American Jewish comedians

The list American Jewish comedians includes Amanda Bynes, Chelsea Handler, Bill Maher, Ron Jeremy and Jenny Slate. The list consists of 272 members and 2 sublists.

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Amanda Bynes

American actress (born 1986)

Overview: Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American manicurist and former actress. Bynes began her career as a child actress, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That (1996–2000) and ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 544T

American comedy actresses 410T

21st-century American Jews 7,982T
2.

Josh Peck

Actor

Overview: Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on The Amanda ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Paige O'Brien (Married)

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YouTubers from Manhattan 10T

American male sitcom actors 604T

Comedians from Manhattan 133T
3.

Sarah Silverman

American comedian, actress, and writer

Overview: Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Her comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics, including racism, sexism, homophobia, politics, and ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Rory Albanese (Long-Term)

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21st-century American memoirists 300T

Childfree 28T

American women podcasters 228T
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Chelsea Handler

American comedian, actress, writer, and producer (born 1975)

Overview: Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, television host, and producer. She hosted the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately on the E! network from ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Comedians from Los Angeles 163T

American comedy actresses 410T

Actors from Livingston, New Jersey 14T
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Bill Maher

American comedian and television host (born 1956)

Overview: William Maher (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and the ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1956

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American critics of creationism 73T

American critics of Christianity 73T

Jewish American atheism activists 9T
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Zach Braff

American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)

Overview: Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as J. D. on the television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni 52T

Film producers from New Jersey 105T
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Adam Sandler

American comedian and actor (born 1966)

Overview: Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in many Hollywood films ...

Date of birth: 9 September 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Jackie Sandler (Married)

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Male actors from Manchester, New Hampshire 11T

American male sitcom actors 604T

American comedy actors 141T
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Eric André

American comedian and actor (born 1983)

Overview: Eric Andre (born April 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, television host, writer and producer. He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim comedy series The Eric Andre ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American parodists 177T

Jewish American television producers 76T

African-American television writers 46T
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Jenny Slate

American stand-up comedienne

Overview: Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, comedian and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia U ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Ben Shattuck (Married)

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Jewish American female comedians 72T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

Columbia College (New York) alumni 1,291T
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Milana Vayntrub

Soviet-born American actress, comedienne

Overview: Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub ( VYNE-troob, Russian: Милана Александровна Вайнтруб; born March 8, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, and activist. Born in the Soviet Union, she began her career as ...

Date of birth: 8 March 1987

Age: 38

Nationality: Uzbekistani

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Jewish women activists 147T

Jewish American activists 221T

American people of Uzbekistani-Jewish descent 8T
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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 (Chef) (Married)

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American women television directors 263T

Writers from Manhattan 397T

Schumer family 3T
12.

Jonah Hill

American actor and director (born 1983)

Overview: Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is known for his comedic roles in films including Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007) ...

Date of birth: 20 December 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Olivia Millar (I) (Dating)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Film producers from New York (state) 581T

21st-century American comedians 1,986T
13.

Seth Rogen

Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1982)

Overview: Seth Aaron Rogen (born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Having begun as a stand-up comedian in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles for a part in Judd ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Lauren Miller Rogen (Married)

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Jewish comedy writers 3T

Alzheimer's disease activists 2T

Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T
14.

Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer (1925–1990)

Overview: Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1925

Date of death: 16 May 1990

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Broadway actors 482T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T
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Bette Midler

American actress and singer (born 1945)

Overview: Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

Partner: Martin von Haselberg (Married)

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Jews from Hawaii 4T

Disney Legends 99T

Jewish women singers 125T
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Howard Stern

Radio personality

Overview: Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, which gained popularity when ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1954

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Radio Personality

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Beth Stern (Married)

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America's Got Talent judges 12T

Jewish American male comedians 179T

People from the Upper West Side 194T
17.

B.J. Novak

American actor (born 1979)

Overview: Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office (2005–2013), in which he also ...

Date of birth: 31 July 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T
18.

Andy Samberg

American actor and comedian (born 1978)

Overview: David A. J. "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on Saturday ...

Date of birth: 18 August 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Joanna Newsom (Married)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
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Sandra Bernhard

American actress and comedian (born 1955)

Overview: Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s, with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiqued c ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Sara Switzer (Dating)

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Conservative Jewish feminists 7T

21st-century American comedians 1,986T

20th-century American comedians 1,226T
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Pauly Shore

American comedian and actor (born 1968)

Overview: Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his roles in several comedy films in the 1990s. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1968

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Screenwriters from California 1,055T

21st-century American comedians 1,986T

20th-century American comedians 1,226T