20th-century British comedians

The list 20th-century British comedians includes Steve-O, Noel Fielding, Charles Chaplin, Hugh Laurie and Catherine Tate. The list consists of 391 members and 4 sublists.

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20th-century English comedians
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20th-century Scottish comedians
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20th-century Welsh comedians
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Steve-O

England-born American stunt performer/radio personality

Overview: Stephen Gilchrist Glover (born 13 June 1974), known professionally as Steve-O, is a British born American television personality, stunt performer, actor, writer, stand-up comedian and musician. His e ...

Date of birth: 13 June 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Performance Artist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Lux Wright (I) (Engaged)

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University of Miami School of Communication alumni 19T

21st-century American male musicians 4,997T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
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Noel Fielding

British actor and comedian

Overview: Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside comedy partner ...

Date of birth: 21 May 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Lliana Bird (Long-Term)

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British surrealist artists 69T

21st-century English comedians 268T

20th-century English comedians 261T
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Charles Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

Overview: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1889

Date of death: 25 December 1977

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Victims of body snatching 13T

Stroke-related deaths in Switzerland 10T

20th-century English screenwriters 321T
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Craig Ferguson

Scottish-American television host, comedian, author, and actor

Overview: Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American television host, comedian, author, and actor, best known for hosting the CBS late-night talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–14) ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Megan Cunningham-Ferguson (Married)

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The Late Late Show (American talk show) hosts 4T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

Disney voice actors 118T
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Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, and musician (born 1959)

Overview: James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Jo Green (Married)

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English sketch comedians 25T

English male comedy actors 61T

Male actors from Oxford 29T
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Catherine Tate

British, Actress

Overview: Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jeff Gutheim (Engaged)

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Comedians from the London Borough of Camden 26T

English sketch comedians 48T

Actors from Holborn 6T
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Stephen Merchant

English comedian, actor, director and writer (born 1974)

Overview: Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, writer, director, and presenter. Alongside Ricky Gervais, he was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)

Partner: Mircea Monroe (Dating)

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English expatriate male actors in the United States 263T

English male sitcom actors 226T

Comedians from Bristol 20T
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James Corden

English comedian, actor, singer and former television host (born 1978)

Overview: James Kimberley Corden OBE (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Since 2015, he has hosted The Late Late Show with James Corden, a late-night ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Julia Carey (Married)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

The Late Late Show (American talk show) hosts 4T

British male television writers 435T
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David Walliams

English comedian, writer and actor (born 1971)

Overview: David Edward Williams OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas ...

Date of birth: 20 August 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

British male television writers 435T

21st-century British screenwriters 112T
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Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

Overview: Edward John Izzard (born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and political activist. His comedic style takes the form of rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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British LGBT comedians 44T

Genderfluid people 63T

Actors with dyslexia 83T
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Benny Hill

British comedian

Overview: Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian and actor, best remembered for his television programme The Benny Hill Show, an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1924

Date of death: 20 April 1992

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Obscenity controversies in television 32T

Burials at Hollybrook Cemetery 6T

20th-century English comedians 250T
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Dawn French

British comedian

Overview: Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for writing and starring on the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her best friend ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Mark Bignell (Married)

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British sitcom actresses 10T

21st-century British memoirists 50T

Actors from Anglesey 6T
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Steve Coogan

English actor & comedian

Overview: Stephen John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show Spitting ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Laura Hajek (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Best Male Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 10T
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Billy Connolly

British comedian

Overview: Sir William Connolly CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish artist, musician, presenter, actor, and retired stand-up comedian. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Pamela Stephenson (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Scottish male guitarists 77T

21st-century Scottish comedians 22T
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Rowan Atkinson

English actor and comedian (born 1955)

Overview: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995). Atkinson first ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Louise Ford (Long-Term)

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English writers with disabilities 95T

Male actors from County Durham 64T

British writers with disabilities 140T
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Peter Sellers

British comedian & actor

Overview: Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1925

Date of death: 24 July 1980

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Actors from Portsmouth 22T

Peter Sellers 3T

Method actors 68T
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Mike Myers

Canadian-American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963)

Overview: Michael John Myers, OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He is known for his run as a performer on Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995 and ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Kelly Tisdale (Married)

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Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T

Writers from Scarborough, Toronto 14T

Male actors of English descent 380T
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Jimmy Carr

British comedian and humourist

Overview: James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an English comedian, writer and television presenter. He is known for his dark humour, distinctive laugh, and heckler interaction. Carr moved to a ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Karoline Copping (Long-Term)

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21st-century English comedians 249T

21st-century British comedians 223T

Male actors from Berkshire 23T
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Lee Evans

English stand-up comedian and actor

Overview: Lee John Martin Evans (born 25 February 1964) is an English retired stand-up comedian and actor from Avonmouth, England. He is a director of Little Mo Films, which he had co-directed with Addison Cresswell ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Heather Evans (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

21st-century English comedians 249T

20th-century English comedians 250T
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Tracey Ullman

British-American actress, comedian, singer, director, producer and writer

Overview: Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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British women company founders 22T

English people of Romani descent 12T

British women television producers 149T