He was the son of Dorothy "Dotty" (Teitelbaum) and Phillip Cohen, who performed in vaudeville under the name Phil Roy. 24. (And Other Concerns) and Why Not Me?, shed make the list. He is a producer and actor, known for The Drew Carey Show (1995), Robots (2005) and Jack and Jill (2011). Rory J. Scovel is an American comedian, writer and actor from Greenville, South Carolina. He was previously married to Cookie Mackenzie and Lovenia Patricia (Peaches) Wilson. Hannibal Buress was born on February 4, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was half of a duo with the late Rick Roman. He is an actor and writer, known for Bandits (2001), Dreamgirls (2006) and Loser (2000). He graduated from NYU as a business major in 2004. He is most widely known for his at times screechy voice and scattergun delivery during his standup comedy performances and some film roles.He was born Eddie Griffin was born on July 15, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. Comedians are always supposed to punch up or at least across. OK, while we're back in time a bit, it's imperative to make a stop at Eddie Murphy's 1983 show, Delirious.. Long before he was starring in family-friendly movies, Murphy was an irreverent 22-year-old slinging X-rated jokes in a now-infamous red leather suit, with memorable commentary on ice cream trucks, his shoe-throwing mother, and celebrities like James Brown, Elvis and Stevie Wonder . The closest its come has been The Mash Report, whose very own Jon Stewart is the standup Nish Kumar. He is the youngest of three sons born to Helen (Gabler) and Jack Crystal. Rising to fame following her special "Nanette," Gadsby has pushed comedy to new levels by weaving together personal stories, art history lessons, and scathing monologues routinely taking hits at men and the patriarchy. His British-born father, Myron, was a shoe clerk, his mother, Sadie, was a dancer. But his career before becoming host of the show was quite an interesting and long one.Letterman was born in Broad Ripple, a neighborhood in Indianapolis, to Dorothy Marie (Hofert), a church secretary Producer | (2000) and Zookeeper (2011). His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. He moved with his family, including sister Carolyn, to Patton Oswalt has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. His mother was a maid and his father was an auto mechanic. He was a writer and actor, known for Gallagher: The Maddest (1983), Gallagher: Over Your Head (1984) and Gallagher: Overboard (1987). Seinfeld. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old Freddie Prinze was born Frederick Karl Pruetzel in New York City, New York, to a Puerto Rican mother, Aurea Elena Ruiz, and a German immigrant father, Edward Karl Pruetzel. Jackie Mason was born on June 9, 1928 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Love Guru (2008), Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts (2011) and Tosh.0 (2009). CK confessed, and withdrew from comedy but not for long enough, say critics of his recent comeback. SH, Put aside, if you can, his tabloid ubiquity and ropey oeuvre of Hollywood films. He was a best-selling author, star of his own stand George Wallace was born on July 21, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Steven Wright was born on December 6, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. White. He is an actor and producer, known for Natural Born Killers (1994), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and Reservoir Dogs (1992). In 1999 she became Saturday Night Lives first female head writer, winning the show its first best writing Emmy for 13 years in the process. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent, while Jerry's maternal grandparents, Salha and Selim Hosni, were Syrian Jewish immigrants (from Aleppo). Catastrophe remains the pick of the bunch, managing to be both funny and touching, and in Sharon and Rob she has created a comedy couple that will endure. He is an actor and writer, known for Trolls (2016), Jexi (2019) and 6 Underground (2019). A true legend. Lewis wrote ad copy in New Jersey while also writing jokes for Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He was previously married to Alix Bailey. It includes comedians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. She remains precisely as exacting, hilarious and influential as shes ever been. His father was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents, and Bill Cosby is one of the world's most well-known entertainers and comedians. He is a writer and actor, known for CollegeHumor Originals (2006), Crashing (2017) and Don't Think Twice (2016). In two brief decades, Hicks worked his Sam Kinison was a popular stand-up comedian from Yakima, Washington, mainly active in the 1980s and the early 1990s. A legend in the stand-up community, he has appeared on HBO, Conan, Letterman, his two Comedy Central Presents specials and almost every show that Eddie Pepitone was born on November 5, 1958 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher. Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (ne Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. And she isnt slowing down, either; her new NBC sitcom in which Ted Danson will play an obnoxious mayor of Los Angeles sounds like its going to be a slam-dunk, and shell soon star in whats likely to be the most successful film of her life in Pixars Soul. His son Michael Caputo wrote a book entitled, "Dear Pat Cooper," What Happened To My Father Pasquale Caputo? He has been married to Valerie Chaney since 2017. SH, As sketch comedy disappeared from TV screens, you could have been forgiven for thinking the artform was moribund. His film work has lurched from critically celebrated highbrow comedy (24 Hour Party People, A Cock and Bull Story) to hugely underrated would-be blockbusters (Hamlet 2, Around the World in 80 Days). This has been corrected. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to two parents, Louise and the Baptist Rev. Over five series, the group nailed subcultural satire by drawing on their experiences in the world of garage MCing, making for a show that was authentic and absurd. For years his party albums were not available in white record stores. Watch Her Comedy Special Enduring a difficult childhood that saw Steven Wright was born on December 6, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. A24/ABC/HBO. His only recurring role was that of Hugh, the main character's alter ego in the short-lived sitcom "Charlie Hoover" (1991). Human Remains was full of delusion. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent, while Jerry's maternal grandparents, Salha and Selim Hosni, were Syrian Jewish immigrants (from Aleppo). This is a non-diffusing subcategoryof Category:American comedians. In 2011 she was paid $6m to write Bossypants, opening the floodgates for dozens of essay collections by female comedians. Shortly after graduation, he moved to New York City where he quickly established Louis C.K. But with its misfit lead navigating her sexuality and identity, it was a revelation for a generation of black women who were previously made to feel invisible in comedy. Dave Chappelle Writer | Chappelle's Show Dave Chappelle's career started while he was in high school at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where he studied theatre arts. Whether he can regain his former success remains to be seen, but hes determined to use comedy to make a statement. On stage, in his newspaper columns, and on his terrific BBC show New World Order, Boyle has retained the brutality and joke-writing brilliance of his early work, but applied it to sociopolitics over celebrity. When their TV break came (on E4 then Channel 4), it wasnt just funny, it was a cinematic treat, both in how it looked, and how the sketches were like entire worlds to immerse yourself in. Each show has been wickedly warts-and-all with almost documentary realism. In it, she talks about her childhood, her Puerto Rican identity, and bridging cultural divides with her husband, who is a Midwestern white man. He was the youngest of five children of Chana "Anna" (Siegel) and Jacob Gottlieb, a bicycle repairman. He differed from other comedians, Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in New York City, New York, to Marian (Laskin), a teacher, and Donald Leibowitz, a physics professor. A stand-up comedy performer at age 10, he attended Pioneer High School in nearby San Jose, before turning professional comedian at 20. Its Bamford performing standup for just her parents, and it is glorious. Janeane had many jobs before breaking into show biz. A multiple Edinburgh Comedy award nominee, London boy Kumar is the smartest, and often the silliest, political comic weve got: acute, furious and often the ridiculous fall guy of his own jokes. From 2006 to 2013 she wrote and starred in 30 Rock, winning 112 Emmy nominations along the way. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. It appears not. Watch Trainwreck, or Mostly Sex Stuff, or any episode of Inside Amy Schumer for proof. He has been married to Carly Hallam since April 15, 2016. Like Kobe Bryant going from high school to the NBA, Eddie Murphy was a teenage phenom. Yeah, yeah, the host of call-in radio program The Best Show on WFMU technically resides in New Jersey. Some white guys poke fun at white guys. Based around Tracey, a neurotic 24-year-old living in a tower block in London, the show had all the appeal of an Inbetweeners-era coming-of-age sitcom (such as the scene in which she tries to lose her virginity in a disabled loo). Kyle Kinane is known for Funny People (2009), The House (2017) and Epic (2013). He grew up in the city, in a rougher neighborhood than most others, with a large family living under one roof. Following her death, Burns started appearing as a solo performer. The album was a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart. She is of Italian and Irish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took Henry Youngman was born on November 7, 1846 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. In a world still bound to tired stereotypes of alternately fierce and subjugated black women, this pop culture-heavy comedy stood out, as did the voice behind it, who plays the lead role with an understated confidence and, of course, lashings of awkwardness. Turn a blind eye to his questionable role in the 2015 general election. The winner of NBC's Stand Up for Diversity contest in 2012, Brillon's most recent comedy special premiered on Amazon Prime in June 2020. He died on July 24, 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. HJD, No comedy career this century has been as remarkable as that of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, low-key Kiwi musical comics turned accidental global superstars. SH, Political views can kill a comedians mojo (hello, Eddie Izzard). "Seinfeld produced, co-wrote and starred in the 2007 film Bee Movie. Boyle 2.0 is the appalling, apocalyptic comic-poet our end-of-days era demands. He is a writer and producer, known for Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015), Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2010) and Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward ( Aziz Ansari was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Fatima, a medical office worker, and Shoukath, a gastroenterologist. The guys reprise . Brent Lang, Ellise Shafer. