Stand-up comedian · Cape Town, South Africa

Alan Committie

Who Alan Committie is

Alan Committie is a South African stand-up comedian based in Cape Town, one of the country's leading stand-up comics and also a character comedian, actor, writer, director and master of ceremonies. He is best known for one-man shows such as Stressed to Kill, which won the Naledi Award for Best Comic Performance in 2008, TV or Not TV, The Clown Jewels and Dick and Di, and for the long-running Defending the Caveman, which he took over and has played in theatres around South Africa.

He won a Fleur du Cap award as Best Actor in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 2008 and a SAFTA for M-Net's Laugh Out Loud, wrote and starred in M-Net's Van Der Walt's Fault, and has played the Smirnoff International Comedy Festivals, the Stand Up South Africa festival in London and stages in New York and Los Angeles. In 2025 he was the MC of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival at the Baxter Theatre.

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At a glance

Based in
Cape Town, South Africa
On screen
Laugh Out Loud, Van Der Walt's Fault and URBO
Official site
alancommittie.co.za ↗

On stage

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Questions and answers

Where is Alan Committie performing next?

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What TV shows and films are they in?

Laugh Out Loud (M-Net, two series; SAFTA, Best Supporting Actor), Van Der Walt's Fault (writer and star, M-Net) and URBO (voices, SABC).

Where are they based?

Cape Town, South Africa, as their record gives it.

What is their official website?

alancommittie.co.za ↗.

Who are some comedians like them?

Kate Davis (also in Laugh Out Loud), Salma Hindy (also in Laugh Out Loud), Thomas Calnan (also in Laugh Out Loud) and Tracy Hamilton (also in Laugh Out Loud).

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Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026