Stand-Up Comedians A to Z

The comedians, A to Z

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• A. Whitney Brown Stand-up comedian and comedy writer who performed on The Tonight Show, wrote and performed on Saturday Night Live during the late-1980s/early-1990s era…
• Aaron Berg Aaron Berg is a New York-based stand-up comedian, actor and author.
• Aaron Branch Aaron Branch is a Los Angeles-based comedian, writer and actor who made his stand-up debut at 16 and, six months later…
• Aaron Weber Stand-up comedian based in Nashville and a regular at the Grand Ole Opry, where his 2019 debut at 27 made him the youngest stand-up ever to perform in the Opry circle.
• Adam Cayton-Holland Writer, comic and actor whose work includes the specials Wallpaper and 20 Years, the TV series Those Who Can't, and the memoir Tragedy Plus Time, later adapted into the film See You When I See You.
• Adam Conover 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…
• Adam DeVine Actor, comedian, writer and producer known for co-creating and starring in Workaholics, playing Bumper in the Pitch Perfect franchise, appearing in Modern Family and The Righteous Gemstones…
• Adam Ferrara 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…
• Adam Ray Comedian, actor and host whose work includes the Netflix special Dr. Phil Unleashed, the Randolph Davies YouTube special and the About Last Night podcast.
• Adam Sandler American comedian, actor, writer and producer who wrote for and performed on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995…
• Adele Givens Adele Givens is a stand-up comedian and actress from Chicago who toured and filmed The Queens of Comedy with Mo'Nique, Laura Hayes and Sommore.
• Adrienne Iapalucci Adrienne Iapalucci is a stand-up comedian from the Morris Park section of the Bronx who has done stand-up for about twenty years.
• Ahamed Weinberg Ahamed Weinberg is a Brooklyn-based stand-up comedian, writer, actor and director from Philadelphia.
• Ahmed Al-Kadri Ahmed Al-Kadri is a Yemeni-American stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles whose act draws on his cultural upbringing and everyday absurdities with a high-energy, goofy style.
• Ahren Belisle Ahren Belisle is a Canadian stand-up comedian from North Bay, Ontario, who has cerebral palsy, is nonverbal and delivers his punchlines through a text-to-speech app on his phone.
• Aida Rodriguez Stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer whose work includes the HBO hour Fighting Words, a half-hour in Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, and a finalist run on Last Comic Standing.
• Aidan McCluskey Aidan McCluskey is a stand-up comedian from Minneapolis who left an associate's degree program at 19 to pursue comedy and, four months after his first open mic…
• Ainsley Bailey Ainsley Bailey is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian who grew up in Plano, Texas, moved to Los Angeles to act and then turned to stand-up…
• Aisha Tyler Actor, director, comedian, author, host and podcaster known for hosting Whose Line Is It Anyway?, voicing Lana Kane on Archer, acting on Criminal Minds, and previously co-hosting The Talk.
• Aisling Bea Irish comedian, actor and screenwriter based in London who won the So You Think You're Funny award at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
• Al Lubel Former lawyer turned stand-up comedian. His career includes the 1988 Star Search comedy grand prize, appearances with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno on The Tonight Show…
• Al Madrigal Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer who emerged from San Francisco's comedy scene, spent five seasons on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart…
• Alaire Thomas Alaire Thomas is a New York-based comedian, podcaster and content creator from Los Angeles County who moved to New York to finish school.
• Alasdair Beckett-King Alasdair Beckett-King is an English stand-up comedian, writer and animator who won the Chortle Awards' Breakthrough Act in 2023 and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2017.
• Albert Brooks Filmmaker, actor, author and comedian whose career runs from late-1960s stand-up and early short films for PBS and Saturday Night Live to a run of writer-director-star features including Real…
• Alex Edelman Stand-up comedian and writer whose solo shows include Millennial, Everything Handed to You and Just for Us.
• Alex English Detroit-born stand-up comedian and writer who lives in New York City, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Alex Kumin Alex Kumin is a New York-based stand-up comedian, voice actor and writer who came up in Chicago and Boston and performs nightly in New York, often at the Comedy Cellar and New York Comedy Club.
• Alfred Robles Alfred Robles is a stand-up comedian from East Los Angeles known for observational humor and crowd work.
• Ali Macofsky Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian selected as a Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2022.
• Ali Siddiq Houston storyteller and stand-up comedian known for his four-part Domino Effect series and a large catalog of independently released specials, including My Two Sons, Rugged and My Father.
• Ali Sultan Ali Sultan is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and writer who moved to the United States from Yemen at 15, saw his first stand-up show and learned English before taking the stage…
• Ali Wong Emmy-winning comedian, actress, writer and producer known for the Netflix stand-up specials Baby Cobra, Hard Knock Wife, Don Wong and Single Lady, and for starring in and executive producing Beef.
• Alvin Kuai Alvin Kuai is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and a regular at the Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club and West Side Comedy Club.
• Alyce Chan Alyce Chan is a stand-up comedian, writer and creator known for observational humor and relatable storytelling, who has performed at comedy clubs and festivals across North America…
• Amanda Seales Comedian, actress, writer, producer and media creator known for HBO's Insecure, the HBO stand-up special I Be Knowin', Smart Funny & Black…
• The Amazing Johnathan Comedy magician and stand-up performer John Edward Szeles, known as The Amazing Johnathan, built a chaotic, deliberately gruesome magic-comedy act and became a long-running Las Vegas headliner.
• Amber Autry Amber Autry is a Nashville-based stand-up comedian and headliner who trained at Chicago's Second City before moving to stand-up.
• Amber Preston Stand-up comic, actor and writer originally from Fargo, North Dakota.
• Amir K Amir K is an Iranian-born stand-up comedian, actor and writer raised in Southern California and based in Los Angeles, whose act blends storytelling, improvisation and character work.
• Amy Miller Amy Miller is a stand-up comedian from the East Bay who started out in Oakland and rose through the Portland, Oregon, scene…
• Amy Schumer American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and director who first drew national attention finishing fourth on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2007.
• Andrea Savage Actor, writer and comedian who created and starred in truTV's I'm Sorry and later starred as Stacy Beale in Paramount+'s Tulsa King.
• Andrew Dice Clay American stand-up comedian and actor who rose to fame in the late 1980s with 'The Diceman', a brash, deliberately offensive persona.
• Andrew Santino Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster known for Dave, I'm Dying Up Here and Beef; host of Whiskey Ginger and co-host of Bad Friends.
• Andrew Schulz 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.
• Andrew Stanley Andrew Stanley is an Atlanta-based stand-up comedian and podcast host who grew up a homeschooled preacher's kid and has performed across the country since 2016.
• Andy Blitz Comedy writer and performer with a long late-night and television-comedy career.
• Andy Gross Andy Gross is a stand-up comedian, magician and ventriloquist from St. Louis whose headlining act combines stand-up, magic and voice-throwing.
• Andy Haynes Andy Haynes is a New York-based stand-up comedian who has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan and The Late Late Show with James Corden and on Comedy Central and HBO.
• Andy Kaufman 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…
• Andy Kindler 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…
• Andy Steinberg Andy Steinberg is a stand-up comedian from Tucson, Arizona, who came to comedy after a traditional path of job, marriage and kids, turning to the microphone after a divorce and a failed business.
• Andy Zaltzman British satirical comedian and broadcaster who hosts The News Quiz and The Bugle, serves as a statistician on Test Match Special and won Taskmaster series 18.
• Anjelah Johnson-Reyes American stand-up comedian and actress from San Jose, California, and a former Oakland Raiders cheerleader, who became known on MADtv (2007–2008) for characters including the rude fast-food worker…
• Annie Lederman Stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actress who hosts the ANNIEWOOD podcast.
• Anthony Jeselnik 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…
• Aparna Nancherla Comedian and writer known for a dry, existential and absurd style.
• April Macie 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.
• Argus Hamilton Topical stand-up comedian and longtime Comedy Store paid regular based in Los Angeles.
• Ari Matti Ari Matti is an Estonian-born stand-up comedian based in Austin, Texas, with a high-energy act built on stories of growing up in Eastern Europe.
• Ari Shaffir 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.
• Ariel Elias Ariel Elias is a stand-up comedian who grew up Jewish in Lexington, Kentucky, began performing while at Tulane University in New Orleans and lives in Queens, New York.
• Aries Spears Aries Spears is a stand-up comedian, impressionist and actor who grew up in New York and New Jersey and began doing stand-up impressions at about 14 at a comedy club in Harlem.
• Arnez J American stand-up comedian known for high-energy physical storytelling, who hosted BET's Comic View for two seasons and appeared on Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam and in his own Comedy Central…
• Arsenio Hall Arsenio Hall is a stand-up comedian, actor and talk show host from Cleveland, Ohio, known for hosting The Arsenio Hall Show.
• Artie Lange Artie Lange is a stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality from New Jersey, known for Mad TV and his years on The Howard Stern Show.
• Arynne Wexler Arynne Wexler is a stand-up comedian, writer and conservative political commentator raised in the New York area.
• Asha Ward Trinidadian American stand-up comedian and writer raised in Maryland, who studied comedy writing and performance at Columbia College Chicago.
• Ashley Barnhill Stand-up comic, filmmaker, writer, actress and author based between London and Austin.
• Ashley Gavin American stand-up comedian and podcaster based in New York City, a former MIT Lincoln Laboratory software engineer and founding curriculum director of Girls Who Code who took leave from teaching…
• Asif Ali American stand-up comedian and actor from Phoenix, Arizona, who began in improv and stand-up in Chicago and was a founding member of the Los Angeles sketch group Goatface with Hasan Minhaj…
• Atsuko Okatsuka Stand-up comedian whose specials are Father (2025), streaming on Hulu and Disney+, and The Intruder (2022).
• Austin Nasso Austin Nasso is a New York-based comedian and impressionist who left a job as a Microsoft software engineer to do comedy full time; he has been performing since he was 15.
• Avery Pearson Avery Pearson is a comedian, actor and musician whose original comedy songs have been featured on SNL, on Broadway and on Netflix.
• Aziz Ansari Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker known for Parks and Recreation and Master of None.

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• Baron Vaughn Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and director known for Grace and Frankie, voicing Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and co-creating/co-hosting The New Negroes with Open Mike Eagle.
• Barry Crimmins Influential stand-up comedian, political satirist and activist closely associated with the development of Boston's comedy scene.
• Bassem Youssef Egyptian surgeon turned satirist and stand-up performer best known as host of Al Bernameg.
• Ben Bailey Stand-up comedian and multiple Daytime Emmy-winning host best known for more than 550 episodes of Cash Cab.
• Ben Bankas Ben Bankas is a Toronto-born stand-up comedian based in Austin, Texas, whose act takes on politics, current events and pop culture.
• Bernie Mac American stand-up comedian and actor from Chicago's South Side who broke through with a 1992 set on HBO's Def Comedy Jam and became one of the four stars of the film The Original Kings of Comedy…
• Bert Kreischer Stand-up comedian, podcaster, producer and entrepreneur whose work includes six Netflix stand-up specials, The Cabin with Bert Kreischer…
• Bert Williams Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent comedians of the vaudeville era and by far the best-selling Black recording artist before 1920.
• Beth Stelling Stand-up comedian and television/film writer who developed in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles.
• Big Jay Oakerson 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.
• Bill Bellamy American stand-up comedian and actor from Newark, New Jersey, who gained national notice on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, where he is credited with coining the phrase 'booty call'.
• Bill Burr Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster with a catalog of major specials including Drop Dead Years, Live at Red Rocks, Paper Tiger, Walk Your Way Out…
• Bill Cosby American comedian and actor whose conversational, observational stand-up albums of the 1960s, beginning with Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! (1963), made him a star…
• Bill Engvall Bill Engvall is a stand-up comedian from Galveston, Texas, known for his Here's Your Sign routine and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
• Bill Hicks American stand-up comedian and satirist whose dark, confrontational material on religion, politics, consumerism and drugs took shape at Houston's Comedy Workshop, where he began performing at 16.
• Bill Scheft Novelist, humorist and former stand-up comedian who spent 24 years as a staff writer for David Letterman after twelve years touring as a stand-up.
• Billy Connolly Scottish comedian, musician, actor and artist, a former Glasgow shipyard welder and folk singer with the Humblebums…
• Billy Crystal 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 Gardell Billy Gardell is a stand-up comedian and actor from the Pittsburgh area who began at open-mic nights at Bonkerz comedy club in Florida in 1987 and went on to open for Dennis Miller and George Carlin.
• Billy Wayne Davis American stand-up comedian, writer and host originally from Crossville, Tennessee.
• Blair Socci Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and actor whose special is Live From The Big Dog.
• Bo Johnson Bo Johnson is a stand-up comedian from Seattle, Washington, who headlines clubs and theaters in the United States and Canada.
• Bob Hope British-born American comedian and actor whose career spanned nearly 80 years across vaudeville, Broadway, radio, film and television, built on rapid-fire, self-deprecating one-liners.
• Bob Newhart Influential stand-up comedian and actor whose understated, conversational style produced major-selling comedy albums and a television career spanning The Bob Newhart Show…
• Bob Rubin San Francisco stand-up veteran known for an eccentric, high-energy style.
• Bob Saget 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.
• Bobby Lee Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster best known for his years on MADtv and the podcasts TigerBelly and Bad Friends.
• Bobcat Goldthwait Stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker whose stand-up recordings include Soldier for Christ and Is He Like That All the Time?
• Bonnie McFarlane Canadian-American stand-up comedian, writer and director with HBO and Comedy Central specials, late-night appearances, the documentary Women Aren't Funny…
• Brad Garrett Three-time Emmy-winning actor and stand-up comedian best known as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond.
• Brad Williams Stand-up comedian and global theater headliner known for energetic personal storytelling.
• Brandon Barrera Brandon Barrera is a New York stand-up comedian originally from South Florida whose stories draw on jobs and adventures that include working on a marijuana farm…
• Brendan Sagalow Brendan Sagalow is a New York City-based stand-up comedian who has performed for more than ten years, mixing social observation with self-deprecation.
• Brendon Small Comedian, writer, animator, musician, voice actor and producer best known for co-creating Home Movies and Metalocalypse and for creating and performing the music of Dethklok.
• Brendon Walsh 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.
• Brent Butt Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, actor and creator whose career spans five decades.
• Brent Morin Brent Morin is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and actor who grew up in Connecticut and turned to stand-up after film school in Los Angeles.
• Brent Weinbach Stand-up comedian known for visual, post-modern and character-driven comedy.
• Brian Frazer Former stand-up comedian and current television/magazine writer and author.
• Brian Kiley Stand-up comedian and longtime comedy writer whose career includes numerous appearances on Letterman, Leno and Conan and decades writing for Conan O'Brien.
• Brian Monarch Brian Monarch is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Los Angeles who performs regularly on the city's main club stages, including the Hollywood Improv's Tonight at the Improv showcase.
• Brian Posehn Comedian, writer and actor with more than three decades in entertainment.
• Brian Regan Stand-up comedian known for sophisticated writing and physical comedy and for maintaining a broad multigenerational audience.
• Brian Scolaro 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.
• Bridget Everett Comedian, singer, actor and cabaret performer whose stage work combines comedy and music.
• Brittany Brave Brittany Brave is a New York-based comedian, actress, writer, producer and host who came up in Miami.
• Brittany Carney Stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City who began doing stand-up in Washington, DC, and performs at clubs and alternative rooms including the Bell House…
• Brittany Furlan Brittany Furlan is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actress and internet personality who became one of the most-followed creators on Vine, winning Viner of the Year at the 2014 Streamy Awards…
• Brooks Wheelan Brooks Wheelan is a stand-up comedian from Iowa who was a featured player and writer on Saturday Night Live in its 2013–2014 season.
• Bruce Bruce Bruce Bruce is a stand-up comedian and actor from Atlanta, known for storytelling and for performing with very little profanity.
• Bryan Callen Actor, stand-up comedian and podcaster who began as an original cast member of MADtv.
• Buddy Hackett 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.
• Byron Allen Former teenage stand-up comedian turned media entrepreneur.
• Byron Bowers Actor, writer and comedian whose work crosses stand-up, film, television and voice acting.

