Comedians from New York
170 stand-up comedians from New York, A to Z, as their SUCDb records give it: born or raised there, who each one is, the source, and their next date where they have one.
- 170comedians on the list
- 69with a date on the Comedy Calendar
- 57with a special on record
- 41hosting a podcast
On stage soon
The next date for the 8 on this list with a show coming up, the soonest first (69 in all).
- 13NovAdam ConoverVermont Comedy Club, Burlington, VT
- 13NovAdam FerraraCristy B Comedy Club, Daytona Beach, FL
- 13NovAdam HmadaBroadway Comedy Club, New York, NY
- 13NovAlonzo BoddenComedy Mothership, Austin, TX
- 13NovAndrew Dice ClayThe Parker, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 13NovAndrew SchulzHilarities 4th Street Theatre, Cleveland, OH
- 13NovChristian FinneganNew York Comedy Club – Midtown, New York, NY
- 13NovGadiel Del OrbeBroadway Comedy Club, New York, NY
Comedians from New York, A to Z
From New York as each record gives it: where they grew up or were born, not always where they live now. 69 of them have a date on the Comedy Calendar.
- Aaron Karo is a stand-up comedian, screenwriter and author whose career began with a funny email from his college dorm room that grew into the long-running humor column Ruminations. Official site ↗
- Investigative comedian, writer and host; creator and host of Adam Ruins Everything, host of Factually!, and stand-up comic whose special Unmedicated was released on Dropout and later made available by Conover himself. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, VT →
- Comedian, actor and host whose work includes three Comedy Central specials, roles on Rescue Me and Nurse Jackie, six seasons co-hosting Top Gear USA, the comedy album It's Scary in Here, and The Adam Ferrara Podcast. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Cristy B Comedy Club, Daytona Beach, FL →
- Adam Growe is a Toronto-based stand-up comedian, host and quiz show creator with more than thirty years of television, radio and live-event work, performing across Canada and internationally. Official site ↗
- Adam Hmada is a stand-up comedian, writer and filmmaker born and raised in New York, where he performs nightly, blending observational humor with personal storytelling. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Broadway Comedy Club, New York, NY →
- American comedian, actor, writer and producer who wrote for and performed on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, known there for original songs such as 'The Thanksgiving Song' and 'The Chanukah Song'. Wikipedia ↗
- Former lawyer turned stand-up comedian. Official site ↗
- Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, the winner of the third season of NBC's Last Comic Standing and a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Punch Line Houston — shows ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Comedy Mothership, Austin, TX →
- Amada Caba is a stand-up comic born and raised in New York City, who performs on the city's club stages. The Grisly Pear ↗ Next: 16 November 2026 · The Grisly Pear – Greenwich Village, New York, NY →
- American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and director who first drew national attention finishing fourth on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2007. Wikipedia ↗
- American stand-up comedian and actor who rose to fame in the late 1980s with 'The Diceman', a brash, deliberately offensive persona. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · The Parker, Fort Lauderdale, FL →
- Andrew Schulz is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster from New York City, known for the Flagrant and The Brilliant Idiots podcasts and MTV2's Guy Code. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Hilarities 4th Street Theatre, Cleveland, OH →
- Comedy writer and performer with a long late-night and television-comedy career. Writers Guild of America East — 2026 Awards ↗
- American entertainer and performance artist, often called an 'anti-comedian', who rejected conventional joke-telling in favour of characters such as the meek Foreign Man, the abrasive lounge singer Tony Clifton and a self-styled… Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian known for industry satire, frequent appearances and correspondent work on The Late Show with David Letterman, the annual State of the Industry address at Just for Laughs, Comedy Central half-hours, and… Laugh Factory comedian bio ↗
- American stand-up comedian, podcaster and producer who began as a Comedy Store employee before Mitzi Shore made him a paid regular, and later toured as an opener for Joe Rogan. Wikipedia ↗
- Influential stand-up comedian, political satirist and activist closely associated with the development of Boston's comedy scene. The Washington Post obituary ↗
- Barry Rothbart is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, actor and writer. The Podcumentary — Meet the hosts ↗
- Bill Maher is a stand-up comedian, satirist and television host who hosts Real Time with Bill Maher and its companion Overtime on HBO, and the YouTube conversation series Club Random. Official site ↗
