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List Of Comedians
A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour. Following is a list of comedians, comedy groups, and comedy writers. Comedians ''(sorted alphabetically by surname)'' A * Rose Abdoo (born 1962) * Raymond Ablack (born 1989) * John Aboud (born 1973) * James Acaster (born 1985) * Jayde Adams (born 1984) * Kev Adams (born 1991) * Pamela Adlon (born 1966) * James Adomian (born 1980) * Scott Adsit (born 1965) * Steve Agee (born 1969) * Alex Agnew (born 1973) * Rubén Aguirre (1934–2016) * Dan Ahdoot (born 1981) * Ahmed Ahmed (born 1970) * Sohail Ahmed (born 1963) * Franklyn Ajaye (born 1949) * Anna Akana (born 1989) * Malin Akerman (born 1978) * Nawaal Akram (born 1990) * Nasser Al Qasabi (born 1963) * Joe Alaskey (1952–2016) * Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962) * Rory Albanese (born 1977) * Alan Alda (born 1936) * Jason Alexander (born 1959) * Ted Alexandro (born 1969) * Barbara Jo Allen (1906–1974) * Dave Allen (1936–2005) * Gracie Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with po ... situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian. A popular saying often attributed to Ed Wynn attempts to differentiate the two terms: "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny." This draws a distinction between how much of the comedy (drama), comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona. Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative comedy, has grown in popularity with its more offbeat and experimental style. This normally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Ahmed
Ahmed Ahmed ( ar, أحمد أحمد), (; born June 27, 1970) is an Egyptian-American actor and comedian. Early life Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the United States when he was one month old and he grew up in Riverside, California. Career Ahmed Ahmed moved to Hollywood when he was 19 years old to pursue a career as an actor and stand-up comedian, and he has been working there ever since. He has appeared in several films and television shows such as ''Executive Decision'', '' Swingers'', '' Tracey Takes On...'', ''Roseanne'', '' JAG'', ''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' on Comedy Central, and MTV's ''Punk'd'' with Ashton Kutcher. He would later joke about his part in ''Executive Decision'' in his standup routine for the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. He has also appeared on CNN, '' The View'', and National Public Radio, and was featured on the front page of ''The Wall Street Journal'' in December 2001, as well as in ''Newsweek''. He was featured in the PBS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Jo Allen
Barbara Jo Allen (born Marian Barbara Henshall; September 2, 1906 – September 14, 1974) was an American actress. She was also known as Vera Vague, the spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 1950s. She based the character on a woman she had seen delivering a PTA literature lecture in a confused manner. As Vague, she popularized the catch phrase "You dear boy!" Early years Allen was born on September 2, 1906, in Manhattan, New York, to Charles Thomas Henshall and Grace Esther Selby. Following her mother's death when Allen was 9, she went to live with an aunt and uncle in Los Angeles. She was educated at Los Angeles High School, UCLA, Stanford University, and the Sorbonne. Her acting ability first surfaced in school plays. Concentrating on language at the Sorbonne, she became proficient in French, Spanish, German and Italian. Film, radio and television In 1933, Allen joined the cast of NBC's ''One Man's Family''Grunwald, Edga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Alexandro
Ted Alexandro (born January 26, 1969) 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. Biography Alexandro is a native of Bellerose, Queens, New York, and he attended St. Francis Preparatory School. At the age of ten, young Ted felt he had a future as an equestrian. However, his ambitions were thwarted when his uncle gave young Ted his first exposure to horse riding, in which he got thrown in a "scary" ordeal. The loss of young Ted's promise proved a real blow to the sport; prominent media figure Eddie Pepitone told Ted, "A lot of people thought, you know, you were going to be one of the better equestrian people going." So instead he settled and matriculated to City College of New York, with a major in music with a concentration in jazz piano. His father was a New York City Public School teacher in Brooklyn for 30 years, and his mother worked in the home, raising five kids. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Alexander
Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), known professionally as Jason Alexander, is an American actor, comedian, host and director. An Emmy and Tony winner, he is best known for his role as George Costanza in the television series '' Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), for which he was nominated for seven consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. His other roles include Phillip Stuckey in the film '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), comic relief gargoyle Hugo in the Disney animated feature ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), and the title character in the animated series ''Duckman'' (1994–1997). He has made guest appearances on shows such as '' Dream On'' (1994), '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (2001, 2009), and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2019). For his role in ''Dream On'', he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for "The Bad Guys?" on ''Brainwashed B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Alda
Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war comedy-drama television series ''M*A*S*H'' (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series. Alda is also known for recurring roles on television series, such as ''The West Wing'' and ''Ray Donovan'', and received critical acclaim for his appearances in films such as '' Same Time, Next Year'' (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and for his directorial debut film '' The Four Seasons'' (1981). Other film appearances include ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), the Cold War drama '' Bridge of Spies'' (2015), and ''Marriage Story'' (2019). In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' The Aviator''. Alda has also received three Tony Award no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Albanese