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• Cactus Tate Cactus Tate is a Texas-based stand-up comedian known for taking on taboo subjects with frank, personal honesty.
• Caitlin Peluffo Stand-up comedian from San Francisco based in New York City, a regular at the Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club.
• Cameron Esposito Stand-up comic, actor and writer who tours nationally and internationally.
• Carlos Mencia Carlos Mencia is a Honduran-born stand-up comedian raised in East Los Angeles, known for hosting Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia from 2005 to 2008.
• Carmen Christopher American actor and stand-up comedian from Chicago who got into comedy after taking improv classes at the Second City.
• Carmen Lynch Spanish-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer based in New York City who performs in English and Spanish and twice reached the final rounds of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
• Carol Leifer Comedy writer, stand-up comedian, producer, corporate speaker and author.
• Carolina Montesquieu Carolina Montesquieu is a Dominican-American stand-up comedian and writer based in New York City whose act mixes personal storytelling with a darkly honest point of view.
• Caroline Hanes Caroline Hanes is a New York City comedian and writer who performs regularly at New York Comedy Club and The Comic Strip Live.
• Caroline Rhea Stand-up comedian and actress best known as Hilda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
• Carrot Top Carrot Top is a stand-up and prop comedian from Cocoa, Florida, who has headlined a residency at the Luxor in Las Vegas since 2005.
• Casey Rocket Casey Rocket is a stand-up comedian, now based in Chicago, whose comedy began in the pool halls of South Georgia before he moved on to the Atlanta comedy scene.
• Cathy Ladman Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, actress and comedy coach with ten Tonight Show appearances and six Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson appearances.
• Cedric the Entertainer Actor, stand-up comedian, producer, host and author with a career spanning stage, film and television.
• Chad Daniels American stand-up comedian from Fergus Falls, Minnesota, who began at an open mic at Minneapolis's ACME Comedy Company in 1998 and is known for dark, candid material about family life.
• Charles Demers Vancouver-based stand-up comedian, author, voice actor, playwright and speechwriter.
• Charles McBee Charles McBee is a New York City stand-up comedian and writer from Toledo, Ohio, whose act and social-media videos draw on growing up in the 1980s and 1990s.
• Chaunté Wayans Comedian, actress, writer and speaker from the Wayans family.
• Che Durena Che Durena is a Toronto-based stand-up comedian with more than a decade on stage who is best known for viral videos that built a large online following.
• Chelsea Handler Stand-up comedian, author, host and producer with a long television and publishing career.
• Chelsea Peretti Actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer and filmmaker best known for playing Gina Linetti on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
• Chingo Bling Chingo Bling, born Pedro Herrera III, is a Houston rapper, producer and comedian who built a following with Mexican-American humor online before taking his stand-up on the road.
• Chloe Radcliffe American stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Prior Lake, Minnesota, who moved to New York City in 2018 and became a staff writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2020.
• Chonda Pierce Chonda Pierce is a stand-up comedian, author and television host from Covington, Kentucky, known for her Gold- and Platinum-certified comedy DVDs.
• Chris Cantrill Chris Cantrill is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from West Yorkshire.
• Chris D'Elia Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster whose stand-up specials include Grow or Die.
• Chris Distefano 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.
• Chris Fairbanks Stand-up comedian and podcaster originally from Montana who began his comedy career in Austin before moving to Los Angeles.
• Chris Forbes Chris Forbes is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and writer, known on TV for the BBC's Scot Squad, and a multiple Scottish Comedy Awards winner (Best Writer 2014; Best Actor 2016, 2017 and 2018).
• Chris Gethard Comedian, actor, author and podcaster known for The Chris Gethard Show, the HBO one-person special Career Suicide and the long-running podcast Beautiful/Anonymous.
• Chris Kattan Chris Kattan is an actor and comedian born in Culver City, California, who trained with the Groundlings and was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1996 to 2003…
• Chris Porter Chris Porter is a stand-up comedian from the Kansas City area, now based in Los Angeles, who finished third on season four of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
• Chris Redd Stand-up comic, actor, writer and performer whose work spans comedy, television, film and music.
• Chris Rock Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1990 to 1993, in a career spanning more than three decades.
• Chris Spencer Los Angeles comedian, writer, director, producer, actor and host with more than three decades in entertainment.
• Chris Tucker American stand-up comedian and actor from Atlanta who broke through as a frequent performer on HBO's Def Comedy Jam from 1992.
• Chris Waitkus Chris Waitkus is a stand-up comedian and former rocket scientist whose comedy mixes self-deprecating stories with wordplay.
• Christian Finnegan Christian Finnegan is a New York City stand-up comedian, writer and actor, born in Albany, New York, and raised in Acton, Massachusetts.
• Christina Pazsitzky Stand-up comedian and podcaster also known as Christina P. Her Netflix specials include Mother Inferior and Mom Genes, and she appears on The Degenerates.
• Christopher Titus Christopher Titus is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Castro Valley, California, whose act is built on dark, personal stories about his dysfunctional family.
• Cipha Sounds Cipha Sounds is a comedian, DJ and radio personality from the Bronx who spent more than 17 years on New York's Hot 97 and was the official DJ of Chappelle's Show.
• Clare O'Kane Actor, comedian, writer and director from San Jose who lives in Los Angeles.
• Colin Jost 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.
• Colin Quinn 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.
• Colum Tyrrell Colum Tyrrell is an Irish stand-up comedian who started out in Ireland before moving to New York City, where he became a regular at the Comedy Cellar, The Stand and Stand Up New York.
• Corde Snell Corde Snell is a California stand-up comedian with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Coast and Los Angeles.
• Corey B Corey B (Corey Bonalewicz) is a New York-based comedian, radio personality and content creator.
• Corey Holcomb Corey Holcomb is a Chicago-born stand-up comedian, radio host and actor who took up stand-up in Chicago after a short college basketball career.
• Correy Bell Correy Bell is a stand-up comedian and host who starred in Netflix's comedy competition Funny AF with Kevin Hart.
• Cort McCown Cort McCown is an actor and stand-up comedian, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and now based in Nashville, who made his film debut in Teen Wolf (1985) and played Quint in Can't Buy Me Love (1987).
• Costaki Economopoulos Costaki Economopoulos is a stand-up comedian, born in Fort Lauderdale and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia, who began doing stand-up in 1993 while writing a master's thesis on political satire…
• Craig Conant Craig Conant is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of a Mexican mother and a white father, whose storytelling act draws on a chaotic life and his recovery and sobriety…
• Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson is a Scottish-American stand-up comedian and television host from Glasgow, known for hosting The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS from 2005 to 2014.
• Craig Gass Stand-up comedian, impressionist and actor known for an unusually broad voice-impression repertoire.
• Craig Robinson Craig Robinson is a Chicago-born actor, comedian and musician who began doing stand-up and taking classes at The Second City while in college…
• Cristela Alonzo American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer raised in San Juan, Texas, who started doing stand-up in 2003 while working as office manager of the Addison Improv…
• Crystal Marie Crystal Marie is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer and producer from Detroit, the daughter of Iraqi immigrants…

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• D.L. Hughley Stand-up comedian, actor, author and radio host best known as one of The Original Kings of Comedy and as star/producer of The Hughleys.
• D'Lai D'Lai is a stand-up comedian and entrepreneur whose television credits include HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Showtime, BET's ComicView and Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network…
• Damien Lemon Damien Lemon is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcast host who hosted truTV's stand-up competition Comedy Knockout and was a long-time cast member and writer on MTV2 shows including Guy…
• Damon Darling Damon Darling is a stand-up comedian who performed on shows around the country with established headliners before launching his own national headlining run, the Gotta Dollar Tour.
• Damon Wayans 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.
• Dan Docimo Dan Docimo is a Chicago-based stand-up comic with a disarming style and thoughtfully absurd material.
• Dan Levy American stand-up comedian, writer and producer—not the Canadian Schitt's Creek creator of the same name.
• Dan Soder Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster whose specials include Not Special, The Standups, Son of a Gary and On The Road.
• Dan St. Germain Stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster and roaster with appearances on Conan, Fallon, Crashing, This Is Not Happening, Adam Ruins Everything and @midnight.
• Dan Vitale 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.
• Dana Carvey Emmy-winning actor and stand-up comedian best known for his Saturday Night Live characters including the Church Lady, Grumpy Old Man, Hans and Garth Algar, later carried into Wayne's World.
• Dana Gould Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and producer whose work includes creating the IFC horror-comedy series Stan Against Evil and hosting The Dana Gould Hour.
• Dane Cook Dane Cook is a stand-up comedian and actor from Cambridge, Massachusetts, based in Los Angeles, known for long-form observational storytelling.
• Daniel Geneen Daniel Geneen is a Toronto-born stand-up comedian and video creator based in New York City, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Daniel Sloss Scottish stand-up comedian, born in England in 1990 and raised in Fife, who at 19 became the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End.
• Daniel Tosh Daniel Tosh is a stand-up comedian raised in Titusville, Florida, known for hosting Comedy Central's Tosh.0 from 2009 to 2020.
• Daniela Mora Daniela Mora is a New York-based stand-up comedian, creator and actress who was named a 2023 New York Comedy Festival Creator to Watch.
• Danny Lobell Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, podcaster, storyteller and comic-book writer.
• Darren Fleet Darren Fleet is a stand-up comedian who headlines comedy clubs and has performed at events including the BET Awards, the Essence Festival, CIAA All-Star Weekend and the Bronner Bros.
• Darryl Lenox American-born stand-up comedian who became a major figure in Vancouver comedy.
• Dave Anthony Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster who lives near Los Angeles.
• Dave Attell Veteran stand-up comedian and joke writer best known for Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell.
• Dave Chappelle American stand-up comedian and actor from Washington, D.C., who co-created and starred in Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) before quitting midway through its third season.
• Dave Landau Dave Landau is a stand-up comedian who got his start at Second City's conservatory in Detroit and is known for a laid-back delivery and dark material.
• Dave Mizzoni Comedian, writer and producer based in New York City, best known as co-creator and co-host, with Matt Rogers, of Gayme Show, which premiered on Quibi in April 2020 and later moved to The Roku Channel.
• Dave Ross Stand-up comedian based in New York City who began performing in 2009.
• David Baddiel British comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter whose comedy career spans The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Newman and Baddiel in Pieces…
• David Brenner American stand-up comedian, actor and author from Philadelphia who wrote and produced television documentaries before turning to comedy in 1969.
• David Cross Emmy-winning comedian, actor, writer and director known for Mr. Show, Arrested Development and an extensive stand-up recording catalog.
• David Gborie Stand-up comedian, writer and voice actor from Denver, Colorado, based in Los Angeles, who was a Just For Laughs New Face in 2016 and one of Comedy Central's Comics to Watch in 2015.
• David Huntsberger Stand-up comedian, podcaster and writer whose work often explores science, philosophy and technology.
• David Jolly David Jolly is a stand-up comedian from Florida whose raw, unfiltered storytelling won him a following through his appearances on the Kill Tony podcast.
• David Koechner David Koechner is an actor and comedian from Tipton, Missouri, who trained in improvisation at Chicago's ImprovOlympic and The Second City before a season in the cast of Saturday Night Live…
• David Letterman Television host, comedian, writer and producer who hosted major-network late-night television for 33 years: Late Night with David Letterman on NBC from 1982 and Late Show with David Letterman…
• David Lucas David Lucas is a stand-up comedian and roast comic who started out on MTV's Yo Momma, moved to Hollywood and made his name on All Def Digital's Roast Me.
• David Nihill David Nihill is an Irish stand-up comedian, born and raised in Dublin, whose shows draw on having lived and worked in twelve countries…
• David Spade Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster whose career includes Saturday Night Live, Just Shoot Me!, Tommy Boy and Joe Dirt.
• David Steinberg Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and director from Winnipeg who came up through Chicago's Second City and was one of the best-known comics in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s.
• DC Young Fly DC Young Fly is an Atlanta-born comedian, actor, host and musician who built his following as an online content creator before joining the cast of Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out in 2015.
• Dean Delray Stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor whose comedy career grew out of a long background in music.
• Dean Edwards American stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist and voice actor who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2001 to 2003.
• Dedrick Flynn Dedrick Flynn, known as "The Dark Storm," is a stand-up comedian from East Atlanta who now lives in Austin, Texas, where he is one of the newest full-time regulars on the live podcast Kill Tony.
• Demetri Martin Stand-up comedian, writer and visual artist whose work combines one-liners, drawings, music and conceptual comedy.
• Denis Leary Denis Leary is a stand-up comedian and actor from Worcester, Massachusetts, who came up in the Boston comedy scene and on MTV.
• Deon Cole Stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for black-ish, grown-ish and Angie Tribeca and for his writing and correspondent work on Conan.
• DeRay Davis DeRay Davis is a stand-up comedian and actor from Chicago's South Side who broke through at the Laffapalooza festival in Atlanta and won Comedy Central's Laugh Riots competition.
• Derek Humphrey Derek Humphrey is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and actor, born in Detroit, who was a high school dropout, a laborer, a hotelier and a U.S.
• Des Bishop 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.
• Devon Walker American stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born in Washington state and raised mainly in Austin, Texas, who began doing stand-up in 2014 and moved to New York City in 2018.
• Dick Gregory American comedian, writer and civil-rights activist from St. Louis whose pointed material on racism made him a breakthrough star in 1961…
• Dick Shawn 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…
• Dick Smothers Comedian, musician and performer best known as the straight-man half of the Smothers Brothers with his older brother Tom.
• Dina Hashem New York City stand-up comedian and writer known for dry, dark observational comedy.
• Django Gold Stand-up comedian and writer based in New York who has written for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Onion, and has seven Emmy nominations and a Peabody Award.
• Don DC Curry Don "DC" Curry is a stand-up comedian and actor best known as Uncle Elroy in Next Friday (2000) and Friday After Next (2002).
• Don Gavin Veteran stand-up comedian widely known as the Godfather of Boston Comedy.
• Don Rickles 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.
• Donnell Rawlings Donnell Rawlings is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster, born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, who served in the U.S.
• Doug Benson Doug Benson is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and television host from San Diego who began performing stand-up regularly in Los Angeles at 22.
• Doug Stanhope Stand-up comedian and podcaster known for confrontational, autobiographical and social-commentary-heavy comedy.
• Dr. Brady Smith Dr. Brady Smith is a stand-up comedian whose act mixes brutally honest life stories with outrageous tales from the dental trenches…
• Drew Carey Stand-up comic turned actor, producer and game-show host.
• Drew Dunn American stand-up comedian who began in 2014 in New England, won the Boston Comedy Festival in 2017 and the Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2018…
• Drew Lynch Stand-up comedian and actor who became nationally known after receiving the Golden Buzzer and finishing second on season 10 of America's Got Talent.
• Drew Michael Stand-up comedian, writer and director whose formally experimental HBO work includes the 2018 special Drew Michael and the 2021 special Red Blue Green, which he directed himself.
• Dulcé Sloan American stand-up comedian and actress born in Miami and raised in Atlanta and Miami, who started stand-up in 2009 and in 2015 was a Just For Laughs New Face and the winner of StandUp NBC.
• Dustin Chafin Nationally headlining stand-up comedian known for sharp storytelling and crowd work.
• Dustin Nickerson Dustin Nickerson is a stand-up comedian from the Seattle area, now based in San Diego, known for clean comedy about parenting, marriage and family life.
• Dylan Brody Comedian, storyteller, author, filmmaker and producer whose work spans stand-up, long-form storytelling, books, recordings and independent film.
• Dylan Carlino Dylan Carlino is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in Austin, Texas, who began his career in the Berkshires and spent several years in Portland, Oregon.