- Tony- and Emmy-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer and director known for Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally..., City Slickers, Analyze This and nine Academy Awards hosting appearances. Billy Crystal 860 official site ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker whose stand-up recordings include Soldier for Christ and Is He Like That All the Time? Official Linktree ↗ Next: 31 January 2027 · Comedy Cabin, Janesville, WI →
- Brad Rickert is a New York City comic who co-hosts the Pimp Daddy Podcast with fellow comic Sheri Ciprane. Pimp Daddy Podcast podcast feed ↗
- Brent Birnbaum is a stand-up comedian from New York City, born around the corner from the Broadway Comedy Club, where he performs. Broadway Comedy Club ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · Broadway Comedy Club, New York, NY →
- Actor and stand-up comedian with a large television résumé and three stand-up specials: Trouble, I Don't Know Who I Am Either and Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro. Official site ↗
- Bryan McKenna is a native New York comic who has opened for Jim Breuer on theater dates across the Southeast and Midwest, and has played Governors Comedy Club. Official site ↗
- Buddy Hackett was a stand-up comedian and comic actor from Brooklyn, New York, who started out doing stand-up in the Catskills Borscht Belt resorts. Wikipedia ↗
- Carlos Alazraqui is a stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor based in Los Angeles who won the San Francisco Comedy Competition in 1993, beating Marc Maron and Patton Oswalt in the final. Official site (About) ↗
- Comedy writer, stand-up comedian, producer, corporate speaker and author. Official site ↗
- Catherine Cohen is a New York-based comedian, actor, singer and poet whose musical comedy show The Twist...? Official site ↗
- Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, actress and comedy coach with ten Tonight Show appearances and six Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson appearances. Official about page ↗
- Chris Distefano is a stand-up comedian and podcaster born in Brooklyn who worked as a pediatric physical therapist before doing comedy full time and first became known on MTV's Guy Code and Girl Code. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 18 November 2026 · The Stand West, New York, NY →
- Chrissie Mayr is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Rockville Centre on Long Island, who took her first stand-up class with Judy Carter at Governor's Comedy Club in 2006 and began her stand-up career in 2010. Long Island Herald - Rockville Centre native to release comedy album ↗
- Christian Finnegan is a New York City stand-up comedian, writer and actor, born in Albany, New York, and raised in Acton, Massachusetts. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Midtown, New York, NY →
- Colin Jost is a stand-up comedian and writer from Staten Island, New York, who has co-anchored Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live since 2014. Wikipedia ↗
- Colin Quinn is a stand-up comedian from Park Slope, Brooklyn, known for anchoring Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live and for his one-man shows. Wikipedia ↗
- Crystian Ramirez is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, who first got on stage at the age of 15. New York Comedy Club ↗
- Damon Wayans is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Harlem, New York City, known for In Living Color and My Wife and Kids. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 3 December 2026 · Palm Beach Improv, Wellington, FL →
- New York stand-up comedian and actor associated with the downtown comedy scene who appeared as a featured performer on Saturday Night Live during the 1985–86 season. PopCulture ↗
- Veteran stand-up comedian and joke writer best known for Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell. Official site ↗ Next: 3 December 2026 · Punch Line Sacramento, Sacramento, CA →
- British comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter whose comedy career spans The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Newman and Baddiel in Pieces, Fantasy Football and later solo stage shows including Fame: Not the Musical… Official site ↗
- American stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist and voice actor who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2001 to 2003. Wikipedia ↗
- DeAnne Smith is a stand-up comedian billed as the Loose Cannon of Comedy, who has performed around the world from Montreal's Just for Laughs to the Iceland Comedy Festival. Official site ↗ Next: 15 November 2026 · The Grisly Pear – Greenwich Village, New York, NY →
- Stand-up comedian, writer and visual artist whose work combines one-liners, drawings, music and conceptual comedy. Official about page ↗ Next: 28 November 2026 · The Magnolia, San Diego, CA →
- Des Bishop is an American-Irish stand-up comedian, born in London and raised in Queens, New York, who moved to Ireland in 1990 and has worked as a comic there since the late 1990s. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · Heath Ledger Theater, Perth, Australia →
- Devyn Perry is a stand-up comedian, improviser and writer based in Los Angeles. Hollywood Improv ↗ Next: 29 November 2026 · Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles, CA →
- American comedian and actor from Buffalo, New York, who performed his stand-up act in nightclubs for over 35 years and toured the award-winning one-man show The Second Greatest Entertainer in the Whole Wide World. Wikipedia ↗
