- Josh Blue
Josh Blue (born November 27, 1978) is an American comedian who was voted the "Last Comic Standing" on NBC's reality show "Last Comic Standing" during its fourth season, which aired May-August, 2006. Blue was born in Cameroon, West Africa, where his father, a university Romance Languages professor, was teaching in a mission, and grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado. - 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". - Bill Bellamy
Bill Bellamy (born April 7, 1965 in Newark, New Jersey) is an African American actor and stand-up comedian. He gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons"'Def Comedy Jam", where he is credited for creating or uttering before a televised audience, the phrase "booty call", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for coition. For many years, Bellamy was a staple on MTV, … - Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor and comedian recognizable by his crew cut and black-rimmed glasses. After making a name for himself in stand-up comedy he eventually gained popularity starring on his own self-titled sitcom, "The Drew Carey Show", and serving as host on the U.S. version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". - Alonzo Bodden
Alonzo Bodden (born 1962) is an American comedian and actor known for winning the grand prize in the third season of the reality-television series "Last Comic Standing". He had been the runner-up in the previous season. Bodden was born in Queens, New York. He has performed on numerous television shows including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "Make Me Laugh", "Late Friday", … - Jay Mohr
Jay Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was born in Verona, New Jersey, USA. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia. He has one son, Jackson, from his six-year marriage to former model Nicole Chamberlain. - Ralphie May
Ralphie May, (born 1972 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American stand-up comedian who usually performs in Los Angeles, California. May entered the public eye when he appeared in the first season of the reality television series, "Last Comic Standing", in which stand-up comedians compete for a television contract. May finished as first runner-up. His career has taken off since then, and he performs at some of the most well-known comedy clubs across the country. - Doug Benson
Doug Benson is an American comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever, Mr. Show and most recently as a contestant on Last Comic Standing. Benson was part of the writing team that created (and performed in) "The Marijuana-Logues". Awarded Stoner of the Year for 2006, he is currently working on the film project Super High Me. Super High Me documents Doug not smoking pot for 30 days and then smoking pot for 30 days in a row. - Rich Vos
Rich Ira Vos (born June 30 1957) is an American comedian. Originally from New Jersey, Vos has been a working stand-up for decades. Colin Quinn described Vos' early days as a "Jersey Hack". Described by Jim Norton as a "tall dwarf", Vos recently had a DVD released of an hour of his stand-up, entitled "Vos". He also released a CD entitled "I'm Killing Here". He has the distinction of being the first white comedian to perform on "Def Comedy Jam". - Kathleen Madigan
Kathleen Madigan (born September 30, 1965, in Florissant, MO, USA) is an American comedian. She has appeared on "Last Comic Standing", "I Love the 90s: Part Deux", and "Celebrity Poker Showdown". She has also starred in her own popular HBO Half-Hour Comedy Special and a "Comedy Central Presents" special. She is a veteran of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", … - John Heffron
John Heffron (born in Detroit, Michigan; raised in South Lyon) is an American stand-up comic. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University. By the time he reached 25 years of age, he was a successful comedian and took a job as radio sidekick to Danny Bonaduce on a highly rated Detroit morning show. He has appeared on "Comedy Central Presents", "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, and won Season 2 of "Last Comic Standing". - Dat Phan
Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975 in Saigon, South Vietnam), is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine other of his siblings immigrated to the United States. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood. He grew up in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California, then spent his teenage years in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego. In 2003, he entered NBC's reality show, "Last Comic Standing". - Gary Gulman
Gary Gulman is a stand-up comedian. He was a finalist on the NBC reality-talent show "Last Comic Standing" (Season 2 and 3). In season 2, he finished in third place behind John Heffron and Alonzo Bodden. He released his first CD in 2005, "Conversations With Inanimate Objects". Gulman was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, is a graduate of Boston College, and is a former elementary school gym teacher. - Jimmy Pardo