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• Eagle Witt Stand-up comedian, writer and actor born and raised in New York City, where he performs at the major clubs and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Earthquake American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and radio host from Washington, D.C., and a US Air Force veteran…
• Eddie Griffin American stand-up comedian and actor from Kansas City, Missouri, who started at a comedy club open mic in 1989 and later opened for Andrew Dice Clay.
• Eddie Ifft Eddie Ifft is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor from Pittsburgh who began on the New York club circuit after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh.
• Eddie Izzard British stand-up comedian, actress and activist known for rambling, surreal, stream-of-consciousness monologues.
• Eddie Murphy Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and recording artist whose career began as a teenage comic before his breakout on Saturday Night Live.
• Eddie Pepitone Stand-up comedian and character actor known for the rant-driven style that earned him the nickname the Bitter Buddha.
• Eeland Stribling Eeland Stribling is a New York-based stand-up comedian from Denver, and a former wildlife biologist and environmental educator nicknamed the "Black Steve Irwin".
• Ehsan Ahmad Ehsan Ahmad is a stand-up comedian and one of the first regulars at the Comedy Mothership in Austin, with an edgy, silly style.
• Elayne Boosler 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…
• Eleanor Kerrigan Philadelphia-born stand-up comedian whose career developed at The Comedy Store after an earlier background in wrestling.
• Elf Lyons Elf Lyons is an English comedian and clown whose work spans stand-up, clowning and theatre.
• Elijah Nevels Elijah Nevels is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Cleveland whose material centers on family and everyday life.
• Elle Orlando Elle Orlando is a New York-based stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster who has been passed as a regular at clubs including the New York Comedy Club, The Stand…
• Ellen DeGeneres American comedian, actress and television host who began in stand-up in the early 1980s and drew national attention with a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
• Ellen Harrold Ellen Harrold is a stand-up comedian and humor writer whose pieces have been published by The New Yorker and McSweeney's.
• Ellen Skrmetti Ellen Skrmetti is a stand-up comedian, writer and viral storyteller, born and raised in Mississippi and living in Birmingham, Alabama, whose clean comedy covers family, faith…
• Elon Altman Elon Altman is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New York City and a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Elon Gold Elon Gold is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster from the Bronx, known for his impressions and his Jewish comedy.
• Emil Wakim American stand-up comedian and actor from the Chicago area who started comedy in Bloomington, Indiana, and is now based in Brooklyn.
• Emily Wilson Emily Wilson is a New York City-based stand-up comedian who also writes and sings comic songs.
• Emma Willmann Emma Willmann is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and actor from Blue Hill, Maine, and a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Eric Andre Comedian, actor, writer and creator/host of Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show.
• Eric Bana Australian actor and director who began professionally as a stand-up comedian in Melbourne before joining the sketch series Full Frontal.
• Eric D'Alessandro Eric D'Alessandro is a New York stand-up comedian and impressionist whose comedy draws on his Italian-American upbringing.
• Eric Eaton Eric Eaton is a comedy magician who headlines comedy clubs and theaters across the United States with an act that mixes magic with comic banter and brings audience members up on stage.
• Eric Neumann Eric Neumann is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and storyteller and a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Eric Schwartz Eric Schwartz is a stand-up comedian and musician from the Los Angeles area whose act mixes stand-up, musical comedy and multimedia, drawing on his Jewish and Mexican family.
• Erica Rhodes American stand-up comedian and actress from Newton, Massachusetts, who has performed on A Prairie Home Companion since she was 13.
• Erik Griffin Stand-up comedian, actor, director and podcaster known for Workaholics and two Showtime specials, The Ugly Truth and AmERIKan Warrior.
• Erin Jackson Erin Jackson is a New York City stand-up comedian and television writer, a fixture in the city's comedy clubs, who made her Netflix debut on the second season of Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready.
• Ester Steinberg Ester Steinberg is a stand-up comedian, billed as the "cool mom comedian", who has been performing stand-up since she was 16 and tours comedy clubs…
• Esther Povitsky Stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer whose television work includes co-creating and starring in Alone Together, appearing in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and starring in Dollface.

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• Fabrizio Copano Fabrizio Copano is a Chilean stand-up comedian, actor and writer who has performed stand-up for more than a decade, from bars in Santiago to the Viña del Mar festival…
• Fahim Anwar Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer.
• Faith Ladzinski Faith Ladzinski is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian who performs around the country.
• Faizon Love Faizon Love is a Cuban-born American actor and stand-up comedian, raised in Southeast San Diego and Newark, New Jersey, who got his start in stand-up at 15.
• Faysal Lawrence Faysal Lawrence, born Faysal Alkhayat, is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Los Angeles of Saudi Arabian and Iraqi descent.
• Felicia Folkes Felicia Folkes is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Inglewood, California, whose comedy centers on her life as a young Black woman and a breast cancer survivor.
• Felicia Michaels Stand-up comedian, photographer, director and writer whose comedy appeared across MTV, A&E, Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime, NBC, ABC and FOX.
• Felipe Esparza Stand-up comedian whose Netflix catalog includes the English- and Spanish-language companion specials Bad Decisions and Malas Decisiones and the 2025 special Raging Fool.
• Fern Brady Scottish stand-up comedian, podcaster and writer from Bathgate, West Lothian, who began performing in 2010 and reached the final of So You Think You're Funny in 2011.
• Finesse Mitchell American stand-up comedian, actor and author from Atlanta who was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 2003 to 2006, where his characters included Starrkeisha.
• Fiona Cauley Fiona Cauley is a stand-up comedian based in Nashville, Tennessee, who began performing in 2019 and is a regular at Zanies Comedy Club.
• Flip Wilson American comedian and actor from Jersey City, New Jersey, who worked the Chitlin' Circuit and the Apollo Theater before Redd Foxx's praise on The Tonight Show led to national bookings in 1965.
• Fortune Feimster Stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose confessional comedy has led to international theater touring and three Netflix hour specials: Sweet & Salty, Good Fortune and Crushing It…
• Frankie Marcos Frankie Marcos is a stand-up comedian from San Jose, California, who won the San Francisco Comedy Competition in 2024.
• Frankie Quiñones Frankie Quiñones is a stand-up comedian and actor from Los Angeles known for his character work, notably Creeper, the character in his viral CholoFit exercise sketches.
• Frazer Smith Los Angeles stand-up comedian and radio personality with decades in both comedy clubs and rock radio.
• Fred Armisen Fred Armisen is a comedian, actor and musician raised in Valley Stream, New York, known for 11 seasons on Saturday Night Live and for co-creating Portlandia.
• Fred Stoller Stand-up comedian, actor, voice performer, writer and author known for frequent character roles and a distinctive low-key delivery.
• Freddie Prinze 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'.
• Fumi Abe Japanese-American stand-up comedian and writer, born in Japan and raised from age eight in Columbus, Ohio, who began stand-up in New York City in 2014 and is now based in Los Angeles.
• Funny Marco Funny Marco is the stage name of Marco Summers, a comedian from Kansas City, Missouri, who built a large online following with viral sketch comedy and improv videos before moving to Atlanta.

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• Gabe Kaplan Stand-up comedian, actor, author and poker commentator best known for playing teacher Gabe Kotter in Welcome Back, Kotter.
• Gabe Mollica American comedian, storyteller and writer based in Astoria, Queens, best known for his solo show Solo: A Show About Friendship, which he developed from 2019…
• Gabriel Iglesias Arena-headlining stand-up comedian known as Fluffy, with a storytelling style built around characters, sound effects and personal experience.
• Gabriel Rutledge Gabriel Rutledge is a touring stand-up comedian who has won both the Seattle International Comedy Competition and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta.
• Gad Elmaleh French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor with a large French-language and international career.
• Gage Johnson Gage Johnson is a stand-up comedian from Redding, California, who performs around Orange County and Los Angeles under the billing 'The Hopeless Bromantic'…
• Gallagher Prop comedian born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., best known for the Sledge-O-Matic routine in which he smashed watermelons and other objects onstage.
• Gareth Reynolds Internationally touring stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster best known as co-host of The Dollop with Dave Anthony and We're Here to Help with Jake Johnson.
• Garry Shandling Comedian, actor, writer and producer whose stand-up career led to two influential television series: It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show.
• Gary Gulman Stand-up comedian and author known for literate observational comedy and long-form personal work.
• Gary Mule Deer Comedian and country musician whose career spans more than six decades.
• Gary Owen Gary Owen is a stand-up comedian and actor from Cincinnati who started doing stand-up in 1995 while stationed with the U.S.
• Gary Vider Gary Vider is a stand-up comedian based in New York City whose dry, understated delivery took him to the finals of the tenth season of America's Got Talent.
• Gavin Matts Vancouver-born, New York-based stand-up comedian who performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar and The Stand.
• Geoff Tate Stand-up comedian with nearly two decades of national touring, a large recorded-comedy catalog and frequent podcast appearances.
• Geoffrey Asmus American stand-up comedian who began performing in 2013, was selected as a New Face at Just for Laughs Montreal and is a regular at New York's Comedy Cellar.
• George Burns American comedian, actor and writer whose career spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television.
• George Carlin 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.
• George Lopez Stand-up comedian, actor, producer and author whose career spans television, film, live comedy, late night and publishing.
• George Perez George Perez is a stand-up comedian and a paid regular at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, known for raw, observational storytelling.
• George Wallace Veteran stand-up comedian whose career began after work in advertising and included writing for The Redd Foxx Show, decades of club and theater headlining and a long Las Vegas residency.
• Gianmarco Soresi American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster from Potomac, Maryland, now living in Brooklyn, known for observational comedy.
• Gilbert Gottfried Stand-up comedian, actor and voice performer whose deliberately abrasive stage voice became instantly recognizable.
• Gina Brillon Gina Brillon is a Puerto Rican stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born and raised in the Bronx, who has done stand-up since she was 17.
• Godfrey Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and host known for high-energy storytelling and impressions.
• Godfrey Cambridge 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.
• Graham Elwood Stand-up comedian, filmmaker and podcaster with more than two decades performing in clubs, colleges and lounges, on television and on military tours.
• Graham Kay Graham Kay is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Ottawa who lives in New York City and performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar.
• Greg Fitzsimmons Stand-up comedian, four-time Emmy-winning comedy writer, actor, author and podcast host.
• Greg Giraldo 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.
• Greg Proops San Francisco-bred stand-up comic, improviser, actor, voice performer, author and podcaster based in Hollywood.
• Greg Romero Wilson Greg Romero Wilson is a stand-up comedian and actor from Dallas, based in Los Angeles, who started with the Dallas improv troupe Ad-Libs and went on to run his own stand-up shows in Las Vegas…
• Greg Warren Greg Warren is a stand-up comedian from St. Louis, a former West Point cadet and All-American wrestler at the University of Missouri…
• Gus Constantellis 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.
• Guy Torry Stand-up comedian, actor, radio personality and filmmaker with more than three decades onstage.

