Obama Shares His Favorite Action Movies in Colbert Interview

Former President Barack Obama became one of the last to take the Colbert Questionert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , naming Casino Royale with Daniel Craig as James Bond as his favorite action movie.

Obama’s answers to the Questionert, as well as the full video, are below.

The James Bond Collection

Barack Obama’s Colbert Questionert:

Best Sandwich: Cheeseburger

First Concert: 1973 Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road World Tour.”

Scariest Animal: Mosquitos

Apples or Oranges: Apples

Have You Ever Asked Someone for Their Autograph: Julius “Dr. J” Earving

What Do You Think Happens When We Die: “I don’t know, but I accept that if we’ve lived a good life, we live on in the memories of those who love us.”

Favorite Action Movie: Casino Royale

Favorite Smell: Michelle Obama

Earliest Memory: “Looking at tadpoles with my mom in a pond behind our house in Hawaii.”

Cats or Dogs: Dogs

If You Could Only Listen to One Song for the Rest of Your Life It Would Be: Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On?”

Please Describe the Rest of Your Life in Five Words: Joy, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Useful

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/05/president-obama-casino-royale-colbert-questionert/)._