The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 5 / Year 2019

Ethan Hawke; Jon Glaser; musical performance by Taylor Bennett.

Kevin Hart; comedian Nicole Byer.

Senator Kamala Harris; Bradley Whitford; musical performance by Gary Clark Jr.

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson; Jamie Oliver

James McAvoy; Sonequa Martin-Green from the CBS All-Access drama STAR TREK: DISCOVERY; musical performance by Kane Brown.

M. Night Shyamalan

Jake Gyllenhaal; Pete Holmes

Sarah Paulson; Killer Mike; musical performance by Future.

William H. Macy; author Rebecca Traister.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Method Man.

Drew Barrymore; Bret Baier; musical performance by Maggie Rogers.

Actor Matthew McConaughey; musical performance by Better Oblivion Community Center.

Michael Moore; Ken Marino; musical performance by Dermot Kennedy.

John Goodman; stand-up comedy performance by Samantha Ruddy.

Former Special Assistant to President Trump Cliff Sims; interview with and musical performance by Paul Simon.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will feature former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and actress Yvette Nicole Brown on its live broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City following President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT)

John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon & Alex Wagner; Max Greenfield, from the CBS comedy THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Ellen Page; Radhika Jones, Editor-in-Chief of "Vanity Fair"; stand-up comedy performance by Django Gold.

TV host Conan O'Brien; musical performance by James Taylor; surprise special appearances by actors Patrick Stewart and Steve Carell.

Co-Hosts of "CBS This Morning": Norah O'Donnell, John Dickerson, Gayle King & Bianna Golodryga; filmmaker Spike Lee. Live broadcast following President Donald Trump's State of the Union Address.

Steve Buscemi; Bret Baier; musical performance by Sasha Sloan.

Actor Chris Pratt; TV personality Meghan McCain; musical performance by Beirut.

Actress Glenn Close; stand-up comedy performance by Byron Bowers.

TV host John Oliver; musical performance by BLACKPINK.

Actress Regina King; philanthropists Bill & Melinda Gates; comedian Jena Friedman.

Trevor Noah; Natasha Lyonne.

Actor Bradley Cooper; Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential hopeful.

Actor Jeff Goldblum; chef Jacques Torres; musical performance by The Marcus King Band.

Jake Tapper; Amy Sedaris; musical performance by The Claypool Lennon Delirium.

Former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe; actor Dan Levy; musical performance by Sigrid.

Reba McEntire, host of the "54th Academy of Country Music Awards" on CBS; Margaret Brennan, host of CBS News's "Face The Nation"; special appearance by Alexander Skarsgard.

Actress Annette Bening; political commentator Ana Navarro; musical performance by Ben Platt.

Actor Don Cheadle; comic Colin Quinn.

Actress Julianne Moore; actor Thomas Lennon; musical performance by Bebe Rexha.

Actor Kit Harrington; actress Amber Tamblyn; musical performance by Hozier.

TV personality Willie Geist; actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge; stand-up comedy performance by Dwayne Perkins.

Journalist Gayle King; actress Pamela Adlon; musical performance by Mumford & Sons.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); actors Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman.

Actor Damian Lewis; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); musical performance by Ellie Goulding.

Actor John Turturro; actor Andrew Rannells; musical performance by Robyn.

Actress Patricia Arquette; actor Ian McShane; musical performance by Strand of Oaks with Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires.

Actress Christine Baranski, from the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.).

Special appearances by actress Laura Bennati, actress Christine Baranski, and comedian Brian Stack (all three impersonating Melania Trump); actor Donnie Wahlberg, from the CBS drama BLUE BLOODS; playwright Heidi Schreck.

Actress Lupita Nyong'o; author Vicky Ward; musical performance by Karen O & Danger Mouse directed by Spike Jonze.

Journalist Chris Hayes; Actress Nico Parker.