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• Hannah Einbinder Stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing Ava Daniels on Hacks.
• Hannah Gadsby Australian comedian, writer and actor from Tasmania who won the national Raw Comedy competition in 2006.
• Hannibal Buress Hannibal Buress is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Chicago, known for The Eric Andre Show, Broad City and his writing for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock.
• Hans Kim Hans Kim is a stand-up comedian and a regular on the live podcast Kill Tony who has opened for Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe.
• Hari Kondabolu Brooklyn-based comedian, writer and podcaster whose stand-up combines personal storytelling and social commentary.
• Harland Williams Harland Williams is a Canadian-American stand-up comedian and actor from Toronto, known for the films Dumb and Dumber, RocketMan, Half Baked and There's Something About Mary.
• Harrison Greenbaum 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.
• Hasan Minhaj Stand-up comedian, writer and host known for The Daily Show, the Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and narrative stand-up specials including Homecoming King…
• Heather McDonald Heather McDonald is a stand-up comedian from Los Angeles, known as a writer and roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately and as host of the podcast Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald.
• Henny Youngman London-born American comedian who grew up in Brooklyn and was dubbed 'the King of the One-Liners' by columnist Walter Winchell for rapid-fire short jokes such as 'Take my wife... please'…
• Henry Cho Henry Cho is a clean stand-up comedian from Knoxville, Tennessee, and a member of the Grand Ole Opry, known for comedy about growing up Asian American in the South.
• Henry Sir Henry Sir is a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer from Edmonton, Alberta, a former All-Canadian basketball player who now lives in New York and performs at clubs including the Comedy Cellar…
• Hoodo Hersi Hoodo Hersi is a stand-up comedian and writer from Toronto, now based in New York, who made her late-night stand-up debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
• Howie Mandel Stand-up comedian, actor, producer and television host whose career includes St. Elsewhere, Bobby's World, Deal or No Deal and America's Got Talent.
• Hunter Hill Hunter Hill is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for storytelling stand-up.

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• Ian Bagg World-touring stand-up comedian known for fast, improvised audience interaction.
• Ian Edwards Stand-up comedian, writer, producer, actor and podcaster born in England and raised in Jamaica.
• Ian Fidance Ian Fidance is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Wilmington, Delaware, who lives in Brooklyn and performs regularly at New York's Comedy Cellar.
• Ian Karmel Emmy-winning stand-up comedian, television writer, author and podcaster.
• Ian Lara Ian Lara is a New York City stand-up comedian whose Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring set drew a large online audience.
• Ilana Glazer Comedian, actor and creator best known for co-creating and co-starring in Broad City.
• Iliza Shlesinger Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster and author.
• Irene Tu American stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born in 1992 and raised in the Chicago suburbs, who started in the San Francisco Bay Area…
• Isabel Hagen 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.
• Isiah Kelly Isiah Kelly is a stand-up comedian and actor who has been performing since the age of 10, coming up alongside J.J.
• Ismael Loutfi American stand-up comedian and writer of Syrian descent, raised in Ocala, Florida, who began performing at 18 and is based in Los Angeles.

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• J-L Cauvin Veteran stand-up comedian, impressionist, podcaster and actor whose political impersonations and sketch videos brought a large online audience.
• J. B. Ball American stand-up comedian, TV and sketch writer, director and producer whose comedy takes on controversial topics for audiences on both sides of an issue.
• J. B. Smoove American comedian, actor and writer, born in Plymouth, North Carolina, and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, who began on Def Comedy Jam in 1995 and was a writer and performer on Saturday Night…
• J. Elvis Weinstein Writer, performer, stand-up comedian, director and podcaster also known as Josh Weinstein.
• Jack Assadourian Jr. Jack Assadourian Jr. is a stand-up comedian of Armenian and Mexican descent whose act draws on his multicultural background.
• Jack Benny American comedian and violinist who rose from the vaudeville circuit to become one of the leading entertainers of the 20th century.
• Jack Paar American talk show host, comedian and writer who began as a humorous radio disc jockey in the Midwest and entertained troops as a master of ceremonies in World War II.
• Jack Whitehall Jack Whitehall is an English stand-up comedian, actor and presenter from London whose first solo show, Nearly Rebellious, earned a Best Newcomer nomination at the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
• Jackie Fabulous 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.
• Jackie Kashian Stand-up comedian, podcaster and writer whose credits include After Midnight, Conan, The Late Late Show, HBO, Netflix, Comedy Central, NPR and Audible.
• Jackie Mason Jackie Mason was a stand-up comedian and actor from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side, known for his one-man shows on Broadway.
• Jackie Tohn Actor, comic, writer, host, singer-songwriter and show creator.
• Jacqueline Novak Stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster whose acclaimed one-person show Get on Your Knees became a 2024 Netflix special.
• Jaime French Jaime French is a comedian, YouTuber and singer from St. Louis who began making videos at 12 and moved from beauty tutorials to comedy…
• Jake Velazquez Jake Velazquez is a stand-up comedian born and raised in the Bronx who started doing comedy in New York City in 2019 and is a regular at New York Comedy Club.
• James Acaster British stand-up comedian, author, actor, podcaster and musician.
• James Austin Johnson Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, voice performer and impressionist who joined Saturday Night Live in 2021 and completed five seasons by 2026.
• Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx is a stand-up comedian, actor and singer from Terrell, Texas, who broke through as a featured player on the sketch show In Living Color.
• Jamie Lee Stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer and producer.
• Jamie Lissow Jamie Lissow is an actor and stand-up comedian who starred in two seasons of the Netflix series Real Rob, which he also co-wrote and co-produced.
• Janeane Garofalo American comedian and actress who began in stand-up in the mid-1980s and was a pioneer of the Los Angeles alternative comedy scene in the early 1990s…
• Janelle Draper Janelle Draper is a stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer from Boston who started doing stand-up in Los Angeles while working as an NBC page on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Janet McNamara Janet McNamara is a stand-up comedian from the Boston area, now based in New York City, where she became a regular at the Comedy Cellar after her debut special, Not Smart Enough, went viral.
• Jared Freid Jared Freid is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and writer from Needham, Massachusetts, based in New York City.
• Jarrett Campbell Jarrett Campbell is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Ontario, now based in New York City, where he is a regular at The Stand and New York Comedy Club.
• Jason Cheny Jason Cheny is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles who is a regular at the Improv and the Comedy Cellar and headlines shows around the world.
• Jason Nash Comedian, actor, creator and podcaster who appeared on Last Comic Standing and later built a large digital audience through YouTube and VIEWS with David Dobrik.
• Jason Salmon Jason Salmon is a Texas-born stand-up comedian based in New York City who has headlined across the U.S.
• Jay Jurden American stand-up comedian, writer and actor raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and based in New York, whose material draws on being Black, queer and Southern.
• Jay Leno Stand-up comedian, television host, author and automotive personality best known for two decades hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Jay Mohr Jay Mohr is a stand-up comedian and actor from Verona, New Jersey, who was a featured player on Saturday Night Live from 1993 to 1995.
• Jay Pharoah American stand-up comedian and actor from Chesapeake, Virginia, known for celebrity impressions, who played Virginia comedy clubs from age 15 and was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2010…
• Jeff Allen Jeff Allen is a clean stand-up comedian from Sauk Village, Illinois, known for his marriage and family material and the special Happy Wife, Happy Life.
• Jeff Arcuri American stand-up comedian from Monroe, Michigan, known for crowd work and a regular at New York's Comedy Cellar.
• Jeff Dean Jeff Dean is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Reno, Nevada, who came up in the San Francisco Bay Area with a confessional storytelling style.
• Jeff Dunham Ventriloquist and stand-up comedian whose arena-scale act centers characters including Walter, Peanut, José Jalapeño on a Stick, Bubba J and Achmed.
• Jeff Dye Jeff Dye is a stand-up comedian, actor and host who grew up in Kent, Washington, finished third on the sixth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing…
• Jeff Foxworthy Stand-up comedian, author and television personality strongly associated with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and his 'You might be a redneck' material.
• Jeff Garlin Comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and photographer best known as executive producer and co-star of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
• Jeff Ross Stand-up comedian, producer and roast specialist known as the Roastmaster General.
• Jeff Scheen Jeff Scheen is a stand-up comedian based in Brooklyn who performs at the Comedy Cellar and New York Comedy Club and has toured with Jeff Arcuri.
• Jeff Stilson Stand-up comedian, writer and television producer with two Emmys and fourteen Television Academy nominations.
• Jen Kirkman Writer, performer, author and podcaster who built a substantial stand-up career before stopping regular touring in 2019.
• Jena Friedman Academy Award-nominated writer and comedian whose work spans stand-up, television, film, books and documentary comedy.
• Jenny Slate Comedian, actor, writer and author whose work spans stand-up, film, television, books and voice performance.
• Jenny Tian Jenny Tian is an Australian stand-up comedian, born in Finland to Chinese parents and raised in Sydney, who built a large TikTok and YouTube following during the pandemic and sold out her debut…
• Jenny Zigrino Jenny Zigrino is a stand-up comedian, actress and writer based in Los Angeles who made her late-night debut on Conan, where she appeared three times, and was a Just for Laughs New Face in 2016.
• Jeremiah Watkins Jeremiah Watkins is a stand-up comedian known for a physical, off-the-cuff style and for Stand-Up on the Spot, his improvised stand-up show…
• Jeremy Piven 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.
• Jerrod Carmichael Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker whose HBO catalog includes Love at the Store, 8, Rothaniel and Don't Be Gay.
• Jerry Lewis Comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, singer and humanitarian who became one of the 20th century's major comedy figures.
• Jerry Seinfeld Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and producer best known for Seinfeld and later Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
• Jerry Wayne Longmire Jerry Wayne Longmire is a stand-up comic and online creator based in Houston, known for the Truck Astrology roast series and the garage series Shoptalk…
• Jess Hilarious Jess Hilarious (Jessica Robin Moore) is a stand-up comedian, actress and radio host from Baltimore who first drew a wide audience with her weekly Instagram segment Jess With the Mess and went…
• Jessica Kirson Stand-up comedian, producer and performer known for high-energy character work and crowd interaction.
• Jessica Levin Jessica Levin is a New York City stand-up comedian, writer and actor, born in New Jersey and partly raised in Pennsylvania, who is a regular at New York Comedy Club and Rodney's.
• Jessica Michelle Singleton American stand-up comedian known for high-energy, overly honest and often dark material, a paid regular at the Comedy Store and the breakout star of Iliza Shlesinger's Hulu series Iliza's Locals.
• Jesus Sepulveda Jesus Sepulveda is a stand-up comedian from Tucson who started doing stand-up at 15 and opened for Gabriel Iglesias before filming his first half-hour special, Jesus Sepulveda: Mr. Tough Life…
• Jesus Trejo Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, host, executive producer and award-winning children's author.
• Jiaoying Summers Jiaoying Summers is a Chinese-born stand-up comedian, actress and producer based in Los Angeles who began doing stand-up in 2019, after John Singleton, an executive producer she auditioned…
• Jim Breuer 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.
• Jim Carrey Comedian and actor whose early stand-up and impression work led to In Living Color and a major film career including Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber…
• Jim Florentine Stand-up comedian, actor and podcast host with a long career in comedy and hard-rock media.
• Jim Gaffigan Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and author known for observational comedy.
• Jim Jefferies Australian stand-up comedian, actor and writer whose catalog runs from Contraband through ten specials, including the 2025 Netflix release Two Limb Policy.
• Jim Norton Stand-up comedian, broadcaster and podcaster with a long New York club career.
• Jimmie Walker 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).
• Jimmy Carr British stand-up comedian and television host with a global touring career.
• Jimmy Dore Stand-up comedian, host and political-commentary broadcaster.
• Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Fallon is a comedian and television host who has hosted NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York since 2014.
• Jimmy O. Yang Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer known for Silicon Valley, Crazy Rich Asians, Space Force, Love Hard and Interior Chinatown.
• Jimmy Pardo Stand-up comedian, host and podcasting pioneer known for fast, improvisational crowd work.
• Jimmy Tingle Comedian, commentator, producer, actor and creator of Humor for Humanity.
• Jo Koy Arena- and theater-touring stand-up comedian whose material often draws from family and Filipino-American experience.
• Joan Rivers 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…
• Joe Bartnick 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…
• Joe DeRosa Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster with six top-ten charting comedy albums.
• Joe DeVito Joe DeVito is a stand-up comedian and writer based on Long Island, New York, who appears regularly on Fox's Gutfeld! as a panelist and contributing writer.
• Joe Dombrowski Joe Dombrowski is a stand-up comedian from Metro Detroit and a former elementary school teacher whose viral April Fools' Day spelling-test prank in 2017 led to multiple appearances on The Ellen…
• Joe Fenti Joe Fenti is a stand-up comedian and sketch creator, known online as FentiFriedChicken, who produces several sketch comedy videos a week and has headlined clubs around the country.
• Joe List Stand-up comedian, writer and actor who began in Boston in 2000 and became a regular at New York's Comedy Cellar.
• Joe Machi Joe Machi is a headlining stand-up comedian who finished fourth on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing.
• Joe Mande Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and television producer.
• Joe Matarese Stand-up comedian whose act is closely tied to his South Jersey/Philadelphia background.
• Joe Piscopo Joe Piscopo is a comedian, impressionist and radio host from New Jersey who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1980 to 1984.
• Joe Rogan Joe Rogan is a stand-up comedian and UFC commentator from Newark, New Jersey, based in Austin, Texas, who hosts the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
• Joe Torry Joe Torry is a stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter raised in St. Louis who performed on HBO's Def Comedy Jam from its first season and hosted the show in 1994 and 1995.
• Joe Wong Bilingual stand-up comedian, actor, television host and scientist who performs in both English and Chinese.
• Joe Zimmerman Joe Zimmerman is a stand-up comedian and writer from Morgantown, West Virginia, who started in comedy in North Carolina after graduating from Davidson College…
• Joel Hodgson Former stand-up comic, prop comedian and magician who created Mystery Science Theater 3000 and originally starred as Joel Robinson.
• Joel Kim Booster Joel Kim Booster is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor, born on Jeju Island in South Korea and raised in Plainfield, Illinois…
• Joey Avery Joey Avery is a San Francisco-born stand-up comedian who was twice named one of the Bay Area's top comics by the San Francisco Chronicle before moving to New York, and who now headlines comedy clubs.
• Joey Camen Stand-up comedian, voice actor, actor, writer, filmmaker and author.
• John Campanelli John Campanelli is a New York-based stand-up comedian who also works regularly in Los Angeles, where he has headlined the show Live w/ John Campanelli at the Comedy Store since 2011 and hosted…
• John Caparulo John Caparulo is a stand-up comedian from East Liverpool, Ohio, who started in the clubs of Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the late 1990s before moving to Hollywood…
• John Caponera Stand-up comedian, impressionist and actor who began performing professionally in the Chicago comedy scene in 1979.
• John Crist John Crist is a stand-up comedian from Lilburn, Georgia, now based in Nashville, known for his comedy sketch videos on YouTube.
• John Hastings John Hastings is a Canadian stand-up comedian, on stage since 2006, who played the Edinburgh Fringe every year from 2012 to 2019 and has also performed at the Melbourne festival and Just…
• John Heffron John Heffron is a stand-up comic, born in New York City and raised in South Lyon, Michigan, who began as an Eastern Michigan University student emceeing the Main Street Comedy Showcase…
• John Leguizamo Actor, comedian, writer, producer and solo-theater performer whose comedy work includes Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, Sexaholix... A Love Story, Ghetto Klown and Latin History for Morons.
• John Mulaney Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and host whose career includes Saturday Night Live writing, multiple stand-up specials and live television.
• John Oliver Comedian, writer and television host known for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
• John Ridley Former stand-up comedian who left the club circuit to concentrate on writing, filmmaking and television creation.
• Jon Lovitz Jon Lovitz is a comedian and actor from Los Angeles who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1985 to 1990.
• Jon Rudnitsky Jon Rudnitsky is a stand-up comedian and actor from Harrington Park, New Jersey, who was a featured player on Saturday Night Live in its 41st season, 2015–2016.
• Jon Stewart 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.
• Jonah Ray Rodrigues Actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director and musician who performs professionally as Jonah Ray.
• Jonathan van Halem Jonathan van Halem is a stand-up comedian based in Brooklyn who works at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and earlier worked on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News.
• Jonathan Winters American comedian, actor and artist from Dayton, Ohio, a pioneer of improvisational stand-up known for characters such as Maude Frickert and Elwood P. Suggins.
• Jonnie W. Jonnie W. is a nationally touring comedian based near Nashville whose act blends storytelling, offbeat stand-up and music, played at comedy clubs, churches…
• Jordan Brady Former touring stand-up comedian who became a filmmaker and commercial director.
• Jordan Jensen 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.
• Jordan Temple American comedian, playwright, TV writer and actor, born in Queens, New York, and based in Los Angeles.
• Jorge Marroquin Jorge Marroquin, better known as DJ Cooch, is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer with more than 20 years in stand-up who headlines comedy clubs…
• Josh Adam Meyers Josh Adam Meyers is a stand-up comedian and musician who grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and headlines clubs and festivals with an act that brings jokes and music together.
• Josh Gondelman American stand-up comedian and comedy writer who started in Boston before moving to New York City in 2011.
• Josh Johnson American stand-up comedian and writer from Alexandria, Louisiana, who joined The Daily Show as a writer in 2017, became a correspondent in 2024 and joined its rotation of hosts in July 2025.
• Josh Pugh Josh Pugh is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer who won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award in 2015.
• Josh Wolf Josh Wolf is a Boston-born stand-up comedian, writer and actor who became a round-table regular and writer on E!'s Chelsea Lately and a regular on After Lately…
• Jourdain Fisher Jourdain Fisher is a New York-based stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose first stand-up appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon led to a staff writing job on the show…
• Joy Behar 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.
• Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander is a stand-up comedian and actor from Gaithersburg, Maryland, who first tried stand-up in 1989 as a 19-year-old New York University student and kept performing several nights…
• Judd Apatow Writer, director, producer, author and comedian whose career spans film, television, documentary and live comedy.
• Judy Gold Judy Gold is a stand-up comedian from New Jersey who has been a regular at New York's Comedy Cellar since the 1980s.
• Julian McCullough 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.
• Julie Kim Julie Kim is a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer, born and raised in Toronto and now based in Vancouver, who has performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal and the Winnipeg and Halifax comedy…
• Justin Silva Justin Silva is a stand-up comedian born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, who started comedy at 21 while working as an electrician and a restaurant server…
• Justin Whitehead Justin Whitehead is a stand-up comedian and digital content creator known for his improvisational skills, raw storytelling and viral social-media voice-overs…
• Juston McKinney Stand-up comedian and former deputy sheriff whose comedy is strongly rooted in New England life.