Jimmy Pardo is a Chicago-born comedian of Italian descent, married to Danielle Koenig, and is best known for his quick and witty style. His material ranges from world problems to personal problems, some of which is displayed on his half-hour Comedy Central Presents special. He also hosted GSN's "National Lampoon's Funny Money" from June to October 2003. In 2006, Pardo entered the podcast arena with "Never Not Funny", which he co-hosts with producer Matt Belknap. - Anthony Clark
Anthony Clark (b. April 4, 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia), is an American actor and comedian who starred in the television series "Yes, Dear", in which he played the character of Greg Warner. Previously Clark starred in the television comedy series "Boston Common" and "Soul Man". Before that he had a recurring role on another comedy series, "Ellen". - Todd Glass
Todd Steven Glass (born Philadelphia, PA) is an American comedian. At the age of sixteen, he began performing stand up at local clubs. Within two years he was emceeing on weekends, befriending headlining comedians as they made their way through Philadelphia. Those connections would prove helpful in 1989 when Todd moved to Los Angeles, where he's lived ever since. - Bonnie McFarlane
Bonnie McFarlane born 1973, is a Canadian stand-up comedian and is the wife of fellow comedian Rich Vos. On February 22, 2007, on "The Opie & Anthony Show", they announced that they are expecting their first child in late June. - Chris Porter
Chris Porter (c. 1979) is an American comedian and finalist on season 4 of "Last Comic Standing". He has also appeared on The Bob & Tom Show, Comedy Central's "Live Tour", and is scheduled to appear on "Live at Gotham" in Summer 2006. Porter was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. - Ty Barnett
Ty Barnett (full name: Tyrone Barnett) is an African American comic and runner up on season 4 of Last Comic Standing. He grew up in Chicago, and then later moved to Tacoma. After that, he again moved to Los Angeles to work on becoming more famous. - Kyle Cease
Kyle Cease (born September 19, 1977) is an American-born actor/comedian, born in Seattle, Washington. By the time he was eighteen he had become one of the most famous comedians in the Pacific Northwest. At twenty-one, he was touring nationally. While still keeping residence in Seattle, Washington, his hometown, he was cast as Bogey Lowenstein in the 1999 movie "10 Things I Hate About You". Right after the film, he moved to Los Angeles. - Cory Kahaney
Cory Kahaney (born 1963) is an American comedian. She competed in the first season of NBC's reality television show "Last Comic Standing". Cory was a grand finalist and runner-up in season one of NBC's Last Comic Standing. She has had her own comedy specials on both "Comedy Central" and "HBO". She was voted comedian of the year by Backstage Magazine and named best female comedian by the Manhattan Cabaret Association. - Dave Mordal
Dave Mordal is a comedian from Elk River, Minnesota. He was a contestant on the first and third seasons of NBC's "Last Comic Standing". He was fourth eliminated in the first season after losing in a head-to-head competition to Dat Phan, the eventual winner of Last Comic Standing season 1. He was first runner-up in the third season. On the show he was known for his great friendship with Rich Vos, with whom he was seen taking baths and ironing. - Jay London
Jay London (September 12, 1966) is an American stand-up comic, whose one-liner jokes made him a favorite on NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Although he did not win either of the two seasons in which he appeared (Seasons 2 and 3, both in 2004), his humble personality and clean comedy made him a favorite among the show's fans. London was born in The Bronx, but grew up in Flushing, Queens, before moving to Los Angeles in his adult years. He was a boxer and a taxi driver, … - Brett Butler
Brett Butler (born Brett Anderson on January 30 1958, in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for playing the title role in comedy series "Grace Under Fire". - Rob Cantrell
Rob Cantrell is an American comedian based in the Bay Area. He participated in the 1st and 3rd seasons of NBC's reality television show "Last Comic Standing". Rob was eliminated in the early rounds of "Last Comic Standing" in season one, but earned the respect of the audience and his peers by choosing to compete against presumed favorite Ralphie May. - Will Durst
Will Durst 's motto is "You Can't Make Stuff Up Like This!" and this prolific writer claims little need for material, having it regularly delivered at 8 am every morning in the five papers he reads daily. Samples: "George W Bush is the comedians' full employment act. He's like if Reagan and Quayle had a kid." "Hillary's staff says she's focusing on picking up women voters, which co-incidentally mirrors her husband's agenda." - Dan Ahdoot
Dan Ahdoot is an Iranian-American Jewish stand-up comedian who primarily performs in New York City. He is well-known for being a contestant in NBC's reality TV show "Last Comic Standing" and for performing on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend". Ahdoot attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated with honors, expecting to attend medical school. According to jokes made in his act, he decided he "needed more economic security" in his life, … - Debra Digiovanni