Actor Paul Giamatti; Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.); special appearance by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); stand-up comedy performance by Aparna Nancherla.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); actor Tony Hale.

Actress Keri Russell; lifestyle expert Martha Stewart.

Sports analyst Charles Barkley; actress Tig Notary, from the CBS All Access drama STAR TREK: DISCOVERY.

Actor Nathan Lane; Cast of "Queer Eye": Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, and Tan France (Kamaro Brown scheduled but didn't appear).

Actress Emilia Clarke; actor Henry Winkler; musical performance by H.E.R.

Actor John Lithgow; politician Stacey Abrams; musical performance by Kevin Garrett.

Actress Sandra Oh; actor Zachary Levi; musical performance by Nina Nesbitt.

Actor Hank Azaria; literary critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr; special appearances by actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Emilia Clarke.

Actor Zach Galifianakis; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.); musical performance by Ellie Goulding.

Actress Michelle Williams; journalist Emily Bazelon; special appearance by Oscar the Grouch.

Journalist Anderson Cooper; actress Ruth Wilson; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

Actress Molly Shannon; actor Gary Cole; musical performance by Paul Simon; flipped interview with Trevor Noah.

Actress Laurie Metcalfe; actor Ramy Youssef.

POLITCO's Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman; musical performance by The Lumineers. Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo take part in a special Avengers Edition of "Just One Question."

Stephen welcomes actress Samantha Bee, a Mueller Report analysis by lawyer Neal Katyal, and a musical performance by Cage the Elephant.

Actor Robert De Niro; actress Beth Behrs, from the CBS comedy THE NEIGHBORHOOD; actress Retta, from the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation.

Stephen welcomes actor Seth Rogen and author Jessica Yellin.

Actress Christina Applegate; journalist Van Jones.

Mariska Hargitay; Thomas Middleditch; musical performance by Hootie & the Blowfish.

Journalist Chris Cuomo; actor Nicholas Hoult & actress Lily Collins; musical performance by James Taylor.

Actor Craig Ferguson; professional wrestler Ronda Rousey; adventurer Bear Grylls.

Actor Common; actress Rachel Dratch; musical performance by Maren Morris.

Actress Anne Hathaway; attorney Ari Melber.

Actor Bryan Cranston; TV host RuPaul Charles; Bonnie Raitt performs.

The cast of "Veep": Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland and Clea DuVall.

Actor Keanu Reeves; actor Santino Fontana; a special appearance by actor Bryan Cranston.

Actor Bill Hader; musical performance by James Bay.

Hosts of CBS THIS MORNING: Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil; comedian Pete Holmes; musical performance by The National.

Hosts of "Pod Save America": Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor; interview with and musical performance by BTS.

The cast of the CBS comedy THE BIG BANG THEORY: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch; musical performance by the Barenaked Ladies.

Actress Olivia Wilde; CBS News' 60 MINUTES correspondent Scott Pelley; musical performance by BTS.

Actress Julianna Margulies; retired Adm. William McRaven; performance by the Broadway cast of "The Prom".

Radio host Howard Stern.

Democratic presidential candidate & Senator Kamala Harris; actress Kaitlyn Dever.

Talk show host Conan O'Brien; journalist Jim Sciutto; musical performance by the National.

Actress Wanda Sykes; actress Vanessa Bayer.

Actress Emma Thompson; actor Adam Scott; musical performance by Spiritualized.

James Corden, host of CBS' THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN and THE 73RD ANNUAL TONY AWARDS; actress Zoë Kravitz; musical performance by Lewis Capaldi.

Mindy Kaling; Seth Green.

Actress Elisabeth Moss; actor Matt Bomer; stand-up comedy performance by Steven Rogers.

Actor Samuel L. Jackson; Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

Singer Tim McGraw and presidential historian Jon Meacham; actress Tessa Thompson; musical performance by Jessie Reyez feat. 6LACK.

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Democratic presidential candidate; actor Billy Porter.

