Comedians from Pennsylvania
43 stand-up comedians from Pennsylvania, 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.
- 43comedians on the list
- 17with a date on the Comedy Calendar
- 22with a special on record
- 15hosting a podcast
On stage soon
The next date for the 8 on this list with a show coming up, the soonest first (17 in all).
- 13NovAnnie LedermanThe Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA
- 13NovBig Jay OakersonSkankfest New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
- 13NovJoe DeRosaSkankfest 2026, New Orleans, LA
- 13NovTim HeideckerTower Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK
- 13NovTodd GlassDen Theatre, Chicago, IL
- 14NovJulian McCulloughNew York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY
- 14NovMichelle WolfThe Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
- 14NovTom CassidyNew York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY
Comedians from Pennsylvania, A to Z
From Pennsylvania as each record gives it: where they grew up or were born, not always where they live now. 17 of them have a date on the Comedy Calendar.
- Stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actress who hosts the ANNIEWOOD podcast. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · The Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA →
- Stand-up comedian and Emmy-nominated writer whose work includes the Netflix specials Thoughts and Prayers, Fire in the Maternity Ward and Bones and All, the special Caligula, the album Shakespeare, and the series Good Talk with… Official bio ↗ Next: 16 November 2026 · Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles, CA →
- April Macie is a stand-up comedian from Easton, Pennsylvania, who headlines clubs in the United States and abroad and has performed stand-up for troops with the USO in 16 countries. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 27 November 2026 · The Comedy Club of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO →
- American stand-up comedian, podcaster and radio host from Philadelphia, known for crowd work, who opened for Dave Attell and toured with Korn before headlining. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Skankfest New Orleans, New Orleans, LA →
- American comedian and actor whose conversational, observational stand-up albums of the 1960s, beginning with Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! Wikipedia ↗
- American stand-up comedian, actor and television host known for playing Danny Tanner on Full House and Fuller House, hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, and narrating How I Met Your Mother. Television Academy ↗
- Stand-up comedian and podcaster whose career began in Austin and includes appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, Last Comic Standing, Premium Blend and @midnight. Official tour page ↗
- Buddy Fitzpatrick is a stand-up comedian, a native of Philadelphia and a New York City club favorite, and one of the East Coast stand-ups managed by Omnipop Talent Group. Comedy Dynamics ↗
- Cole Cosby is a stand-up comedian from Philadelphia, raised in South Jersey and based in New York City since 2023. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 21 November 2026 · West Side Comedy Club, New York, NY →
- Craig Shoemaker is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer with more than four decades in comedy, best known for his baritone-voiced character The Lovemaster and for his specials, including a Comedy Central special… Official site (About) ↗ Next: 3 December 2026 · The Comedy & Magic Club, Hermosa Beach, CA →
- American stand-up comedian, actor and author from Philadelphia who wrote and produced television documentaries before turning to comedy in 1969. Wikipedia ↗
- Dom Irrera is a stand-up comedian from South Philadelphia whose national breakout came on Rodney Dangerfield's HBO special Nothing Goes Right. Official site (Bio) ↗
- Helen Wildy is a New York-based stand-up comedian, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and raised in Pittsburgh. Official site (Bio) ↗
- Herman Wrice is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer from West Philadelphia, best known as a founding member and co-host of The Kevin Langue Show, the YouTube series with more than four million subscribers. YouTube channel ↗
- Jamie Kennedy is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer who grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and moved to Los Angeles, where he started out as a film extra before building a career in stand-up. Official site (About) ↗
- Jimmy Shubert is a stand-up comedian and actor from Philadelphia who started in the city's comedy clubs, moved to Los Angeles to write and perform at the Comedy Store, and spent five years on the road with Sam Kinison as one of… Official site (About) ↗
- Joe Bartnick is a stand-up comic, actor and writer from Pittsburgh who began his stand-up career in San Francisco in 1997, performing in coffee shops, bars and laundromats, and moved to Los Angeles in 2006. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 17 December 2026 · Pittsburgh Improv, Homestead, PA →
- Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster with six top-ten charting comedy albums. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Skankfest 2026, New Orleans, LA →
- Joe Kwaczala is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian who grew up in Pittsburgh and began his career in Chicago. Official site ↗
- Jonny Loquasto is a clean stand-up comedian, emcee and broadcaster from Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley who took up stand-up in 2005 after moving to Costa Mesa, California, with his first class at the Irvine Improv. Official site ↗
