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 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.

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedian and actress. Fey currently co-produces, writes and stars in the television program "30 Rock", a sitcom loosely based on her experiences at "Saturday Night Live".

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).

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.

Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. He rose to fame as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s, and subsequently hosted a string of his own talk shows on HBO, CNBC and in syndication. He has more recently become known for his conservative opinions including an aggressive stance on U.S. military action.

William James "Bill" Murray (b. September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is perhaps most famous for his work in "Saturday Night Live", as well as for his comedic roles in films such as "Stripes", "Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack", "Ghostbusters" and "Rushmore", among many others. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, …

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973 in Bedford, New Hampshire) is an American actor and comedian best known as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL"). Before "SNL", Meyers was a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in Amsterdam. He was also a member of the Northwestern University improv sketch group Mee-Ow, outside Chicago. Meyers joined "SNL" in 2001. In 2005, he was promoted to writing supervisor, …

Chevy Chase (born October 8 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase became a sensation as a cast member in the inaugural season of "Saturday Night Live". He also hosted the Academy Awards twice(1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show.

Craig Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American comedian and former talk show host. He was the original host of "The Daily Show" and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS's "The Late Late Show".

James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and Grammy nominee best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live". Fallon was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jim and Gloria Fallon. Fallon attended St. Mary of the Snow, a Roman Catholic parochial school, and Saugerties High School. He graduated in 1992 and attended the The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.

Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer (born October 17, 1969 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador), is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist and occasionally, a blogger. Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one-man show "Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die" at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. A pointed, satirical political commentary on Canadian life after Meech Lake, …

Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is known for his biting sarcasm, distinct muttering, slurred delivery (which may be accentual, due to his French-Canadian upbringing), and prevalent use of the word "crackwhore" which became well known during his three years anchoring "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update". He performed as a stand up comedian in comedy clubs across Canada before moving to Los Angeles, …

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. He is known for having written, directed and starred in several "mockumentary" films (most recently "For Your Consideration"), although it should be noted that Guest himself resents and finds inappropriate the "mockumentary" descriptor, …

Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. He was an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live", an originator of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of "Saturday Night Live".

Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American comedian and actor best known for the characters he played on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986 to 1995, and his role on the series Weeds.

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.

Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a "Saturday Night Live" news anchor on "Saturday Night News". He was also the creator of the TV series "The Single Guy" and "Watching Ellie". He is married to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Seinfeld", "Saturday Night Live" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine"), …

Mary Cynthia Walsh, CM, LL.D (h.c.) (born May 13, 1952, St. John's, Newfoundland) is an actress and comedian.

Charles Rocket, born Charles Adams Claverie (August 24, 1949 - October 7, 2005), was an American film and television actor, most notable for his tenure as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" as well as for his appearances as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film "Dumb & Dumber" and Adam, the Angel of Death, in the series "Touched by an Angel". He had a son with his wife Beth.

Christopher Thornton Taylor (born 1974) is an Australian television and radio comedian. As a member of The Chaser team, he is best known for his role on satirical ABC television shows CNNNN and The Chaser's War on Everything. He formerly co-hosted the drive radio show Today Today on Triple J with fellow Chaser member Craig Reucassel. He worked as a TV news reporter for ABC Melbourne before moving back to Sydney to work for The Chaser's newspaper full time.

Shaun Majumder (born on January 29, 1972) is a Canadian comedian and actor. Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland to a white Canadian mother and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show "CLIPS", and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show on called "Brain Wash", where he was known as Ed Brainbin. He also hosted the "Slime Tour" segments on the popular game show "Uh Oh!".

Jane Therese Curtin (born on September 6, 1947 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actress and comedienne. Curtin is well known for being one of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. Curtin was also in a "Saturday Night Live" inspired movie, "The Coneheads".

Chris Morris (born September 5, 1965 in Bristol, England) is an English satirical comedian, writer, producer, director, actor and radio DJ. Morris began his career in radio before later moving into television. He found fame in the nineties fronting the spoof current affairs shows "The Day Today" and "Brass Eye". Morris is known for his often highly controversial yet intelligent brand of comedy, which has brought him praise and criticism in equal measure.

Mark Farrell (born 1968) is an award-winning Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent comics such as Brent Butt. Success eventually called, as he appeared in two Ken Finkleman series, Married Life and the first version of The Newsroom.

Cathy Jones (born April 6, 1955, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian comedian and writer. She was born Catherine Theresa Jones in 1955 in Newfoundland, Canada and attended Holy Heart of Mary High School. Jones' mother, although loving, was agoraphobic and seldom left the family house. Her father, a photography store owner to whom Jones was very close growing up, suffered from depression and alcoholism, …

Craig Bruce Reucassel (born in 1976) is an Australian television and radio comedian. He is a member of The Chaser team. He attended Semaphore Park Primary School in Adelaide. At the University of Sydney in 2000 he competed in the Philip C. Jessup Cup international law mooting competition, his team winning the Australian rounds. He graduated from the Sydney Law School, along with Chaser colleagues Julian Morrow and Dominic Knight.

Greg Thomey was born in May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a cornerstone of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the acclaimed comedy troupe "CODCO" and in his own right as an actor and playwright. His comic achievements have been honoured with numerous Gemini Awards.

Colin Andrew Mochrie (born November 30, 1957) is a Canadian actor and improvisational comedian. He has over 25 years of performing experience.

Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for "The Gavin Crawford Show" and "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, which ran for two seasons on Canada's Comedy Network.

Stuart Pankin (born April 8, 1946) is an American film and television actor. Pankin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson College and Columbia University. One of his earliest film appearances was as asthmatic musician/magician Dudley Laywicker in "Hollywood Knights". Pankin played Earl Sinclair in the TV sitcom "Dinosaurs". Pankin was also an anchor on HBO's "Not Necessarily the News" and has appeared in numerous TV commercials.

Pete S. Mueller is an American cartoonist and voice actor. His cartoons have appeared in the "New Yorker", "Chicago Reader", "Reader's Digest", and "Funny Times", among other publications. He also provides the voice of The Onion Radio News' fictional newsreader, Doyle Redland, and he provided narration for the audiobook version of "The Onion" book, "Our Dumb Century" (ISBN 978-0-694-52199-9).

Carrie Bickmore is an Australian radio newsreader and television personality.

Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and character actor from Chicago. Murray is the oldest brother of actors Bill Murray, Joel Murray and John Murray. Doyle-Murray uses his hyphenated name (Doyle is his grandmother's maiden name) because there is another actor with the same name. One of his sisters, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican nun in Illinois. Murray has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s, …

Mark Critch, a Canadian comedian, was born in Newfoundland and Labrador. He wrote on "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12. He has also been a guest on CBC Radio One's Madly Off In All Directions, and is the host of CBC TV's Halifax Comedy Festival. He has also appeared in several films, including Anchor Zone, Rare Birds and Above and Beyond.

Kathryn Greenwood (born March 21, 1962 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She occasionally appeared on the American version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series "Wind at My Back".