Rory Scot Albanese (born May 29, 1977) is an American comedian, comedy writer and television producer. He was a showrunner, executive producer and writer for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', which he joined in 1999 and was with until October 2013. He was an executive producer and showrunner of ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.'' Early life and education Albanese was born and raised in Rockville Centre, New York, to a Jewish-Italian family. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Boston University in 1999. Career Stand-up comedy In the summer of 2006, he joined Lewis Black's ''Red, White, and Screwed'' tour, performing with Black all over the country. Albanese has performed with former ''Daily Show'' correspondents John Oliver (comedian), John Oliver and Wyatt Cenac. He headlines his own shows at clubs and colleges throughout the country. In 2019, he became the executive producer of the ABC talk show ''Strahan, Sara and Keke, Strahan, Sara & Keke''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alazraqui
Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on ''Reno 911!'' and for his voice acting roles. His extensive voice-over work includes the original voice of Spyro from ''Spyro the Dragon'', Shamless O’Scanty, Leslie P. Lilylegs, Elliott Sampson and Tad Tucker on ''New Looney Tunes'', the Taco Bell chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials, Denzel Crocker, Juandissimo Magnifico, and Sheldon Dinkleberg on ''The Fairly OddParents'', Rocko and Spunky on ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Scooter on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', Lazlo, Clam, and other characters on '' Camp Lazlo'', Rikochet in ''¡Mucha Lucha!'', Grandpapi Rivera in '' El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera'', Carlos Casagrande, Sergio, Vito, and other characters on ''The Casagrandes'', and Mr. Weed in '' Family Guy''. He is a weekly contributor on ''The Stephanie Miller Show''. Early life Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Alaskey
Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American actor, voice actor, broadcaster, impressionist and stand-up comedian. Alaskey was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his death. He alternated with Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche, and Billy West in voicing Warner Bros. cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote and Taz, among many others. He also voiced Plucky Duck on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' from 1990 to 1995. Alaskey was the second actor to voice Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon cartoon ''Rugrats'' (taking over after David Doyle's death in 1997). He voiced Lou again in the ''Rugrats'' spin-off series '' All Grown Up!''. Early life Alaskey was born in Troy, New York, on April 17, 1952 to Joseph Francis Alaskey Jr. and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Al Qasabi
Nasser bin Qassim Al Qasabi ( ar, ناصر بن قاسم القصبي, born 28 November 1961 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Arabian actor. He started his acting career in 1984 and is known for his various roles in the series '' Tash Ma Tash'' (Arabic: طاش ما طاش). In 2012, Nasser became one of the three judges on the television series '' Arabs Got Talent''. Al Qasbi has featured in a Saudi TV show satirising ISIL An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ... called ''Selfie'' in 2015 during Ramadan. References External links * Nasser Al Qasabiat ElCinema.com (Arabic) Living people Saudi Arabian male television actors Saudi Arabian male comedians King Saud University alumni People from Riyadh 1961 births {{MEast-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawaal Akram
Nawaal Akram ( ar, نوال أكرم) is a comedian, model, athlete and disability rights campaigner. She was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at the age of six, and was forcefully removed from education against her wishes at the age of 10 by the school; she became a wheelchair user at the age of 12. She has since founded Muscular Dystrophy Qatar to raise awareness of the condition, and was named one of BBC's '' 100 Women'' programme in 2017. Career Born in Doha, Qatar to Pakistani parents, Nawaal Akram is one of six children to Mohammed and Saima Akram. At the age of six, she was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and began using a wheelchair by the age of 12 after falling and breaking her leg. Her condition led to Akram being bullied by other children, which was ignored by the teachers in her school. Akram was then removed from her school, as they did not want to take responsibility for a physically disabled child. Her parents threatened to sue the school but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malin Akerman
Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish actress. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including ''The Utopian Society'' (2003) and ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom '' The Comeback'' (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films '' The Heartbreak Kid'' (2007) and ''27 Dresses'' (2008). She had an uncredited role in the science fiction film, ''The Invasion'' (2007). She played the female lead in ''Watchmen'' (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, Åkerman had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies '' The Proposal'' and ''Couples Retreat''. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series ''Childrens Hospital''. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy ''Wanderlust'' and the musical film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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