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. He also had a few acting roles in film and television. C.K. His specials, Brian Regan: On The Rocks, and Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, are streaming on Netflix along with his Netflix series, Stand Up And Away! Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Its a trend she continued as a mentor for Broad Citys Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, helping to bring their show to TV and acting as its exec producer. Shortly after graduation, he moved to New York City where he quickly established Joan Rivers is an American talk show host, comedian, writer and actress from Brooklyn, New York. He moved with his family, including sister Carolyn, to Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. He is a writer and actor, known for Trainwreck (2015), A Night at the Roxbury (1998) and Cop Show (2014). HJD, US comic Rae harnessed the power of the webseries in the early 2010s, with her YouTube comedy The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl landing her a place on Forbes 30 Under 30 Entertainment List in 2012. Then, just as the coalition government came into power, the girl from Orpington pivoted towards outraged political comedy. Actor | PF, From Ali G to Borat to Brno, Sacha Baron Cohens audacious trolling and timely satire has made him one of comedys best-known provocateurs. He performed stand-up comedy at colleges, comedy clubs, and such television forums as An Evening at the Improv (1981) and Two Drink Minimum (1994). rank it your way. A list of the over 500 comedians in the Stand-Up Comedy Database. Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. Anthony Jeselnik was born on December 22, 1978 in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah Silverman was most recently the host of the two-time Emmy-nominated weekly topical series, I Love You America, which streamed on Hulu and also received a Writers Guild Awards nomination.Silverman is currently working on a musical adaptation of her 2010 memoir and New York Times Bestseller Doug Benson was born on July 2, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. Sohail Ahmed (born 1963) Franklyn Ajaye (born 1949) Anna Akana (born 1989) Malin Akerman (born 1978) Nawaal Akram (born 1990) Nasser Al Qasabi (born 1963) Joe Alaskey (1952-2016) Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962) Rory Albanese (born 1977) Alan Alda (born 1936) Jason Alexander (born 1959) Ted Alexandro (born 1969) Barbara Jo Allen (1906-1974) BL, Despite reaching their anarchic zenith in the 90s, the pair segued into the 00s with hits such as Shooting Stars (which ran until 2011), lost classics such as Catterick and Vic and Bobs Afternoon Delights, as well as sitcoms (House of Fools) and reboots (Big Night Out). HJD, To call someone random may be slanderous in 2019, but when the Boosh arrived in the mid 00s with their hermaphroditic mermen, talking gorillas and giant lumps of evil bubblegum it was an illuminating antidote to the bleak mockumentary realism of the comedy that was booming at the time. After spending several years mastering the art of stand-up comedy, producers of the legendary NBC late-night Foxworthy was born Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy in Atlanta, Georgia on September 6, 1958.He followed in his father's footsteps working for IBM in Georgia, but on a dare from friends, he did a few minutes of comedy at an Atlanta comedy club. Dustin Demri-Burns and Seb Cardinal. Ron White was born on December 18, 1956 in Fritch, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Home Movies (1999), Inside Out (2015) and Hyperspace (1984). His style might not feel as edgy as it once was, and there have been some blips along the way (see 2012 film The Dictator). Then she got politicised. List of New York Improv comedians; List of stand-up comedians; References This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 02:36 (UTC). Who Do You Wish Would Guest Star on the Muppet Show? William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Anna Pearl (Hite), a maid and William Henry Cosby, Sr., a U.S. Navy sailor. 1 Lewis Black 2 Eugene Mirman 3 John Pinette 4 Steven Wright ADVERTISEMENT 5 Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) 6 Aziz Ansari 7 Hal Sparks 8 Mitch Fatel 9 Jeremy Hotz 10 Bill Burr 11 Kevin Nealon 12 Dat Phan ADVERTISEMENT 13 Robert Kelly 14 Jeff Ross 15 Adam Ferrara 16 Rondell Sheridan 17 Paula Poundstone 18 Marc Maron 19 Sarah Silverman 20 Many successful comedians went on to become big comedy stars, so you will definitely recognize these names. Here are the 25 funniest stand-up comedians of all time: 25. BL, A man with such comic gift he can make an HSBC advert watchable. Camping felt like being drugged unconscious and dragged into the forest by woodspeople (or a clingy boyfriend). Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. Bill Cosby is one of the world's most well-known entertainers and comedians. He has been married to Ali Espley since April 10, 1988. That Chris Rock is one of the funniest people alive goes without saying. The 100 Best Jobs Homer Simpson Has Worked on The Simpsons, Comedies That Are Funny But Only If You Have A Morbid Sense Of Humor. However, when he gets it right he can still make a huge impact, with latest series Who Is America? He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. Maybe his antics eyeballing his crowd, absenting himself, stretching his sinewy frame into odd shapes relate to the currents of talking about incest, eco-angst and existential despair that pass for his material. He was a writer and actor, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), It's Garry Shandling's Show. But feminism? Its status and Chappelles no-compromise reputation was secured when the star mysteriously quit the programme mid-recording in 2006, triggering a seven-year sabbatical from showbiz. George Denis Patrick Carlin was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, to Mary (Bearey), a secretary, and Patrick John Carlin, an advertising manager for The Sun; they had met while working in marketing. Imagine how much happier the world would be. MacDonald's first job was writing for The Dennis Miller Show (1992) and then Roseanne (1988). He attained fame after starring in the British television series The Office. SH, When he played the O2 in London in 2013, on the back of the cult success of his autobiographical sitcom Louie, Louis CK was greeted as the worlds best standup: a philosopher with great jokes, and a pitiless chronicler of the foibles of the midlife male. Hunderby exposed the dark guts of our period drama fetishisation. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Comedy: from left, Sarah Silverman, Romesh Ranganathan, Julia Davis, Steve Coogan, Tiffany Haddish, The 50 best comedians of the 21st century. 9. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his Born in Georgia but raised in Houston since the age of 7, this self-described "Prince of Darkness" was compelled to use the comedy stage as his philosophic soapbox. He also happened to be a damned. He has been married to Margo Rey since October 13, 2013. There was a notable increase in films with gay speaking characters in 2016 36 up from 19, but . Nate. Acaster feels like an utterly uncompromised act: his shows can be elaborate metaphors and his stage presence has a sort of Dylan-ish prickliness on TV panel shows hes the grit that cuts through the chumminess. Tell us what you think about this feature. Inspired by both Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, Murphy was performing in New York City as a teenager, landing a gig on SNL by age 19, and delivering one of the funniest stand-up specials ever ( Delirious) at just 22 years old. Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. A masterclass Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as Outkast. HG, His reputation has been damaged lately by some unpleasant material on gender even if the 2017 Netflix specials in question went on to be the channels most watched comedy specials of all time. Before experiencing success as a stand-up comic, she worked Paula Poundstone was born on December 29, 1959 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. Nick Thune was born in Seattle and lived there until he was 24, when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his comedy career. HJD, The comedians comedian, Lee is known for his meandering, oddball tales and surreal projects such as Jerry Springer: The Opera. Performer, actress, singer and author Sandra Bernhard appeared as a series regular in season three of the immensely popular FX Television/Ryan Murphy show "POSE" reprising her role as brassy but caring Nurse Judy Kubrack, who works with H.I.V. was born on September 12, 1967 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. It was here that he propelled his TV show Everybody Loves Raymond.He was also the voice of the Mammoth in the extremely successful Ice Age Series Movies.He is Producer | Dark, subversive, weird, sad and absurd yet universal, Limmy proves that doing it your own way via the odd fake obituary is a risk worth taking. BL, Their Brentford-set series followed a group of loserish friends, but its creators are anything but. Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. He is also known for his roles in the Barbershop trilogy, the Madagascar trilogy, The Steve Harvey Show, Ice Age, Planes, The Soul Man and The Neighborhood. BL, Twenty years back, few had mime and clowning pegged as the hippest strands of 21st-century comedy. In 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld the "12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time. Alongside the book, and the radio show, Christie has gone on to enjoy a brilliant career in campaigning comedy, and not only for feminist causes sometimes it seems that theres nothing this terrific clown cant make funny. He died on Dave Chappelle's career started while he was in high school at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where he studied theatre arts. Theyve also prospered independently and in the most surprising places Bobs able to turn a panel show such as Would I Lie to You? She played the title role in the comedy series Grace Under Fire.Butler was born Brett Anderson in Montgomery, Alabama, the eldest of five sisters. He died on November 11 Tell us what you think about this feature. Writer | He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team One of SNL's most talented alumni, comedian Dana Carvey reigned supreme during his six-season run creating some of the show's most memorable characters, including "Church Lady", "Garth" of Wayne & Garth fame, Grumpy Old Man and bodybuilding "Hans" of Hans & Franz notoriety. He died on May 9, 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Between them theyve survived a triple heart bypass and a visit to the Im a Celebrity Jungle, to remain the reigning champions of surreal comedy. SH, Horgan has gone from portraying young drinking, shagging women (Pulling), to dysfunctional grown-up relationships (Catastrophe) to motherhood (Motherland) and has nailed them all.
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