- Comedian, musician and performer best known as the straight-man half of the Smothers Brothers with his older brother Tom. Television Academy ↗
- Don Rickles was a stand-up comedian and actor from Queens, New York, known for insult comedy and as a veteran headliner at Las Vegas hotel-casinos. Wikipedia ↗
- Dwayne Perkins is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor whose stand-up has been seen on Conan and Comedy Central. Official site ↗
- Eddie Cantor was an American vaudeville, Broadway and radio comedian from New York City. Museum of Broadcast Communications — Radio Encyclopedia entry, Eddie Cantor ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and recording artist whose career began as a teenage comic before his breakout on Saturday Night Live. Netflix Media Center — Being Eddie ↗
- Stand-up comedian and character actor known for the rant-driven style that earned him the nickname the Bitter Buddha. Official site ↗ Next: 16 December 2026 · Emerald City Comedy Club, Seattle, WA →
- Eitan Levine is a New York-based comedian and writer who has played the Asheville, Milwaukee and Motor City comedy festivals and won Best of Fest and the Nate Cockerill Performance Award at the Cleveland Comedy Fest. Chloe Radcliffe — official site (press) ↗ Next: 10 December 2026 · The DC Improv, Washington, DC →
- American stand-up comedian, writer and animal-rescue activist from Brooklyn who began at The Improv in New York in 1973 and was one of the few women working in stand-up in the 1970s and '80s, known for frank observational and… Wikipedia ↗
- Elon Altman is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New York City and a regular at the Comedy Cellar. Official site ↗
- Erin Harkes is a singer-songwriter and stand-up comedian from the Capital Region of New York who added stand-up to her music career in 2012. Official site (Bio) ↗
- Fred Rubino is a stand-up comic from Brooklyn, New York, who performs across the East Coast in comedy clubs, casinos and resorts. Official site ↗
- American stand-up comedian and actor from New York City who worked The Improv and Catch a Rising Star, introducing himself as a 'Hunga-rican'. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor, author and poker commentator best known for playing teacher Gabe Kotter in Welcome Back, Kotter. Simon & Schuster ↗
- Gadiel Del Orbe is a bilingual stand-up comedian from Uptown New York City whose act draws on his Dominican roots and New York life, performed in English, Spanish and Spanglish. The Stand NYC ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Broadway Comedy Club, New York, NY →
- Gastor Almonte is an award-winning stand-up comedian, storyteller, writer and host from Brooklyn, New York. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- American comedian, actor and writer whose career spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. Wikipedia ↗
- American stand-up comedian, satirist and author, widely regarded as one of the most influential comedians of all time, known for routines on language, politics and religion. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor and voice performer whose deliberately abrasive stage voice became instantly recognizable. Television Academy ↗
- Glorelys Mora is a bilingual (English and Spanish) Dominican American stand-up comedian, born and raised in Uptown, New York. The Improv ↗
- American stand-up comic and actor from New York City whom Time in 1965 counted among the country's most celebrated Black comedians, alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory and Nipsey Russell. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian, four-time Emmy-winning comedy writer, actor, author and podcast host. Official bio ↗ Next: 18 November 2026 · Comedy Key West, Key West, FL →
- Greg Giraldo was a stand-up comedian from Bayside, Queens, who left a law career for comedy and became known for the Comedy Central roasts. Wikipedia ↗
- Gus Constantellis is a Greek-American stand-up comedian raised in Brooklyn who took up stand-up after trying it at a talent show at NYU. Official site ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Brooklyn-based comedian, writer and podcaster whose stand-up combines personal storytelling and social commentary. Official bio ↗
- Harrison Greenbaum is a stand-up comedian, magician and comedy writer from New York who started doing stand-up at Harvard, where he co-founded the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 15 November 2026 · Broadway Comedy Club, New York, NY →
- Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster and author. Official about page ↗ Next: 17 November 2026 · Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles, CA →
- Isabel Hagen is a stand-up comedian, classically trained violist and filmmaker from New York City who took up stand-up while finishing her master's degree in viola performance at the Juilliard School. Wikipedia ↗
- Veteran stand-up comedian, impressionist, podcaster and actor whose political impersonations and sketch videos brought a large online audience. Official site ↗ Next: 15 January 2027 · The Comedy Loft of DC, Washington, DC →
- Jack Sullivan is a stand-up comedian from New York City and a regular at Greenwich Village Comedy Club, The Stand, Broadway Comedy Club and New York Comedy Club's Upper West Side room. The Comedy Loft of DC ↗ Next: 15 November 2026 · The Comedy Loft of DC, Washington, DC →