"Debra DiGiovanni" is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent. Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course, in 2000 and has since been nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy Encouragement Award in 2002. In the same year she won the Canadian Comedy Award for the Best Stand-up Newcomer in Stand Up. In 2003, NOW magazine named her headline show as the 3rd Best of the Year. - Peter Engel
Peter Engel is a television producer who is best known for his teenage sitcoms which formally appeared on TNBC, a former Saturday morning block on NBC which featured all teenage-oriented program for educational purposes. His most well known work was the teenage sitcom "Saved by the Bell" which inspired the birth of the TNBC block for his other shows such as "California Dreams", "Hang Time" and "City Guys" in the 1990s. - Sean Kent
Sean Kent (born 1974) is a stand-up comic and television writer originally from Austin, Texas, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Kent is best known for his appearances as a series regular on the NBC show "Last Comic Standing" (seasons 1 & 3). His comedy can be classified as dark, satirical, self-mocking and more often than not political. His debut CD "Sex, Drugs, and Politics" has been hailed as "An instant classic!" by XM Radio. - Ant
Anthony Steven Kalloniatis (born August 22 1968), known professionally as ANT, is a Greek-American stand-up comedian and actor. ANT prefers his name spelled in all caps. A native of Londonderry, New Hampshire, ANT performed at comedy clubs across the nation. For four years starting in 1995, he was a semiregular cast member on the WB series "Unhappily Ever After". With the end of that show and looking for ways to supplement his income, … - Kristin Key
Kristin Key (born on September 25 1980) is an American comedian who has appeared at The Improv and on Last Comic Standing. The daughter of a Christian minister, she favors a self-deprecating style of blue humor in her act. Kristin was born in Aurora, Missouri to a newly blossoming Church of Christ minister and his homemaker wife. She has a 30 year old brother and a 9 year old niece. Kristin enjoys a good laugh, surfing, flooding friends houses, … - Eddie Ifft
Eddie Ifft (b. 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American stand-up comedian and sitcom writer. He lives in Los Angeles. Ifft graduated with honors from Fox Chapel Area High School in 1992. After graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, he moved to New York City and started doing stand-up comedy on the club circuit. He performed on many stand-up comedy specials including NBC's "Late Friday Night", Comedy Central's "Premium Blend", … - Paul Varghese
Paul Varghese is a Dallas, Texas, comedian who appeared on the hit reality show Last Comic Standing 2, where he made it to the semi-finals. He taped his first full-set for national television on March 8, 2007, for Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" which aired July 13, 2007. He is a regular on the Pugs and Kelly radio show, noon-3 p.m. weekdays on Live 105.3/Free FM in Dallas. - Joe Devito
Joe DeVito is a stand-up comedian and writer living on Long Island, New York. In 2006, he was featured on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and appeared at the Montreal "Just for Laughs" Comedy Festival in the New Faces program. In 2007, he appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing Season 5. Joe is a 1990 graduate of Fairfield University where he was a writer and editor for the Fairfield Mirror. - Bil Dwyer
Bil Dwyer (born March 30, 1962 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and game show host. Television shows he has hosted include GSN's "Extreme Dodgeball", "I've Got A Secret" and "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time", the PAX TV (now ION Television) game show "Dirty Rotten Cheater", and the FSN game show "Ultimate Fan League". He was the analyst for Comedy Central's "Battlebots" throughout its run, … - Thea Vidale
Thea Vidale (born November 26, 1956, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She began her career doing stand-up comedy in comic clubs in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles. As an actress, she has also numerous guest appearances on sitcoms, including "Ellen", "The Wayans Bros.", "The Drew Carey Show", and "My Wife and Kids". - Joey Gay
Joseph Vincent Gay (known as Joey Gay) (born c. 1971) is an actor/comedian who appeared in Last Comic Standing 4. He also has had numerous appearances in Law & Order. - Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett (August 31, 1924 - June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. Born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn, New York of Jewish heritage, he attended Public School 103 and then went on to New Utrecht High School. While still in high school, he began appearing in nightclubs, beginning with the "Borscht Belt" resorts in the Catskills. He served three years with an anti-aircraft unit during World War II. Hackett's first job after the war was at the Pink Elephant, … - Nikki Payne
Nikki Payne is a Canadian comedian and actress, well known for her lisp. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up (2003 & 2005). She is the first stand-up in either the male or female category to win the best stand-up award twice. She is also the first stand-up of either gender to win both a best newcomer and best stand-up award.
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