swap_horiz Des Bishop Alternatives

1

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly was a uniquely influential Scottish comedian recognized for his intensely personal and often violent obse...

Legend Storytelling Standup Observational

8.8 Great

2

Sean Lock

Sean Lock was a prominent British stand-up comedian recognized for his distinctive observational humor and intricate, of...

Standup Dark British Observational

8.7 Great

3

Chris Rock

Chris Rock is an American comedian and filmmaker known for his incisive social commentary, with acclaimed HBO specials i...

American Standup Social Commentary Touring

8.5 Great

4

Dylan Moran

Dylan Moran is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor, who won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1996 and co-created the sitcom...

Standup Dark Literary Irish

8.3 Great

5

Greg Giraldo

Greg Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian and lawyer celebrated for his aggressive, observational humor and frequen...

American Standup Dark Observational

8.3 Great

6

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian and co-creator of the sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), one of the highest-ra...

Classic American TV Standup

8.2 Great

7

Gary Gulman

American stand-up comedian known for long-form storytelling and for the HBO special The Great Depresh (2019), which cand...

Storytelling American Mental Health Standup

8.0 Great

8

Brian Regan

Brian Regan is an American stand-up comedian known for his entirely clean material and physical performance style, earni...

American Standup Observational Physical

7.8 Good

9

Peter Kay

British comedian from Bolton who created the sitcom Phoenix Nights (2001) and became one of the UK's highest-selling sta...

Northern Standup British Nostalgic

7.8 Good

10

Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain is an Irish comedian and television presenter, host of the BBC panel show Mock the Week from 2005 to 2022.

Science Standup Arena Irish

7.8 Good

11

Robert Klein

American stand-up comedian considered a key figure of the 1960s–70s observational comedy movement and among the first pe...

Classic American Standup 70S

7.8 Good

12

Ray Romano

Ray Romano is an American stand-up comedian and actor who achieved massive television success by creating and starring i...

American Family TV Standup

7.8 Good

13

Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan is an Irish stand-up comedian who won the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1998 an...

Storytelling Standup Dark Energy

7.5 Good

14

Kathleen Madigan

Kathleen Madigan is an American stand-up comedian and radio personality recognized for her observational humor and numer...

American Female Standup Touring

7.5 Good

15

Russell Peters

Russell Peters is a Canadian stand-up comedian who achieved global stardom in the 2000s through viral YouTube clips, bec...

Global Canadian Cultural Standup

7.5 Good

16

Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian based in the UK, a regular panelist on British comedy panel shows, known for his...

TV Standup Observational Irish

7.0 Good

17

Danny Bhoy

Scottish comedian of Indian heritage known for his narrative observational style, who has toured internationally and per...

Storytelling Standup Touring Observational

6.5 Fair

18

Ahmed Ahmed

Egyptian-American comedian and actor who co-organised the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour (2007) and appeared in Hollywood prod...

American Cultural Standup Touring

6.0 Fair

19

Tony Rock

Tony Rock is an American actor and stand-up comedian recognized for his role in the UPN and CW sitcom All of Us and for...

American Urban Standup Touring

6.0 Fair

20

Lachlan Patterson

American stand-up comedian who won Season 10 of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015 after building his early career on the...

Canadian Standup Dark Touring

5.5 Mediocre