- Bronx-born American stand-up comedian, actress and writer from a Jamaican immigrant family, and a former lawyer, who first performed at the Hollywood Improv in 2005. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – East Village, New York, NY →
- Actor, comic, writer, host, singer-songwriter and show creator. Official site ↗
- James Murray is a comedian, writer and executive producer best known as 'Murr' on Impractical Jokers, the hidden-camera comedy series on truTV and TBS that he makes with his lifelong friends and comedy troupe The Tenderloins… Goodnights Comedy Club — Special Event ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Helium Comedy Club St. Louis, St. Louis, MO →
- James Pontillo is a comedian from Queens, New York, who performs all over the city. New York Comedy Club Upper West Side ↗ Next: 19 January 2027 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Janine Harouni is a stand-up comedian from Staten Island, New York, who won the BBC's new-comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, taking £1,000 and a script commission. Chortle — The BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award final (Steve Bennett, 16 August 2019) ↗ Next: 8 December 2026 · Cap City Comedy Club, Austin, TX →
- Jared Harvin is a comedian and actor from Long Island. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 18 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Midtown, New York, NY →
- Jaren George is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New York City and based in Portland, Oregon, known for energetic storytelling. Helena Comedy Festival ↗
- Stand-up comedian, television host, author and automotive personality best known for two decades hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ticketmaster ↗ Next: 15 November 2026 · The Comedy & Magic Club, Hermosa Beach, CA →
- Jeremy Piven is an actor and stand-up comedian best known for playing the Hollywood agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage (2004–2011), a role that won him three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Cap City Comedy Club, Austin, TX →
- Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and producer best known for Seinfeld and later Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, CA →
- Jessimae Peluso is a stand-up comedian, writer and podcast host from Syracuse, New York, best known for her breakout role on MTV's Girl Code and for hosting Netflix's Tattoo Redo (2021) and Surviving Paradise (2023). Bio ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Tacoma Comedy Club – 6th & Proctor, Tacoma, WA →
- Jim Breuer is a stand-up comedian and actor from Valley Stream, New York, known for three seasons on Saturday Night Live and the film Half Baked. Wikipedia ↗
- Jimmie Walker is a stand-up comedian and actor from New York City, raised in the Bronx, known for playing JJ Evans on the CBS sitcom Good Times (1974–1979). Wikipedia ↗
- Jimmy Della Valle, known as Jimmy D, is a stand-up comedian from Brooklyn, New York, now based in Los Angeles, who has headlined in all fifty states over more than two decades with a high-energy, rapid-fire style and a… Official site (About Jimmy) ↗ Next: 15 January 2027 · Wiseguys Comedy Club – Historic Ogden, Ogden, UT →
- Jimmy Durante was an American vaudeville, film and radio comedian and piano player from New York City. Radio Hall of Fame (Museum of Broadcast Communications) ↗
- Jimmy Failla is a stand-up comedian and former New York City cab driver who joined Fox News as a writer in 2016 and became host of the weekly comedy programme FOX News Saturday Night and the nationally syndicated radio show FOX… Fox News ↗
- Jimmy Fallon is a comedian and television host who has hosted NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York since 2014. Wikipedia ↗
- Jimmy McCullough is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New York. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · The Stand, New York, NY →
- American comedian, writer and television host who came up in Greenwich Village clubs and Chicago's Second City and broke through on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965, later becoming its first permanent guest host. Wikipedia ↗
- Joe Gatto is a stand-up comedian from Staten Island, New York, who spent two decades in sketch comedy as a member of the Impractical Jokers, with whom he sold out arenas such as Madison Square Garden in New York and the O2 Arena in London. 800 Pound Gorilla ↗ Next: 27 December 2026 · Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA →
- Joe Mahoney is a stand-up comedian based in New York City, from Long Island, who plays to many different crowds. Eastville Comedy Club ↗
- John Ziegler is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New York, on Long Island, with more than eighteen years on stage. Official site (About) ↗
- Jon Stewart is a stand-up comedian and television host from New York City, known for hosting The Daily Show from 1999 to 2015 and part-time since 2024. Wikipedia ↗
- American stand-up comedian and actor whose hour Take Me With You debuted on Netflix in 2025; she headlines shows across the country and tours with Tom Segura. About (official site) ↗ Next: 10 December 2026 · Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI →