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• Kam Patterson American stand-up comedian and actor from Orlando, Florida, who began at open mics there in 2021 and moved to Austin, Texas, where his appearances on Kill Tony made his name…
• Karen Morgan Karen Morgan is a clean stand-up comedian and former trial attorney, born and raised in Athens, Georgia, and living in Cumberland, Maine…
• Karlous Miller Karlous Miller is a stand-up comedian from Oxford, Mississippi, who worked there as a firefighter before moving to Atlanta in 2005 to do comedy full time.
• Kat Bird Kat Bird is a stand-up comedian, actress and podcaster born and raised in Los Angeles, where she is a regular at the Comedy Store…
• Kate Berlant Comedian, actor and writer whose work crosses stand-up, character comedy, one-person theater and sketch.
• Katherine Blanford American stand-up comedian from Kentucky known for a 'human Golden Retriever' stage presence and stories about her Southern family.
• Kathleen Madigan American stand-up comedian from the St. Louis area who started at open mics while working in journalism and has built her career mainly on touring and specials.
• Kathy Griffin Stand-up comedian, television performer, host and author.
• Katt Williams Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer who began performing stand-up as a teenager and built a national club and arena career.
• Keenen Ivory Wayans 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.
• Keith Alberstadt Keith Alberstadt is a stand-up comedian from Nashville who moved to New York City, where the Comedy Cellar is his home club.
• Keith Lucas Comedian, actor and writer who works closely with his twin brother Kenny Lucas as The Lucas Bros.
• Keith Pedro Keith Pedro is a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer, a Second City alumnus known for his in-your-face persona and fast-talking style.
• Kelsey Cook American stand-up comedian from Spokane, Washington, who started stand-up in college and moved to Seattle and then Los Angeles; a world-champion foosball player…
• Kenice Mobley American stand-up comedian and filmmaker, raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, who started stand-up at an open mic in Los Angeles…
• Kenny Lucas Comedian, actor and writer who works closely with his twin brother Keith Lucas as The Lucas Bros.
• Kevin Hart Philadelphia-born stand-up comedian and actor whose stand-up films include Laugh at My Pain (2011), Let Me Explain (2013) and What Now? (2016)…
• Kevin James 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.
• Kevin Nealon Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and digital-series host best known for nine seasons on Saturday Night Live and for Weeds.
• Kevin Pollak Stand-up comedian, impressionist, actor and filmmaker who began performing in San Francisco at age 20 before building a major film and television career.
• Kevin Smith Kevin Smith is a filmmaker, actor and podcaster from Red Bank, New Jersey, who came to prominence writing and directing Clerks (1994) and playing Silent Bob across his New Jersey films.
• Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian known for storytelling and for comedy built on astrology, turning zodiac signs into punchlines for a large online following.
• Kid Fury Kid Fury is a comedian, writer and podcaster born and raised in Miami, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who built an audience with his comedy blog The Fury and his YouTube vlogs before starting…
• King Bo King Bo is a stand-up comedian who built an audience in the millions with viral comedy sketches, characters and catchphrases on TikTok…
• Kira Soltanovich Comedian, writer and actress born in Lviv and raised in San Francisco, best known as the 'Phony Photo Booth' correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for almost nine years and as a series…
• Kiry Shabazz Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian with Midwest roots whose career started in Northern California.
• Kliph Nesteroff Former stand-up comedian who became a writer and historian of comedy and show business.
• Kountry Wayne Kountry Wayne is a comedian and actor from Millen, Georgia, who built a large audience from 2014 with viral social-media sketches of his own characters, often with celebrity cameos…
• Kumail Nanjiani Stand-up comedian, actor and writer who developed in Chicago comedy before television and film work including Silicon Valley and the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Big Sick.
• Kurt Braunohler Stand-up comedian, writer and actor known for absurdist projects as well as traditional stand-up.
• Kurt Metzger Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer.
• Kyle Dunnigan Stand-up comedian, impressionist, actor, writer and podcaster.
• Kyle Kinane Stand-up comedian and recording artist whose specials include Dirt Nap.
• Kyle Tomlin Kyle Tomlin is a Los Angeles comedian, actor, writer and improviser who started performing comedy at 15 in his hometown and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory…
• Kylie Brakeman Comedian, writer and actor known for her online sketch comedy and for writing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, after earlier writing for The Kids Tonight Show.

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• La Mole La Mole (Iván Fematt) is a Mexican comedian who performs stand-up in Spanish, with a live show built on personal stories, improvisation and raw, exaggerated takes on everyday life.
• Lachlan Patterson Lachlan Patterson is a stand-up comedian originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, with more than 25 years on stage.
• Langston Kerman Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host based in Los Angeles.
• Lara Beitz Milwaukee-born, Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian whose work includes The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central's Lights Out with David Spade…
• Larry David Former stand-up comedian who became one of television comedy's defining writers, creators and performers.
• Larry the Cable Guy Larry the Cable Guy is a stand-up comedian from Pawnee City, Nebraska, known for his Cable Guy character and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
• Larry Wilmore Comedian, writer, producer, actor and host who began in stand-up before moving deeply into television writing and production.
• Laura Clery Laura Clery is an actor, comedian and author from Downers Grove, Illinois, who built a large following from 2015 with comedy sketches, characters and vlogs on YouTube and Facebook.
• Laurie Kilmartin Stand-up comedian and Emmy-nominated, WGA Award-winning comedy writer.
• Lavell Crawford Lavell Crawford is a stand-up comedian and actor from St. Louis who has performed stand-up professionally since 1990.
• Leah Rudick Leah Rudick is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for online character comedy such as her "Wealthy Woman" videos.
• Leanne Morgan Stand-up comedian, author and sitcom star whose breakout came after more than 25 years on the road.
• Lenny Bruce Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist whose free-wheeling act mixed satire, politics, religion, sex and vulgarity.
• Leonard Ouzts Leonard Ouzts is a stand-up comedian and actor from Chesapeake, Virginia, who began performing in 2001.
• Leslie Jones Stand-up comedian and actress who began performing in 1987 and was a Saturday Night Live writer and cast member from 2014 to 2019, earning Primetime Emmy nominations.
• Leslie Liao Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian from Orange County, California, who worked in Netflix's human resources department while starting out and left in January 2024 to do comedy full time.
• Lewis Black Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and longtime Daily Show contributor known for escalating, angry observational comedy.
• Liam Dalton 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…
• Libbie Higgins Libbie Higgins is a stand-up comedian, actor and online character comic from St. Louis, now based in Nashville, known for her viral improvised characters and for playing the cousin "Crystal"…
• Lil Mo Mozzarella Lil Mo Mozzarella (Mark Brucato) is a blue-collar New York stand-up comedian, born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, who spent decades in construction, HVAC…
• Lil Rel Howery Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director from Chicago.
• Lily Tomlin Comedian, actor, writer and character performer whose career spans television, recordings, film and one-person theater.
• Lisa Lampanelli Lisa Lampanelli is a former stand-up and insult comic from Trumbull, Connecticut, known for Comedy Central roasts and her HBO and Comedy Central specials.
• Liz Glazer Liz Glazer is a stand-up comedian and former tenured law professor whose high-energy, punchline-heavy act draws on her life as a rabbi's wife, a former lawyer and a mother.
• Liz Miele Liz Miele is a New York City stand-up comedian from Pennington, New Jersey, known for silly, intricate storytelling.
• Liz Splatt Liz Splatt is an Austin, Texas-based stand-up comedian who started out at an open mic in Denton, Texas.
• Liza Treyger Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster who developed in Chicago before moving to New York.
• Loni Love Loni Love is a stand-up comedian, television host, actor and author from Detroit who worked as an electrical engineer before turning to comedy full time.
• Louie Anderson American stand-up comedian, actor, author and television host.
• Louis C.K. Stand-up comedian, writer and filmmaker who wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Chris Rock Show before hour specials such as Shameless…
• Louis Katz Stand-up comedian whose comedy blends cerebral writing with deliberately lowbrow material.
• Lucas Zelnick New York City–born and –based stand-up comedian known for punch-heavy material about his comfortable upbringing and for crowd-work videos.
• Luis J. Gomez Luis J. Gomez is a New York City stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster and producer, best known as a host of the podcasts Legion of Skanks, The Regz and Story Warz.
• Luke Binkow Luke Binkow is a Los Angeles stand-up comedian and one of the door guys at the Comedy Store.
• Lynne Koplitz Lynne Koplitz is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actor, born on Long Island and raised in Sarasota, Florida.

