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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Season 7 · Episode 61
Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal
6.045mDecember 15, 2021
Stephen welcomes actor Denzel Washington, actor Maggie Gyllenhaal. Stephen celebrates the 20th anniversary of "Lord of the Rings" with special guests.
Episodes
- Episode 1Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, the War on Drugs
- Episode 2Chris Wallace, Holland Taylor
- Episode 3Sarah Paulson, Kacey Musgraves
- Episode 4Jeff Daniels, Nate Burleson
- Episode 5Justice Stephen Breyer
- Episode 6Jessica Chastain, Stephen Sondheim
- Episode 7Melissa McCarthy, Lindsey Buckingham
- Episode 8The Late Show's Celebration of Season 6: This Time with Laughs!
- Episode 9Bob Woodward, Robert Costa, Leon Bridges
- Episode 10Shawn Mendes, Chris Turner
- Episode 11Anderson Cooper, John Mayer
- Episode 12Paul Giamatti, Jon Stewart
- Episode 13Drew Carey, Phoebe Robinson
- Episode 14Anita Hill, Alessandro Nivola
- Episode 15John Lithgow, Theo Croker, Wyclef Jean
- Episode 16Rebecca Ferguson
- Episode 17Julianna Margulies, Toby Keith
- Episode 18Michael Keaton, Zac Brown Band
- Episode 19Bret Baier, Susie Essman
- Episode 20Sanjay Gupta, Denis Villeneuve
- Episode 21The cast of "Succession"
- Episode 22Rep. Adam Schiff, Kacey Musgraves
- Episode 23Nick Offerman, Charlamagne Tha God
- Episode 24Issa Rae, H.E.R.
- Episode 25Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya
- Episode 26Andie MacDowell, Lana Del Rey
- Episode 27Bruce Springsteen
- Episode 28Katie Couric, Gabby Barret
- Episode 29Elizabeth Banks, Jorja Fox
- Episode 30John Leguizamo, Thomasin McKenzie
- Episode 31Trevor Noah, My Morning Jacket
- Episode 32David Byrne, Huma Abedin
- Episode 33Michael C. Hall, Michael Eric Dyson
- Episode 34Andy Cohen, Thundercat
- Episode 35Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford
- Episode 36Tony Hale, Snail Mail
- Episode 37Jonathan Karl, Brandi Carlile
- Episode 38Quentin Tarantino
- Episode 39Aubrey Plaza, Bruce Springsteen
- Episode 40Kenneth Branagh, Ellie Kemper
- Episode 41Jeff Goldblum, Rod Stewart
- Episode 42Paul Rudd, Sting
- Episode 43Eric Adams, Dwyane Wade
- Episode 44Adam Driver, America Ferrera
- Episode 45Kevin Hart, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss
- Episode 46Andrew Garfield, José Andres
- Episode 47Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett
- Episode 48Rosamund Pike, Peter Jackson
- Episode 49Peter Jackson, Chelsea Cutler
- Episode 50Peter Dinklage, Lee Jung-Jae, Aaron & Bryce Dessner
- Episode 51Javier Bardem, Gang of Youths
- Episode 52Mahershala Ali, Jason Reynolds
- Episode 53Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Hemby
- Episode 54Jennifer Lawrence, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Episode 55Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon; Glass Animals
- Episode 56Dr. David Agus; Natalie Hemby
- Episode 57Michael B. Jordan; Nathaniel Rateliff
- Episode 58Sting, David Alan Grier
- Episode 59Keanu Reeves, Brett Eldredge
- Episode 60Henry Cavill, Jonathan Groff
- Episode 61Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Episode 62Anderson Cooper
- Episode 63Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Episode 64Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, The Flaming Lips ft. Nell Smith
- Episode 65Eliana Kwartler, Amy Klobuchar, SAINt JHN
- Episode 66John Dickerson, Corey Hawkins
- Episode 67Keanu Reeves, Genesis Owusu
- Episode 68Gayle King, Tig Notaro
- Episode 69Bradley Cooper, Robert Finley, Dan Auerbach
- Episode 70Keanu Reeves, Caitriona Balfe
- Episode 71Liev Schreiber, Allison Russell
- Episode 72Bradley Cooper, Corey Stoll, Geese
- Episode 73Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ingrid Andress, Sam Hunt
- Episode 74Brian Cox, Samantha Bee
- Episode 75Christine Baranski, Nation of Language
- Episode 76Dionne Warwick, David Cross
- Episode 77Elvis Costello
- Episode 78Kristen Stewart, Jonathan Van Ness
- Episode 79Joy Reid, Thomas Middleditch
- Episode 80Adrien Brody, Lady Wray
- Episode 81Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- Episode 82Marlee Matlin, Mackenzie Davis
- Episode 83Whoopi Goldberg, Rep. Ro Khanna
- Episode 84Clarissa Ward, Faith Hill, Aurora