- Comedian, actor, writer and television host who was part of the original cast of The View and remains a co-host in the show's 30th season in 2026. ABC ↗
- Writer, director, producer, author and comedian whose career spans film, television, documentary and live comedy. Official Linktree ↗
- Keenen Ivory Wayans is a comedian, actor and filmmaker from New York City who created and hosted the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. Wikipedia ↗
- Kevin James is a stand-up comedian and actor from Stony Brook, New York, known for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. Wikipedia ↗
- Kyle Mara is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Rockville Centre, New York. The Stand ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · The Stand, New York, NY →
- Former stand-up comedian who became one of television comedy's defining writers, creators and performers. Television Academy ↗
- Leighann Lord is a New York City-based stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose television credits include HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and The World Stands Up, Lifetime's Girls Night Out, Comics… Official site ↗ Next: 8 April 2027 · Give a Hoot Comedy Club, Gaithersburg, MD →
- Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist whose free-wheeling act mixed satire, politics, religion, sex and vulgarity. Wikipedia ↗
- Liam Dalton is a New York City stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born and raised in Queens, whose conversational act mixes observation with stories of growing up the only boy in a big Irish Catholic family. Eastville Comedy Club ↗ Next: 6 December 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Lynne Koplitz is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actor, born on Long Island and raised in Sarasota, Florida. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 3 December 2026 · West Nyack Levity Live, West Nyack, NY →
- Mariel O'Reilly is a New York City stand-up comedian originally from Long Island. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Midtown, New York, NY →
- Mario Pisano is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Queens, New York, with an Italian father and a Puerto Rican mother. New York Comedy Club Upper West Side ↗ Next: 15 December 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from the Wayans family. Official site ↗ Next: 20 November 2026 · West Nyack Levity Live, West Nyack, NY →
- Matt Ruby is a New York City stand-up comedian whose dark, idea-driven comedy has been filmed by Comedy Central, MTV, NBC's Seeso and Fox. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 16 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Max Manticof is a Latino and Jewish stand-up comedian, writer and actor born and raised in Queens, New York, who created Street Talk Comedy, a show series that has produced 150 shows and seven annual Comedy for Cancer benefits. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · The Stand, New York, NY →
- Comedian, writer and actor best known for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and for earlier work on The Daily Show. Official bio ↗
- Actor, stand-up comedian, director and podcast host whose screen career spans more than sixty films plus television including The War at Home, Boston Public, Friends, Prison Break, Justified and Atypical. Michael Rapaport Comedy official bio ↗ Next: 30 December 2026 · Boca Black Box, Boca Raton, FL →
- Mike Parenti is a clean stand-up comedian, born in Queens, who brought his act from New York City to South Florida. Official site (Bio) ↗
- Actor and comedian whose career ran for more than eight decades, from silent films and vaudeville through radio to television. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster and author whose work includes the special Live in Oakland, the joint Honeymoon Stand Up Special, the album Crowd Surfing and the memoirs Kasher in the Rye and Subculture Vulture. Official site ↗ Next: 20 November 2026 · The Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA →
- Myron Cohen was an American nightclub comedian and storyteller whose act grew out of New York City's garment district. The Ed Sullivan Show (SOFA Entertainment) ↗
- New York–based stand-up comedian, podcaster and Twitch partner whose debut album, Shut Up You Loved It (The Stand Comedy Club Records, 2022), debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart. Bio (official site) ↗ Next: 15 November 2026 · Helium Comedy Club St. Louis, St. Louis, MO →
- Natan Badalov is a Bukharian Jewish stand-up comedian and writer from New York City who emigrated from Uzbekistan to the United States in the early 1990s. Official site ↗ Next: 19 November 2026 · Next In Line Comedy Club, Philadelphia, PA →
- Nick Alex is a New York-based stand-up comic who grew up on Long Island, where he became obsessed with everyday absurdities and the observational comedy of the area's comics. Comedy Works ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Midtown, New York, NY →
- Comedian, actor, writer, producer and creator whose work includes Kroll Show, The League, Big Mouth, Human Resources and the stand-up special Little Big Boy. Official site ↗
- New York City–born stand-up comedian and actor who started performing as a teenager in Yonkers. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Comic Strip Live, New York, NY →
