- 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". - Eddie Murphy
Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. He was a regular cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He has also enjoyed a minor singing career. Murphy has received Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in "Beverly Hills Cop", … - 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. - Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese actor, director, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer. Chan is one of the best known names in kung fu and action movies worldwide for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, usage of improvised weapons and his innovative stunts. - 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. - Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell (born 7 October, 1959) is an English artist and repertoire ("A&R") executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom, but is known as a judge on television programs such as "Pop Idol", "The X Factor", "American Idol" and "Britain's Got Talent". He is notorious for his unsparingly blunt and often controversial criticism of the contestants. He is known for combining activities in the television and music industries, … - Steve Carell
He was educated at the The Fenn School and Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, as well as Denison University in Granville, Ohio. ... Born August 16, 1962, Steve got his start as a correspondent on the TV program "The Daily Show with John Stewart ". He then branched out to star in the TV series "The Office". - Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". - Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy award-winning American comedian, actor, and writer. Seinfeld is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the long-running sitcom "Seinfeld", which he co-created, helped write, and executive produced. - Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. He is the son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, both of whom are veteran comedians and actors themselves. Ben Stiller's most recent role was in the film "Night at the Museum" and his next upcoming film is "The Heartbreak Kid". - Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born October 13, 1971) is an English comedian and actor most noted for his comic characters Borat (a Kazakh reporter), Ali G (a junglist from Staines, England) and Bruno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). All three characters are featured in "Da Ali G Show", a programme in which Cohen conducts interviews while dressed as one of his three characters. - Rachel Bilson
Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time dramedy series "The O.C." Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film "The Last Kiss" and will star in the 2008 thriller "Jumper". - 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. - Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. He is noted for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and his liberal political views. On February 14, 2007, Franken entered the race for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota currently held by the Republican Norm Coleman, and formerly held by Franken's friend Paul Wellstone. - Tina Fey
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". - Dave Barry
David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the "The Miami Herald" from 1983 to 2005. - Dennis Miller
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. - Larry David
Larry David, born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. David was co-creator, head writer and executive producer (as well as the voice of New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner) for the television series "Seinfeld". He also created and stars in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm". - Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor. Hill has had a successful career as an actor in comedic films, appearing in supporting roles in the films "Accepted", "Knocked Up", and "Evan Almighty". He stars in the upcoming film "Superbad", opposite Michael Cera. - Michael Richards
Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American comedian and film and television actor best known for his role as the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on the television show "Seinfeld", a role which earned him three Emmy Awards. Richards began his career as a stand up comedian, first stepping into a national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special. He went on to become a series regular on ABC's "Fridays". - Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris (born March 29 1961, in Endicott, New York) is an American actress, author, and comedian. She is the younger sister of humorist David Sedaris. They grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. - Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (born October 5, 1957), better known as Bernie Mac, is a two time Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian. - Chris Farley
Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 - December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was a cast member at Chicago's Second City Theatre and achieved his greatest fame as a cast member on the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". He starred in a string of moderately successful comedic films in the 1990s before his death in late 1997. - Carrot Top
Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson on February 25, 1965 (though he has claimed in interviews to be born in 1967 and 1969) in Los Angeles, California is an American prop comedian famous for his red hair. According to his official site Carrot Top spends fifteen weeks a year doing live performances in Las Vegas (currently performing at the Luxor Hotel) and does over 100 shows a year on tour. His comedy routine is most known for his comedic use of props. - Rainn Wilson
Rainn Dietrich Wilson (pronounced "Rain") (born January 20, 1966) is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award winning American actor. He is known for his roles as the neurotic Dwight Schrute on the American television comedy "The Office," and Arthur Martin, assistant mortician in HBO's "Six Feet Under". - Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Tomlin's body of work, which has spanned over 40 years, has garnered her several Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, as well as a Grammy Award. - Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an Emmy Award-nominated American comedian, actor, musician, and writer, best known for his work as a stand-up comedian and as a contributor on "The Daily Show". - Chelsea Handler
In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand. You've either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. - Anil Dash
Anil Dash (pronounced, born in September 1975) is an early and influential blogger who began his weblog in 1999. Previously an independent technology consultant, and a new media developer for the "Village Voice", Dash was the first employee of, and now works as a Vice President for, Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, TypePad, Vox, and owners of LiveJournal. In 2003, Dash was one of four bloggers featured on the PBS series "Media Matters". - Leah Remini
Leah Remini (born June 15, 1970 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the sitcom "The King of Queens". - Hank Azaria
Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and voice artist. - Damon Lindelof
Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24 1973) is an American television writer and executive, most recently noted as the co-creator, executive producer, head writer and show runner for the hit television series "Lost". He has also written and produced "Crossing Jordan", and wrote for "Nash Bridges", "Wasteland", and the MTV anthology series "Undressed". Before these, he worked reviewing scripts at Paramount, Fox, and Alan Ladd studios. - Merlin Mann
Merlin Dean Mann III (born November 26, 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a writer, and the editor and primary contributor for the website 43 Folders . He currently resides in San Francisco, California with his wife Madeline. ... Merlin Mann gets my vote simply for introducing me to the term "Carter Scratch". You would not believe how many times I have used Carter scratch in conversations. I like how Merlin seems to be having fun most of the time. - Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is a self-described "pen/pencil operator" and programmer best known for creating the webcomic "xkcd". Formerly a roboticist for NASA, in 2006 Munroe's contract was not renewed at NASA and he began to write "xkcd" full-time, supported by the sale of related merchandise. He is also the creator of the websites BestThing, The Funniest, The Fairest, and The Cutest, … - Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck has designed an array of masterpieces from hotels to toothbrushes motorbikes to furniture. His love of streamlined, "horn" shapes is obvious and this is what makes his ingenuity appear inexhaustible. Philippe Starck is undoubtedly a star in the design and architectural world. - Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport (born March 20 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and a comedian. He has acted in more than twenty films since the early 1990s. - Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington (born September 23, 1972 in Manchester) is an English, Sony Award-winning radio producer and personality best known for producing and co-presenting "The Ricky Gervais Show" on the radio station Xfm. On October 3, 2006, Pilkington's first book "The World of Karl Pilkington" was released, featuring original ideas and drawings by Karl, based upon the subject matter discussed in the podcasts. He is already in the process of writing his second book, … - Ryan North
Ryan M. North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer who is the creator and author of "Dinosaur Comics", and co-creator of "Whispered Apologies" and "Happy Dog the Happy Dog". North grew up in Ottawa, Ontario where he studied computer science (minor in film) at Carleton University before moving to Toronto for his Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Toronto, … - Paul de Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw (born March 26, 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor. Paul de Leeuw is born in IJsselmonde on March 26, 1962. De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part of these shows and much of its humour was essentially harmless he came into publicity with satire about Dutch show business personalities who were often ridiculed. - Hans Teeuwen
Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen (March 3, 1967 in Budel, Netherlands) is a Dutch comedian, actor and film director. So far he made 5 shows as a comedian, "Hard en Zielig"(1994-1995), "Met een Breierdeck" (1995-1997), "Trui" (1999-2000), "Dat dan weer wel" (2001) and finally "Industry of Love" (2003-2004). Other notable comedy projects he has worked on are "Poelmo, …
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