Actor Kevin Bacon; songwriter Mark Ronson; musical performance by Mark Ronson feat. Lykke Li.

Actress Aubrey Plaza; journalist Dan Abrams.

Actor Dax Shepard; lawyer Preet Bharara; musical performance by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real; a special appearance by Joh Stewart.

TV host Chris Matthews; interview with and musical performance by Jessie Buckley.

Actor Ice Cube; comedian Tig Notaro.

Actor Russell Crowe; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; musical performance by the Raconteurs.

Naomi Watts; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; musical performance by the Raconteurs/

Actor Tom Holland; 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang; musical guest Jenny Lewis.

Actress Zendaya; professional football player Julian Edelman.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and musical guest Incubus (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT).

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the founders of theSkimm, Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT).

Actor Ricky Gervais; musical performance by X Ambassadors.

Actress Awkwafina; TV personality Donny Deutsch; musical performance by The Mountain Goats.

Actress Sofía Vergara; comic David Cross; musical performance by Tove Lo.

Norah O'Donnell, anchor of the CBS EVENING NEWS; actor Topher Grace; stand-up comedy performance by Ahamed Weinberg.

TV host John Oliver; retired professional football player Joe Namath.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal; Democratic presidetial candidate Marianne Williamson; stand-up comedy performance by Daniel Simonsen.

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro; actor Tony Hale; musical performance by Nilüfer Yanya.

Fox TV host Chris Wallace; actor Jamie Bell.

Actor Jeff Goldblum; actress Aisha Tyler.

Actor John Leguizamo; actor Ricky Gervais in a box; stand-up comedy performance by Candice Thompson.

Actor Idris Elba; actress Maude Apatow; musical performance by Perry Farrell.

Actor Jeff Daniels; journalists Katy Tur & Jacob Soboroff (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT).

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel; actor Michael Ian Black (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT).

Rapper Meek Mill; actor Nicholas Braun.

Actor Brian Cox; comedian Hannah Gadsby; stand-up comedy performance by Shane Torres.

Actress Amanda Seyfried; actors Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon & Keith L. Williams (movie, "Good Boys").

Actress Tiffany Haddish; actor Jared Harris; musical performance by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Special Guest Ron Burgundy (played by actor Will Ferrell).

Actress Cate Blanchett; actor Marc Maron.

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith; Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.); musical performance by Goo Goo Dolls.

Actor Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson; actress Jillian Bell; musical performance by Tori Kelly.

Actress Kirsten Dunst; actor Adam Devine; actor Lee Pace.

Actor Jim Gaffigan; journalist Ann Curry.

Vice President Joe Biden; musical performance by the Pixies.

Mayor and 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg; television host Graham Norton.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; actor Bill Skarsgård; musical performance by BANKS.

Actor Ansel Elgort; journalists Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey discuss breaking the Harvey Weinstein story, their book, She Said, and the #MeToo movement.

Actor James McAvoy; author Stephen King; musical performance by Vampire Weekend.

Journalist Jake Tapper; screenwriter Jon Lovett (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT)

Actor Tom Hiddleston; Marie Osmond, co-host of CBS' THE TALK.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); the cast of "The Brady Bunch": Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen.

Actor Billy Crystal; musical performance by Thomas Rhett.

Actress Taraji P. Henson; actor Aasif Mandvi, from the new CBS drama EVIL; stand-up comedy performance by Kevin Camia.

Show highlights of the past year.

Singer-songwriter Paul McCartney.

Talk show host Whoopi Goldberg; author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Actress Renée Zellweger; actor Walton Goggins, from the new CBS comedy THE UNICORN; Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern. Stephen Colbert announces he will do his show from New Zealand sometime in October 2019.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); musical performance by Brittany Howard.

Actress Patricia Heaton, from the new CBS comedy CAROL'S SECOND ACT; interview with and musical performance by Tegan and Sara.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton; musical performance by Wilco.