- Julian McCullough is a stand-up comedian born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey who began in Brooklyn after graduating from Rutgers in 2001 and played Just for Laughs in Montreal in 2007. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Keith Robinson is a stand-up comedian and actor from Philadelphia, called a comedian's comedian, who began working the comedy circuit in his hometown as a teenager and reached the finals of Ed McMahon's Star Search. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 25 November 2026 · Punch Line Philly, Philadelphia, PA →
- Philadelphia-born stand-up comedian and actor whose stand-up films include Laugh at My Pain (2011), Let Me Explain (2013) and What Now? Wikipedia ↗
- Veteran comedian best known for the Allen & Rossi duo with Steve Rossi and his catchphrase 'Hello dere.' The pair became television-variety fixtures in the late 1950s and 1960s, including dozens of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Los Angeles Times ↗
- Moroccan-American writer, actor and stand-up comedian who plays Matt on NBC's St. Denis Medical (2024–) and played juror Noah on Jury Duty (2023), earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for writing on that series. Wikipedia ↗
- Stand-up comedian and writer from Hershey, Pennsylvania, who wrote for and appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show before headlining the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner and hosting Netflix's The Break… Wikipedia ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL →
- Monroe Martin is a stand-up comedian from Philadelphia, now based in New York City, known for an honest, open and charismatic style of storytelling. The Comic's Comic ↗ Next: 24 November 2026 · Comic Strip Live, New York, NY →
- Comedian, actress and clown from Pittsburgh, based in Los Angeles, known for character-driven solo shows: LAID won the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, and Nate – A One Man Show won a 2018 Total Theatre Award and… Wikipedia ↗
- Comedian, writer, director and actor best known for co-creating and co-writing Chappelle's Show. Official bio ↗
- Paul F. Tompkins is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster, known as the voice of Mr. Peanutbutter in Netflix's BoJack Horseman and as host of Fusion's No, You Shut Up! Aspecialthing records ↗
- Ralph Harris is a stand-up comedian and actor, born and raised in North Philadelphia and now based in Los Angeles, for whom live comedy is his first career and love. Official site ↗
- Reggie Conquest is a stand-up comic, actor and writer from West Philadelphia, where he started at the Laff House, and is now based in New York City. Improv ↗
- Comedian, actor and musician known as one half of the comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates. Official site ↗
- Shane Gillis is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, now based in Austin, Texas, who has co-hosted Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast with Matt McCusker since 2016. Wikipedia ↗
- Stephen Lynch is an American songwriter, comedian and Tony-nominated actor known for musical comedy songs performed with an acoustic guitar. The Orange Peel ↗
- Steve Shaffer is a stand-up comedian, actor and Ace Award-winning writer who grew up in Philadelphia and began his comedy career in New York City, moving almost at once onto national television. Omnipop Talent Group ↗
- Tim Heidecker is an American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician, known for Tim and Eric and for On Cinema, the long-running comedy series he makes with Gregg Turkington, now in its fifteenth season on the HEI Network. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Tower Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK →
- Stand-up comedian and podcast host known for loose, improvisational shows and heavy interaction with the room. Official site ↗ Next: 13 November 2026 · Den Theatre, Chicago, IL →
- Tom Cassidy is a stand-up comedian from Philadelphia who is based in New York City. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 14 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
- Tommy Pope is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Philadelphia who grew up in Drexel Hill and started doing comedy at 28, taking the stage name Pope to avoid confusion with Tom Papa. Wikipedia ↗ Next: 6 December 2026 · Comedy Connection, East Providence, RI →
- Trevor Austin is a Pittsburgh-based stand-up comedian who tours nationally, known for an outspoken, hard-hitting mix of storytelling and dark humor. The Improv ↗
- W. C. Fields (born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania) began as a silent tramp juggler in vaudeville, became a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies from 1916 to 1922, and starred on Broadway in Poppy (1923) as… Wikipedia ↗
- Zach Liss is a New York-based stand-up comedian from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. New York Comedy Club ↗ Next: 29 November 2026 · New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York, NY →
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- British stand-up comedians 302
- Canadian stand-up comedians 108
- Irish stand-up comedians 58
- Australian stand-up comedians 100
- New Zealand stand-up comedians 103
- 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 New York 170
- Comedians from Ohio 29
- 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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