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• Maddi Mays Maddi Mays is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, actor and artist raised in Houston.
• Maddy Smith New York–based stand-up comedian from Buffalo known for rapid-fire jokes and roasts and for a seven-season run as a cast member on MTV's Wild…
• Mae Martin Canadian comedian, writer, actor and musician whose work spans stand-up, television and music.
• Maggie Maye Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian who came up in Austin, where the Austin Chronicle named her 2016's best stand-up, before joining UCB in Los Angeles.
• Marc Maron Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster who began performing in 1987, became a frequent late-night guest, and from 2009 to 2025 hosted WTF with Marc Maron…
• Marc Summers Marc Summers started out in Los Angeles in the 1970s as a magician, disc jockey, stand-up comedian and studio page, before a television career best known for Double Dare and Unwrapped.
• Marcello Hernández Marcello Hernández is a stand-up comedian and actor from Miami, Florida, and a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2022.
• Marcus D. Wiley Marcus D. Wiley is a clean, faith-based stand-up comedian and author, the son of a preacher, whose act pairs laughs with a message under his motto "Laughter is good, but the Message is better!"…
• Marcus Monroe Marcus Monroe is a New York City stand-up comedian and juggler whose high-energy act mixes in-your-face banter with awkwardness…
• Margaret Cho San Francisco–born stand-up comedian, actress and musician whose act takes on race, sexuality and her Korean American family.
• Maria Bamford Stand-up comedian, actor and bestselling author known for highly personal, experimental comedy.
• Maria Bruggere Maria Bruggere is an Oregon-born, Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, host and producer who is in development at the Comedy Store and a regular performer at the Hollywood Improv.
• Marina Franklin Marina Franklin is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host from Chicago who lives in New York City.
• Mark Curry Mark Curry is a stand-up comedian, actor and host from Oakland, California, best known for playing Mark Cooper on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper from 1992 to 1997.
• Mark Gagnon Mark Gagnon is a stand-up comedian and a co-host of the podcast Flagrant with Andrew Schulz, Akaash Singh and AlexxMedia, which began in 2017 as Flagrant 2.
• Mark Nelson Mark Nelson is a Scottish stand-up comedian who won the first Scottish Comedian of the Year award in 2006, about a year after his first open spot…
• Mark Normand Stand-up comedian and podcaster known for dense joke writing, frequent club work and international touring.
• Mark Paul Mark Paul is a comedian and social media personality whose characters — baseball parents, coaches and umpires in youth travel ball — began as TikTok videos he started posting at his daughter's urging.
• Mark Twain Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and lecturer, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
• Mark Viera Mark Viera is a stand-up comedian from the Bronx, known to fans as the Latin Assassin, whose act draws on his family, his kids and grandparents and growing up in the Bronx…
• Marlena Rodriguez First-generation Cuban and Puerto Rican comedian, TV writer and director whose writing credits include Clone High, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Silicon Valley…
• Marlon Wayans Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from the Wayans family.
• Marsha Warfield Stand-up comedian and actor best known to television audiences for Night Court, but with a long live-comedy career before and after the series.
• Martha Kelly Stand-up comedian and actor who spent decades in comedy clubs before moving into screen acting.
• Martin Amini Martin Amini is a stand-up comedian based in Washington, D.C., born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, to an Iranian father and a Bolivian mother…
• Martin Lawrence Stand-up comedian and actor who hosted HBO's Def Comedy Jam (1992–1993) and co-created and starred in the Fox sitcom Martin (1992–1997).
• Martin Mull Comedian, actor, musician, writer and visual artist whose dry, satirical style crossed recordings, television, film and live performance.
• Martin Phillips Martin Phillips is a stand-up comedian from Virginia's 757 area who started on the Washington, D.C., comedy scene in 2013…
• Martin Short Canadian comedian, actor and writer known for his sketch work on SCTV and Saturday Night Live and for characters he created such as Ed Grimley and Jiminy Glick…
• Martin Urbano New York–based comedian and satirist who performs in character as a satirical persona.
• Marty Allen 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…
• Mary Lynn Rajskub Mary Lynn Rajskub is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Detroit who has done stand-up for more than twenty years, starting at open mics in San Francisco in the early 1990s…
• Masood Boomgaard Masood Boomgaard is a stand-up comedian based in South Africa, best known for his alter ego Self-help Singh, a comic "alternative life coach and de-motivational speaker" whose common-sense wisdom…
• Matt B. Davis Former stand-up comedian who performed for more than a decade before leaving comedy and building a second career in obstacle-racing media.
• Matt Braunger Matt Braunger is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born in Chicago and raised in Portland, Oregon, who moved to Chicago to start in comedy after studying theater at Manhattanville College.
• Matt Lopes Matt Lopes is a stand-up comedian and content creator from Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he is the house comedian at the Stress Factory Comedy Club, and he headlines clubs across the Northeast.
• Matt Rife Ohio-born stand-up comedian and actor who began performing as a teenager, was a Wild 'n Out cast member from 2015, and became widely popular through TikTok in 2022–23.
• Matt Ruby 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.
• Matthew Broussard Matthew Broussard is a stand-up comedian and former financial analyst with a degree in computational mathematics, the son of a Cajun chemist and a Jewish microbiologist…
• Max Manticof 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…
• Maz Jobrani Stand-up comedian, actor and bestselling author whose international career includes solo specials, film, television and the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.
• Megan Stalter Comedian, actor and writer whose character comedy and digital videos helped build a large audience before major screen work.
• Mekki Leeper 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)…
• Melanie Vesey Comedian, actress, filmmaker and comedy producer with more than three decades in entertainment.
• Melinda Hill Comedian, writer, actress, voice performer and creator whose work includes stand-up, digital series and television.
• Melissa Villaseñor Stand-up comedian, actress, voice impressionist, visual artist and musician who became the first Latina cast member of Saturday Night Live.
• Mia Jackson Stand-up comedian from Columbus, Georgia, who started in Atlanta and is now based in New York, where she performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar.
• Michael Blaustein Michael Blaustein is a stand-up comedian whose stand-up clips built him a large online audience and who closed out his 2024 touring year having sold more than 76,000 tickets.
• Michael Che Comedian, writer and actor best known for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and for earlier work on The Daily Show.
• Michael Kosta Michael Kosta is a stand-up comedian and former professional tennis player from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who began doing stand-up while an assistant tennis coach at the University of Michigan…
• Michael Lehrer Michael Lehrer was a stand-up, sketch and improv comedian who grew up in Queens, New York, and Casper, Wyoming, and made his name in Chicago.
• Michael Longfellow Phoenix-born stand-up comedian and actor, now based in Los Angeles, who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2022 to 2025…
• Michael McIntyre London-born stand-up comedian and TV presenter who was the world's highest-grossing stand-up in 2012 and is the highest-selling artist in the history of London's O2 arena.
• Michael Palascak Michael Palascak is a stand-up comedian who grew up in a small town in Indiana, started doing stand-up in Chicago and now lives in California.
• Michael Rapaport 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…
• Michael Rowe Former stand-up comedian who moved into television writing and producing after years in comedy clubs.
• Michael Yo Houston-raised stand-up comedian, actor and host of Black and Korean heritage who first became known as an entertainment-news correspondent (E! News, The Insider) and a Chelsea Lately panelist.
• Michelle Wolf 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…
• Mike Binder Comedian, writer, director and producer whose career grew from stand-up into filmmaking and comedy-history media.
• Mike Birbiglia Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, director and actor whose six major solo shows blend stand-up and storytelling and have run on and off Broadway, internationally and as Netflix comedy specials.
• Mike Cannon Mike Cannon is a New York City comedian, podcaster, writer and actor who has released a run of independently produced stand-up hours on YouTube: Life Begins (2020)…
• Mike Epps Stand-up comedian, actor and producer whose career spans club and arena comedy, film and television.
• Mike Falzone Mike Falzone is a comedian who became one of YouTube's early creators in 2006 and now performs stand-up on comedy stages across the United States and Canada.
• Mike Feeney Mike Feeney is a New York City-based stand-up comedian who performs most nights at the Comedy Cellar and has been featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon…
• Mike Finoia Mike Finoia is a New York-based stand-up comedian, writer, producer and radio host who spent several seasons writing and producing truTV's Impractical Jokers, where he has also appeared on camera…
• Mike Goodwin Mike Goodwin is a clean stand-up comedian and speaker from Camden, South Carolina, known for his signature bow tie, who works comedy clubs, corporate events and galas.
• Mike MacDonald Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who became one of the country's most influential club comics.
• Mike Sweeney Former stand-up comedian and warm-up comic who became a longtime comedy writer and producer.
• Mike Vecchione Mike Vecchione is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and former special education teacher who got his start in Philadelphia and has worked New York's clubs and toured the country for more…
• Mike Zydel Mike Zydel is a stand-up comedian, entertainer and host from Pittsburgh, known for a high-energy, no-filter style drawn from blue-collar life, relationships and Pittsburgh attitude.
• Milton Berle Actor and comedian whose career ran for more than eight decades, from silent films and vaudeville through radio to television.
• Miranda Meadows Miranda Meadows is a stand-up comedian, actor and improviser from Detroit, Michigan, who hosts the show Comic Wars at the Hollywood Improv and regularly opens shows at the Comedy Store.
• Mitch Hedberg Stand-up comedian known for surreal one-liners, a deadpan drawl and an unconventional stage presence.
• Mitra Jouhari Iranian-American comedian, actress and writer from West Chester, Ohio, now based in Los Angeles, who co-founded the sketch trio Three Busy Debras and starred in its Adult Swim series (2020–2022).
• Mo Amer Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and creator whose work combines immigrant-family storytelling with international touring.
• Mo Mandel Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and television creator who performs regularly in Los Angeles and on the road.
• Mo Welch Stand-up comedian, cartoonist, writer and director originally from Normal, Illinois.
• Mo'Nique Stand-up comedian and actress from Baltimore County, Maryland, who rose with The Queens of Comedy and starred as Nikki Parker on UPN's The Parkers (1999–2004).
• Modi Rosenfeld Stand-up comedian known professionally as Modi, with more than two decades performing for Jewish and mainstream audiences worldwide.
• Mohanad Elshieky Libyan-born stand-up comedian and writer, based in New York, who began with a comedic call-in radio show in Benghazi, came to Portland on a State Department exchange and was granted asylum in 2018.
• Molly Kearney Molly Kearney is a stand-up comedian and actor from Cleveland, Ohio, known for Saturday Night Live and for playing Barbara on the CBS comedy DMV.
• Moms Mabley Stand-up comedian and actress who became one of the most successful performers on the Chitlin' Circuit of Black vaudeville and, in 1939, the first female comic to perform at Harlem's Apollo Theater.
• Mort Sahl Canadian-born American comedian and political satirist who made his professional debut at San Francisco's hungry i in 1953 and pioneered topical stand-up delivered as improvised monologues…
• Moses Storm Stand-up comedian, actor and performance artist from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who spent much of his childhood traveling with his family on a converted bus.
• Moshe Kasher Stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster and author whose work includes the special Live in Oakland, the joint Honeymoon Stand Up Special…
• Mr. Ato Walker Mr. Ato Walker is a San Jose stand-up comedian, emcee and producer who has been performing in the city since 2014, the year he co-created The Caravan Lounge Comedy Show.
• Ms. Pat Stand-up comedian, actor, author and podcaster whose autobiographical comedy grew into television, publishing and extensive touring.
• Myq Kaplan Myq Kaplan is a stand-up comedian from Livingston, New Jersey, who studied at Brandeis University and earned a master's degree in linguistics at Boston University…

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• Naomi Ekperigin Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer whose career spans club comedy, television writing and screen performance.
• Nasser Al-Rayess Nasser Al-Rayess is a Syrian-American stand-up comedian, known online as @naw_sir and the "Shawarma King", whose comedy draws on Arab-American life, pop culture, current events and Arabic music.
• Natalie Cuomo 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.
• Natalie Palamides 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…
• Nataly Aukar Nataly Aukar is a Lebanese-born stand-up comedian and writer based in New York City, who moved there to pursue stand-up after graduating from the American University of Beirut.
• Natan Badalov 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.
• Natasha Leggero Stand-up comedian, actor, author and podcaster whose work spans club comedy, television and books.
• Nate Bargatze Stand-up comedian, author, podcaster, director and producer known for clean observational comedy and arena-scale touring.
• Nate Jackson Nate Jackson is a stand-up comedian and actor based in Tacoma, Washington, known for high-energy crowd work and his Netflix special Super Funny.
• Nathan Macintosh Nathan Macintosh is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Halifax, Nova Scotia, who lives in New York and is a regular at Gotham Comedy Club and the Comedy Cellar.
• Neal Brennan Comedian, writer, director and actor best known for co-creating and co-writing Chappelle's Show.
• Neema Naz Neema Naz is an Iranian-Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and content creator who began his comedy career in Toronto in the fall of 2014.
• Nick Alex 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.
• Nick Colletti Nick Colletti is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor who stars as Duncan in The Real Bros of Simi Valley, the faux-reality comedy series about four best friends in Simi Valley…
• Nick DiPaolo Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and radio/podcast host known for Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Comedy Central roasts and numerous late-night appearances.
• Nick Griffin Nick Griffin is a stand-up comedian and writer who started in Kansas City in 1987, moved to New York in 1990 to learn his craft in Greenwich Village midnight shows…
• Nick Kroll 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.
• Nick Swardson Nick Swardson is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter from Minneapolis who began at 18 at open mics at Acme Comedy Co. and was picked for the U.S.
• Nick Thune Stand-up comedian, musician, actor and writer whose deadpan material often blends guitar with one-liners and stories.
• Nick Youssef Stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose career began in Los Angeles and later expanded to New York.
• Nicky Paris Nicky Paris is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian from Staten Island, New York, who started performing in New York City at 17 and at 19 was on-air talent in a man-on-the-street segment…
• Nicole Byer Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television host and podcaster known for Nailed It!, Loosely Exactly Nicole and a large podcast catalog.
• Nikki Glaser Stand-up comedian, host and podcaster whose arena and theater career expanded sharply through roasts, awards hosting and televised specials.
• Nimesh Patel Stand-up comedian and Emmy-nominated writer who moved from comedy clubs into major theaters while maintaining a prolific independent-special catalog.
• Norah Yahya New York–based comedian, actress and producer originally from Washington, D.C., whose material draws on her character-filled family and on current, feminine and political topics.
• Nore Davis New York City–born stand-up comedian and actor who started performing as a teenager in Yonkers.
• Norm Macdonald Canadian stand-up comedian, writer and actor known for an unusually dry, joke-forward style and for anchoring Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.
• Nurse Stankk Nurse Stankk is the stage name of Carsen White, a comedian whose storytelling comes out of healthcare work and emergency-room night shifts.

