggie Gyllenhaal (movie, "The Lost Daughter"); a 20th anniversary celebration of "Lord of the Rings";

Journalist Anderson Cooper (TV series, "Anderson Cooper 360"); TV host Andy Cohen (TV series, "Watch What Happens: Live" and "The Real Housewives of Potomac");

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC director; actor Utkarsh Ambudkar (TV series, "Ghosts");

Actress Jennifer Lawrence (movie, "Don't Look Up"); actor Ralph Macchio (TV series, "Cobra Kai"); Nell and The Flaming Lips perform;

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn); SAINt JHN performs;

Journalist John Dickerson; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Il); actor Corey Hawkins (movie, "The Tragedy of Macbeth");

Actor Keanu Reeves (movie, "The Matrix Resurrections"); Genesis Owusu performs;

Journalist Gayle King (TV series, "CBS Mornings"); comic/director Tig Notaro (movie, "Am I Ok?");

Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley (2021) and Licorice Pizza (2021)). Also: Robert Finley performs with Dan Auerbach.

Actor Keanu Reeves (movie, "The Matrix Resurrections") takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actress Caitriona Balfe (movie, "Belfast");

Actor Liev Schreiber (movie, "Don't Look Up"); Allison Russell performs;

Actor Corey Stoll (movie "West Side Story" and TV series "Billions"); Geese perform;

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass); Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt perform;

Actor Brian Cox (TV series, "Succession"); TV personality Samantha Bee;

Actress Christine Baranski (TV series, "The Gilded Age"); Nation of Language perform;

Singer Dionne Warwick; actor David Cross;

Musician Elvis Costello talks and performs with The Imposters;

Actress Kristen Stewart (movie, "Spencer"); TV personality Jonathan Van Ness;

TV hostess Joy Reid (TV series, "The ReidOut"); actor Thomas Middleditch (TV series "B Positive" and "Solar Opposites");

Actor Adrien Brody (TV series, "Succession"); Lady Wray performs;

Actors Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson; St. Paul and The Broken Bones perform;

Actress Marlee Matlin; actress Mackenzie Davis (TV mini-series, "Station Eleven");

TV personality Whoopi Goldberg (TV series, "The View"); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif);

Singer/actress Faith Hill (TV series, "1883"); journalist Clarissa Ward;

Singer/songwriter/actor Tim McGraw (TV series, "1883"); TV personality Martha Stewart;

Singer Dua Lipa; 2 Chainz performs;

Actor Jeffrey Wright (TV series, "Westworld", and movie, "The Batman"); actress Alex Borstein (TV series, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Family Guy", and "The Bad Guys"); Maxwell performs;

Comic John Oliver (TV series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); Future Islands perform;

Actor Daniel Craig (movie, "Knives Out 2"); biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin;

Journalist Margaret Brennan (TV series, "Face the Nation"); actor Adam Scott (movie, "Ghostwriter");

Actor Joseph-Gordon Levitt (TV series, "Super Pumped"); Alt-J perform;

Actor John Turturro; journalist John Avlon;

Journalist John Heilemann; political advisor Mark McKinnon; Jennifer Palmieri, former White House communications director; comic Russell Howard;

Journalist Julia Ioffe; actor Tom Lennon (TV series, "Reno 911 Defunded"); Tears for Fears perform;

Actor Sam Waterston (TV series "Law and Order" and "The Dropout"); actress Sophia Bush (TV series "Good Sam"); "Rescue Dog Rescue" with John Oliver;

Actor Bob Odenkirk (TV series, "Better Call Saul")

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt); Big Thief perform;

The 15th anniversary celebration of Ben and Jerry's Americone Dream, featuring celebrity guests; actor Andy Serkis (movie, "The Batman"); Fiona Hill, former Russia advisor to the White House;

Actor Kyle MacLachlan (TV mini-series, "Joe vs. Carole"); actor Arian Moayed (TV mini-series, "Inventing Anna"); Pusha T performs;

Journalist Anderson Cooper (TV series, "Anderson Cooper 360"); actress Sutton Foster (Broadway's "The Music Man");

Actor John C. Reilly (TV series, "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty"); actress Kristin Chenoweth (children's book, "What Will I Do with My Love Today?");

Ambassador Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia; actress Denee Benton (TV series, "The Gilded Age"); Father John Misty performs;

Actor Daniel Craig (movie, "Knives Out 2") takes "The Colbert Questionert"; Amb. Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Rex Orange County performs;

Actress Aidy Bryant; lifestyle expert Martha Stewart takes "The Colbert Questionert"; comic Alex Edelman performs;

Actress Sandra Bullock (movie, Le Secret de la cité perdue (2022)); Billy Strings performs;

Actress Anne Hathaway (TV series, "We Crashed"); actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph (movie, "The Lost City");

Michael Buble talks and performs with Jon Batiste and Stay Human; comic Rose Matafeo;

Journalist Chris Wallace; actor Wilmer Vanderrama (movie "Encanto" and TV series "NCIS");

Comic Hannah Gadsby; actress Sandra Bullock (movie, "The Lost City"); Buffalo Nichols performs;

Actress Elle Fanning (TV mini-series, "The Girl From Plainville"); actor Ben Schwartz (movie, "Sonic the Hedgehog 2");

Actress/host Jane Krakowski (TV series, "Name That Tune"); actor James McAvoy (TV series, "His Dark Materials"); Arlo Parks performs;

Actor John C. Reilly (TV series, "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty"); actor Mandy Patinkin; filmmaker Ken Burns (TV series, "Benjamin Franklin");

Sports analyst Shaq; actress/TV hostess Mayim Bialik (TV series, "Call Me Kat" and "Jeopardy");

Actor Oscar Isaac (TV mini-series, "Moon Knight")

Journalist Anderson Cooper; Thomas Rhett performs;

Comic Pete Holmes (TV series, "How We Roll"); poet Elizabeth Alexander;

Chance the Rapper talks and performs; actress Beanie Feldstein (TV series, "American Crime Story");

Actress Molly Shannon (movie, "Spin Me Round"); Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo);

Actress Claire Foy and actor Paul Bettany (TV mini-series, "A Very British Scandal"); Bright Eyes perform;

Actor Hugh Laurie (TV mini-series, "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"); Idles perform;

Actor Josh Brolin (TV series, "Outer Range"); The Who perform;

Actress Julia Roberts (TV series, "Gaslit"); Wilco performs;

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson; comic Emmy Blotnick;

Actor Alexander Skarsgard (movie, "The Northman"); Jack White talks and performs;

Actor Jon Bernthal (TV series, "We Own This City" and "American Gigolo"); TV personality Alton Brown (TV series "Chopped");

Chef Jose Andres and director Ron Howard (documentary, "We Feed People"); Emily Bazelon, legal commentator; Lucius and Sheryl Crow and Celisse perform;

Actress Glenn Close (TV series, "Tehran"); singer Sheryl Crow;

Actor Daniel Craig takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Matt Walsh; Joy Oladokun performs;

Actor Chris O'Donnell (TV series, "NCIS: Los Angeles"); Elvis Costello takes "The Colbert Questionert";

Actress Sarah Silverman; Shaquille O'Neal; Sharon Van Etten performs;

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; director Judd Apatow (movie, "The Bubble");

Comic Ricky Gervais (TV series "After Life" and movie "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank"); Trombone Shorty performs;

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Twice perform;

Actor Mike Myers (TV mini-series, "The Pentaverate"); actress Minha Kim (TV series, "Pachinko"); Beach House perform;

Shaquille O'Neal takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Sebastian Stan (TV mini-series, "Pam and Tommy"); Sharon Van Etten performs;

Actress Jennifer Connelly (movie "Top Gun: Maverick" and TV series "Snowpiercer"); singer Patti LuPone talks and performs;

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Punch Brothers perform;

Comic Michael Che (TV series, "Saturday Night Live"); retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis;

Actor Josh Brolin takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Hugh Dancy (movie, "Downton Abbey: A New Era");

Journalist Jake Tapper; actor Joel Kim Booster (movie, "Fire Island");

Actor Robert De Niro (movie, "Amsterdam"); actress Rosie Perez (TV series "The Flight Attendant", "Human Resources", "Now and Then");

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif); actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (movie "Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and TV series "The Man Who Fell to Earth"); Kurt Vile performs;

Jon Batiste takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Simu Liu (movie, "One True Loves");

Actor Bryan Cranston (movie, "Jerry and Marge Go Large"); Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga);

Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein; Bonnie Raitt performs;

Actress Emma Thompson (movies, "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" and "Matilda"); First Drafts with Evie Colbert; comic Tom Segura;

Actor Tom Hanks (movie, "Elvis"); Regina Spektor performs;

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); The Lumineers perform;

Actress Emma Thompson (movie, "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande"); filmmaker Werner Herzog (documentary, "Last Exit: Space"); Roger Waters performs;

Filmmaker Taika Waititi (movie, "Thor: Love and Thunder"); comic David Sedaris;

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas); actress Matilda Lawler (TV series "The Gilded Age", TV mini-series "Station Eleven");

Comic Wanda Sykes (TV series, "Chivalry" and "The Upshaws"); writer Ronan Farrow;

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Jimmie Allen performs;

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill); actor Karl Urban (TV series, "The Boys"); Stephen Sanchez performs;

Model Heidi Klum (TV series, "America's Got Talent" and "Making the Cut"); Prof. Ibram X. Kendi;

Stephen welcomes actor Billy Crystal (TV series, "Monsters at Work") and celebrity chef/author Paul Hollywood (book, "Bake").

Stephen welcomes actor/director Ethan Hawke (TV mini-series, "The Last Movie Stars") and a musical performance by Courtney Barnett.

Stephen welcomes actor Ice-T and author Michael Pollan.

Political commentator Chris Hayes (TV series, "All In with Chris Hayes"); Jack White performs;

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md); Death Cab for Cutie performs; St. Vincent sits in with Louis Cato and Stay Human;

TV personality Charlamagne Tha God; actor Brett Gelman (TV series, "Stranger Things"); St. Vincent performs in with Louis Cato and Stay Human;

Actress Amanda Seyfried (TV mini-series "The Dropout" and TV series "The Crowded Room"); actor Stephen Merchant (TV mini-series "Four Lives" and TV series "The Outlaws"); St. Vincent performs with Louis Cato and Stay Human;

Journalist Jonathan Karl; actor/director B.J. Novak (movie, "Vengeance"); St. Vincent performs with Louis Cato and Stay Human;

Comic Patton Oswalt; U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm; James Taylor performs;

Podcast hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor (podcast "Pod Save America"); comic Bianca Cristovao performs; James Taylor performs;

Director Ron Howard (movie, "Thirteen Lives"); actress Morfydd Clark (TV series, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"); James Taylor performs;

James Taylor talks and performs; actor Colman Domingo;

Actress/producer Mindy Kaling (TV series, "Never Have I Ever"); Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn); Joe Walsh performs;

Actor/producer Ben Stiller (TV series "High Desert" and "Severance"); actress D'Arcy Carden (TV series "A League of Their Own"); Joe Walsh performs;

Actor Kieran Culkin (TV series, "Succession"); Run the Jewels perform; Joe Walsh performs;

Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary; actress Tatiana Maslany (TV series, "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law"); Joe Walsh performs;