- Owen Benjamin is a stand-up comedian and pianist whose hour Huge Pianist, released by Comedy Dynamics in 2018, covers love, life, dogs and Coldplay. Comedy Dynamics ↗
- Patrice O'Neal was a stand-up comedian and actor, born in New York City and raised in Boston, whose act was built on conversations with the audience. Wikipedia ↗
- Paul Provenza is a stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer from the Bronx who made his stand-up debut as a teenager at the Improv in Manhattan and was featured on An Evening at the Improv in an episode hosted by Steve Allen. British Comedy Guide — Circuit Training 42: The Aristocratic Paul Provenza (19 November 2011) ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor and writer who broke out in Diner (1982) and co-created and starred in NBC's Mad About You (1992–1999). Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster known for relaxed storytelling and observational comedy. Official site ↗
- Stand-up comedian, writer and actor best known for eight seasons on Saturday Night Live. Ticketmaster ↗ Next: 19 November 2026 · The Stand, New York, NY →
- Peter Revello is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer born and raised on Staten Island and based in New York City, who likes to call himself one of the few Staten Islanders not in a union. Official site ↗ Next: 17 November 2026 · Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY →
- Bronx-born stand-up comedian, producer, writer and host who toured with Broad City's Ilana Glazer and performed at Comedy Central's Clusterfest. Improv ↗
- Radel Ortiz is a Dominican-American actor, comedian and digital creator from New York City whose comedy grew from viral online sketches, first posted in 2017, to sold-out theaters. Official site ↗ Next: 1 December 2026 · The Comedy Zone - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC →
- Stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor whose work includes the series Ramy and a growing HBO stand-up catalog. Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom ↗
- Stand-up comedian, actor and writer best known for Everybody Loves Raymond, with later film and television work including The Irishman, The Big Sick, Paddleton and Somewhere in Queens. Official site ↗ Next: 17 November 2026 · Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles, CA →
- Veteran stand-up comedian and writer with decades of club work, more than 100 television appearances, multiple Comedy Central specials and seven comedy albums. Official bio ↗ Next: 27 November 2026 · Comedy Connection, East Providence, RI →
- Stand-up comedian, actor and writer whose dark, self-deprecating style built a five-decade comedy career. Television Academy ↗
- Rick Overton is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer with some forty years in comedy, who has starred in HBO and Showtime specials and made many stand-up appearances on television. Improv ↗
- Stand-up comedian, Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated actor. Official bio ↗
- Robert Schimmel was a stand-up comedian from the Bronx, the son of Holocaust survivors, known for blue comedy drawn from his own life and regarded as a "comic's comic" for his relentless touring, his albums and his frequent… Wikipedia ↗
- Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen on Long Island, later Jack Roy) was a stand-up comedian and actor known for self-deprecating one-liners built on the theme of getting no respect. Wikipedia ↗
- Comedian, actor, writer, producer and talk-show host whose career began in stand-up before expanding into television, film and Broadway. Daryl Roth Theatre — Common Knowledge ↗
- Stand-up comedian, writer, host and producer who spent eight years as a correspondent on The Daily Show. Official site ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · The Pageant, St. Louis, MO →
- Rusty Warren was an American comedian, singer and comedy-record act from New York City who sang her songs at the piano and took on the subject of sex from a woman's point of view. New England Conservatory Archives and Special Collections — finding aid for the Rusty Warren Papers ↗
- Sal Vulcano is a stand-up comedian, actor and producer from Staten Island, New York. Wikipedia ↗
- Former stand-up comedian, actor, writer and media host who came out of the Boston/New York comedy world before moving into film, voice work and political talk media. The Majority Report — About ↗
- American comedian and actor who began in the Borscht Belt, opened for Elvis Presley's 1969 comeback tour and became a frequent television comedy performer. Television Academy ↗
- Comedian, writer and performer known for the Sarah Squirm persona and Saturday Night Live. Official site ↗
- Shaun Murphy is a stand-up comedian originally from Buffalo, New York, now living in New York City. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 16 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – East Village, New York, NY →
- Steve Hofstetter is a stand-up comedian, author and podcast host from Queens, New York, who has performed stand-up since 2002. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 30 November 2026 · Cobb's Comedy Club, San Francisco, CA →
- Steve Rannazzisi is a stand-up comedian and actor from Smithtown, on Long Island, who began his comedy career in 2001 after moving from New York to Los Angeles, where he worked at the Comedy Store. Wikipedia — Stephen Rannazzisi ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Skankfest New Orleans, New Orleans, LA →