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• Olivia Carter New York–based stand-up comedian and writer with a dry style.
• Ontonio Kareem Ontonio Kareem is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor with a laid-back, introspective style who is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and other New York clubs.
• Opey Olagbaju Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian and TV writer, born in Nigeria and raised in Washington, D.C.
• Ophira Eisenberg Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-American stand-up comedian, writer and podcast host from Calgary, Alberta, who moved to New York in the early 2000s and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Orion Levine Orion Levine is a New York-based stand-up comedian from Berkeley, California.
• Orlando Jones Orlando Jones is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Mobile, Alabama, who started as a writer on NBC's A Different World and was one of the original cast members of the sketch…
• Orlando Leyba Orlando Leyba is an American stand-up comedian known for animated storytelling drawn from his own life.

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• Pablo Francisco Pablo Francisco is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Tucson, Arizona, known for rapid-fire impressions, sound effects and his take on movie-trailer voiceover king Don LaFontaine.
• Pandji Pragiwaksono Pandji Pragiwaksono is an Indonesian stand-up comedian, actor, radio broadcaster, television presenter, writer and rapper, born in Singapore…
• Pat Burtscher Pat Burtscher is a New York-based stand-up comedian, born in Austria and raised in Canada, who is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and headlines comedy clubs.
• Pat McGann Pat McGann is a Chicago-based stand-up comedian who started doing stand-up at 31, after a job selling packaging, and became the house emcee at Zanies in Chicago.
• Pat O'Neill Pat O'Neill is a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts who started in Providence, Rhode Island, at the Comedy Connection, where he opened for Mark Normand.
• Patrice O'Neal 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.
• Patton Oswalt Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and voice performer with a long catalog of comedy albums, specials and screen work.
• Paul Mooney Comedian, writer and actor who wrote for Richard Pryor — including material for his albums and, as head writer, The Richard Pryor Show…
• Paul Reiser 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).
• Paul Rodriguez Veteran Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor who became a major club, television and special-event comic beginning in the late 1970s.
• Paul Rust Actor, comedian, writer and musician who moved from Iowa to Los Angeles and regularly performed stand-up and improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
• Paul Walter Hauser Actor and comedian who began performing stand-up as a teenager and spent more than a decade doing comedy in Chicago and Los Angeles before his screen career became primary.
• Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone is a stand-up comedian raised in Sudbury, Massachusetts, known for improvised crowd work and several HBO specials.
• Pauly Shore Stand-up comedian, actor, filmmaker and longtime Comedy Store figure whose career expanded through MTV and films including Encino Man and Son in Law.
• Pete Correale Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster known for relaxed storytelling and observational comedy.
• Pete Davidson Stand-up comedian, writer and actor best known for eight seasons on Saturday Night Live.
• Pete Holmes Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster known for the HBO series Crashing and the long-running podcast You Made It Weird.
• Pete Lee Pete Lee is an American stand-up comedian from Janesville, Wisconsin, who moved to New York after his 2005 television debut on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and was a semi-finalist on NBC's Last…
• Peter Kay English comedian, actor and writer from Farnworth whose 2010–2011 tour entered Guinness World Records as the most successful stand-up comedy tour of all time.
• Petey DeAbreu Bronx-born stand-up comedian, producer, writer and host who toured with Broad City's Ilana Glazer and performed at Comedy Central's Clusterfest.
• Phil Hanley Phil Hanley is a Canadian-American stand-up comedian and actor from Oshawa, Ontario, who started doing stand-up in Vancouver and moved to New York in 2011, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Philipp Kostelecky Philipp Kostelecky is a New York-based stand-up comedian who started comedy in London in 2018 and is known for physical comedy…
• Phoebe Robinson Stand-up comedian, writer, producer, actress and publisher who co-created and co-hosted 2 Dope Queens and later built a wider career across books, podcasts, television and publishing.
• Phyllis Diller Stand-up comedian, actress and author who was one of the first female comics to become a household name in the United States, known for self-deprecating one-liners, wild hair and costumes…
• Preacher Lawson Stand-up comedian and YouTuber born in Portland, Oregon, who started in Orlando and became known as a finalist on season 12 of America's Got Talent (2017)…
• Punkie Johnson Punkie Johnson is a stand-up comedian and actress from New Orleans, Louisiana, known for four seasons in the cast of Saturday Night Live.
• PX Floro PX Floro is a stand-up comedian based in San Jose, California, who performs throughout the Bay Area.

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• Quinn Dale Quinn Dale is a stand-up comedian from Minnesota known for politically incorrect material that plays on people's differences and for improvised crowd work.

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• Raanan Hershberg Raanan Hershberg is a stand-up comedian and filmmaker from Louisville, Kentucky, now based in New York, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
• Rachel Feinstein Stand-up comedian and actor whose comedy often draws on family, marriage and sharply drawn characters.
• Rachel Scanlon Rachel Scanlon is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, host, writer and podcaster from Minnesota.
• Rachel Williams Rachel Williams is a New York City-based stand-up comedian from Long Island who is on stage almost nightly in the city's clubs and is a regular at the New York Comedy Club.
• Radel Ortiz 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.
• Raj Suresh Raj Suresh is a New York City-based stand-up comedian who jokes about cats, India and his comedy travels in the U.S.
• Ralph Barbosa Ralph Barbosa is a stand-up comedian born in Dallas and raised in Mesquite, Texas, who was named the Funniest Comic in Texas in 2019 and gained wide notice through a viral Don't Tell Comedy set.
• Ralph Porter Ralph Porter is a stand-up comedian born in San Francisco who started in Anchorage, Alaska, where he won the Anchorage Laugh Off comedy competition three years running, 1992 to 1994.
• Ramy Youssef Stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor whose work includes the series Ramy and a growing HBO stand-up catalog.
• Ray Lau Ray Lau is a Cantonese American stand-up comedian with a lighthearted, playful style whose most-watched joke, about the "Chipotle Bean Scheme", has been seen millions of times online.
• Ray Romano 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.
• Rea Kapur Rea Kapur is a Bay Area stand-up comedian, writer, filmmaker and director whose comedy takes on mental health and her life as a gay, neurodivergent woman.
• Rebecca Corry Stand-up comedian, actress, writer and founder of the Stand Up For Pits Foundation.
• Red Grant Red Grant is a comedian, actor, writer, producer and director born and raised in Washington, D.C., whose career began in 1996 on the stage of the Apollo Theater in New York.
• Redd Foxx Redd Foxx (born John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis and raised on Chicago's South Side) was a stand-up comedian and actor whose raunchy nightclub act and more than 50 comedy records made him known…
• Reg Thomas Reg Thomas is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Haitian immigrants, whose storytelling draws on his heritage and his family's life in America.
• Reggie Conquest 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.
• Rene Vaca Rene Vaca is a stand-up comedian born and raised in California's San Fernando Valley who started his own landscaping business at 15 before going to the University of California, Merced.
• Rex Navarrete Rex Navarrete is a Filipino American stand-up comedian, born in Manila in 1969 and raised mostly in South San Francisco, whose material is aimed at Filipino audiences.
• Ricardo O'Farrill Ricardo O'Farrill is a Spanish-language stand-up comedian whose shows take on uncomfortable subjects and human contradictions with a sharp, acid humor.
• Rich Aronovitch Stand-up comedian and actor raised in New Orleans and based in New York.
• Rich Vos Veteran stand-up comedian and writer with decades of club work, more than 100 television appearances, multiple Comedy Central specials and seven comedy albums.
• Richard Gadd Scottish comedian, writer and actor whose experimental live work led to major television success.
• Richard Lewis Stand-up comedian, actor and writer whose dark, self-deprecating style built a five-decade comedy career.
• Richard Pryor Richard Pryor was a stand-up comedian and actor from Peoria, Illinois, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians for his storytelling and trenchant observations on race…
• Rick Glassman Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor, writer, director and podcast host.
• Rick Ingraham Stand-up comedian and actor with more than twenty years onstage, known especially for crowd work and insult comedy.
• Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer and director from Reading who co-created and starred in The Office and Extras with Stephen Merchant and later created Derek and After Life.
• Ricky Velez New York stand-up comedian, writer and actor.
• Riki Lindhome Comedian, actor and musician known as one half of the comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates.
• Rita Rudner Veteran stand-up comedian and author known for precise one-liners and one of Las Vegas's longest-running solo comedy careers.
• Ritch Shydner Stand-up comedian, comedy writer, author and historian whose career grew during the 1980s comedy-club boom.
• Rob Delaney American comedian, actor and writer based in London.
• Rob Haze Rob Haze is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor from Atlanta, Georgia.
• Rob Schneider Rob Schneider is a stand-up comedian and actor from San Francisco who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1990 to 1994.
• Robby Hoffman Stand-up comedian, Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated actor.
• Robert Kelly Stand-up comedian, actor, radio host and podcaster with a long New York club career.
• Robert Schimmel 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…
• Robin Williams Stand-up comedian, actor and writer renowned for rapid-fire improvisation, character work and a career spanning clubs, television, film and concert comedy.
• Rocky Dale Davis Rocky Dale Davis is a stand-up comedian and storyteller who built a large following on TikTok and Instagram with his stand-up and storytelling videos.
• Rodney Dangerfield 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.
• Ron Funches Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and voice performer whose live act is paired with extensive television, film and animation work.
• Ron White Ron White is a stand-up comedian, actor and author from Fritch, Texas, nicknamed Tater Salad, best known as a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy…
• Ronnie Corbett Ronnie Corbett was a comedian born in Edinburgh in 1930, whose first big break was doing stand-up on the BBC children's show Crackerjack in the mid-1950s…
• Ronny Chieng Malaysian-born stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for The Daily Show and a growing film/television career.
• Rory Scovel Stand-up comedian and actor known for improvisational, unpredictable live work.
• Roseanne Barr Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster whose comedy career led to the sitcom Roseanne and a long television career.
• Rosebud Baker Stand-up comedian, Emmy- and WGA-winning comedy writer and author known for dark autobiographical material.
• Rosie O'Donnell Comedian, actor, writer, producer and talk-show host whose career began in stand-up before expanding into television, film and Broadway.
• Roy Wood Jr. Stand-up comedian, writer, host and producer who spent eight years as a correspondent on The Daily Show.
• Russell Peters Russell Peters is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and producer from Toronto, now living in Los Angeles, known for comedy about race, culture and his Anglo-Indian upbringing.
• Ryan Davis Ryan Davis is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from Charlotte, North Carolina, who built a large online audience with viral comedy videos about pop culture and relationships before…
• Ryan Goodcase Ryan Goodcase is a stand-up comedian raised in the Midwest, known for his dry delivery and tightly written jokes.
• Ryan Hamilton Ryan Hamilton is a stand-up comedian from Ashton, Idaho, now based in New York City, known for his clean, observational style and the Netflix specials Happy Face and This Just Hit Me.
• Ryan Long Ryan Long is a Canadian stand-up comedian, filmmaker and podcaster from Toronto who moved to the United States in 2019 and is based in New York City…
• Ryan Singer Stand-up comedian, actor, author, filmmaker and paranormal investigator whose comedy deliberately overlaps with supernatural research.

