American comedians of English descent

The list American comedians of English descent includes Steve-O, Lucille Ball, Kristen Wiig, Jason Segel and Aubrey Plaza. The list consists of 83 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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Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

Overview: Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms I Love Lucy ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1911

Date of death: 26 April 1989

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

Comedians from Los Angeles 238T

American comedy actresses 409T
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Kristen Wiig

American actress

Overview: Kristen Carroll Wiig (born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Born in Canandaigua, New York, she was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. Wiig later ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Avi Rothman (Married)

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21st-century American screenwriters 625T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Actresses from Rochester, New York 20T
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Jason Segel

American comedian

Overview: Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, author and producer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Kayla Radomski (Dating)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Harvard-Westlake School alumni 97T
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Aubrey Plaza

American, Actress

Overview: Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began acting in local theater productions as a teenager and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright ...

Date of birth: 26 June 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Hispanic and Latino American female comedians 23T

American people who self-identify as being of Taíno descent 6T

American bisexual actresses 167T
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Amy Schumer

American comedian and actress (born 1981)

Overview: Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality c ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Chris Fischer (Married)

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American women television directors 263T

Writers from Manhattan 397T

Schumer family 3T
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Karyn Parsons

American actress

Overview: Karyn Parsons-Rockwell (born October 8, 1966) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. Parsons ...

Date of birth: 8 October 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Alexandre Rockwell (Married)

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American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T
8.

Betty White

American actress and comedian (1922–2021)

Overview: Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021 ) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning over nine decades, White was noted for her ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1922

Date of death: 31 December 2021

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in California 142T

Neurological disease deaths in California 457T

Women civil rights activists 611T
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Tina Fey

American comedy writer and actress

Overview: Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ...

Date of birth: 18 May 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Jeff Richmond (Married)

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American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
10.

Bill Hader

American actor and comedian (born 1978)

Overview: Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He is the creator, producer, writer, occasional director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry ( ...

Date of birth: 7 June 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Ali Wong (Dating)

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American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T

Comedians from Oklahoma 8T
11.

Vince Vaughn

American, Actor

Overview: Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American actor. Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Kyla Weber (Married)

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Comedians from Minneapolis 24T

Frat Pack 11T

Catholic libertarians 16T
12.

Steve Martin

American comedian, actor, musician and writer (born 1945)

Overview: Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Anne Stringfield (Married)

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AFI Life Achievement Award recipients 47T

American male non-fiction writers 4,581T

Baptists from Texas 208T
13.

Matthew Broderick

Actor

Overview: Matthew John Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor and singer. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the voice ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Sarah Jessica Parker (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Biow family 6T
14.

Mae West

American actress (1893–1980)

Overview: Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1893

Date of death: 22 November 1980

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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Illeists 45T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,308T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
15.

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

Overview: Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), School of Rock (2003), King ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Tanya Haden (Married)

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YouTubers from California 132T

Jews from California 209T

Frat Pack 11T
16.

Goldie Hawn

American actress (born 1945)

Overview: Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, producer, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–70), before going on ...

Date of birth: 21 November 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Kurt Russell (Long-Term)

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American women memoirists 620T

Actresses of British descent 497T

Actresses of German descent 622T
17.

Alec Baldwin

American actor

Overview: Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and political activist. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1958

Age: 67

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Hilaria Baldwin (Married)

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American men podcasters 368T

Method actors 68T

People from the Upper West Side 194T
18.

Chelsea Peretti

American, Comedian

Overview: Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, television writer, singer and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the police comedy series B ...

Date of birth: 20 February 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Jordan Peele (Married)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

Comedians from Oakland, California 17T

American comedy actresses 409T
19.

Jake Johnson

American actor

Overview: Jake Johnson (born Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger; May 28, 1978) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his role as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–18), for which he was nominated ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Erin Payne Johnson (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers 116T
20.

Ed Helms

American actor and comedian

Overview: Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show, as well as playing Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American male television writers 1,879T

People with congenital heart defects 23T

The Westminster Schools alumni 33T