20th-century American comedians

American comedian and actor

American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

Stephen Glenn Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for eight Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. Martin received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Honorary Academy Award in 2013 and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2015. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.

American actress (1893-1952)

William Edward Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is known as a stand-up comedian and for his film and stage roles. Crystal has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Grammy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2007, the Critics' Choice Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2023.

American actor and comedian

American stand-up comedian and actor (1929–2024)

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.

American actor

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

American actor (born 1946)

American director and comedian (1931–2014)

American actor (1957–2008)

American actor and comedian (1952–2023)

Canadian-American actor (born 1952)

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

American puppeteer (1936–1990)

American actor (1949–1982)

James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is best known as the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has aired on ABC since 2003. Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards four times, in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024.

American actress and comedian (1926–2021)

American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)

American actress (1928–2022)

American stand-up comedian (born 1963)

Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

American actor

American actor and comedian (1933–2019)

American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy (1892–1957)

American stand-up comedian

American actor, comedian, director and television host

American actress

American actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)

American comedian and actor (1916–1987)

American filmmaker (born 1970)

American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)

American voice actor

American stand-up comedian and television host

Jason Jordan Segel is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014. He began his career with director and producer Judd Apatow on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and Undeclared (2001–2002) before gaining prominence for his leading roles in various successful comedy films in which he has starred, written, and produced.

Native-Mexican American actor

American talk show host and comedian (born 1974)

American comedian and actor

American actor and comedian

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

American actor and comedian (1918–2003)

American actress (1907–1976)

American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)

American stand-up comedian

American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality

American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, actor and writer.

American actor

American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)

American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)

American actor and comedian

American voice actor

American stand-up comedian

American actor

American comedian, actress, and writer

American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician