- Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is a nine-time Emmy-winning American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, author, and producer. He is perhaps best known as the host of Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show" and for his political satire. Stewart started off as a stand-up comedian but later moved on to television, hosting "Short Attention Span Theater" for Comedy Central. He then went on to host his own show on MTV, called "The Jon Stewart Show". - Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, satirist, actor and writer, known for his ironic style (particularly in his portrayal of uninformed opinion leaders), and for his deadpan comedic delivery. - Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is a Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor. He is known for his regular appearances on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" delivering his “Back in Black” commentary segment, in which he ridicules (often simulating a nervous breakdown or rant) recent trends and cultural phenomena. He currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. - George Carlin
George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York) is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Carlin is especially noted for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. In fact, Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case "F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation", … - Bill Maher
William Maher, Jr., (pronounced:) (born January 20 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show "Politically Incorrect" on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the star of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled "Amazon Fishbowl". Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. - Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American Muslim stand-up comedian, satirist and actor. In 2003, he became known for his popular sketch comedy television series, "Chappelle's Show". - Chris Rock
Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was described by Comedy Central as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time. - Carlos Mencia
Ned Arnel Mencía, better known by his stage name Carlos Mencia, is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is currently the host of his own show on Comedy Central, "Mind of Mencia". - Dave Attell
Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965) is a popular American stand-up comedian and host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell . Attell has been called "one of the most original voices of his generation"[citation needed]. He is originally from Rockville Centre, New York and now lives in New York City. Dave Attell 's initial dive into stand-up comedy is attributed to his indecisiveness as to what he should do after college. - Ed Helms
Ed Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian perhaps most notable for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and more recently as Andrew "Andy" Bernard on the American version of "The Office". - David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on "Saturday Night Live". He currently stars as single man Russell on CBS's sitcom, "Rules of Engagement" and is also hosting the third season of his entertainment parody show, "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" on Comedy Central. - Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966 in Chesterton, Indiana) is an American stand-up comic and occasional actor. His comedy routines often include him doing funny voices, such as that of a supposed audience member commenting negatively on his performance or a "dumb idea guy," usually introducing him with the expression "Hey, I got an idea..." Also, he is known for jokes about Hot Pockets. - Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler was born on Thursday, September 16 and 1971 and she is a famous actress. ... Amy Poehler had studied at Burlington High School, Burlington, MA (1989) and then Amy attended the BA Communications, Boston College (1993). - Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca is a frequent commentator for CNN, Headline News and a regular panelist on NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" Known for his wacky, tongue-in-cheek news reports and hilarious commentary, Rocca is also a current contributor to NBC's Today show and host of Bravo's "Things I Hate About You." In addition, he is regularly seen on VH1's "Best Week Ever" pop culture roundup and on the series "I Love the 70s," "I Love the 80s" and "I Love the 90s." - John Oliver
John Oliver (born 1977) is a British comedian and correspondent on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart". His previous credits include "The Department" with Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman, "Political Animal", "Fighting Talk", "My Hero", and "Mock the Week". He is a graduate of Cambridge University in England, … - Richard Jeni
Richard John Colangelo (April 14, 1957 - March 10 2007), better known by the stage name of Richard Jeni, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. - Greg Giraldo
Greg Giraldo (born 1965 in New York City) is an American stand-up comedian, based in New York. Before becoming a comedian, Giraldo, a Regis High School, Columbia University and Harvard Law School graduate, worked as a lawyer. He is known for his distinct delivery and his skills in ranting, never allowing his rhythm to be broken. Giraldo performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Giraldo was a regular panelist on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn". - Brian Regan
Brian Regan is an American stand-up comedian. Regan uses observational humor, which is also occasionally self-deprecating, and performances are relatively clean as he refrains from blue humor. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS and a visit to an optometrist. Regan makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball, grade school spelling bees, and science projects. - Bob Marley
Bob Marley is a comedian from Portland, Maine. He delivers jokes mostly about life in New England with an exaggerated New England accent. Bob Marley's first television appearance was on Comedy Central. He also appeared as Detective Greenly in the movie Boondock Saints. He graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine in 1985. - Christian Finnegan
Fletcher Christian Finnegan (born April 1, 1973 in Albany, New York), better known as Christian Finnegan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. He attended The Walnut Hill School, a boarding/day high school focused programs in the performing, visual, and creative arts and located in Natick, Massachusetts. He continued his studies at New York University. Finnegan's television credits include VH1's "Best Week Ever", … - Daniel Tosh
Daniel Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian. Tosh's first big career break came in 2001 with his performance on "The Late Show with David Letterman"; he followed with appearances on programs such as "The Tonight Show", "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend". In 2002, he performed in his own thirty-minute special on "Comedy Central Presents". - Eugene Mirman
Eugene Boris Mirman is a Russian-born American comedian, writer, and film maker, who is based in New York City. Mirman attended Lexington High School in Lexington, MA, and later Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts. Mirman has appeared on several TV shows, including Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Jump Cuts, VH1, Third Watch, Cartoon Network's Home Movies, Cheap Seats, HBO's Flight of the Conchords and more. - Marc Maron
Marc Maron (b. 27 September, 1963) is a stand up comic, writer and cultural critic. He has been a frequent guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," and he was a regular guest on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn." He has also appeared in his own specials on HBO and Comedy Central, as well as on comedy showcases such as the Cam Neely Foundation fundraiser, which featured such acts as Jon Stewart, Denis Leary, … - Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari (born on February 23, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian of South Indian Tamil heritage. Ansari is one of three stars of an MTV sketch-comedy show called "Human Giant". He is originally from Columbia, South Carolina and currently resides in New York City. - David Wain
David Wain (born August 1, 1969 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American writer, director, actor and comedian. He is best known for the feature film "Wet Hot American Summer", the 90s sketch comedy series "The State", and the Comedy Central show "Stella". Wain was a founding member of Stella, along with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black. - Ben Garant
Robert Ben Garant (alternately billed as Ben Garant) (born 14 September, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. Garant was born in Cookeville, Tennessee and grew up in Farragut, Tennessee. He has lived in New York City and lives with his wife Jennifer in Glendale, California. He is the co-creator of and writer for the television series "Reno 911!" in which he also plays the role of Deputy Travis Junior. - Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. (born Louis Szekely on September 12, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. C.K. was born in Washington, D.C. to a Harvard educated father descended from Hungarian Jews and Mexican Catholics, and a Harvard educated mother of Irish Catholic descent. After six years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. - John Hodgman
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 1971) is an American author and humorist who is best known for his personification of a PC in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign and his correspondent work on Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". His written work has been published in "The Paris Review", "The New York Times Magazine", "Wired" and "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern". - Niecy Nash
Niecy Nash (born Carol Denise Ensley on February 23, 1970) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her portrayal of deputy Raineesha Williams on the Comedy Central show "Reno 911!". - Kevin James
Kevin James (born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965) is an American comedian and Emmy-nominated actor, best known for his portrayal of lead character Doug Heffernan on the television sitcom "The King of Queens". - Pablo Francisco
Pablo Ridson Francisco (born January 5,1974) is an Mexican American stand-up comedian born in Tucson, Arizona now living in Los Angeles. He started his career doing improv in Tempe, Arizona. Pablo was relatively unknown until the late 1990s, when he began appearing on "MADtv" as a featured player. His stand-up act was finally introduced to America at large when he landed his own half-hour comedy special on Comedy Central in 2000. - Paul Dinello
Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central's "Strangers with Candy" as Geoffrey Jellineck, the closeted gay art teacher at Flatpoint High, who carries on a not-so-secret relationship with his colleague Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert). - Charlie Murphy
Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy' (born July 12, 1959) is an American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian known for his role on the American television program "Chappelle's Show". Born in New York City, Charlie is the older brother of comedian Eddie Murphy. Charlie served in the United States Navy until 1984. He later achieved fame as a recurring performer on "Chappelle's Show", particularly in the "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories" sketches. - Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew "Dice" Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. He is known for his profane comedy in a career that has lasted more than 20 years. Rick Rubin was quoted on the "E! True Hollywood Story: Andrew Dice Clay" as saying, in effect, "What's the bad news? That he's making seven figures in Vegas?", a reference to Clay's popular Las Vegas Strip comedy shows. - Ted Alexandro
Ted Alexandro is a stand-up comedian from New York City. He has appeared on most late night talk shows and has had his own half hour specials on Comedy Central. - Jim Breuer
Jim Breuer (born June 21, 1967 in Valley Stream, Long Island) is an American comedian and actor. - Steve Agee
Steve Agee (born February 26, 1969 in Riverside, California) is an actor, best known for his supporting role as Steve on the Comedy Central series "The Sarah Silverman Program". Agee previously worked with Silverman, playing a stagehand in her concert film "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic". Agee dated Teresa Strasser, best known for being the newswoman on "The Adam Carolla Show", in which their relationship has been discussed at length. - Gabriel Iglesias
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias was born on July 15,1976 in Chula Vista, California. He is best known for his loud shirts and clean animated style of comedy. He has made several guest appearances on such television shows as "The Tonight Show", "The Late Late Show", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", "Showtime at the Apollo", "Que Locos" and 2 of his own specials on Comedy Central one of which was voted half hour "special of the year for 2003". - David Koechner
David Koechner (pronounced //) (born August 24, 1962) is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before moving on to joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints on "Saturday Night Live" (where he was dropped for being painfully unfunny) and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", … - B. J. Novak
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979 in Newton, Massachusetts), better known as B. J. Novak, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who plays the character of Ryan Howard on the NBC sitcom "The Office". Novak is also a writer and supervising producer for "The Office". He has written the episodes Diversity Day, Sexual Harassment, The Fire, Boys and Girls, Initiation, and Safety Training.
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