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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 November 2024. The following is a list of notable stand-up comedians by nationality.
This is a list of stand-up comedians from the United States This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This is a list of comedians of British birth or famous mainly in Britain. Many of the comedy panel-game regulars and sitcom actors may not be regarded as comedians by some people but they are included here because this page uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense. Fictional comedians are not included.
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) [1] is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman".
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John Paul Pinette (/ p ɪ ˈ n ɛ t / pi-NET) (March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer. He toured the comedy club circuit beginning in the 1980s and appeared in cinema and on television.
In the early 1980s, he moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his stand-up comedy career. While there, he was roommates with two other aspiring comedians: Andrew Dice Clay and Thomas F. Wilson. [7] Smirnoff often appeared at renowned L.A. club the Comedy Store.
David Norris Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of observational comedy." [3] His friend, comedian Richard Lewis, described Brenner as "the king of hip, observational ...