- Episode 85Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart
- Episode 86Dua Lipa, 2 Chainz
- Episode 87Jeffrey Wright, Alex Borstein, Maxwell
- Episode 88John Oliver, Future Islands
- Episode 89Daniel Craig, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Episode 90Margaret Brennan, Adam Scott
- Episode 91Joseph Gordon-Levitt, alt-J
- Episode 92John Turturro, John Avlon
- Episode 93John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Jennifer Palmieri, Russell Howard
- Episode 94Julia Ioffe, Thomas Lennon, Tears for Fears
- Episode 95Sam Waterston, Sophia Bush, John Oliver
- Episode 96Bob Odenkirk, Pusha T
- Episode 97Sen. Bernie Sanders, Big Thief
- Episode 98Andy Serkis, Fiona Hill
- Episode 99Kyle MacLachlan, Arian Moayed, Pusha T
- Episode 100Anderson Cooper, Sutton Foster
- Episode 101John C. Reilly, Kristin Chenoweth
- Episode 102Michael McFaul, Denée Benton, Father John Misty
- Episode 103Marie Yovanovitch, Martha Stewart, Rex Orange County
- Episode 104Aidy Bryant, Alex Edelman
- Episode 105Sandra Bullock, Billy Strings
- Episode 106Anne Hathaway, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Episode 107Michael Bublé, Rose Matafeo
- Episode 108Chris Wallace, Wilmer Valderrama
- Episode 109Hannah Gadsby, Sandra Bullock, Buffalo Nichols
- Episode 110Elle Fanning, Ben Schwartz
- Episode 111Jane Krakowski, James McAvoy, Arlo Parks
- Episode 112John C. Reilly, Mandy Patinkin, Ken Burns
- Episode 113Shaquille O'Neal, Mayim Bialik
- Episode 114Jon Batiste, Oscar Isaac
- Episode 115Anderson Cooper, Thomas Rhett
- Episode 116Pete Holmes, Elizabeth Alexander
- Episode 117Chance the Rapper, Beanie Feldstein
- Episode 118Molly Shannon, Rep. Cori Bush
- Episode 119Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Bright Eyes
- Episode 120Hugh Laurie, Spoon
- Episode 121Josh Brolin, The Who
- Episode 122Julia Roberts, Wilco
- Episode 123Neil deGrasse Tyson, Emmy Blotnick
- Episode 124Alexander Skarsgård, Jack White
- Episode 125Jon Bernthal, Alton Brown
- Episode 126Jose Andres, Ron Howard, Emily Bazelon, Lucius featuring Sheryl Crow and Celisse
- Episode 127Glenn Close, Sheryl Crow
- Episode 128Daniel Craig, Matt Walsh, Joy Oladokun
- Episode 129Chris O'Donnell, Elvis Costello
- Episode 130Mark Esper, Judd Apatow
- Episode 131Ricky Gervais, Trombone Shorty
- Episode 132Antony Blinken, TWICE
- Episode 133Mike Myers, Minha Kim, Beach House
- Episode 134Shaquille O'Neal, Sebastian Stan, Sharon Van Etten
- Episode 135Jennifer Connelly, Patti LuPone
- Episode 136Jacinda Ardern, Punch Brothers
- Episode 137Michael Che, James Stavridis
- Episode 138Josh Brolin, Hugh Dancy
- Episode 139Jake Tapper, Joel Kim Booster
- Episode 140Robert De Niro, Rosie Perez
- Episode 141Rep. Adam Schiff, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kurt Vile
- Episode 142Jon Batiste, Simu Liu
- Episode 143Bryan Cranston, Sen. Raphael Warnock
- Episode 144Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Bonnie Raitt
- Episode 145Emma Thompson, Tom Segura
- Episode 146Tom Hanks, Regina Spektor
- Episode 147Cory Booker, The Lumineers
- Episode 148Werner Herzog, Roger Waters
- Episode 149Taika Waititi, David Sedaris
- Episode 150Beto O’Rourke, Matilda Lawler
- Episode 151Wanda Sykes, Ronan Farrow
- Episode 152Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jimmie Allen
- Episode 153Adam Kinzinger, Karl Urban, Stephen Sanchez
- Episode 154Heidi Klum, Ibram X. Kendi
- Episode 155Billy Crystal, Paul Hollywood
- Episode 156Ethan Hawke, Courtney Barnett
- Episode 157Ice-T, Michael Pollan
- Episode 158Chris Hayes, Jack White
- Episode 159Jamie Raskin, Death Cab for Cutie
- Episode 160Charlamagne tha God, Brett Gelman
- Episode 161Amanda Seyfried, Stephen Merchant
- Episode 162Jonathan Karl, BJ Novak, St. Vincent
- Episode 163Patton Oswalt, Jennifer Granholm, James Taylor
- Episode 164Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Bianca Cristovao, James Taylor
- Episode 165Ron Howard, Morfydd Clark, James Taylor
- Episode 166James Taylor, Colman Domingo
- Episode 167Luis Cato, Joe Walsh, Mindy Kaling, Senator Chris Murphy
- Episode 168Ben Stiller, D'Arcy Carden, Joe Walsh
- Episode 169Kieran Culkin, Run the Jewels, Joe Walsh
- Episode 170Karine Jean-Pierre, Tatiana Maslany, Joe Walsh