20th-century English comedians

The list 20th-century English comedians includes Steve-O, Noel Fielding, Charles Chaplin, Hugh Laurie and Catherine Tate. The list consists of 388 members.

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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

21st-century British comedians 228T
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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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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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Faith Brown

British entertainer

Overview: Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show ...

Date of birth: 18 May 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants 208T

21st-century English comedians 249T

Actresses from Liverpool 90T
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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: 49

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
8.

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
9.

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: 62

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

Deaths from coronary thrombosis 37T
12.

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: 58

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
13.

Bob Hope

American entertainer

Overview: Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1903

Date of death: 27 July 2003

Age: 100 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Entertainer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Recipients of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award 12T

USO Entertainer 75T

20th-century British male singers 334T
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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: 69

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
15.

Sacha Baron Cohen

British comedian, actor, producer, and writer (born 1971)

Overview: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and producer, known for his creation and portrayal of fictional satirical characters, including Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev ...

Date of birth: 13 October 1971

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Hoaxers 30T

British male television writers 467T
16.

Roisin Conaty

Comedian

Overview: Roisin Marcella Conaty (born 26 March 1979) is an Irish-English comedian, writer, and actor. She won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 for her show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Actresses from London 1,257T

English women comedians 182T
17.

Jon Culshaw

English comedian, actor (b. 1968)

Overview: Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English impressionist and comedian, best known for his work on the radio comedy Dead Ringers since 2000.

Date of birth: 2 June 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century English comedians 277T

Male actors from Lancashire 94T

English male voice actors 633T
18.

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: 60

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

British male comedy actors 243T
19.

Paddy McGuinness

British comedian and actor

Overview: Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor and television presenter. McGuinness rose to fame with the help of Peter Kay, who invited him to appear in his programmes That ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Male actors from Lancashire 78T

English male voice actors 594T

English male television actors 3,637T
20.

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: 64

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