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Terry Gilliam
American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940)
Stephen Fry
Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
Gavin McInnes
Canadian far-right commentator
Spike Milligan
British actor (1918-2002)
Matt Lucas
British actor, comedian and screenwriter
Richard Ayoade
British comedian and actor (born 1977)
Gorden Kaye
British actor (1941–2017)
Aasif Mandvi
British actor
Lenny Henry
British-Jamaican actor and comedian
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British actor, comedian and writer
Ben Elton
British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
Daniel Howell
English YouTuber, radio personality, and writer
Tommy Cooper
British prop comedian and magician (1921-1984)
Kenneth Williams
British actor and comedian (1926–1988)
Simon Amstell
English comedian
Adam Brown
British actor
Alan Carr
Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2016).
John Sessions
British comedian (1953–2020)
Frankie Howerd
British actor, comedian (1917–1992)
John Simmit
British stand-up comedian
Danny John-Jules
British actor, singer and dancer
John Inman
British actor (1935–2007)
Stanley Baxter
British actor (1926–2025)
Chris Barrie
British impressionist, comedian and actor
Joseph Marcell
Saint Lucian actor
James Dreyfus
British actor
Charles Hawtrey
English film actor (1914-1988)
Michael Dapaah
British comedian, actor and musician
Griff Rhys Jones
Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter
Craig Charles
British actor (born 1964)
Kenny Everett
British radio DJ and entertainer (1944–1995)
Cooper Barnes
British-American actor and producer
Paul O'Grady
British comedian, actor and television presenter (1955–2023)
Rudolph Walker
British actor
Tony Slattery
English actor and comedian (1959–2025)
Adam Kay
British physician and comedy writer
Dan Mazer
British comedian and screenwriter
Dino Shafeek
Bangladeshi comedy actor (1930-1984)
Eddie Large
British comedian (1941-2020)
Mawaan Rizwan
British actor
John Bluthal
Australian actor (1929-2018)
Patrick Cargill
English actor (1918-1996)
Daniel Sloss
Scottish comedian
Antony Cotton
English actor
Roger Kitter
British actor (1949–2015)
Julian Clary
English comedian, actor, presenter and novelist
Guz Khan
English actor and comedian
Danny Wallace
British satirist
Ronald Shiner
British comedian (1903-1966)
Vic Oliver
actor and radio comedian (1898-1964)
Felix Dexter
British actor, comedian, and writer
Samson Kayo
British comedy actor, producer and writer
Jimmy Edwards
British comedy actor
Rhod Gilbert
Welsh comedian
Charlie Williams
British comedian (1928-2006)
Dave Thompson
British comedian
Eddie Kadi
British comedian
Larry Dean
Scottish stand-up comedian
Damon Scott
British singer