TV host Rachel Maddow; musician Thom Yorke.

Actor Rami Malek; TV director Jill Soloway; stand-up comedy performance by Leah Bonnema.

Interview with and musical performance by Carrie Underwood; filmmaker Kevin Smith & actor Jason Mewes.

Actor Jon Hamm; special appearance by New York Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Former National Security Advisor and Ambassador Susan Rice.

Actor Will Smith; actor Andrew Scott.

TV personality Jonathan Van Ness; actor Brett Gelman; special appearances by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Comic John Oliver and actress Amy Sedaris interview Stephen; singer-songwriter Paul McCartney; musical performance by Big Thief.

Actress Julie Andrews; actor Jonathan Groff; musical performance by YUNGBLUD featuring Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons.

Actor John Lithgow; actress Camila Mendes; poetry with Julie Andrews.

Journalist Ronan Farrow; actress Andrea Savage.

Actor Steve Carell; musical performance by Toby Keith

Actor Eddie Murphy; blogger Ree Drummond.

Actress Queen Latifah; Radhika Jones, editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair.

Actress Jennifer Aniston; actor Thomas Middleditch.

Actor Norman Reedus; actress Cynthia Erivo; musical performance by Miranda Lambert.

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

TV host Conan O'Brien and rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson interview Stephen Colbert; actor Rob Corddry, from the new CBS comedy THE UNICORN.

Country singer Tim McGraw; Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).

Actress Elizabeth Banks; Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota).

Actress Helen Mirren and actor Ian McKellen; "MasterChef Junior" Contestants.

John Dickerson, Contributor for CBS News's 60 MINUTES; musical performance by King Princess.

Actor Liev Schreiber; actor Daniel Kaluuya; musical performance by Cold War Kids.

Actor Tim Robbins; political analyst Nicolle Wallace.

Actor Mark Ruffalo; TV host Andy Cohen; musical performance by Thom Yorke.

Actor David Harbour; interview with and performance by Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit from "Moulin Rouge! The Musical."

Actor Adam Driver; musical performance by The 1975; special appearance by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; "Stephen Colbert: The Newest Zealander" Night 1.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter; special appearance by actress Lucy Lawless and actor Bret McKenzie; "Stephen Colbert: The Newest Zealander" Night 2.

Journalists John Heilemann and Alex Wagner of The Circus; "Stephen Colbert: The Newest Zealander" Night 3 (LIVE broadcast ET/delayed PT).

Senator Kamala Harris (D-California); musical performance by Lady Antebellum; special appearance by director Peter Jackson; "Stephen Colbert: The Newest Zealander" Night 4.

Actor Daniel Craig; actress Lena Waithe; "Stephen Colbert: The Newest Zealander" Night 5.

Actor Robert De Niro; filmmaker J.J. Abrams.

Actor Paul Rudd; actress Adrienne Warren.

Actor LL Cool J, from the CBS drama NCIS: LOS ANGELES; interview with and cooking demo by José Andrés.

Actor Eddie Redmayne; comedian Joe Pera; musical performance by Pharrell Williams.

Actress Scarlett Johansson; musical performance by The Weeknd.

Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams; actor Chris Parnell; musical performance by The Weeknd.

Actress Saoirse Ronan; journalist Tom Brokaw.

Actor Ed Harris; actress Florence Pugh; musical performance by Jon Batiste.

Actor Clive Owen; former ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power; musical performance by Thomas Rhett.

Stephen welcomes Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

Actor Mark Harmon, from the CBS drama NCIS; stand-up comedy performance by Caitlin Weierhauser; special appearance by the cast of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."

Actor Aaron Paul; musical performance by Idina Menzel.

Actor Jamie Foxx.

Actress Charlize Theron; TV personality Martha Stewart; special appearance by John Lithgow as Rudy Giuliani.

Actress Jennifer Hudson; actor Jonathan Pryce; musical performance by Sharon Van Etten featuring Norah Jones.