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A comedian is a performer who creates and delivers humorous content, often through stand-up, sketches, or other media, to entertain and provoke laughter from an audience.
Aliases (12)
- stand-up comedian ×34
- radio personality ×20
- vaudeville performer ×10
- American comedian ×8
- member of Monty Python ×2
- political satirist ×2
- African-American comedian ×1
- British comedian ×1
- Monty Python sketch ×1
- comedy double act ×1
- member of comedy group ×1
- sketch comedian ×1
Instances (254)
- Mel Blanc
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Steve Martin
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Seth MacFarlane
- Billy Crystal
- Tina Fey
- George Carlin ("stand-up comedian")
- Will Ferrell
- Carol Burnett
- Bill Cosby
- Eddie Murphy
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Ministry of Silly Walks ("Monty Python sketch")
- Jay Leno
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- David Letterman
- Terry Gilliam
- Bill Murray
- Dave Chappelle ("stand-up comedian")
- Eric Idle
- Terry Jones
- Jon Stewart
- Adam Sandler ("stand-up comedian")
- Michael Palin
- Andy Samberg
- Bing Crosby ("radio personality")
- Fannie Flagg
- Molière
- Tony Hancock
- Frank Gumm ("vaudeville performer")
- Charlie Day
- Mary Jane Gumm ("vaudeville performer")
- Alex Borstein
- Leslie Nielsen
- Estelle Scher
- Nick Cannon
- Everett ("British comedian")
- Dick Costolo ("stand-up comedian")
- Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin)
- Q-Tip ("radio personality")
- Seth Green
- Cloris Leachman
- Mike Henry
- Byron Allen
- Emma Thompson
- Sydney Chaplin (half-brother)
- Donald Faison
- Lupe Vélez
- Harold Lloyd
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jack Black
- Stephen Merchant
- Hugh Grant
- Maureen Reagan ("radio personality")
- Rowan Atkinson
- Lewis Black ("stand-up comedian")
- Michael Ian Black
- Oleksandr Pikalov
- Steven Van Zandt ("radio personality")
- Penn Jillette
- Noble Ape ("stand-up comedian")
- Penny Marshall
- Jenifer Lewis
- Helms
- Lorne David Michaels
- Adele Astaire ("vaudeville performer")
- Ken Jeong
- Mickey Rooney
- Josh Gad
- Dunham ("stand-up comedian")
- Jack Lemmon
- Robin Ruzan
- Hattie McDaniel
- Desi Arnaz
- Robin Williams
- George Lopez ("stand-up comedian")
- Simon Bird
- Bert Lahr
- Kathy Burke
- Chris Rock ("stand-up comedian")
- Frederick Austerlitz ("vaudeville performer")
- Julian Clary
- Lenny Bruce ("stand-up comedian")
- Jordan Peele
- Ozzie
- Redd Foxx ("stand-up comedian")
- Kevin Hart ("stand-up comedian")
- Mike Nichols
- Carole Lombard
- Woody Allen ("stand-up comedian")
- Snub Pollard
- Dick Clark ("radio personality")
- Chris Myers ("radio personality")
- Chick Hearn ("radio personality")
- William Sanford Nye
- Peter Cook
- Mitchell and Webb ("comedy double act")
- Jack Pepper ("vaudeville performer")
- Fatman Scoop ("radio personality")
- Charlotte Greenwood
- Jerry Seinfeld ("stand-up comedian")
- Robert Wuhl
- Mason Pryor ("stand-up comedian")
- Nathan Lane
- Harold Ramis
- Ray Romano ("stand-up comedian")
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis
- Stephen Fry
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Jack Benny
- Armando Iannucci
- Bob Hope
- Jerry Lewis
- Albert Brooks ("stand-up comedian")
- Norman Wisdom
- Vance DeGeneres
- Sarah Silverman ("stand-up comedian")
- Melvin
- John Leguizamo
- Romany Malco
- Wendy Williams ("radio personality")
- Jamie Foxx ("stand-up comedian")
- Regina Hall
- John Belushi
- Gilda Radner
- John Michael Most ("radio personality")
- Steve Harvey
- Amy Poehler
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Will Rogers ("vaudeville performer")
- Kristen Wiig
- Dan Aykroyd
- Kate McKinnon
- Lucille Ball’s co‑star Dick Van Dyke
- Ed Helms
- Lorne Michaels
- Michael Keaton
- Cheech Marin
- Steve Coogan
- Hugh Laurie
- Bill Hader
- Don Adams
- Ninian Joseph Yule Jr.
- Jason Sudeikis
- Conan O’Brien
- Donald O'Connor
- Ben Stiller
- Chapman
- ITV Digital
- Eugene Levy
- John Candy
- David Frost
- Barry Humphries
- Dick Van Dyke
- Owen Wilson
- Martin Clunes
- Tracy Morgan
- John Ritter
- Dax Shepard
- Eric Bana
- Kelsey Grammer
- Ted Danson
- Charles Peckham Day
- Glenn Howerton
- Jim Gaffigan ("stand-up comedian")
- Howard Stern ("radio personality")
- Carlin ("stand-up comedian")
- Louis C.K. ("stand-up comedian")
- Aubrey Plaza
- Mort Sahl ("stand-up comedian")
- Steve Buscemi
- Kumail Nanjiani
- John Murray
- Kaitlin Olson
- Tyler Labine
- Bonnie Hunt
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Howard Cosell ("radio personality")
- John ("radio personality")
- Will Arnett
- Crystal
- Fey
- Steve McMichael ("radio personality")
- Steve Allen
- Julia Sweeney
- Nick Offerman
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Wolfman Jack ("radio personality")
- Jack Paar
- Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
- Danny DeVito
- Johnny Carson
- Joe Pesci
- Howie Rose ("radio personality")
- Lucille Ball
- Richard Pryor ("stand-up comedian")
- Idle
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Garry Marshall
- Seth Rogen
- John William Ferrell
- Fred Armisen
- William James Murray
- Michael Cera
- Bill Burr ("stand-up comedian")
- Eddie Izzard ("stand-up comedian")
- Danny Thomas
- Joel Murray
- William Edward Crystal
- Alice Zenobia Richmond
- Keith Allen
- Josephine Cohan ("vaudeville performer")
- Andy Griffith
- Povel Ramel
- Charles Grodin
- Bette Midler
- Bob Newhart ("stand-up comedian")
- John Larroquette
- Betty White
- Sheldon Leonard