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• Sabrina Wu Sabrina Wu is an American comedian, writer and actor from Ann Arbor, Michigan, living in Brooklyn, who started doing stand-up at high school talent shows and kept at it at Harvard.
• Sal Vulcano Sal Vulcano is a stand-up comedian, actor and producer from Staten Island, New York.
• Salma Zaky Salma Zaky is a stand-up comedian and writer based in New York City, originally from the Bay Area, who started doing comedy in college.
• Sam Jay Stand-up comedian, Emmy-nominated writer, actor and television creator/host.
• Sam Kinison Sam Kinison was a stand-up comedian and actor, and a former Pentecostal preacher, whose routines were built on sudden tirades punctuated by his trademark scream.
• Sam Morril Stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for tightly written club comedy and independently released specials.
• Sam Seder 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.
• Sam Tallent Stand-up comedian and author of the novel Running the Light, which is closely tied to his comedy career.
• Sam Tripoli Stand-up comedian and podcaster with a long club career and a large independent audio/video output.
• Samantha Hale Samantha Hale is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Los Angeles who created and hosts Horror Nerd, a monthly horror-themed stand-up show at the Hollywood Improv.
• Sammy Obeid Sammy Obeid is a Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Italian-American stand-up comedian and writer, born in Oakland, California, and raised in Fremont…
• Sammy Shore 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.
• Sandy Hackett Comedian, writer, producer and theatrical performer whose career began with a professional television appearance on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In at age 11.
• Sara Weinshenk Sara Weinshenk is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster who started doing stand-up in 2010.
• Sarah Adelman Sarah Adelman is a stand-up comedian and screenwriter from New York City and a former scientist.
• Sarah Sherman Comedian, writer and performer known for the Sarah Squirm persona and Saturday Night Live.
• Sarah Silverman Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and podcast host who was a Saturday Night Live featured player in 1993–1994.
• Sarah Tiana Stand-up comedian and comedy writer who has worked in Los Angeles since 2003.
• Sarah Tollemache Sarah Tollemache is a stand-up comedian and writer from Kingwood, Texas, based in New York, a Just for Laughs New Faces alum who made her television stand-up debut on NBC's Last Comic Standing.
• Sarper Güven Sarper Güven is a Turkish stand-up comedian from Istanbul who first became known on TLC's 90 Day Fiancé franchise…
• Sasheer Zamata Stand-up comedian, actress, writer and podcast host.
• Saul Trujillo Saul Trujillo is a stand-up comedian with blue-collar roots in Stockton, California, who performs regularly at the Comedy Store and the Hollywood Improv.
• Sean Donnelly Sean Donnelly is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who headlines clubs and comedy festivals around the country.
• Sean Patton Sean Patton is a stand-up comedian and actor from New Orleans, where he began doing stand-up before moving to New York.
• Sebastian Maniscalco Stand-up comedian, actor and host known for physical observational comedy and large-scale theater and arena touring.
• Seth Meyers Seth Meyers is a stand-up comedian and television host based in New York who has hosted NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014.
• Seth Rogen Actor, writer, director and producer who began performing stand-up as a teenager before moving into film and television.
• Shane Gillis 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.
• Shane Mauss Stand-up comedian and science-communication performer whose work combines conventional stand-up with science, psychology and psychedelic-themed comedy.
• Shane Torres Shane Torres is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster from Fort Worth, Texas, who began his comedy career in Portland, Oregon.
• Shannon Fiedler Shannon Fiedler is a stand-up comedian, writer, actress and content creator based in New York City, known online for her relatable, exaggerated characters.
• Shapel Lacey Shapel Lacey is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian born and raised in Mesa, Arizona, a former competitive cheerleader at the University of Louisville who left school to do stand-up full time.
• Shaunak Godkhindi Shaunak Godkhindi is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City, where he is a regular at clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Top Secret and Sesh.
• Shecky Greene Shecky Greene was a stand-up comedian and actor from Chicago who became a headliner in Las Vegas nightclubs and lounges in the 1950s and 1960s.
• Shelley Berman American comedian, actor, writer, teacher and poet whose influential stand-up relied heavily on monologues and one-sided telephone routines.
• Shelly Belly Shelly Belly is the stage name of Michelle Rider, a stand-up comedian from South Carolina known for her Southern storytelling and her comedy videos online.
• Sheng Wang Sheng Wang is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian born in Taipei and raised in Houston, now living in Los Angeles, known for a relaxed, observational style.
• Sheryl Underwood Sheryl Underwood is a stand-up comedian, actress and television host from Little Rock, Arkansas, who first came to national notice in 1989 as the first female finalist in the Miller Lite Comedy…
• Shuler King Shuler King is the stage name of Frank Williams III, a stand-up comedian and actor from Sumter, South Carolina, who is also a licensed funeral director and embalmer.
• Sinbad Stand-up comedian and actor who returned to the comedy stage in 2026 after several years of rehabilitation following a 2020 stroke.
• Sommore Sommore is a stand-up comedian and actress from Trenton, New Jersey, now living in Miami, billed as the Diva of Contemporary Comedy for frank material about money, sex and relationships.
• Sophie Buddle Canadian stand-up comedian, television writer and podcaster.
• Sovereign Syre Writer, stand-up comedian and podcaster whose comedy and writing work spans live performance, television development and independent media.
• Stacy Cay Stacy Cay is a stand-up comedian and model based in Kansas City who was raised in rural Arkansas, and her stand-up finds the humor in growing up in the South and in everyday life as a trans woman.
• Stavros Halkias Baltimore-born, New York-based stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster.
• Steph Tolev Canadian stand-up comedian and actor whose debut hour Filth Queen premiered on Netflix in 2025.
• Steve Byrne Steve Byrne is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and director, born in Freehold, New Jersey, and raised in Pittsburgh, who first went on stage at Stand Up New York in 1997.
• Steve Coogan British comedian, actor, writer and producer best known for creating and portraying Alan Partridge.
• Steve Furey Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and writer who is a paid regular at The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv and Comedy Mothership.
• Steve Harvey Steve Harvey is a former stand-up comedian from Welch, West Virginia, raised in Cleveland, who hosts Family Feud and The Steve Harvey Morning Show.
• Steve Hofstetter Steve Hofstetter is a stand-up comedian, author and podcast host from Queens, New York, who has performed stand-up since 2002.
• Steve Martin Steve Martin is a comedian, actor, writer and musician from Waco, Texas, who became one of the most popular stand-up comedians of the 1970s with an absurdist act that filled stadiums…
• Steve Rannazzisi 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.
• Steve Sweeney Veteran Boston stand-up comedian and actor known for dialects, characters and five decades in the New England comedy scene.
• Steve Treviño Steve Treviño is a stand-up comedian, writer and producer from Portland, Texas, who started at the Addison Improv at 19 and is known for relationship and marriage humor.
• Steve-O Stunt performer, comedian, actor, author and multimedia live performer best known for Jackass.
• Steven Rogers Steven Rogers is a New York-based stand-up comedian known for observational, self-deprecating storytelling about anxiety and adult life.
• Steven Wright Steven Wright is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer from the Boston area known for his lethargic voice and deadpan, surreal one-liners.
• Subhah Agarwal Subhah Agarwal is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who has written for Netflix, Hulu's Plan B and Comedy Central's The Jim Jefferies Show.
• Sue Costello Stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and one-woman-show performer whose career includes the self-titled Fox sitcom Costello, Premium Blend, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn…
• Sureni Weerasekera Sureni Weerasekera is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who was born in Sri Lanka, raised in San Diego and is based in New York.
• Susie Essman Stand-up comedian, actress and author best known for playing Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
• Susie McCabe Susie McCabe is a stand-up comedian and storyteller who won the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award in 2024…
• Sydnee Washington 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.

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• T. Murph T. Murph is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who came up in Chicago's comedy scene.
• T.J. Miller T.J. Miller is a stand-up comedian and actor from Denver who started out in Chicago's improv and stand-up scene after graduating from George Washington University…
• Tacarra Williams Tacarra Williams is a stand-up comedian, actress and TV host from the South Bronx whose material centers on single motherhood, family and dating.
• Tammy Pescatelli Stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer whose career includes Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Stand-Up Showdown, the WE tv series A Stand-Up Mother and multiple comedy specials.
• Tara Cannistraci Tara Cannistraci is a Bronx-born Italian-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer, nicknamed the 'Bronx Barbie', who was once the scoreboard host for the New York Yankees.
• TaTa Sherise TaTa Sherise is a stand-up comedian and actor from South Jersey, of Jamaican descent, who graduated from Rider University in 2013 and first took the stage in Philadelphia in 2017…
• Tatiana Frank Tatiana Frank is a stand-up comedian and writer raised in Miami, whose act draws on her most awkward and embarrassing moments.
• Taylor Tomlinson Stand-up comedian, author and former network late-night host.
• Taylor Williamson Stand-up comedian best known as the runner-up on season eight of America's Got Talent.
• Ted Alexandro New York stand-up comedian whose three-decade career includes Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central half-hours and five comedy specials/albums.
• Tee Sanders Tee Sanders is a stand-up comedian, actress and host from the South Side of Chicago who decided to pursue comedy in her early twenties and built her audience on Instagram and TikTok.
• Terry Fator Terry Fator is a Dallas-born ventriloquist, impressionist and stand-up comedian who won the second season of America's Got Talent in 2007.
• Theo Von Theo Von is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Covington, Louisiana, living in Nashville since 2020, who first appeared on MTV's Road Rules and The Challenge before moving to Los Angeles…
• Tiff Stevenson Tiff Stevenson is an English stand-up comedian and actor who won the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe Award in 2012.
• Tiffany Haddish Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer whose breakthrough screen role in Girls Trip expanded a career already rooted in stand-up.
• Tig Notaro Emmy- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster and director.
• Tim Allen Stand-up comedian and actor whose club career preceded Home Improvement, Toy Story and The Santa Clause.
• Tim Dillon Tim Dillon is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Island Park, New York, and the host of The Tim Dillon Show.
• Tim Hawkins Tim Hawkins is a stand-up comedian and musician from Missouri, known for his song parodies and his routines about marriage, parenting and homeschooling.
• Tim Reid Actor, director, producer and former stand-up comedian who began in the interracial comedy duo Tim & Tom with Tom Dreesen.
• Timmie Rogers Timmie Rogers was a comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor from Detroit, often called the Jackie Robinson of comedy for being one of the first Black comedians allowed to address a white…
• Timmy No Brakes Timmy No Brakes, the stage name of Tim Stiefler, is a stand-up comedian who became known through his sets on the live podcast Kill Tony, where he won a Golden Ticket on episode 729 in 2025.
• Todd Barry Stand-up comedian, actor and voice performer known for deadpan delivery and crowd work.
• Todd Glass Stand-up comedian and podcast host known for loose, improvisational shows and heavy interaction with the room.
• Tom Dreesen Stand-up comedian and actor who first broke ground in the interracial comedy duo Tim & Tom with Tim Reid, then built a solo career that included more than sixty appearances on The Tonight Show…
• Tom Green Canadian comedian, actor, filmmaker, musician and media pioneer best known for The Tom Green Show and a later stand-up career.
• Tom Papa Stand-up comedian, author and podcast/radio host with more than two decades onstage.
• Tom Rhodes International stand-up comedian, actor, travel writer and podcaster now in his fourth decade of stand-up.
• Tom Segura Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster.
• Tom Smothers Comedian, musician and television performer best known as half of the Smothers Brothers with his brother Dick.
• Tom Thakkar Tom Thakkar is a stand-up comedian from Indiana living in Los Angeles who has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CONAN…
• Tom Zappia Tom Zappia is a New Jersey-born stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn who co-hosts the online comedy show Keep It Basement.
• Tommy Brennan Tommy Brennan is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actor from St. Paul, Minnesota, who started in improv at The Second City in Chicago before switching to stand-up.
• Tommy Davidson Stand-up comedian, actor and impressionist best known as an original cast member of In Living Color.
• Tommy Pope 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.
• Tommy Tiernan Irish stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster and television host.
• Tony Dabas Tony Dabas is a New York City-based stand-up comedian, actor and sketch creator from Staten Island who has been doing stand-up since 2013.
• Tony Hinchcliffe Tony Hinchcliffe is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Youngstown, Ohio, based in Austin, Texas, known for roast comedy and for hosting Kill Tony…
• Tony Rock 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.
• Tony Scar Tony Scar is a musical comedian and songwriter whose act blends dark and silly songs with crowd work, often bringing audience members up on stage so that each show is a one-night-only experience.
• Totie Fields Totie Fields (born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut) was a comedian who rose from nightclubs to national fame after Ed Sullivan booked her in 1964, having seen her act at New York's Copacabana.
• Tracy Morgan 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…
• Trae Crowder Stand-up comedian, writer and author known for the Liberal Redneck persona and for touring both solo and with the wellRED comedy group.
• Trevor Austin Trevor Austin is a Pittsburgh-based stand-up comedian who tours nationally, known for an outspoken, hard-hitting mix of storytelling and dark humor.
• Trevor Noah Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, writer, producer and TV host from Johannesburg, now living in New York City…
• Troy Bond Troy Bond is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and writer known for crowd work, joke writing and impressions, who started doing stand-up at 17.
• Tyler Fischer Tyler Fischer is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actor who is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York and the Comedy Mothership in Austin.

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• Uncle Lazer Uncle Lazer is a Texas-born stand-up comedian who worked in the oil fields for more than a decade before turning to stand-up, and made his name with a breakout set on Kill Tony.
• Usama Siddiquee Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City whose rapid-fire act draws on growing up Muslim in Texas, family and dating.

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• Vanessa Hollingshead Stand-up comedian and actress with long ties to the New York club scene.
• Veronika Slowikowska Veronika Slowikowska is a Canadian actress and comedian from Barrie, Ontario, now living in New York City, who came up in Toronto improv at Bad Dog Theatre and gained attention for internet sketch…
• Vir Das Indian stand-up comedian, actor and international touring performer whose career spans specials, films, television and global theater tours.
• Vishnu Vaka Vishnu Vaka is a New York-based stand-up comedian who was born in India and moved to the United States as a teenager.
• Vladimir Caamaño 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.

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• W. C. Fields 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…
• W. Kamau Bell Stand-up comedian, filmmaker, author and television host whose work combines comedy, documentary and cultural reporting.
• Wally Baram Wally Baram is a Mexican-Syrian stand-up comedian, writer and actress living in New York City whose comedy draws on entering adult life and growing up with a multicultural identity.
• Wanda Sykes Emmy-winning stand-up comedian, writer, actor and producer.
• Warren Hutcherson Comedian, writer, producer and director whose career moved from stand-up into television writing and showrunning.
• Whitmer Thomas Stand-up comedian, actor and musician whose work deliberately blends comedy, music, home video and personal storytelling.
• Whitney Cummings Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and podcast host.
• Whoopi Goldberg 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…
• Will Burkart Will Burkart is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area…
• Will Rogers Will Rogers was a Cherokee vaudeville performer, actor and humorous social commentator from the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma…
• William Montgomery William Montgomery is a stand-up comedian from Memphis, Tennessee, based in Austin, Texas, and the longest-serving regular on the live podcast Kill Tony…
• Willie Macc Willie Macc is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer whose comedy draws on fatherhood, growing up as a preacher's kid and learning later in life that he is neurodivergent.
• Winston Hodges Winston Hodges is a stand-up comedian based in Washington, D.C., by way of Richmond, Virginia, who has toured headlining and opening for comedians including Fortune Feimster and Derrick Stroup.
• Woody Allen 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…
• Wyatt Cenac 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.
• Wyatt Feegrado Wyatt Feegrado is a stand-up comedian and actor from Walnut Creek, California, who started doing stand-up at 16, went on to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is based in New York City.

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• Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Smirnoff is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer born in Odesa, then in the Soviet Union, who worked as a comedian on Black Sea cruise ships before emigrating to the United States in 1977…
• Yamaneika Saunders Yamaneika Saunders is a stand-up comedian, actress and television writer from Aberdeen, Maryland, who moved to Los Angeles at 15 to attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and began…
• Yannis Pappas Yannis Pappas is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and television host from Park Slope, Brooklyn, the son of Greek parents, who began doing stand-up in 2000 and went full-time in 2008.

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• Zach Galifianakis Comedian, actor, writer, producer and host whose work spans stand-up, television, film and interview comedy.
• Zach Noe Towers Zach Noe Towers is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor and writer who appeared on Netflix's Dear White People and was one of the hosts of E!'s Nightly Pop and Dating #NoFilter.
• Zach Rushing Zach Rushing is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Woolmarket, Mississippi, who tells stories from his down-home life and has toured the country with his Not So Rich & Famous Comedy Tour…
• Zach Zimmerman Zach Zimmerman is a Brooklyn-based stand-up comedian and writer from Roanoke, Virginia, raised in a Southern Baptist household, whose comedy draws on queer identity and family.
• Zahid Dewji Zahid Dewji is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and writer, born in Queens to East African Indian immigrants and raised in Houston, where he started doing comedy.
• Zainab Johnson Stand-up comedian and actor whose first hour special Hijabs Off is available on Prime Video.
• Zarna Garg Zarna Garg is an Indian American stand-up comedian, screenwriter and author living in New York City who began doing comedy in 2018 after 16 years as a stay-at-home mother, encouraged by her children.
• Zoltan Kaszas Zoltan Kaszas is a stand-up comedian born in Budapest, Hungary, who moved to the United States with his mother in 1991, first to Pittsburgh and then to the San Diego area…