- Stand-up comedian, actress and author best known for playing Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Simon & Schuster ↗
- Sydnee Washington is a comedian, actor, writer and podcaster born in Brooklyn, where she lives, who began doing stand-up in 2013 and gained wider notice in Comedy Central's 2018 Up Next showcase. Wikipedia ↗
- New York stand-up comedian whose three-decade career includes Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central half-hours and five comedy specials/albums. Official site ↗
- Tim Dillon is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Island Park, New York, and the host of The Tim Dillon Show. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 23 November 2026 · The Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA →
- Stand-up comedian, actor and voice performer known for deadpan delivery and crowd work. Official site ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · Commonwealth Comedy Club, Dayton, KY →
- Tom Lehrer was an American satirical songwriter and comedy-record act from New York City who sang his own songs at the piano. PBS NewsHour — Associated Press obituary of Tom Lehrer (27 July 2025) ↗
- Tom McCaffrey is a stand-up comedian and writer born and raised in Manhattan, who danced on the 56th Academy Awards as a child after Jacques d'Amboise picked him from his elementary school, and was accepted into the drama… New York Comedy Club ↗
- Comedian, musician and television performer best known as half of the Smothers Brothers with his brother Dick. National Comedy Center ↗
- Tony Rock is a stand-up comedian and actor from Brooklyn, New York, known for playing Dirk Black on All of Us and Uncle Ryan on Everybody Hates Chris. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · The DC Improv, Washington, DC →
- Tracy Morgan is a stand-up comedian and actor from Brooklyn who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1996 to 2003 and played Tracy Jordan on NBC's 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013, both of which earned him Emmy nominations. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian and actress with long ties to the New York club scene. Comedy Anatomy ↗
- Vic DiBitetto is a stand-up comedian and high-energy national headliner who has been called a cross between Rodney Dangerfield and Ralph Kramden. Official site ↗ Next: 20 November 2026 · Stress Factory New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ →
- Vincent Oshana is a stand-up comedian and actor from Yonkers, New York, and a U.S. Air Force veteran, now based in Los Angeles, where he is a regular at the Laugh Factory and the Improv in Hollywood. Official site ↗
- Vladimir Caamaño is a stand-up comedian and actor born in the Bronx to a Dominican family, who grew up there and in Washington Heights. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 18 December 2026 · Punch Line Philly, Philadelphia, PA →
- Wendy Liebman is a stand-up comedian from Roslyn Heights on Long Island, based in Los Angeles, who took up stand-up through a class at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education in 1985 after studying psychology at Wellesley, and… Official site ↗
- Whoopi Goldberg is an actor, comedian, author and TV host from New York City who began with one-woman character shows; her Broadway show, taped by HBO as Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway, won the Grammy for Best Comedy… Wikipedia ↗
- Woody Allen is a filmmaker, actor, writer and comedian from New York who wrote jokes and TV comedy in the 1950s, including specials for Sid Caesar, before performing stand-up in Greenwich Village clubs from 1960 to 1969, where… Wikipedia ↗
- Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer and actor whose career includes The Daily Show, HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas and television writing for King of the Hill. Official about page ↗
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- Irish stand-up comedians 58
- Australian stand-up comedians 100
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- Clean stand-up comedians 100
- New York City stand-up comedians 521
- Los Angeles stand-up comedians 390
- Austin stand-up comedians 39
- Nashville stand-up comedians 22
- Stand-up comedians with Netflix specials 178
- Stand-up comedians with HBO specials 91
- Stand-up comedians with Comedy Central specials 210
- Female stand-up comedians 939
- Comedians from California 88
- Comedians from Florida 21
- Comedians from Georgia 25
- Comedians from Illinois 61
- Comedians from Maryland 15
- Comedians from Massachusetts 43
- Comedians from Michigan 26
- Comedians from Minnesota 17
- Comedians from Missouri 22
- Comedians from New Jersey 51
- Comedians from Ohio 29
- Comedians from Pennsylvania 43
- Comedians from Texas 32
- Comedians from Washington 17
- Storytelling comedians 381
- Observational comedians 199
- Crowd work comedians 109
- One-liner comedians 82
- Political comedians 70
- Character comedians and impressionists 145
- Musical comedians 80
- Dark comedians 33
- Absurdist comedians 50
- Deadpan comedians 106
- High-energy comedians 154
- Confessional comedians 98
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