text: i have to know! is ed helms and stephen colbert really the same person? i watch the daily show with jon stewart and then the colbert report at night sometimes. i am convinced that the senior correspondent on the daily show, ed helms is being played by stephen colbert. anyone else think so? if not do you have a website or something where i can see them side by side? nope, they're different people.  they do look quite a lot alike